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a Deaths Mrs. Wiese Dies; Rites Set Mrs. Margaret Wiese, 76, of 1184 Hotz avenue, died at her home early Sunday. She resided with a daughter, Mrs. Carrie Graham.

lifelong resident of Johncounty, Mrs. Wiese was born in West Lucas township, January 4, 1883, a daughter of and Catherine Williams Davis. She was an ambulance escort for the University of Iowa ambulance service. Mrs. Wiese was a member of the First Christian church and the church women's or; ganizations, the Royal Neighbors, the Two-Two club and the Golden Age club.

Survivors besides Mrs. Graham include another daughter, Mrs. Arthur Pudgil, of Iowa City; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and sister, Mrs. William Hughes of Iowa City. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m.

at the Oathout funeral chapel with the Rev. A. C. Hofrichter, of First Christian church, officiating. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery, Albert Doerres Succumbs at 70 LONE TREE Albert P.

Doerres, 70, a businessman inLone Tree for 46 years, died at in Iowa City Saturday suffering a hospitter cerebral hemorrhage, Mr. Doerres was. in the feed business here. He was born near Lone Tree, October 3, 1888, a of John and Louise Mueller Doerres, and was married March 26, 1913, to Elizabeth Jarrard, who died in 1 1928. Survivors include three sons, Dwayne, of Iowa a City, John, of Colonial Heights, and Donald, of Wilton Junction; two daughters, Mrs.

Musser, of Lone Tree, and Airs. Harold Anderson, of Albuquerque, N. nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Taylor, of San Francisco, and Mrs. Enid Schmidt, of Lone Tree, and two brothers, Charles and Jack, both of Lone A brother preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Grace United Church of Christ with burial in the Lone Tree cemetery. The Rev. Roy Wingate, of Iowa City, will officiate. The body will remain at the Sorden and Adams funeral home until time of services Sumner Man Is Fatally Hurt in Car Accident Diekman, 38, Sumner, was inNORA SPRINGS UP) -Wayne jured fatally Sunday night in an auto accident.

Authorities- said Diekman's car came out of an alley here, struck a car parked on Highway 18 and then, traveled about a block and a half down a sidewalk and hit a tree. Diekman, a cafe operator, died at a Mason City hospital. Garst Will Appear On Television Show NEW YORK (P) Roswell Garst, Coon Rapids, Iowa, farmer who will be visited by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev next week, will be a pan-, elist on the "Today" program here Tuesday ing. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson and Sen.

Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) also will be on the program. IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN Established 1841 Five Years Older Than the State of Iowa Published except days at by 319 the East Press-Citizen Company, Washington street, Iowa City, Iowa. Second class postage paid at Iowa City, Iowa. The Iowa City Press-Citizen member of Speidel Newspapers, Inc.

The Associated Press is entitled ex clusively the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper, as well As UP) news. dispatches. Subscription Rates By carrier. 40c week. By mail on R.F.D.

routes in Johnson and adjoining counties, $10 year. By mail in towns available, where carrier delivery service is by mail in Iowa outside of Johnson and adjoining counties, All other mail subscriptiger: $18 and in adjoining states $15 a year. year. me City Sept. 14, 1950 State Grants Preliminary Approval to County Tax Roll Preliminary approval has been granted.

by the state tax commission on an abstract of real and personal property assessments for Johnson county, County Auditor William L. are Kanak said a final approval remains pending, but personnel in his offices, will begin preparing tax on the basis of the approval. The job will take about month to complete. At its meeting today, the board of supervisors approved Rocket Continued from Page 1 tioned normally up to the moment of impact, he said. The Soviets did not disclose the exact time or site of the rocket launching, but newsmen estimated that it took off sometime early Saturday.

They reckoned the capsule soared 236,160 miles to the moon in about 35 hours. THE ROCKET carried pennants bearing the Soviet hammer-and-sickle emblem and an inscription "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, September 1959." The Soviet news agency Tass said special measures had been taken to make sure the pennants bearing the emblem remained intact despite the terrific impact of the moon landing, The dramatic shot, sure to give Khrushchev's visit a sharp prestige boost, marked the first time man has lobbed a missile through space to hit celestial target. But Vice President Richard M. Nixon said official proof was still lacking that the Soviets really hit the moon, NIXON, interviewed As he landed in New York from Washington, said the Soviet had tried and failed three times in the last two. weeks to land rocket on the moon.

