Linn county budget proposal cuts millage for 1956
The Linn county board of supervisors proposed a 2,818,010 budget for 1956, down from 2,873,650, with tax rates lowered for Cedar Rapids residents and township areas. A public hearing is set for Aug. 15 at 10 a.m. to discuss the outline of expenditures for next year.
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Pat McPartland
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Miles P. Sutera
Henry J. Hood
Martin Wiley
Sutera
Public May Be Asked To Vote on Sanitary District
Cedar Rapids City Plan Commission heard plans for a sanitary district to cover Cedar Rapids and fringe areas. Engineers Mullinex and Wiley urged including the city for trustee control. annexation was debated but outside residents prefer sewer service. Tax and zoning implications were discussed as commissions weighed the impact on development and public health.
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Cedar Rapids
Commission
David Bleakley
Thomas Woods
Bleakley
Henry Kling
Wiley
Horace Hedges
Four Named For County Sewer Study
Four men were appointed to a county sanitation committee to study Linn county’s need for a sanitary sewer system in fringe Cedar Rapids areas. Van Vechten Shaffer chairs with Arthur Tschirgi James H. Yuill and Troy Winegar among appointees.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
van Vechten Shaffer
Arthur Tschirgi
James H. Yuill
Troy Winegar
Board of Supervisors
Martin Wiley
Wiley
Bulgaria Admits Planes Downed Israeli Airliner
London report that Bulgaria’s government said two Bulgarian fighters shot down an Israeli airliner last week, killing 58. Sofia claimed the plane violated territory, apologized for pilots’ rashness, promised indemnities to victims’ families and partial payment to Israel for material damage, and cited the pilot’s failure to land and attempt to flee to Greece.
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London
Sofia
Israel
Greece
Betty Robbins Named Cantor of Reform Jewish Synagogue
Oceanside New York AP reports Betty Robbins, 31, named cantor at a Reform Jewish synagogue. She is believed to be the first woman appointed to the cantor post, assisting the rabbi by chanting portions of the service.
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Oceanside
N. Y
Betty Robbins
Kefauver and Dixon Clash On Testimony
Senate investigators clashed with Utilities magnate Edgar H. Dixon over hiding details of the Dixon Yates power contract. Dixon said he testified honestly about Adolphe Wenzell's role while Kefauver charged his sworn statements were questionable and drew parallels to the Talbott conflict case. Wenzell faced accusations of potential conflict of interest due to government advisory work and his roles with First Boston Corp.
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William Kerwin
Washington
INS
Edgar H. Dixon
Senate
Dixon-Yates
New York
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Dixon
Talbott
Wenzell
First Boston Corporation
Dixon- Yates Syndicate
Dollar a Year and Salk Bills Passed
In the final hours of Congress, the House and Senate passed bills extending the defense production act for one year with stock disclosure by dollar a year officials, extending the Small Business Administration for two more years, authorizing free Salk polio vaccine for about 20 million needy children and pregnant women, and allowing DC commissioners to revoke Capital Transit Company’s charter and franchise within a year.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Capital Transit Company
Ike Faced by 304 Bills on His Desk
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower has 304 bills awaiting action with many more passed late in the session. He plans to act on many before taking six weeks of rest and work at the summer White House in Denver later this month.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Denver
Wholesale Food Cost Index Rises in Week
New York AP reports the Dunn and Bradstreet wholesale food cost index rose to 6.21 this week from 6.17, the lowest since February 3, 1953, and down from 7.10 a year earlier.
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New York
Congress Ends as Ike Sends Regards to Democrats
Washington AP report says Congress closed its seven month session with mutual compliments and light humor. President Eisenhower conveyed regards to the Democratic controlled body, which backed him on foreign policy and supported domestic aims. Final day saw several major bills sent to his desk as lawmakers left for home in steamy Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Jury Will Probe Gasoline Industry
A federal grand jury was impaneled in Boston to probe the gasoline industry for potential violations of the federal anti trust act. Judge William T. McCarthy announced in open court that the inquiry will examine practices of major oil companies and retail outlets, citing the public’s right to know the purpose of the investigation.
