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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1956
Page
2
Bey Construction Gets 10 More Days at Three Schools
Cedar Rapids school board approved Bey Construction Company obtaining ten extra working days to finish major work at Wright Erskine and Lincoln schools with a bond company takeover plan if Bey fails to clear a list of architect approved items within the period. If not fully resolved, the district can cancel the contract in seven days and require the surety to step in at the original price. Weather across Iowa brought welcome rain to dry areas while a cold front dropped ice and snow in western regions, with Cedar Rapids reporting .81 inches of rain and a 37 degree afternoon.
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Cadet Rapids News
Bey Construction Company
Wright, Erskine and
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Bey
Bonding Company
L. R. Zeine
Townkeye Security Insurance Company
Roy K. Roy
W. J. Brown
Thirsty Earth
Iowa
Preston
Hasler
Honding
Easthy
Elkader
Gelwein
Ausmosa
Toledo
Manchester
Independence
Tipton
Vinton
Iowa City
Lowdon
Dyersville
Clarence
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
RCA Meet Registration Nears Two Hundred Mark
Cedar Rapids reports the RCA convention expected to draw over 200 registrants for the twenty-ninth annual gathering. The Iowa Reserve Officers Association plans a week of activities at the Montrose hotel, with events including lectures by Col. John E. Coleman and Col. F. A. Norell, a noon luncheon by Dr. Dave McCoy, and a military ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapida News
Hein
Worksation
Department of Iowa
Sat
Montrose Hotel
Bey
Wright
Erskine
Dave McCoy
Collins Radio Company
Col. New Buildings
F. A. Norell
Washington
D.C
Reserve Affairs Policy Division
Department of Defense
Easion
John E. Coleman
Dayton
Ohio
Coleman
Association
RCA
Linn County
The
MGA
Wiliam J. Kelly
Britain Fails Plot To Slay Soviet Chiefs
British security thwarted an alleged anti-Communist conspiracy to assassinate Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev during their Britain visit. Scotland Yard led a high security response after tips from continental agents. no incidents occurred as the Soviet leaders toured England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Eddy Gilmore
London
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita’ Khrushchev
Contiment
Scotland Yard
Foreign Office
Daily Express
Daily Sketch
Bulganin
Khrushchev
England
Scotland
Portsmouth
the Express
Russia
Thames River
Greenwich
Railway fireman awarded 250000 for loss of legs
In Chicago the jury awarded Marton E. Conrad 256000 against the Southern Railway Company for the loss of both legs in a Tennessee train collision at Lenore City on May 7 1955. The four men and eight women jurors deliberated ten days, with some jurors weeping in congratulations. Conrad, 23, of Chicago, is married with a seven year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Josa
Tennessee
Marton E. Conad
Southern Railway Company
Cook County
Coward
Lenore City
Tenn
Southern Railway
MacArthur’s Son Chooses Columbia University
Arthur MacArthur, 18, son of General Douglas MacArthur, will attend Columbia University next fall instead of West Point. The university confirmed his acceptance to the undergraduate college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ins
Arthur MacArthur
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Columbia University
West Point
Milk price rise planned for May amid federal order effects
Milk dealers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City announce a one cent per quart increase for consumer milk starting May 1. The rise follows a Friday government order raising Class I milk prices to producers. The temporary amendment to the Cedar Rapids Iowa City federal milk order, signed by Secretary Benson, adds a 30 cent per hundredweight charge to producers for May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qedar Boalds Milk Dealers Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Eura Benson
Court Refuses Otto John Release in Treason Case
West Germany's Supreme Court on Saturday refused to release Otto John, 47, former intelligence chief, citing danger of flight and ongoing treason suspicion. The arrest order from Dec 23 remains in effect. John previously fled to East Germany, returned, and had a history of defection during World War II and later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karlsruhe
Germany
West Germany
Supreme Court
Otto John
Wesl
John
Beed Io
East Germany
Ity
Hingland
Nazi Germany
Hitler
England
Lisbon
British Intelligence
Lawyer Is Cinch Takes Both Sides
Harold Cassel known as a lawyer who sees both sides acted as prosecutor and defense in one case in London. He charged Thomas Elliott with driving a motorcycle without a license. Cassel argued Elliott only pushed the motorcycle. the court none. The judge ruled Cassel the more convincing and dismissed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harold Cassel
Cassel
Atttorney
Hel
Prostoutor
Thomas Elliott
Elliott
Wedding Day Bomb Injury Shocks Dayton Prep
A homemade bomb exploded during a pre wedding gathering in Dayton injuring the bridegroom to be Ronald Dixon 27 a University of Payton student and children coach. He was to marry Sara Louise Pfarrer daughter of Dr and Mrs Richard Pfarrer of Oakwood Suburban area at 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ronald Dixon
University of Payton
Sara Louise Pfarrer
Richard Pfarrer
Oakwond
Sailors testifying in U S Moscow case deny mistreatment
Three Russian sailors told a Senate subcommittee they were well treated in the United States and Formosa after fleeing a Soviet slave labor camp. They disputed charges by five former shipmates who said they were beaten and threatened. The witnesses described their experiences in detail, defended their freedom to stay in the United States, and rejected Moscow’s statements as false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Tesa
Senate
Dixon
Georgel
Ained
Moscow
Elmhurst
Internal Security
Andrey Stefapak
Anele
Mean
Georgi Zareuhin
Russia
Zareubin
Immigration Service
Victor Taturmikov
U. S
New York
Ben Ermenke
Tle
America
FBI
Zaroucbin
Viktor Solovyev
Ermenka Aald Solovyev
Zaroubin
Yaroubin
Formusi
Ivankov-Nikolay
Solovyevo
Ivankov-Nikolov
Farmosa
Move To Fire Bartending Teacher Sets Off Tempest
PUEBLO AP A junior high science teacher Theodore Dalton 27 faces nonrenewal after serving as a bar tender at a hotel. About 50 of 925 pupils support him while 700 oppose. The Pueblo Teachers Federation backs Dalton and may sue for reinstatement. board members contend proper procedure was followed. Dalton continues teaching and bartending and offered to quit bartending if objections arose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo (Ap
Theodore Dalton
Corwin Junior High
Pueblo Teachers Federation
Bul
Homer C. Thompson
Colton
Pueblo
Bpokesmen
Thompson
Calon Fa
Ent
Colvin
Edwin Blood
Collan
Border
Ilegal
Dalton
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