Saturday's was the fourth try, he added. Pravda, official Communist newspaper, said "the second space rocket has re-affirmed the leading role of the U.S.S.R. in the highly important spheres of science and technology, in fathoming the mysteries of Acclaiming the remarkable successes of the Soviet Union," Pravda added "world public opinion emphasizes the tremendous importlance" of Khrushchev's visit to United States. Moscow, Soviet citizens stood tensely by their radios as by reports were broadcast of. the trail-blazing flight.

Theater Group Sets Meeting Here Tuesday The Iowa City community theater will hold a regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian church. Prof. Philip Benson, of the University of Iowa department of dramatic art, will speak on "Theater in Sweden." Treated, Released After Minor Mishap Lester DeBore, 46; of West Liberty, was treated at Mercy hospital this morning for a head cut suffered at the Southeast junior high school job site here. Mr.

DeBore, a worker at the job, was struck on the head by a piece of material, it was reported. Davenport Girl in Serious Condition Beverly Gamble, 11, of is -listed in serious condition at University hospital today with severe burns suffered last week. She has burns of first and second degree nature over half her body. Most of the burns are second degree. The girl was transferred here during the week-end.

Intoxication Charge Results in $10 Fine Charles F. Hogan, of 519 South Van Buren street, has been fined $10 in Iowa City police court on a charge of intoxication. Costs of $3 also were budgets of all taxing bodies in the county and instructed Auditor Kanak to begin the preparation -of 1960 tax rolls. THE APPROVAL from the state was on the $64,432,232 totat county assessment, which is $2,200,000 above that on which taxes for the present year were figured. The figures represent totals reached by County Assessor Guy L.

Moore and City Assessor Victor J. Belger during field work in the early months of Of the -total, $27,416,424 of the assessed valuation is within Iowa City. The county total is subject to reduction by veteran tax credits totaling $1,640,869. IT IS INCREASED, however, by addition of $8,847,472 in assessed value in utility properties. This assessment, against railroads, telephone companies, electric and gas distributors and pipe lines, is made by the tax commission.

The resulting total valuation in the county is in excess of $70,000,000. Auditor Kanak said the exact total of all assessments will not be known until tax books are prepared and totaled. Labor Continued from Page 1 officer by any person convicted of a major crime for five years after he leaves prison, or by Communist or former Communist for five years after he quits the party. Ends void in federalEstate jurisdiction known- as no man's land by permitting each state to handle under its own laws any labor dispute the national labor relations board declines to handle. But the NLRB could not refuse to act on any class of cases it was handling August 1, 1959.

8. Prohibits all types of secandary, boycotts loopholes. by closing 9. Bans hot cargo contracts under which an employer agrees with a union not to do business with another employer. 10.

Prohibits picketing in order to organize workers in these situations: where another union has been lawfully recognized; where the union seeking to picket has lost a collective bargaining election in the last 12 months; where picketing has been conducted for a reasonable period not exceeding 30 days; and where no election has been asked. On secondary boycotts, the law makes It clear that labor can continue to refuse to work on struck goods. It also protecta garment industry agreements under which a prime contractor agrees not to deal with non-union subcontractors; provides that the right, of primary picketing ageinst the employer directly involved in the dispute is not limited, and allows unions to use intormational activities other than picketing to seek to persuade customers not to buy products of an employer with whom there is a dispute. ON ORGANIZATIONAL picketing, provide that a union can picket for longer than 30 days without an election if the picketing does not halt deliveries to a business. They also permit unlimited organizational picketing if the employer has entered into a collusive, or "sweetheart." contract with another The act also contains three provisions long sought by labor.

These would: 1. Permit replaced strikers vote in a bargaining election for one year after a strike begins. This repeals a section of Taft-Hartley. 2. Repeal the Taft-Hartley provision requiring union officers to file non-Cor munist atfidavits If their organizations to use the NLRB.

3. Permit pre-hire 'agreements in the construction indus. try plus mandatory union membership after seven days instead of the 30 required by present law. Marriage Licenses BREMEI OPEN TONITE 'TIL 9 P.M. SPECIAL! NEW FALL WASHABLE DRESS SLACKS WOOL AND ORLON GREYS OXFORDS BROWNS 2 PAIR 20.00 $1095 ALTERATIONS FREE BREMERS Frank J.