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Boston
VU. S
William T. McCarthy
McCarthy
Custom
Release of Czech Priests Reported
Vienna based Catholic News Agency reports many Czechoslovak priests released from prison in recent weeks. The priests are forbidden to say mass while churches remain crowded with worshipers under Communist restrictions.
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Vienna
INS
Czechoslovakia
Five Children Drown After Run Into Lake Near Kannapolis
In Kannapolis North Carolina five children four siblings and a cousin ran hand in hand into a private lake on a farm. Milton 11 Ronald 10 Ray 8 Janet 7 and Gloria Jean Ervin 6 disappeared and drowned. Coroner said they stepped into a deep water hole as neighbors watched.
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Kannapolis
N. C
Milton
Ronald
Ray
Janet Page
Houston Page
Gloria Jean Ervin
Pages
Doubt Casts Shadow on Brazil Coffee Freeze Reports
A U S agriculture department official questioned reports of a heavy Brazilian freeze harming coffee trees. Trade notes mention a cold wave reaching Barana and Sao Paulo, with frost not confirmed. Futures spiked to the daily limit on the news, but officials say Brazil’s harvest for 1955-56 may yet be unaffected.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Barana
Sao Paulo
Rio
New York
Eisenhower hints age will factor in second term decision
President Eisenhower, 64, said age could influence whether he seeks another term. Speaking to Ohio Republicans, he noted no president has reached 70 in the White House and that world conditions next year would shape his choice. He cited erosion from the presidency and a preference for younger leaders, while stressing duty in his long career.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
White House
Ohio
Hammarskjold seeks removal of coup charges from UN agenda
Secretary General Hammarskjold asks the UN Security Council for silent consent to delete six items from a 27 point list, including charges that Russia caused the 1948 coup in Czechoslovakia. Czech delegate Papanek objects, warning the council’s vetoes have made a cemetery for unresolved issues and recalling Moscow’s alleged support for the Communist seizure of power.
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United Nations, N
INS
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Hammarskjold
Council
Iran
India
Hyderabad
U. S
Eduard Benes
Jan Masaryk
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Jan Papanek
Papanek
Soviet Union
Moscow
Camp Good Health drive widens as heat grips Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Camp Good Health aims to raise over $2,200 for the Health Nursing Association sponsor. Readers funded the project for 25 years, with weekend ice cream from Borden and picnics sponsored by Cedar Rapids Bottling Works. Weather totals show 90 to 100 degree days with 45 heat deaths nationally, four in Iowa. Governor Hoegh and crop damage notes follow, as heat and drought persist.
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Iowa
Tillie Riches
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Law
Marion
Elmer Olson
Elgin
Vernon Kramer
Sioux City
GoodsHealth
Public Health Nursing Assn
the Gazette
Davy Crockett
Borden Company
Cedar Rapids Bottling Works
Twirletts
Wilson High School
Bob Brainard
Pleune
Leo Hoegh
Henry Washburn
Hoegh
Mills County
Weather Bureau
Paso Robles
Calif
Pierre
S.C
Fraser
Colo
Electric Output Sets New U.S. Record in Heat Wave
The heat wave pushed U.S. electric power output last week to a record 10.727 billion kilowatt hours, Edison Electric Institute reported. The figure reflects generation across utilities and plants during the period, signaling heightened demand amid hot weather.
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New York
U.S
Edison Electric Institute
Thirteen Fleet Crew Drown When Boat Breaks Up
In Rio de Janeiro a Brazilian fishing vessel broke up in heavy seas near the entrance to Rio harbor. Thirteen crewmen are reported drowned with possible others missing.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
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Vinton
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M. G. Linkletter
Cleveland School
Bulgaria
Ike
Jack Bell
Morse
D-Ore
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Clements
Johnson
Texas
Knowland
Leach
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