Weather Summary and Local Forecast of September 22 1955
Daily Record notes fair Thursday and small temperature changes with highs near 70s to 80s, chances of showers Friday. Includes wind at Municipal airport, sunrise and sunset times, and September precipitation totals. Birth notice for St Luke's Hospital indicating a son born September 20 to Mr and Mrs John Acgotsinger at 1515 Sixth Street SW.
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Knights of Columbus plans new club house in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Council 90 of the Knights of Columbus announced a $128,000 council home to be built on the site of the current club rooms at A Avenue and Eighth. Grand Knight A R Scolaro says the goal is debt free completion, with a fund drive led by James R Baldridge. The one story brick, fireproof building will have a 450 person assembly room and space for a second story, with completion targeted for March.
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A. R. Scolaro
Jefferson School
Tne
James R. Baldridge
Trains Schedules Likely Stable Between Chicago and West Coast
Continued discussion on economics and service suggests little change in rail schedules between Chicago and the West Coast. Officials voice cautious optimism about maintaining current routes and frequencies despite broader cost pressures.
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West Coast
Air Force Privatized Network Contract Draws Fire
Washington AP report says House Appropriations Committee probes a $2.4 billion Air Force plan with AT&T and Western Electric to build and lease a semi automatic ground environment system over 10 years. Critics cite lack of congressional authorization while Air Force warns cancellation could trigger hefty penalties.
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Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
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Appropriations Committee
Joseph Campbell
Narriman Reports Divorce Bid in Beirut Hotel
BEIRUT Lebanon UP well informed sources report former Queen Narriman of Egypt is actively seeking a divorce from her second husband Dr Adhamed Nakeeb. She remains at a luxury seafront hotel and may wed an unidentified Kuwaiti prince after securing the divorce.
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Narriman
Egypt
Adhamed Nakeeb
Wilson Music Carnival at Wilson High School
The Wilson High School Music Parents club hosts a Cedar Rapids festival Saturday at 6 15 p m to raise funds for band uniforms and choir gowns. Attractions include a midway a kid corner cartoons a country store white elephant sale a prince and princess contest and two auditorium shows with amateur contest at 8 p m and a variety program at 10 p m entries gathered by Terence Carlson Wilson choir director.
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Terrence Carlson
Wilson Choral
Linn County to Buy Ten Voting Machines for 1470 Each
The Linn County board of supervisors agreed Tuesday to purchase 10 new voting machines from Automatic Voting Machine Corp of Jamestown New York at 1470 each. Delivery is set for November with an option to buy up to 10 more if five current machines fail and Cedar Rapids precincts rise. Auditor Hanzlik proposed dropping Cedar Rapids 25 precincts to 30 to ease long polling waits. Additional actions included filing a toad surfacing petition in Monroe township and setting a hearing for October 11 on vacation of jets in Fayette.
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Linn County
Automatic Voting Machine Corporation
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N.Y
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Otto FP. Hanzlik
Monroe Township
Duncan Ross
Cafayette
Estella Mollenhauer
Youth Arraigned On Larceny Count
A two year old Lisbon youth was arraigned before Judge J. E. Heiserman on a larceny charge after allegedly stealing tires tubes and cigarets from a Lisbon service station owned by Dean Clark. Deputy Whittemore said a 16 year old companion was also involved taking wrenches towels and cigarets with a door key in possession. The youth was ordered to plead by 10 a.m. Monday.
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Three C R Men Incorporate Four Building Concerns
Three Cedar Rapids men filed articles of incorporation for four real estate and construction firms to be based in Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Maquoketa Officers are Charles E Severn Russell F Knapp and Gerald A Hiland The firms include Home Materials Inc Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Maquoketa all with 10000 capital and Builders Diversified Services Inc Cedar Rapids with 50000 capital Plans include a 200 home development in Maquoketa a large land option in Des Moines for housing and continued Cedar Rapids program on three northeast streets involving about 250 prefabricated US Steel homes Kingsbury Guilty Of Drunk Driving a Marion man was found guilty of drunk driving by a district court jury after a trial that began Monday and concluded Wednesday
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Cedar Rapids Company
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Building Boom in Pittsburgh Downtown
Pittsburgh reports a decadelong building boom with 51 new structures valued at 125 million dollars either built or under construction downtown. The mid city district’s assessed value climbs from 233 million to 308 million dollars.
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Highway 6 Crash Kills Council Bluffs Woman
A 46 year old Council Bluffs woman, Mary Reese, was killed when a car exited Highway 6 and overturned two miles west of Stuart. Her companions, Margaret Nelson, 51, and her mother Clara Althoff, both of Council Bluffs, were airlifted in critical condition to Greenfield hospital after the crash late Wednesday.
