Iowa Highway Death Toll Reaches New Record High
The Iowa motor vehicle toll for 1954 climbs to 606 with five holiday fatalities and several weekend deaths. Read about multiple crash victims near Monticello and Manchester, including Claire Gombert and two Waterloo sisters, plus other injured drivers and passengers across the state.
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Iowa
United Press
Claire Dee Gombert
Anamosa
Star Route
U.S. 151
Monticello
Gombert
Lloyd Hall Ouberkirk
Dubuque
Francis
Lewis Dreibelbis
Ouberkirk
Waterloo
Manchester
Judy Ann Timmer
Albert Timmer
Judy Kay Garthoff
Phillip Garthoff
Ronald Timmer
Judy
Gilbert Timmer
Marlin Burch
Patricia Fletcher
Massena
U.S. 71
Extra
Paul Heckman
Adair
Jerry Heckman
Milburn
Paul
Sidney Bray
Ozark
Ark
Ralph Schoulte
Monona
Elkader
Clarence Swiger
Kansas City
Glenwood
Council Bluffs Hospital
Russell D. Lebeniecher
Missouri Valley
Clare G. Potter
Vickie Baker
James Baker
Leon Frazer Held After Knife Attack On Deputy In Iowa
Leon Frazer 29 is expected to face a charge after knifing a deputy sheriff and a night marshal during an arrest attempt at Anderson Tavern in Leon Iowa. He escaped wounded in a gun battle with Night Marshal Raymond Vanderpool, was hunted by about 35 officers, and captured Sunday hiding in a haystack near the Iowa Missouri line.
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Leon
Iowa
Leo Frazer
Frazer
Raymond Vanderpool
Iowa-Missouri State Line
Here
Kenneth Meek
Anderson Tavern
Vanderpool
Peartherpool
Meek
Loren Gerber
All Alge
Keota Rural Carrier’s Long Mail Route Milestone
Keota mail carrier FitzSimmons, who began in Sigourney and served Keswick before Keota since 1934, estimates 500000 miles on routes. The Keota route grew from 28 to 56 miles serving about 170 families. He forded creeks and beat snow drifts delivering mail with few accidents, aside from a cow collision and dog casualties.
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FitSimmons
FitzSimmons
Sigourney
Keswick
Keota
South English
James A. FitzSimmons
Denver
Colo
Mrs. Wilber Miller Dies At 81 In Bolar Nursing Home
Mrs. Wilber Miller aged 81 died at 3:30 a m at Bolar Nursing Home where she had resided nearly a year. Her home was 214 East Second Street. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Sherman's Funeral Home with Dr. C R Reed officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs P H Frank of Waterloo and Mrs Earl Simmerman of Washington, a son Charles E Miller of Sun Valley California, four grandchildren, one great granddaughter, and four brothers Frank Lester Peter Bert. Seven siblings preceded her in death.
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Wilber Miller
Bolar
East Second Street
Sherman
C. R. Reed
Elm Grove Cemetery
Emma Arnold
Des Moines County
Iowa
Emerson and
Eliza (Cramner) Arnold
Miller
Methodist Church
P. H. Frank
Waterloo
Earl Simmerman
Washington
Charles E. Miller
Sun Valley
Calif
Frank
American Falls
Idaho
Lester
Denmark
Peter
Thompson Falls
Montana
Bert
Free Movie At YMCA For Boys And Girls
All boys and girls in grade school and junior high are invited to a free showing of The Bohemian Girl at the Washington Community YMCA. Screenings run Tuesday morning at 10 and afternoon at 2 as part of the holiday program.
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Washington Community Ymca
YMCA
4-H Members Urged To Attend County Party
All 4-H members in the county are urged to attend a county wide party at West Chester High School gym on Tuesday evening December 28 at 7 30. The highlight is the installation of the new county 4-H girls and boys officers followed by circle games and square dancing.
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4-H
West Chester High School
Dubuque Toll Bridge Ends Toll Status Today
The Julien Dubuque bridge across the Mississippi River, toll free since this morning, reopened in brief ceremonies. Miss Hazel Skemp, who cut the first toll opening 11 years ago, cut a second ribbon for a car driven by Hubert B. Dukes and Standley Wiedner to cross without charge.
