City Employee Strike Looms After Wage Talks Fail
A looming city employee strike followed two stalled bargaining sessions with the city council. Labor leaders say a Tuesday meeting at 5 p.m. will decide on a deadline for settlement as workers demand a 40 hour week and higher pay. The city offered 16 cents more per hour for a 44 hour week or 1 cent for a 40 hour week, plus fringe benefits. no date for further talks was set.
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Labor Temple
AFL
James D. White
Milo J. Sedlacek
Baseball Broadcast Plans Brooklyn Dodgers vs Braves
Advertisement notes ASEBALL at 1 25 tomorrow on KCRG KCRK with Brooklyn Dodgers facing the Braves in Boston. Reese site odds 1600 for NEWS ALTON Lewis Jr longtime commentator 7 00 7 15 P M weekdays on KCRG KCRK reports from Chicago tonight 1600 for NEW
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Aseball
Kcrgkcrk
Brooklyn Dodgers
Braves
Boston
KCRG
KCRK
Alton Lewis, Jr
Washington
Chicago
Church Merger Upheld by Court
An appeals court in New York reversed a lower court ruling blocking the proposed merger of the Congressional Christian churches and the Evangelical and Reformed church. The decision clears the way for the merger to proceed under existing church governance and state requirements.
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New York
Congressional Christian Churches
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Radio Schedule Fragment on FM 96.9 and Channel 245
A disrupted listing outlines Tuesday night programming with 6:00 to 6:45 blocks including Tello-Test Sports News Gabriel Heatter Newsreel and Dixieland selections. Additional afternoon and evening segments feature Platter Pantry Uncle Jay Jay Green Hornet and Wild Bill with regional news at 10:00 and 5:55.
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KCRG
KXEL
WHO
WMT & P.M
Beulah Gabri Sliver Lee
Mutual
Murrow
Phil Rizzuto
Annouowman
Fulton Lewis
Barrie Craig
Fibber McGee
Louella Parsons
Me ’Usic
Molly
News of
Eddie
Joe Reichman
Dream Harbo Choraliers
Salvatore Gice
Uni
Rome Trails I Believe
Estra Blazers
Brown Creck
Srith
Carroll
Rev. Pietsch
Os Smith
Life Farm
Chuck Worcester Brock Watcher Almanac
Dreier
Attersons
Cey
Harleich
Aeenee Club
Ioe
Fee
Po News
Ussie Hall
True Welcome Woman's Page Tree Oable Travelers
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Godfrey
Arthur
Dave Garroway
Bob and
Ray
Judy
Jane Wend Warren
Victor Lindlehr
Ma Perkins
Helen Trent
Land O’s
Kcwabare
Voice of
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R.F.D
Tien Owen Cowboys
Jack H
Guidin
Brooklyn
Ion Family
Boston Circle
Lipate Eputos House
Mary Pepper Youngs
Evelyn Winters
Berl Starbuck
Bill Mer
Pantry
Lorenzo Jones
Lamherden
Breck
Boston
New
Uncle Jay Jay
WHBF TV Schedule Snapshot
Television lineup listing for WHBF shows Captain Video Beulah News Stork Club morning block and afternoon programs including Arthur Godfrey Bride and Groom Al Pearce Strike It Rich Eye and I t Years Mike and Buff Parks Pricing Space Cadet Beanie with time slots from 6:00 to 5:45 Metropolis listing indicates channel programming without events or outcomes.
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Beulah
Stork Club
al Pearce
Mike and
Buff 2Rt Parks
Prices
Beanie
TV Schedule Fragments Mixed for Evening Lineup
A scrambled list shows television and radio time slots with host names and programs across an evening lineup. Entries include Mars at 6, Dinah Shore at 6 30 and Tracy at 10, along with theater segments and weather notes, all in a fragmentary schedule format.
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Mars
Meinert
Dinah Shore
Milton Berle
Theater
Considine
Tracy
Weatherman
Brea
Board of Supervisors Proceedings 1953 Iowa County
The board met, approved minutes of March 25, authorized Vi olet Fell to pay Decon Gary Road Assessment No 285 in installments, and adopted a low bid award for Farm to Market Project No S-2178(1) to R B Bur ch Inc for grading Cedar Rapids Iowa at 18902.48. Claims and disbursements listed including care of Ruth Nemecek and various county expenses.
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Board of Supervisors
Sutera
Wiley
Hood
Biel
Violet Fell
DeconGary Road
Resolutio
Towa
Board of Visors
Lows
Ion
R. B. Burch, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Ruth Nemecek
Independence
WHAS
J .Jones
Supers
Jos
Mekota
Fannie Nast
Leena
Board Won't Rehear Garage Okay Protest Targeted
Sixteen TV station applications in Iowa await FCC action after a June 1 filing window. Hearings must follow the July 1 deadline. Cities include Cedar Rapids Iowa City Oelwein Davenport Des Moines and Sioux City among others with multiple applicants and stations.
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First Avenue E
District Court
George
First Avenue
Washington
Iowa
Federal Land Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Tne
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Company of
KCRG
American Broadcasting Stations, Inc
Washington, D. C
WMT
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Oelwein
Northeast Iowa Radio Corporation
Davenport
Davenport Broadcasting Company
Des Moines
Central Broadcasting Company
Cowles Broadcasting Company
Independent Broadcasting Company
Murphy Broadcasting Company
Tri- States Television and Broadcastiing Company
Boone
Boone Broadcasting Company
Sioux City
Perkins Brothers Company
Kcom Broadcasting Company
Waterloo
Josh Higgins Broadcasting Company
Black Hawk Broadcasting Company
Storm Lake
Cornbelt Broadcasting Company
Varvaris Journeys to Greece for Ill Mother
Cedar Rapids restaurant man Alex Varvaris travels to Trikkaala Greece to be at his mother Evangeline Varvaris's bedside amid serious illness. He leaves by plane with stops in New York London Paris and Rome, planning to be away several weeks.
