20 Aug 1954
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1954
Page
1
At Hawkeye Downs 5 500 rodeo fans watched a 25 minute sneak preview of Dancing Waters a new fountain and music show. The fair reached 95 738 in seven days with 24 966 weekday attendance and officials hope the final three days lift overall totals.
Dr. Russell D. Cole, president of Cornell College, asked the Iowa State Highway Commission to install safeguards at the 30 261 junction after a fatal crash killing Bernice Bonesteel of Cedar Rapids. The 30 junction features two way stops causing calls for four way stops.
Friday features Talent Time finals and Cedar Rapids Moose girls drum and bugle corps parade at 7:30 followed by Dancing Waters stage acts. Saturday lists livestock judging from 9 am including Shorthorn Aberdeen Angus 4 H FFA, then antique machinery parade at 1:30 and Midwest Championship rodeo finals at 2 pm. Beef cattle shows and Lost Nation band maneuvers cap the evening with Dancing Waters stage acts at 8 pm.
The League of Women Voters conducts a straw ballot for U S Senate with Martin Republican and Gillette Democrat receiving 79 3e9 and 86 345 votes respectively at the All-Iowa fair booth.
The program includes intermittent water performances and a variety of stage acts. West and Maza present comedy music and instruct audience members to play instruments and Craig's Chimps perform on a tight wire with acrobatics. Miss Rietta, a crowd favorite from prior fairs, also appears.
The U S government ran a two billion dollar deficit in July, the first month of the new fiscal year, according to the Treasury Department. The report places the early-year shortfall amid ongoing budget pressures and debt considerations at the federal level.
A Brooklyn fire captain, 50, and wife 36 welcomed their 13th child, a boy named William, at Midwood hospital. The facility charged for the first 12 births, but William was born on the house. The Wallace children's ages span 14 months to 15 years.
A factory in Los Angeles producing asthma remedy preparations was swept by fire. Smoke from the blaze sent relief as asthma sufferers drew deeper breaths, though the incident caused damage to the plant and its operations.
President Eisenhower's nomination of Martin Donald Van Oosterhout of Orange City Iowa to the Eighth U S Circuit Court of Appeals was confirmed by the Senate. The 53 year old former Iowa legislator has served as a district judge since 1943 and will fill the vacancy created by Judge Seth Thomas's resignation. The lifetime appointment carries a salary of 17500 annually.
President Eisenhower appealed for a worldwide prayer movement to defeat communism and win lasting peace during a Northwestern University speech to the World Council of Churches. He urged mobilizing believers everywhere in a simultaneous act of faith, warning that guns and bombs offer no true cure for world tensions.
The Senate approved a 5 percent across the board pay raise for all postal and classified Civil Service workers by 69 to 4. Senator Hickenlooper voted yes, Gillette favored but did not vote. An administration bid to pair a smaller raise with higher postal rates was defeated 55 to 16. President Eisenhower would veto any bill not offset by postal rate increases.
Rep. Thomas F. Martin urges President Eisenhower to speak in Iowa during the fall campaign. Joined by George Fostner and Howard Hall the senator hopeful says Eisenhower expressed interest and may speak in Cedar Rapids. Eisenhower plans a non political speech at the Iowa State Fair on August 30.
President Eisenhower signed a bill creating a commission to plan the 1957 observance of Alexander Hamilton's birth bicentennial. Senator Mundt and Representative Martin, sponsors of the legislation, witnessed the signing as Eisenhower used two pens.
An Iron Curtain delegate to the World Council of Churches praised Eisenhower's call for prayers for Dr. Joseph L. Hromadka of Prague. The Arch Bishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher questioned the top down approach, urging mass movements from the bottom up.
Washington demanded that Czechoslovakia pay 271384 dollars in damages for a U S Thunderjet fighter shot down last March in the U S zone of Germany by Czech jets. The note cited an incident where two unarmed U S patrol planes were attacked by Czech fighters.
In Yonkers New York a female cat fleeing a male cat ran onto a transformer fuse holder causing a short circuit. The tomcat was killed and 13 000 volt outage knocked lights out for about 4780 homes.
Al Cane, 24, of Los Angeles, was trapped two nights in a water hole with a 10 foot rock wall and 50 foot ledge barrier. Park Ranger Dan Davis and maintenance man For Jackson pulled him out with a belt and shoelace rope, then a Nellis AFB helicopter airlifted him to safety. Cane survived, saying he felt reborn, after being lost with his brother Don and Otto Strassberger while hiking Old Grandview Trail.
A Cedar Rapids study committee, appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, recommends that the chamber board form a screening committee to pre approve fund campaigns. The plan aims to reduce campaign overload by limiting campaigns to approved efforts, similar to control agreements used by other bureaus. The report, adopted at the committee's final meeting, will be presented to the chamber board's September 17 session, with possible extra meetings beforehand to consider the recommendations. The group based conclusions on 115 questionnaire responses from area businesses. 74 replies were received with 61 percent indicating experiences of employee complaints about campaign numbers and 43 saying yes, while 27 said no.
Conferees cleared a compromise social security bill paving adjournment day. It expands coverage to 10.5 million, raises benefits to over six million, and allows up to 1200 outside income for beneficiaries, with broader government employee inclusion and tax changes.
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming of Racine Wisconsin faced a court martial at Fort Sheridan Illinois for alleged collaboration with Communist captors in Korea. He defended his propaganda broadcasts as serving Americans’ interests and hinted accusers might be buried on a Korean hillside. He remained confined at the post hospital, the first officer charged as a prisoner of war with such collaboration.
Congress votes 53.9 billion dollars to run the federal government for the current fiscal year, the smallest since before the Korean War. The appropriation is about 2.6 billion less than Eisenhower's 56.6 billion request and roughly 5.5 billion below last year's 59.5 billion. It trails the postwar peak of 101 billion in 1951 amid military buildup.
Dr Samuel Sheppard pleaded innocent Friday to murder charges in Cleveland. His defense team did not request bail, with William J Corrigan saying he would seek bail or a hearing. Corrigan refused to comment when questioned by reporters.
Mrs. Dugar, 43, told reporters she swallowed a toothbrush during a street fight outside her home. She went to the hospital with abdominal pain after two men began fighting and one stabbed the other. Doctors performed X rays and took her to surgery.
The Air Force Association urged drawing a line of aggression and attacking Russia with nuclear weapons if she crosses it. The group of about 40,600 airpower enthusiasts also called on the executive branch and Congress to quickly ensure retaliatory force is built and kept at effective levels.
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