Lippert and Shirley A. Salyer, 1 both 26 and of Cedar. Rapids. Carl Larson, and Julia C. Larson, both 25 and of Ft.

Madison. Thomas F. Brown, 21, of Davenport, and Sandra K. Osterberg, 18, of Colona, Ill. Leonard L.

Shadley, 34, and Deanna K. Lane, 21, both of Newton. Khrushchev Visit Can Initiate 'New Atmosphere' The Rev. L. L.

Dunnington, pastor of the First Methodist church here, told his congregation at Sunday services that the Khrushchev visit to the U. S. can be the start of a "new atmosphere" in relations between this country and the Soviet Union. The Russian premier begins his tour of the U. S.

Tuesday along with an official party of about 100 persons. "This may make it possible to avoid an atomic war," the Rev. Mr. Dunnington declared in his sermon Sunday. He said he 1s 4 Hunters Injured in Accidents Not only the squirrels were shot as Iowa's 1959 squirrel season opened Saturday.

At least four hunters were wounded in accidents. One of them, John, DeRyke, 21, of Ft. Dodge, is in fair condition at University hospital with a spinal injury suffered Saturday when he was struck in the back by a stray caliber slug. Also injured, but not serpiously, was Milton Scheiv, of Cedar Rapids, whose holstered pistol discharged while he was hunting south of Riverside, the striking him in the lower left leg. He was treated by Kalona -physician and then drove to a Cedar Rapids hospital.

Hospitalized at Des Moines are Kenneth Pyle, 34, of Knoxville, and Leroy Elverum, 22, of Des Moines. Pyle was hit in the left arm while hunting near Pershing. Authorities said the gun was fired by Willard Becker, 18, of Knoxville, who was hunting nearby. Elverum was wounded in the back by what was apparently a stray bullet, according to the Associated Press. He was hunting near Carlisle.

The bullet lodged near his spine. Warn Hunters Of Weapon Ban At Reservoir A ban on rifles and pistols onfederally owned land surroundthe Coralville reservoir is ing being ignored by too hunters, according to at the flood control project. of the corps of the use of anything but shotguns in hunting on the federal land. John Story, manager at the dam, said a number of hunters have been told to leave the reservoir area over the weekend because thy were hunting with weapons firing slugs rather than 'shot. Under the army engineers' regulations, only law enforcement officers may carry rifles or pistols on the federal property.

Four Motorists Fined On Speeding Charges Charges of speeding filed in Iowa City police court have resulted in fines. for four motorists. $4 were assessed in each case. Fined were Richard S. Friedman, of Burlington, $12; Robert H.

Schilting, of Marion, Donald W. Waskow, of Cedar Rapids, and Gerald Smith, Moines, $5. Rodeo Clown Hurt At Fort Madison FT. MADISON (P) -Famous rodeo clown Bobby Clark of Bakersfield, was gored by a Brahma bull during the week-end performance of the Tri-State World Championship rodeo here. The bull caught Clark with one of its horns, knocked him down, then gored and trampled him before it was driven off.

Clark was taken to a Ft. Madison hospital with a broken leg state. and shoulder. a PAINT AN SALE! SAVE ON FORMAN, FORD PAINTS You asked to repeat is again famous Formon, ford Grade 1 premium paints will be sold only at off regular setall pocket 20c out of every dollar you'd ord So hurry! Sensational Savings Limited Time Only! Better FORMAN, FORD PAINT and NAGLE HARDWARE Dial 8-4155 lows Olty Senate Civil Rights Fight Delays Finish WASHINGTON UP) Congress edged its way toward possible adjournment today with and foes already appraising its legislative record. It southern opponents halt their attack on a rider extending the life of the civil rights commission, the senate may be able to complete action late today on $3,281,813,000 foreign aid bill it approved in substance Saturday.

But there was no terminal hour on the Dixie verbal onslaught against the commission, nor on the potential counterthreat that northerners might push for stronger civil rights legislation this year. The house, standing by, was ready for efforts to compromise the bill with Its own 000 version of overseas assistance. Once this was done the weary legislators could go home. Money items for foreign aid and for miscellaneous unrelated items already have been tentatively decided by the senate. It rejected Saturday night all efforts to change the appropriations recommended by its committee.

But before final vote on the bill could be taken, the senate had to dispose of the civil rights question. The battle started Saturday night, but was terminated by a recess early Sunday. Theft of Purse From Auto Here Reported Today The theft of a Mapleton womJan's purse from her car was reported to police today. Mra. J.