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Highway 6
Wills name widows as executors without bond in Texas notices
The will of Arthur Mott who died Sept 2 names his widow Isabelle as sole heir and executrix without bond. The will of Peter R Held who died Aug 25 names his widow Clara as sole heir and executrix without bond. Billy Armies sued Cecil M Ayers for 1391.25 on a promissory note signed by Ayers in 1948 at Mc Allen Texas.
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Three Women Sought in Bay Area Baby Kidnapping Case
In San Francisco, police hunted three women described as a heavyset blonde with English accent connected to the abduction of four day old Robert Marcus. A nurse's aide with a stillborn child and two others were seen in Novato and San Jose as investigators checked hospital records and observed a suspect asking to heat a bottle for a baby.
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Death services for Mrs Anton Varack Sr
Funeral services for Mrs. Anton Varack Sr, 64, of 1015 Fourth Avenue SE, who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Janeba funeral home with Rev T A Youngquist of First Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow at Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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First Lutheran Church
Czech National Cemetery
Waterloo Man Pleads To Drunk Driving Charge
John Harvey McDonald aged 25 of Waterloo was arrested after an erratic drive on Highway 218 five miles south of Cedar Rapids. He was given until 10 am Friday to enter a plea to the drunk driving charge.
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John Harvey McDonald
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Cedar Rapids
Phillips Petroleum Wins $3,949 Judgment
Phillips Petroleum Company won a judgment of 3949.37 against Walter Schnelle of Cedar Rapids. The petition filed January 12, 1954 alleged Schnelle converted money to his own use between February 1938 and April 1949.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Waler Schnelle
Cedar Rapids
Losses Hit Record High in Farm Support Programs
Washington reports the agriculture department posted a record loss of 799 million dollars on farm price support programs as of June 30. The total tied up in price support operations reached about 7.07 billion, far exceeding prior highs. The June 30 holdings include 2.50 billion in outstanding support loans and 4.97 billion in crops under federal ownership.
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Boettcher Held Mott Wills Filed for Probate
Three wills were admitted to probate on Wednesday. The will of Henrietta Boettcher who died Sept. 3 leaves 750 dollars to the Rt Rev Msgr James Kearn of St Matthew s church for masses for her family 590 dollars to Immaculate Conception church personal effects to Henry Boettcher jr Elizabeth Boettcher and Margaret Lund and the rest to Boettcher Margaret Lund named administratrix with a 1000 dollar bond.
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Israeli Egyptian clash prompts UN living wall order
United Nations observers were ordered to form a living wall along the El Auja demilitarized zone after three Egyptians were seriously wounded in a clash with Israeli troops. U N Truce Chief Major General Burns sent the observers in as a precautionary measure against a wider confrontation. Israel said its troops would withdraw once Egypt also pulled back its forces illegally stationed there.
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Viola school budget protest heard by state appeal board
The Iowa State Appeal Board heard objections to the Viola school district budget in Viola with School Board Secretary W. C. Secrist stating the board would rule by Oct. 15. The protest, filed by 23 residents, cited lack of legal notice for the Aug 1 hearing and that the meeting was not conducted as a public meeting. The board members included Comptroller Glenn Sarsfield Budget Director Rex Wilder and Treasurer M L Abrahamson.
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Gazette
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Iowa Tops U S In Farm Income for Half 1955
Iowa led the nation in cash farm income for January through June 1955 with 1.068 billion dollars, down from mid-1954. California and Illinois followed, with Minnesota and other states posting gains. The report lists six-month totals for the top ten states and notes overall declines from 1954 across many regions.
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Truman Orders Continued Work On Atomic Bomb
President Truman learned of the atomic bomb within minutes of taking office in 1945. Advisors including Byrnes and Bush described a weapon with worldwide destructive power, prompting Truman to authorize continued development to end the war. The memoir excerpt outlines early White House briefings, Poland talks with Molotov, and the broader Cold War context. Brig. Gen. Walter D. Smith, Panama Canal builder, dies at 79.
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Wholesale Food Cost Index Dips
New York AP report shows the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food cost index easing slightly this week. The index stood at 6.26 versus 6.25 last week and 3673 a year earlier.
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Lawyers To Be Polled On Social Security
DES MOINES IOWA March survey by the Iowa Bar Association plans to poll about 3000 attorneys to learn if lawyers favor a voluntary or compulsory social security program. President Henry J Te Paske of Orange City said the study aims to gauge the profession's stance amid a Congress proposal to include lawyers in compulsory coverage. The American Bar Association notes objections to compulsory features.
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