Publishers Seek Mail Alternatives
New York based report notes rising postage costs push magazine and book publishers toward substitute delivery systems. Time, Ladies Home Journal, Reader’s Digest, McCall’s and Better Homes and Gardens join trials already underway in San Francisco bay area and Hagerstown Maryland. The initiative uses computer aided circulation consolidation and plastic bag delivery. some ideas include subscriber coupons for at newsstands.
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New York
UPI
Time and
Ladies Home Journal
Reader's Digest
McCall's
Better Homes and Gardens
San Francisco Bay Area
Hagerstown
Rhett Austell
Time, Inc
United Press International
Federal Postal Service
Seymour Wenner
Peter Olson
National Postal Service
Saratoga
Calif
Olson
Post Office
Des Moines
Austell
Reader’s Digest
Los Angeles
High Court Upheld Ruling in Cedar Rapids Sewage Plant Deaths
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a $310,000 verdict against Green Engineering Co. and reversed a claim against Dory Builders in the deaths of two Dory employees, Anthony Scholten and Lewis E. Evans, at a Cedar Rapids sewage plant. The ruling remanded for judgment against Green and dismissal of the Dory claim.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Green Engineering Co
Cedar Rapids
Dory Builders
Minneapolis
Greer
High Court
Dory
Anthony Scholten
Lewis E. Evans
David Harris
Green
Scholten
Evans
Illinois Man Arrested on Three Counts
John L. Williamson, 21, of Rockford, was charged with larceny criminal trespass and resisting an officer after allegedly trying to steal from an off duty police officer’s car. Found inside Patrolman Joal Kessler’s car, Williamson fled but was detained. He struggled with officers and was jailed in lieu of 375 dollars.
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John L. Williamson
Rockford
Friday
Williamson
Joal Kessler
Kessler
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Hiss calls Pumpkin Papers duds after viewing
Alger Hiss examined the previously sealed Pumpkin Papers and called them useless for espionage. He noted three rolls were unused or overexposed, and two showed only navy documents and inventory items like fire extinguishers and life rafts, while Nixon rose to national prominence as a communist hunter.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
Hiss
State Department
FBI
Atty
Edward Levi
Nixon
California
House: un-American Activisies Committee
C R Man Held On Gun Count
Willie Frank Williams twenty two of 1222 First Street NW was charged with carrying a concealed weapon Thursday. Police arrested Williams in the 1000 block of Sixth Street SE after a report of a man with a gun. A loaded .22 caliber revolver was found in his belt in the county jail in view of 500 dollars.
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Willie Frank Williams
First Street
Williams
Sixth Street
Robbery charge filed against Teddy Gilliam in Central City
Teddy Gilliam, 27, of 1039 Third Avenue SE, charged with stealing 340 dollars from Hubert Krause after following him from Mister Zs 420 Club on 420 Fifth Street SE about 4:30 pm. Police say he grabbed the cash from Krause outside the tavern and fled. Gilliam held in county jail on 5000 dollar bond.
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Teddy Gilliama
Third Avenue SE
Gilliam
Hubert Krause
Cetral City
Mister Z
Fifth Street
Krouse
Cedar Rapids Breakin Reports and Local Sales Notices
Breakin reports list items stolen from Josef's Beauty Salon and Michael R Porter residence including cash, checks, appliances, and a coin collection. Local sales events feature moving sales, clearance offers, and public notices from Merchants National Bank and local businesses. Public events at Temple Judah and diners near West Branch are also listed.
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Breakin
Jackie Anderson
Thirty-third Avenue
Josef
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Michael R. Porter
Fifteenth Street SE
Senators Try Again To Enact Strip Mine Bill
The Senate approved by 64 to 12 a bill to curb strip mining on federally owned coal, sending it to the House. It mirrors stiff environmental standards but narrows scope to federal land, primarily affecting the West, and drops the 35 cents per ton reclamation tax.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
House
Condemnation Award Upheld By High Court
A Cedar Rapids urban renewal land condemnation from 1968 near First Avenue and First Street NE, including John D. Randall's law offices, was affirmed by the state supreme court. Randall sought $35,100 and received $12,000 at first, with $12,250 later by a district court jury. the supreme court upheld the district court ruling.
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Cedar Rapids
State Supreme Court
First Avenue
First Street
John D. Randall
Randall
District Court
Supreme Court
Second Miller Unveils Flour Price Increases
Minneapolis based International Multifoods Corp raises family flour prices by 1.60 per hundredweight effective immediately, about ten percent on four purchased for grocery shelves, with Gener al Mills and Pillsbury weighing broader actions amid the wheat cost rise and upcoming crop report.
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Minneapolis
UPI
International Multifoods Corp
General Mills
Multifoods
Pillsbury Co
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt Reunion A 1945 Roosevelt High class plans 30th reunion
The January 1945 Roosevelt High School graduating class of 24 members will hold its 30th reunion Saturday at Cedar View Country Club. Everett King, former class president, will chair the event. A social hour from 4 to 6 p.m. precedes dinner and a program.
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Roosevelt High School
Cedar View Country Club
Everett King
Hillman: Self defense claim in fatal Wis shooting
Wanda M. Hillman, 25, charged with first degree murder in the Wednesday shooting death of her father in law Herbert Hillman, 54, in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. She told authorities she acted in self defense. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 8 at 9 am. Hillman is jailed in Crawford County on a $50,000 cash bond.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wanda M. Hillman
Herbert Hillman
Gary Nickerbocker
Hillman
Crawford County
Researcher Dies After Heart Attack at 62 in Los Angeles
Dr. Edward Tyler an early researcher on oral contraceptives died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 62. He was regarded as a leading authority on human fertility and contributed to foundational work in reproductive science.
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Los Angeles
Edward Tyler
Tyler
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options including carrier and mail plans with weekly and longer-term rates. It notes Sunday and Afternoon editions, regional delivery, and mentions The Associated Press content.
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Aintes
Associated Press
AP News
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