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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1958
Page
4
State Safety Commissioner Russell Brown says Cedar Rapids speeding convictions will receive a minimum of four points under the 11 point system. He cites fairness concerns and notes new forms to record each violator’s speed are being prepared for Cedar Rapids judges.
Moscow led a walkout of Soviet and other Communist envoys from the Yugoslav party congress after accusations that Belgrade was reviving Cominform attacks on Tito. Poland remained, while observers from China and others left. rankovic urged independence from Moscow and condemned attempts to meddle.
British prime minister Winston Churchill resumed his seat in the house of commons on a Wednesday after a bout with pneumonia and pleurisy. He walked in wearing a bow tie and appeared steady and well despite the illness.
Sheikh Hadi Al-Sam armad of Iraq arrives in Cedar Rapids for a two day official visit under the state department. The Chamber of Commerce hosts eight tours and a banquet in his honor and he is welcomed by city officials after arriving from Chicago.
Fraser, Cedar Rapids plant manager for seven years, is appointed managing director of Wilson and Company European operation based in London. J. B. Housh, manager of Wilson in Albert Lea, will lead the London unit.
Iowa basketball figure Frank O Connor was killed Tuesday on highway 218 south of Waterloo when his car collided with a truck after he swerved to avoid two guinea hens. Officer Capt. Donald French said O Connor died of a broken neck and multiple injuries. Funeral services were set for Iowa City Methodist church.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports March living costs rose 2.1 percent, the largest monthly gain since 1956, lifting the index to 123.3 percent of the 1947-49 average. Wage scales tied to the index will boost about a million workers, notably 800000 in railroads, with 4 cent raises. food prices drove most of the increase.
Walter Winchell threatens to sue sponsors of Jack Paar Tonight show for 12 million dollars over Elsa Maxwell remarks. Paar defends himself while retracting a past Winchell falsehood and NBC considers displaying a 1956 voting photo. The high profile dispute centers on accusations and a fund-raising cancer drive.
President Eisenhower said the decline in business appears to be flattening but urged Americans not to panic. He rejected hasty tax cuts and criticized Congress over a proposed unemployment program, insisting any aid must be well planned and properly administered. The press conference ran long as he defended the Pentagon plan and clashed with reporters.
Washington AP reports a committee vote cutting arms aid with a 15 to 12 result. The outcome reduces requested funds for the Mae program amid European relief concerns.
Five paratroopers die during a Wednesday jump near Mount Generals Westmoreland in a 100-man operation. The dead were not identified immediately, with a mix of ONO troops from the 1st airborne division noted amid rapid post-jump operations.
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