Bradley Rust, of 910 River street, reported for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Brenner, of Mapleton, that the purse was stolen while the car was parked near the memorial union. According to the police report, Mrs. Rust and the Brenners were standing near the union building about 11 a.m.

While they talked, a young man in a 1958 model car stopped alongside the Brenner car, grabbed the purse and drove away. The purse contained between $8-and $10 and Mrs. Brenner's credentials. Donald G. Janney Is Granted Divorce Donald G.

Janney has been granted divorce from Mrs. Margaret M. Janney in Johnson county district court on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Judge Harold D. Evans signed the decree.

The couple was married September 19, 1954, at Las Vegas, and separated last June 20, according to the petition. Swisher and Swisher Mr. Janney. Quarterback Club Elects Kottemann Weather, almanac IOWA CITY WEATHER Monday, September 14 Mostly fair and mild through Tuesday. Low tonight 52 to 56 degrees.

High Tuesday 80 84 degrees. For Iowa Mostly fair and mild through Tuesday. Lows tonight from 48 to 56 degrees. Highs Tuesday 76 to 86 degrees. Further outlook: Partly cloudy and a little cooler northwest Wednesday.

Five-day forecast: Temperatures through Saturday will average near normal highs in the 708 and lows between 48 and 57 degrees. Dry weather will continue. Iowa City Temperatures The the noon reading was 75 degrees and overnight low was 50 dewas grees. Sunday's high of 79. degrees preceded by a low of 48 degrees and the high Saturday was 76 degrees.

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS By C. C. Wylle Professor of Astronomy University of Iowa SUNRISE today 5:46 a.m.: Tuesday 5:47 a.m. SUNSET 6:17 today 6:19 p.m.; Tuesday p.m. The moon set at 3:11 today.

and at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, Council Continued from Page Iowa City resident since 1946 and has a bachelor's degree in economics from S.U.I. He has been associated with the university personnel office- since 1947, A member of the First Methodist church, Mr. Doderer is the father of two children, Dennis, 10, and Kay, 8. He is past secretary of the National College and University Personnel association, a member of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce safety committee and the S.U.I.

Homecoming committee. He is a Hawkeye area: Boy Scout organization and extension committee chairman. PROFESSOR DEEGAN returned to Towa City in 1949 after 14 years as an industrial engineer in several large manufacturing concerns. He holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from S.U.I. Now chairman of the department of mechanical engineering at the university, he also is ordinator of placement and director of the management course.

He also does consulting engineering work. He is a member of various professional and scientific societies as well as the Iowa City Rotary club and of Commerce. Professor. the Deegan organizing was committee for St. Andrew Presbyterian church and now is the church treasurer.

He has served on the bi-partisan school candidate selection committee and as a Boy Scout tr op committeeman. He is the father of two sons, James a sophomore at S.U.I. and Robert, a junior at University high school. OTHER CANDIDATES have their names, listed on the ballot by filing petitions with the required number of signatures with the city clerk by the deadline. Although all candidates elected to the city council since council manager government was instituted here in 1951 have had endorsement, other candidates have sought election.

Should -more than six candidates file for the council, a. primary election will be necessary. This, if necessary, be held October 20, two weeks before the regular election. Falls from Bicycle, Boy Is Hospitalized Ronald Maske, 14, of 823 Third avenue, is being held for observation at Mercy hospital after the youth fell off his bicycle as he left home for school this morning. The boy, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Leonard Maske, apparently suffered only minor bruises in the fall, but it was thought he may have fainted just before the mishap. He was taken to the hospital in a semi-conscious "personally delighted" at what he could be the most international exchange in many years. But the Iowa City minister recalled his own visits to Russia to point out that he conaiders the leadership there to be basically untrustworthy as they seek to extend Communist rule over the world. HE CITED passage from a talk by Lenin which the Rev.

Mr. Dunnington heard in January, 1918, when he attended the first all-Russian Soviet congress. The pastor quoted Lenin as saying: "Comrades, you are to be congratulated on, having won the Communist revolution in Russia. We shall now go on to win the revolution throughout the world, and if we. need to lie, and steal and murder to gain our ends, we shall not hesitate." The Rev.

