Temperatures and rainfall data for September 24 1955
The Daily Record reports highs and lows across cities including Bismarck Minneapolis Chicago New Orleans Denver Omaha Philadelphia Los Angeles Phoenix and Seattle with rainfall totals and 1955 monthly figures. Iowa forecast calls for mostly cloudy Sunday with showers south, then fair and warmer Monday. wind, sunrise and sunset times listed. Several local incidents and fines noted, plus funeral notices for residents in Vinton Anamosa Ossian Stanwood Wellman and Vernon.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
M. Orleans
Denver
Omaha
Philadelphia
Angeles
Phoenix
Minmat
Seattle
Iowa
Four Cedar Rapids motorists fined in municipal court
Four Cedar Rapids motorists were fined in municipal court Saturday for intersection accidents. Jennie L. Loughman, 76, was fined 10 dollars and costs for losing control at Ninth avenue and Fifth street SE. Others fined include Robert E. Morris, 5 dollars. Robert G. Shamberger, 10 dollars. Newell F. Sutton, 15 dollars. Olin R. Beers, of Chicago, forfeited a 14 dollar bond after an accident at Sixteenth avenue and Third street SW. Two additional charges and other motorists were named in related cases.
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Harley Hartman, Jr
Elaine von Talge
Earlville
Harry J. Whithead, Jr
Thirty-eighth Street
William T. Reece
Iowa Falls
Elmer L. Johnson
Anamosa
William G. Dochterman
First Street
Bertha E. Taylor
Toddville
Shirley Ann Crawford
Marion
Dean D. Boone
Manchester
Raymond R. Rhodes
Hiway
Roy A. Linder
B Avenue NE
Josephine S. Holmes
Forest Drive
Jack R. Smith
Eleventh Street
Newell F. Sutton
C Avenue NE
Perry Langhurst
Memorial Drive
Senbie
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Charles Benesh
Jennie L. Loughman
Blakely Boulevard
Ninth Avenue
Fifth Street
Robert E. Morris
Seventh Avenue
Fifthstreet SE
Robert G. Shamberger
Eighteenth Avenue
F Avenue
Summer Street
Olin R. Beers
Sixteenth Avenue
Third Street
Gordon V. Wear
Central City
Seventh Street
Ninth Avenue SE
LeRoy Douglas
I Tenth Street SE
William J. Goodell
Twelfth Street NW
C Avenue
Thirteenth Street NW
Harold Clark
C Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids battle over annexation and sewer plans
Cedar Rapids moves to annex the south side and extend sewer capacity as part of a broader plan to guide growth. Officials estimate a 1 million dollar trunk sewer system for Prairie Creek and discuss plant capacity, population changes, and the danger of delaying annexation amid local opposition and industrial expansion.
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City Plan Commission
South Side
George Cockburn
Shaffer
C. M. “Doc” Manley
C. P. Lewellen
Henry Kling
A. L. Smulekoff
Kenneth Hastie
Abe Pilkcer
George Sherman
Thomas Woods
Chester Ainsworth
Charles D. Mullinex
Howard R. Green Company
Prairie Creek
West-Side
Mullinex
Cedar Rapids
Kling
Kate Terry Loomis
Charles Penningroth
Worthington Acres
John Wagner
L. P. Boudreaux
Candidates for two year city council face final ballot
George K. Engelmann, a 63 year old painting contractor living at 717 Ellis boulevard NW, filed nomination papers for public safety commissioner, becoming the second of four candidates on record. Filing deadline is Oct. 10 with election set for Nov. 8. A previously unavailable photo of Engelmann is published.
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Didates
George K. Engelmann
Office of
Public Gafety
Engelmann
Ellis Boulevard
Stanwood Votes $200000 School Bonds in Stanwood
Stanwood voters approved a $200000 school bond by 306 to 44 with six spoiled ballots, total 356, an 85.9 percent tilt. Funds will finance a new building and remodels including gymnasium auditorium shops and music departments plus a cafeteria and seven new classrooms.
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Stanwood
Iowa
Stanwood Board
Annexation talk outlines large Cedar Rapids district
Informal session chaired by sanitation committee head Van Vechten Shaffer discussed a southern annexation area of about 1042 square miles. The proposed boundary runs west of Edgewood road and follows roads toward Highway 218, Cedar River, and the city limits, with the meeting marking the second such briefing that week among city, county, business, labor and civic group spokesmen. The first meeting last Monday saw Mayor Milo Sedlacek suffer a fatal heart attack.
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van Vechten Shaffer
Sanitation Committee
Cedar Rapids
Edgewood Road
Cedar River
Milo Sedlacek
Soldiers Boo British General at Salisbury Camp
At a Salisbury summer camp a Sixth battalion unit lined up in rain booed General Sir Francis Festing. Some soldiers cheered raggedly while others sang and thunder flashes were thrown. Three company commanders have been suspended pending investigation amid reports troops faced 12 hours without food before the inspection.
