Daily Record Weather And Divorce Notices 1955
Temperatures and precipitation across cities charted for Tuesday. Iowa forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms late Wednesday into Thursday and a warm Wednesday night. Divorce petitions listed for several couples including Walter and Walter, Harang and Harang, and Jones family. births noted for Cedar Rapids area.
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Bismarck
Minneapolis
Chicago
Denver
New
Duluth
Mama
Los Angeles
Nix
Miami
Beattle
Iowa
Tax Study shows funding gaps for Iowa higher education
The report outlines a plan to fund capital needs for the University of Iowa, Iowa State College, and the Iowa State Teachers College through state aid replacing pledged tuition and fees. It warns a pay as you go policy could burden taxpayers or block student admissions and calls for a careful review of capital funding policies and school district funding, tax exemptions, and state aid strategies.
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University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
J Association
Association
State Tax Commission
Speeding Fines Imposed Across Several Residents
Speeding violations lead to fines for Earl Lagerquist Jean Armstrong Norbert Brazell and Raymond Sullivan with costs assessed. Safety standards breach results in fines for Donald Koutny and Wayne Berry plus a 15 day suspended sentence. A car control failure fines Iven Neilsen and Anamosa Services for James Conway with funeral rites planned at St Patrick’s church and Buris interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
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Earl Lagerquist
Tenth Street
Jean Armstrong
Staub Court
Norbert Brazell
Eastern Boulevard
Raymond Sullivan
Hillside Drive
Donald Koutny
Hamilton Street
Wayne Berry
Mt. Vernon
Iven Neilsen
Springville
Anamosa
James
Mike” Conway
St. Patrick’s Church
McNamara Funeral Home
Buris
Holy Cross Cemetery
Government files two condemnation suits over adulterated flour and boysenberries
Federal district court in Cedar Rapids hears two condemnation actions. Witwer Grocer Co. holds 32 50 pound bags and 68 25 pound bags of Occident flour plus 21 bags of Betty Crocker flour, shipped from North Dakota and Kansas City, alleging adulteration and unsanitary storage. Nash-Finch Co. holds 24 one pound cans of Our Family Boysenberries shipped from Van Buren Arkansas, claiming decomposition. Warrant orders set hearings for October 27 in Cedar Rapids with all claimants to appear.
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Federal District Court
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Witwer Grocer Company
Nash-Finch Company
U. S
Philip C. Lovrien
Cedar ‘Rapids
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Valley City
N. D
General Mills, Inc
Kansas City
Henry N. Graven
Richard W. Beebe
van Buren
Ark
van Buren Canning Company
Enrollment Hike Noted at Iowa U
Preliminary enrollment at the University of Iowa stands at 9127 students, announced by Registrar Ted McCarrell. The figure shows an increase of 713 from last fall, with 6447 men and 2680 women. Veterans total 2104, versus 1406 a year ago.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ted McCarrell
Forger Posing as SUI Student Sought
Iowa City police sought a forger who posed as a University of Iowa freshman and cashed 150 dollars in bad checks to buy clothes books and a haircut. The impersonator used Todd K. Parker of Des Moines’s ID who lost his wallet at a Des Moines ball game last July. Parker was escorted downtown to show merchants his appearance so they could recognize the real man if he returned.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Todd K. Parker
Des Moines
Parker
Yankees Win Dramatic Tilt as Collins Hits Two Homers
In a seesaw game, Collins belts a third inning homer into the upper deck and a later shot for his second long ball, giving the Yankees the lead they never relinquish. Ford scores on a Ford run, Berra adds a single to cap the lineup in a win over the Dodgers.
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Associated Press
Yankees
Ford
Collins
Yanks
Berra
Babe Ruth
Dodgers
McDougald
Robinson
Furillo
Zimmer
Molotov Exit as Nationalist Talks
At the United Nations, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and other top Communist delegates left the Assembly chamber as Nationalist China’s foreign minister George Yeh began his policy address. Indian delegate V K Krishna Menon also departed, while the Soviet, Polish, and Czechoslovak heads stayed in their seats. Yeh argued that any East West improvement rests on strength of the Free World.