Mr. Dunnington pointed out the difference in backgrounds of the Soviet premier and of President Eisenhower. The president, he said, is a Christian with belief in God, while Khrushchev does not believe in God, but that the state is all-important and the end justifies the means. He said that the U. S.

should "show them how wrong they are in the lies they tell about this country," and seek to open the door further on cultural exchanges. Outlines Goals Of Khrushchev DES MOINES (P)- William L. for The -Ryan, Associated foreign news Press, analyst Americans will not "go overboard in greeting Khrushchev next week." Ryan expressed the hope Sunday in a talk which was the final event of the 1959 meeting of the Iowa Daily Press, association. He said known targets of the exchange of visits' between Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President Eisenhower include: The checkmating of the North Atlantic Treaty organizations, and the removal of U.S. bases from European lands.

Winning role of respectability for the Russian Communist regime by association with the United States. Khrushchev's curiosity, about Americans. A HIGHLIGHT of the IDPA meeting was the presentation of the first annual Community Service Award to Ralph E. Shannon, editor and publisher of the Washington Journal. Presentation was made Saturday, night.

newly-elected by John IDPA H. presi- Notdent. Notman is co-publisher of the Clinton Herald. Named vice president, also for a one-year term, was Paul G. Norris, publisher of the Marshalltown Times Republican.

Staff Member Of Press-Citizen Receives Award Joseph C. Code of the PressCitizen advertising staff was named an award winner for excellence in advertising writing at the annual meeting of the Iowa Daily Press association in Des Moines over the week-end. Willard C. Johnson, also of the Press-Citizen staff, served as chairman of a round table discussion during an advertising meeting at the meeting. Miss Martina Meyer of the Press-Citizen staff served As co-chairman of the classified advertising clinic.

THERE'S MORE ROOM AT THE TOP THAN THERE IS AT THE BOTTOM ATTEND NIGHT SCHOOL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 SHORTHAND Is Still Required. Gregg (electric) Speedwriting (ABC's) Machine Typewriting Spelling and Vocabulary Building Business English Business Correspondence. ACQUIRE more skills develop your skills increase your proficiency. Excellent salaries for those who do. lowa City Commercial College (Above Washington Ford at Hopkins Dubuque DIAL 7644 Newcomer: Mote to a Dr.

William P. Kottemann was elected head of the Iowa City Quarterback club for the coming year at the organization's first meeting Jefferson of the season at Hotel this noon. He succeeds Atty. Clair E. Hamilton, I.

J. Barron was re-elected fullback. Members elected to the first team today included A. H. Arneson, C.

A. Comer, Walter Chudwick, Robert Ettinger, and Robert Randall, Those who have another year on the first team include Kenneth H. Hansen, Glenn Eves, Doctor Kottemann, Clark Caldwell, C. H. Anderson and Ed Breese.

Keith Wilson, Harold Reedquist, W. T. Hageboeck, John Kelly, Neil Fisher, and Attorney Hamilton are the retiring members of the first team. The Quarterback club will meet regularly on Mondays at Hotel Jefferson from now until early December and again after the Christmas holidays. Nab Escapee In Milwaukee MILWAUKEE UP) An caped convict sought across the ration for kidnaping, beating and raping 6-year-old Nebraska girl was captured here after a tip given by a young brother and sister.

The man is Harlan Lynn Noble, 46, a onetime inmate of the Kansas State prison at Lansing. Police Chief Joe Carroll of Lincoln, said Noble is charged there with raping a girl who was taken from her bedroom August 1. Noble also is charged with sodomy and unlawful flight. Noble escaped from a mental institution at Larned, June 2. He had been transferred there from the state prison 99-year where term he for was attacking serving girl in Leavenworth, Kan.

He was captured Saturday night after a chase that ended when two men sat on him until police arrived and rushed him to a cell. Noble's captors were put on the convict's trail by Kathryn Mary Bricco, 10, and her brother Donald, 9. As their father, Donald, sat in a tavern, the children rushed in saying they had seen the man who had molested a 9-year-old neighbor boy in an alley 11 days ago. The father, a neighbor, Dickie Smith, and Bricco's children followed in a car as the man started to run. A block away they cornered Noble.

Bricco and Smith took Noble to the porch another tavern and sent one of the children to call police. The two men sat on Noble while waiting for officers. a we conEvery service by a duct is the Beckman supervised of principal organization. You old residents of Sown is City Iowa already Know' that Beckmans. service! service Citya preferred RECKMAN'S.

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