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Salisbury
England
Queen’s Royal Regiment
Territorial Army
American National Guard
Sir Francis Festing
Park Demand on Perkins Explained
Chicago park officials denied issuing an ultimatum to Lincoln Park Zoo director Marlin Perkins over a financial dispute with National Broadcasting Co. Perkins offered his resignation in Africa to remain as star of Zoo Parade, saying he could not cut TV duties and meet his contract. Park president James Gately said finances were not the issue, noting TV work would consume too much of Perkins time.
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Chicago
Park District
Lincoln Park Zoo
Marlin Perkins
National Broadcasting Company
Perkins
Africa
James H. Gately
Gately
Zoo
Madison barber shop trims price hike in Warrenton
In Warrenton Virginia Madison barber shop raises haircut price from 35 cents to 50 cents marking first increase in over 25 years operator Charlie Madison cites rising costs and inventory pressures as the reason for the change.
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Warrenton
Madison
Charlie Madison
Bootlegging Not His Business
Special to The Gazette. Harry L. Jenkins of Norway, 57, pleaded guilty in Marengo to bootlegging wine. He lost 301 dollars on a wine transaction and testified he paid four dollars and sold it for three. Judge Harold D. Evans imposed a sentence of a hundred dollars and costs.
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the Gazette
Marengo
Harry L. Jenkins
Norway
Jenkins
Harold D. Evans
Deaths Addie Rebecca Tharp Pappas dies in Cedar Rapids
Addie Rebecca Tharp Pappas a longtime Cedar Rapids resident died at home at 1616 Fourth Street NW at 4 p.m. Friday after a long illness. Born July 27 1895 in Center Point she married Kim Tharp in 1913 and had 10 children. Surviving are her husband John Pappas and many relatives including a sister three brothers 27 grandchildren and one great grandson. Services will be held Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. in the Church of Christ with burial in Urbana cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel until ill a.m. Tuesday.
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Addie Rebecca Tharp Pappas
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Addie Rebecca Edaburn
Center Point
Kim Tharp
Flora Barnard
Genevieve Bjornsen
Darline Pence
Ruth Mefford
Marshall Tharp
Marvin Tharp
Virgil Tharp
Church of Christ
George E. Darling
Urbana
Turner Chapel
Sorensen dies after long illness at Central City
Jens Karl Ludvig Sorensen of Central City dies at home at 6 a.m. Saturday after a long illness. Born July 9, 1872 in Denmark, he married Ida M. Lill in 1894. Survived by wife, daughter Anna Sundberg, three sons Henry, Karl, and William, ten grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and many relatives. Burial planned at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at Turner chapel. He belonged to Danish Lutheran church, Foresters, and Scandia Society.
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Jens Karl Ludvig Sorensen
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Lillering
Denmark
Ida M. Lill
Henry M. Sorensen
Karl L. Sorensen
Army Air Force
Newburg
N. Y
William F. Sorensen
Sorensen
Danish Lutheran Church of
The
Foresters of
Scandia Society
Turner Chapel
Lundon Rites Held For Emily F Lundon 65 Of Cedar Rapids
Emily F Lundon 65 of 503 Twentieth street NE widow of John J Lundon died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday at 9 20 am after a brief illness Born March 6 1890 in Cedar Rapids she was a lifelong resident Surviving include a daughter Mrs William Minyard a son Frank Bedell five brothers Albert Fred Robert Sloan Fred of Walker George of San Francisco a sister Mrs Donald McKee of Joplin Mo and two grandchildren Services by Rt Rev Msgr James D Kearn at St Matthew s Church Tuesday at 9 30 am Burial place to be announced Rosary led by Msgr Kearn Monday at 8 pm Monahan funeral home where friends may call Sunday after 1 pm
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Emily F. Lundon
Twentieth Street
John J. Lundon
Cedar Rapids
William Minyard
Frank Bedell
Albert
Fred
Robert Sloan
Walker
George
San Francisco
Donald McKee
Joplin
James D. Kearn
St. Matthew’s Church
Msgr
Kearn
Monahan Funeral Home
Youth Is Jailed Driving While License Suspended
A Cedar Rapids youth, Perry Langhurst aged 18, was given a two day city jail sentence Saturday for driving with a suspended license. Judge Charles Benesh reminded him a jail term is mandatory and warned the next offense could carry 30 days. Langhurst resides at 1408 Memorial drive SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Perry Langhurst
Memorial Drive
Charles Benesh
Langhurst
Ben
British settlement and early name of Australia
The British settled Australia in 1788 and before 1814 the continent was known as New Holland. This note traces the colonial naming history and the transition from New Holland to Australia as the common term.
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Australia
Continent
New Hollland
Courthouse sentences for drunk driving include fines and jail terms
Two men were fined 300 plus costs for drunk driving. John H. McDonald 25 Waterloo and Robert K. Kingsbury 39 Marion received fines. Robert C. Meyers 21 Cedar Rapids was ordered 90 days in jail and Robert P. Northup 37 Cedar Rapids 60 days. Northup also faces 30 days for leaving the scene.