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Cedar Rapids
Trikkaala
Greece
Evangeline Varvaris
Varvaris
New York
Athens
London
Paris
Rome
Public garage ruling prompts waiver for First Avenue site
Officials ruled the building must be treated as a public garage, banned by ordinance without 75 percent owner approval within 300 feet, a waiver granted. Four members noted no new evidence for a rehearing. Neighborhood spokesman Kubicek, who led opposition to rezoning, cited mixed wants for the First Avenue block. Additional actions: Nicholson remodel to three apartments at 226-228 Fourteenth Street NE and Flora Burton Jones seeks a lighted motel sign at 2743 Mt Vernon Road, with waivers due to mixed commercial residential zoning.
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George Farmer
Farmer
Theodore Kubicek
Carl Drake
First Avenue
Kubicek
City Plan Commission
William Henning
Ernest Gundling
C. P. Lewellen
A. E. Nicholson
Fourteenth Street
Flora Burton Jones
Twenty-eighth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Tidelands Veto Assertion Denied
Washington dispatch reports the White House denied on Monday that President Truman told a caller he would veto the tidelands bill currently under congressional drafting.
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Tidelands
Washington
INS
White House
Truman
Congress
Saltonstall Urges Ike To Speak Up
Sen. Saltonstall endorses Eisenhower for the Republican nomination and urges the general to publicly address political questions. He says Ike must speak out or face difficulty winning the nomination and believes a clear position would aid the party and the nation.
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Saltonstall
Ike
Washington
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen
R-Mass
Six Holiday Excursionists Killed In Jamaican Crash
Kingston Jamaica AP reports six holiday excursionists died and 43 were injured when their truck skidded off the road in Kingston and struck a tree on Monday.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Savings and Loan Associations Set New High in 1951
Des Moines AP reports Iowa savings and loan associations finished 1951 with record highs in resources and most operation ratios. Combined resources rose 15.15 percent to 115,917,437, mortgage loans 99,129,480, real estate contracts 715,982, cash funds 6,589,227, repurchasable shares 97,801,892, reserves 5,444,180, undivided profits 1,583,849, and net income 3,573,773.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Eastern Iowans Return from Far East on Navy Ship
SEATTLE AP Three Eastern Iowans were aboard the troopship Sgt. Sylvester Antolak which docked with 1,431 troops from the Far East. They are M/Sgt. Marion N. Daffara What Cheer Pfc. Donald H. Ruther Clarence and Cpl. William E. Wright Cedar Rapids. The navy transport Gen. H. B. Freeman was to arrive Tuesday with Lt. Donald R. Doherty of Cedar Rapids aboard.
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Seattle
Navy
Sylvester Antolak
Far East
Marion N. Daffara
What Cheer
Donald H. Ruther
Clarence
William E. Wright
Cedar Rapids
H. B. Freeman
Donald R. Doherty
Firemen Battle Blaze In West Side Apartment
Firemen fought a blaze for about 25 minutes at a flaming apartment located at 114 K Avenue NW around 6 p.m. Monday. The unit was occupied at the time.
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West Side
K Avenue NW
Fined for Reckless Driving by Two Cedar Rapids Residents
Two Cedar Rapids residents pled guilty to reckless driving charges. George E. Davies, 28, of 912 Fifth street SE, fined $50 and costs after arrest around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday for erratic driving on Second avenue SE. Kaye B. Keister, 17, of 627 Thirty-fourth street NE, fined $25 and costs after a Monday chase on First avenue E when he sped and turned off lights to elude officers.
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Cedar Rapids
George E. Davies
Fifth Street
Kaye B. Keister
Thirty-fourth Street
Davis
Second Avenue
Keister
First Avenue E
Atomic Test Lights Sky With Record Daylight Flash
A massive daylight flash lit the horizon north of Las Vegas Nevada as the biggest explosion from a recent atomic test burst over Yucca flats. The device appeared dropped from a high flying bomber and flashed like a photo bulb.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Here
Yucca Flats
Kefauver Club Formed in Iowa With Bid for President
DES MOINES AP An Iowa Kefauver for President club is formed with S J Galvin of Sheffield as president Other officers include Mrs Ruth Mettler Mason City vice president L L Wilcox Jefferson secretary and H T Edwards Perry treasurer The congressional district chair will be chosen this week
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fire and Casualty Men Hear Mahan in Cedar Rapids
Members of the Iowa Fire and Casualty Insurance Accounting and Statistical association will meet at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. Claude H. Mahan sales manager of IBM Fire and Casualty division will speak at 2 p.m. on unique IBM applications. After a 5:30 p.m. dinner Frank Nye Gazette associate editor will address the group.
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Iowa Fire and Casualty Insurance, Accounting Land Statistical Association
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Claude H. Mahan
Fire and Casualty Division
International Business Ma
Chines Corporation
New York City
IBM
Frank Nye
Gazette
Fire Claims Three In Dixmoor Home Tragedy
In Dixmoor suburb, a small frame house burned early Tuesday, killing three members of a single family. Fire investigators probe the cause as neighbors report flames sweeping through the dwelling.
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Chicago
Dixmoor
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