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Molotov
U.N. Assembly
China
George Yeh
V.K. Krishna Menon
Yehlegan
Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
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Food Cost Index Edges Up Slightly in Wholesale Foods
New York AP reports Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index rising modestly this week. The index is $6.25, up from $6.25 last week, with a year ago figure of $6.71.
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New York
Mrs John C Marsau Dies at 65 in Dysart
Mrs John C Marsau 65 wife of a former Cedar Rapids and Dysart banker died Tuesday evening at a Waterloo hospital after a long illness Funeral arrangements are being made at Overton funeral home Survivors include her husband and three daughters Mrs Arthur Young of Washington DC Mrs Herbert Kaselow of Skokie Ill and Mrs Robert Ryan of Evanston Ill
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John C. Marsau
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Overton
Arthur, Young
Washington, D. C
Herbert Kaselow
Skokie
Ill
Robert Ryan
Evanston
Oom the Omnipotent Dies Native Iowa Native of Iowa
Pierre A. Bernard known as Oom the Omnipotent, a Roaring Twenties mystic who billed society notables and vexed police, dies at 80 in a French hospital. Born Peter Coon in Leon, Iowa, he rose from lemon picking to wealth and influence through ingenuity and hustle.
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New York
Pierre A. Bernard
Bernard
Plain Peter Coon
Leon
Waco sewer fee plan narrowly fails in council vote
In Waco Texas the plan to charge for sewer service was debated and rejected by one vote 3879 to 3880 with residents weighing the cost against service needs. The result leaves the city council without a new revenue mechanism for sewer operations.
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Waco, Texas
Deaths Nelle Charles Terrill longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Nelle Charles Terrill widow of Edmund T. Terrill died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a long illness at 11 10 p m Tuesday. Born February 5 1866 in Indiana she taught at a Topeka high school for 30 years before moving to Cedar Rapids. Surviving are two daughters a son five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was a member of several clubs and a graduate of the University of Kansas and the Sorbonne. The body will be taken to Hutchinson for services and burial with visitation at the Johnson funeral home chapel pending Thursday.
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Edmund T. Terrill
Cedar Rapids
Indiana
Topeka
O. Elizabeth Terrill
R. B. van Zandt
Hutchinson
Kan
Edmund J. Terrill
Silver Spring
Terrill
First Presbyterian Church of
Marion
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Lawrence
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Paris
Turner Chapel
Johnson Funeral
Cedar Rapids Woman Mable A. Alnutt Dies After Illness
Mable Anna Alnutt 618 Seventh Ave SE Cedar Rapids resident for 40 years died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 8 p.m. Tuesday after a long illness. Born October 2, 1893 in Mystic she married Sam O Alnutt April 8, 1920 in Iowa City. Survived by husband a brother John Clark Milwaukee four grandchildren and one great grandson. She was a Bethel AME Church member services 1:30 p.m. Friday officiated by Rev. Theodore Hudson. Body to Mystic for burial. Friends may call Turner chapel after 1 sy Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday.
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Sam O. Alnutt
Seventh Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Mystic
Iowa City
John Clark
Milwaukee
Theodore Hudson
Turner Chapel
Friay
Infant Lillian Dressler dies in Cedar Rapids hospital
Lillian Dressler, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund Dressler of 1400 Second Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, died at 7:30 p m Tuesday in a local hospital. Survivors include the parents and grandmother Mrs Irene Wombacker of Parnell. Private services were held in Turner chapel Wednesday afternoon with cremation committal.
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Lillian Dressler
Edmund Dressler
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Irene Wombacker
Parnell
Turner Chapel
Infant Sickles laid to rest in Cedar Memorial services
Private graveside services were held at Cedar Memorial cemetery Tuesday for Robert Merle Sickles infant son of Mr and Mrs Merle W Sickles of 1130 Fifth street NW who died Monday at an Iowa City hospital The Rev T A Youngquist of First Lutheran church officiated.
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Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Robert Merle Sickles
Merle W. Sickles
Fifth Street
Iowa City
T. A. Youngquist
First Lutheran Church
Hoover Commission Returns Unspent Funds to Treasury
The Hoover Commission, created to cut government waste, returned 83000 in unspent funds to the treasury as its liquidation period ended. Over its two-year life the panel received 2848534 from Congress to study executive branch economy and streamline federal operations.