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John H. McDonald
Watterloo
Robert K. Kingsbury
Marion
Robert C. Meyers
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Charles Penningroth
Robert P. Northup
Second Street
Floyd Philbrick
McDonald
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Kingsbury
Meyers
Northup
Civil Rights Suit Filed by Minister at Wendy Oaks
A Marion minister signs a civil rights charge against Mt Vernon road Wendy Oaks owners Mr and Mrs Clarmont Nemecek for refusing service to a group of Negro singers guests of Rev James P Gable. County Attorney Willis A Glassgow notes the incident followed reservations made by the Rev Gable last Sunday.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Marion
Clarmont Nemecek
Wendy Oaks
Cedar Rapids
James P. Gable
Marion Methodist Church
Willis A. Glassgow
Gable
Glassgow
Waukon Man Sues for 27500 Injury Claim
Thomas J. O Malley of Waukon files a 27500 personal injuries suit against Frank K. George after an Nov 27 1954 Cedar Rapids car crash. O Malley alleges permanent injuries, loss of earnings, past and future pain and suffering, and inability to work since the accident.
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Thomas J. O’malley
Waukon
Cedar Rapids
Frank K. George
George
O’malley
Iowa City Firm Sues C.R. Couple for Rent
The Nall Company of Iowa City sued Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hogan of Cedar Rapids for 4500 dollars rent on a building in Iowa City. The petition says they are 375 dollars behind, and under the lease they owe the full lease rent through June 1958.
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Nall Company
Iowa City
Walter F. Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Hogans
Call for Petit Jurors Is Set Back a Week
Clerk of Court Arthur Axmear said the September term petit jury panel will not report until Oct 3 at 9 am. Cases scheduled for Monday have been settled or dismissed, Axmear stated.
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Arthur Axmear
Axmear
Hanzlik Pleads Guilty In Minor Delinquency Case
Kenneth E. Hanzlik aged 20 of 2026 L Street SW pled guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court. The judge withheld sentence for up to two years on condition that Hanzlik stays out of trouble after being charged with furnishing beer to a minor boy.
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Kenneth E. Hanzlik
L Street
Floyd Philbrick
Hanzlik
Oakland man to plead on embezzlement charge in mortgaged car case
Victor Schroeder aged 22 of Oakland California was ordered to plead by 9 am Wednesday after arraignment in Judge Charles Penningroth's court on a charge of embezzling mortgaged property by selling a car that was mortgaged.
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Victor Schroeder
Oakland
Calif
Charles Penningroth
Schroeder
Marion R R Man Injured by Bulls At Anamosa Yards
L N Martin 56 of Marion was seriously injured near noon Friday when trampled by bulls he was helping to round up after they escaped at the Anamosa stockyards. An engineman for the Milwaukee railroad he aided his train crew in recapturing the cattle. He received emergency care from Dr. Byrne and was transported to Anamosa hospital with severe back injuries. His Friday night condition was reported good considering the injuries.
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Anamosa
L. N. Martin
Marion
Martin
Milwaukee Railroad
Byrne
Anamosa Hospital
Three Killed in East Of Columbus Jet Crash
Three people died in a two car collision about 11 am two miles east of Columbus Junction on highway 92. Victims were Marvin Sibley 47 Omaha his wife Georgia 42 and Jack Johnson 38 Burlington. H T Balkema of Burlington riding with Johnson was seriously injured and hospitalized at Muscatine. Authorities said the Sibley car sideswiped a Davenport man Glen L Alley driven car then crashed head on into the Johnson car. Alley and four others suffered only minor injuries.
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Columbus Junction
Marvin Sibley
Omaha
Georgia
Jack Johnson
Burlington
H. T. Balkema
Johnson
Muscatine
Sibley
Glen L. Alley
Davenport
Alley
Clinton Youth Killed in Car Crash West of Town
Charles Sherwood, 19, of Clinton died in a wreck when his car struck a small concrete bridge about ten miles west of Clinton on U.S. Route 30 early today.
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Clinton
Charles Sherwood
Here
City Briefs Span Health Homes Moves and Delegates
City briefs report a patient at St Luke s hospital and a hospital transfer for James Koehn after burns from smoking in bed. Mrs L C Apple advertises furniture sale and Smulekoff s annex offers. Lila French studies in St Louis. Parker attends NSBA in Kansas City with Hacke and Foster. Zmoos moves office to 615 Guaranty Bldg. Linn county cancer volunteers attend Monticello leadership conference.
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Linn County
American Cancer Society
Monticello
John J. Locher, Jr
James Sigmund
Charles Kuttier
John Williams
Whittier
Theft of Four Cases Of Beer Reported
Kuba Distributing Company reported the theft of four cases of beer valued at 1260. Police found an unlocked truck near the plant, later confirmed locked but with a padlock broken off. The incident occurred Friday night at 224 First Street NE.
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Kuba Distributing Company
First Street
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