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Dubuque
Julien Dubuque
Mississippi River
Hazel Skemp
Hubert B. Dukes
Dubuque County
Standley Wiedner
Moline
Ill
Adenauer backs atom ban as path to world peace
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged a workable global agreement banning atomic weapons. He said earnest renunciation would free thinking and ease fears, while lacking such an accord could fuel an arms race and wider Soviet expansion. He argued Germany could not or would not produce heavy weapons or long range bombers.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
U.S. News and World Report
Germany
Rites Held Today for Mrs McCall 91 in Crawfordsville
Mrs Aryzen McCall aged 91 died at 3 45 am Saturday December 25 after ten years of illness Funeral services were conducted at 2 pm in Jones funeral home with Dr C R Reed presiding Burial followed in Crawfordsville cemetery She was born January 27 1863 in Blount County Tennessee daughter of James Ferguson and Isabella Jeffries Ferguson She came to Washington County in 1883 and married John M McCall in 1888 who died in 1931 Survivors include son Guy McCall Crawfordsville daughter Mrs L G Jugenheimer Charles City Iowa five grandchildren eight great grandchildren and brother Ode Ferguson Washington
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Aryzen McCall
Crawfordsville
Jones Funeral Home
C. R. Reed
McCall
Blunt County
Tenn
James Ferguson
Isabella Jeffries Ferguson
Washington County
John M. McCall
Guy McCall
L. G. Jugenheimer
Charles City
Iowa
Ode Ferguson
Washington
Speas Services Planned In Kalona For J J Speas
Kalona resident Jacob J. Speas 67 died at home on Christmas morning. Service set 1:30 p m Tuesday at Kalona Methodist Church with Rev. Dendy Garrett in charge and burial at Sharon Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Yoder funeral home. Born January 16 1887 in Woodford County Illinois he married Bena Yetty in 1909. He moved from Illinois to Iowa in 1914 and Kalona in 1920. He ran a trucking business and co owned Kalona Transfer. Survivors include wife a daughter Linus Patterson three grandchildren two brothers John H Speas Adolph Speas and three sisters Mary Bachman Chris Schwartz and Mrs Howard Cook.
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Kalona
Jacob J. Speas
Dendy Garrett
Sharon Hill
Yoder Funeral Home
Mr. Speas
Woodford County
Illinois
Henry
Mary Zoos Speas
Bena Yetty
Towa
Speas
Linus Patterson
John H
Adolph
Cedar Rapids
Mary Bachman
Cazenovia
All
Chris Schwartz
Howard Cook
Winthrop, la
Slippery Highways Warn Motorists Across Iowa
The Iowa Highway Commission issued a special warning as freezing drizzle coated highways in at least 50 counties. Hazardous roads were reported around Perry Ames Fort Dodge and Winterset with a Greyhound bus sliding into a ditch on U.S. 69 north of Jewell. The Weather Bureau warned freezing conditions could spread eastward as temperatures fell to the low 30s tonight. Northwest Iowa expected 18-24 degree lows.
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Mnitkwee
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Iowa
Elkader
Highway Patrol
Greyhound
U.S. 69
Jewell
Des Moines
Perry
Fort Dodge
Winterset
Onawa
Sac City
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Indianola
Bedford
Weather Bureau
Lowa
Mendes-France Wins Support In German Rearmament Battle
The article notes Mendes-France gaining backing in the debate over Germany's rearmament. It also reports on a separate Christmas weekend traffic toll, counting 370 deaths from crashes and 474 total accidental deaths nationwide, with state tallies and officials commenting on the tragedy and urging safer driving for the New Year.
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Mendes-France
United Press
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Florida
North Carolina
Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Mrs Karle Libe Suffers Knee Fracture in Christmas Fall
Mrs Karle F Libe rests at Washington County Hospital after fracturing her right knee cap in a fall at home around 10 Christmas morning. An Iowa City doctor will review x rays to decide on possible knee cap removal. The Libes had planned a trip to Mexico, now postponed indefinitely.
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Karle F. Libe
Washington County Hospital
Libe
Iowa City
Mexico
Cheeley Marks 21st Birthday By Splitting Firewood
In Iuka Illinois H H Cheeley a farmer recently celebrated his twenty first birthday by splitting his winter supply of firewood in a display of sturdy labor and self reliance.