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Hoover Commission
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Commission On Organization
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Hoover
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Iearch
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Electrician Hurt After Fall From Ladder in Cedar Rapids
D. M. Graham, a Cedar Rapids electrician, fell about 15 feet while wiring outside a home on 1623 Hinkley Avenue NW. He grabbed for support and contacted a 220 volt line, injuring his ankle and head. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital for treatment.
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Hinkley Avenue
D. M. Graham
Graham
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wilson Opposes Further Economy
Washington AP reports Secretary of Defense Wilson concluded after a new survey that further spending cuts this year would be militarily unwise for the armed services.
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Washington
Wilson
Armed Services
Courthouse gains four more lines and new dialing system
The board of supervisors approved a Northwestern Bell contract to add four trunk lines for a total of 14 and implement a two number dialing system. All calls will route through the switchboard, reducing busy signals as the courthouse adopts a centralized system. Monthly phone bills rise from 360–390 to 459, and a new number 50521 starts November 8.
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Board of Supervisors
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Fined $500 for Drunk Driving Second Offense
Ward J. Hauskins, 32, of 1636 Center Street NE, Tuesday pled guilty to a drunk driving charge and was fined $500 and costs by Judge J. E. Heiserman. The arrest followed by Cedar Rapids police after officers observed erratic driving. This was his second drunk driving conviction, with a previous Linn county conviction on Oct. 4, 1950.
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Ward J. Hauskins
Center Street
J. E. Heiserman
Hauskins
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Willis A. Glassgow
State public health office clears Brinkman insulation suit
The Sensi public health office at Manchester dismissed an accounting suit filed against Elmer A. Brinkman doing business as Brinkman Insulation Company by Robert A. Phillips on Tuesday.
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Robert A. Phillips
Elmer A. Brinkman
Brinkman Insulation Company
Barnes Sentenced on Morals Charge in Rape Case
Albert F. Barnes, 37, of 3373 Third Avenue SE, was sentenced to 10 years at Fort Madison penitentiary for a rape charge. Judge J. E. Heiserman imposed the term after County Attorney Willis A. Gla sgow’s recommendation, following character testimony from family and friends. Barnes pled guilty to the Sept 20 charge. the attack occurred Sept 17 on a 17-year-old girl.
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Albert F. Barnes
Third Avenue SE
Fort Madison
J. E. Heiserman
Willis A. Glassgow
Barnes
Possession suits filed by Interstate Finance company
Interstate Finance Corporation sues Chester L and Dorothy Shelton for possession of a car and $1000 in damages claiming the Sheltons owe on the vehicle and that part of the car should be returned. A second suit sees Peoples Bank and Trust Company suing LaVern Grimm for possession of a truck and $100 damages. In the third case Joseph L. Kearney sues Leonard Lawrence fer Coggan for $255.30 claiming he paid for a Holstein bull that was never delivered.
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Chester L
Dorothy Shelton
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The
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LaVern Grimm
Joseph L. Kearney
Leonard
Mike” Lawrence Fer Coggan
Kearney
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Applications for Nurse Position Open With County
The board of supervisors announced on Wednesday that the county is receiving applications for a county nurse to replace Marian Van Fossen who resigned to join the University of Iowa college of nursing. Qualified nurses may apply to the board.
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Board of Supervisors
Marian van Fossen
Miss van Fossen
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Kidnapped Marcus baby recovered after dramatic hospital stop
A distraught mother abducted the Marcus infant, delivering the child at a boxing match in Lynwood to calm nerves. An alert deputy questioned the woman, a forged birth certificate surfaced, and FBI agents arrested her at Father McCoy’s. The child was recovered after the mother’s admission and the arrest.
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St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Los Angeles
Marcus
Eleanor l Lorenz
VACATION FARE CUT OFFER EYED BY BOARD
The Civil Aeronautics Board drafted a rule to permit airlines to offer reduced-fare vacation travel to U S military personnel overseas. It aims to boost morale and aid national defense.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
U. S
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