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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1956
Page
9
Iowa local government levies for payment this year totaled 261,227,162 with a 6.74 percent rise from 1955. Schools accounted for 140,000,239 of the total, counties 79,435,271, and municipalities 41,791,652.
The second degree murder trial of Charles Tudor, 27, Winthrop, adjourned until Tuesday after the defense presented a spectrographic link between particles from Tudor’s wife’s finger and the gun used to shoot Gordon Merritt. The defense argues Tudor tried to frighten Merritt, while Mrs Tudor’s scream and hand movement caused the weapon to discharge. Judge Blair C Wood presides as the jury of five women and seven men may hear the case late Wednesday.
A dense page of miscellaneous small ads and notices including lost and found items, services offered, rental and repairs, garden and seed prompts, tax service, rummage sale details, and personal notices. Entries mention Kling Seed Co, Rosens Tailor Shop, Karlo Klingsseed, and various local contacts, with items like a lost cat named Taffy and a blue pocketbook, plus roofing, painting, and yard work services.
Numerous classified notices seek used car and auto salesmen and general labor. Listings offer permanent positions with benefits, interview calls, and potential high earnings. Apply in person or write Box Y 124 Gazette CA, Waterloo IA, or to local firms in Lincoln 1034 and Portu.
A flooded help wanted page lists positions at Omaha and Cedar Rapids area employers including cooks, salesmen, machinists, night shift workers, administrative trainees, real estate sales, clerks, dishwashers, janitors, route men and roofers. Employers advertise required experience, apprenticeship, or education with shifting hours and benefits, plus contact details and box numbers for applications.
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