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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1946
Page
4
Frederick C. Othman reports on Wilson Wyatt's veteran housing plan amid shortages. Wyatt cites 225,000 houses started in six months, half begun before federal expediter, with 40,000 occupied, many trailers and rebuilt barracks. He notes high prices around 7,500 dollars and talks future housing growth and contractor skepticism.
In Washington Secretary of State James F. Byrnes denounced Soviet attempts to dictate peace terms. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally of Texas backed Byrnes and called Molotov wrong, urging protection of smaller nations and full heed to their peace recommendations for former Axis satellites.
Springfield Illinois AP reports a county grand jury returned a no true bill, absolving 19 year old Jacqueline Colburn who was crippled in the fatal shooting of her stepfather.
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