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Wood's
Iuka
Ill
H.h.cheeley
Perdock to Take Over Willits Oldsmobile Cadillac Dealer
Bill Perdock and Cloid Willits announce the sale of the Washington Olds and Cadillac dealership effective January 1. Perdock, longtime Tucker Chevrolet manager, will run the new Perdock Oldsmobile and Cadillac sales and service with Willits remaining active to assist the transition. Willits, a veteran in Washington autos since 1911, will stay on briefly to help secure customers and smooth the change.
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Bill Perdock
Cloid Willits
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Washington
Perdock
Tucker Chevrolet
Tucker
Willits
Mr. Perdock
Gene Tucker
Mr. Willits
Bill
Urey warns Americans on Soviet nuclear strength
Nobel laureate Dr. Harold C. Urey told the Chicago Sun-Times Americans underestimate Soviet nuclear weapons and military power. He argued the Russians may have produced A and H bombs faster than the English and relied little on Western leaks.
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Chicago
Harold C. Urey
Urey
Chicago Sun-Times
Nehru Tito Seek Peace Via Non Alignment Policy
Nehru and Tito publish a joint non alignment policy aiming for peaceful co existence without force. They deny neutrality or third blocs while endorsing active constructive steps toward collective peace amid Cold War tensions. Tito’s visit underscores their contrast in backgrounds and enduring ties to Soviet coexistence propaganda.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Nehru
Tito
Soviet Russia
Red China
Fareway Buys Site for New Washington Store
Fareway stores sign on for the Norton and Jungbluth properties in Washington in a deal valued near 100000 dollars. The purchase includes Norton building and Jungbluth lot with plans for remodeling and a 60 car parking lot. Possession is set for April 1 with a 60 to 90 day period to open for business.
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Washington
Fareway
L. Ivan Norton
Carl Jungbluth
Post Office
Norton
Fareway Company Today
Norton Building
Mae
Jung
Eveready Acme & Heating Company
Will Ss
Aes Conisideee
Peter Pan Bsaty Eominany
Singer Sewing Machine Shop
Jungbluth
Don Curtis
Curtis
Iowa
Fareway Stores
Boone
Eagle Grove
Fareway Company
Produce Company
Car Stolen Here By Man Arrested Friday Night in Cedar Rapids
James Anthony Stewart of Petersburg Illinois was arrested in Cedar Rapids Friday night after a chase across northeastern Missouri and southeast Iowa. He allegedly stole multiple autos including a Baxter vehicle at the B D Duwa farm near Washington and wrecked another car three miles south of Williamsburg before being captured. He remains in custody in Cedar Rapids.
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James Anthony Stewart
Petersburg
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Iowa
Stewart
Russell Baxter
B. D. Duwa Farm
Washington
Duwa Farm
Mr. Baxter
Sheriffs Office
City Police
Highway Patrol
Baxter
Williamsburg
Erskine Must Pay Damages After Sign-Backed Note
In New Haven Russell Erskine was found not at fault in a traffic crash but ordered to pay 310 damages because he signed a note promising to cover damages. The ruling cites the contract as binding regardless of fault.
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New Haven, Conn
Russell Erskine
Erskine
France Hangs On To Mendès France as Confidence Votes Loom
Paris reports Premier Mendès France wins crucial backing in his bid for German rearmament under pressure from the independent bloc and fears of a Western unity split. The outcome hinges on three votes of confidence as France weighs its future in NATO-style unity and East–West relations.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
Mendes - France
Independent
Bloc of Deputies
Pierre de Neuville
Charlies de Oe
France
Pierre Garet
United States
Britain
Germany
U.S
Vincent Moro- Giafferri
Assembly
U.S.S.R
Russia
Mendes-France
Eisenhower
Georgia
Washington
Cloudy Sky Forecast With Mixed Precipitation Likely
United Iowa weather bulletin notes cloudy conditions in the south and east with a diesel of extreme southeast and a narrow band of freezing rain from northeast to extreme. Overnight will be cloudy with snow in the southeast half and mainly rain in the extreme southeast. Tuesday brings more clouds and precipitation in the southeast.
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United
Iowa
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Plan Speas
Nation
Karle Libe
Olds
Cadillac Auto Agency
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White House
Nehru Tito
Harrow
Cambridge
England
Fareway Grocery
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