Police Row Aired Again By Council
Cedar Rapids council discussed police promotions and reform efforts in an 80 minute session. City Attorney Don Hines ruled a promotion review board would be advisory with final authority remaining with the chief and public safety commissioner. He also backed veterans’ preference and warned against retroactive changes.
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Weather Update Fair and Cooler Tonight
Fair and cooler tonight with Sunday turning fair and moderately warm. Lows tonight expected 60 to 65 degrees with a mild Sunday ahead.
Best All Iowa Fair To Close Gates Tonight
The All Iowa Fair ends tonight after seven days of exhibits and activities. Horse show draws partisan crowds as 4 H youth showcase Angus steer and grand champion baby beef is expected to fetch high prices. Cedar Rapids drum corps and Moose girls entertain as attendance nears 18,090.
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Emory Collins Unsteady as Musick Wins Hawkeye Downs Race
National dirt track champ Emory Collins faced a setback as Blazin Ben Musick won a three lap feature at Hawkeye Downs half mile. Musick edged Collins by a car length before 3,900 fans. includes Collins heat win and track conditions noted as better than last fall.
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le Mars
Hawkeye Downs
Soviet envoy Lomakin to sail aboard Stockholm amid mystery
Consul General Jacob Lomakin at the Soviet consulate prepared to depart for home on August 28. The plans to sail on the Swedish American liner Stockholm were revealed by the steamship line, just after the state department demanded a rescue ship.
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Stockholm
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Lomakin Recall Reported by Soviet Officials in New York
U S government asks recall of Jacob Lomakin and family as consular activity surrounds the Soviet mission in New York. Mrs Kosenkina, the Russian teacher linked to the case, remains critically ill in Roosevelt Hospital while hospital curbs Lomakin proposed doctors. Countess Tolstoy visits as Lomakin denounces hospital restrictions.
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Corn Prices Drop Sharply on Saturday Trade
Chicago AP reports cash corn prices fell 6 to 13 cents a bushel as demand slackened amid favorable new crop prospects. The top yellow corn fetched 1.81 to 1.82 dollars, down from 1.88 to 1.95 on Friday and well below Wednesdays 2.03 to 2.07 range.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Air Mass Drops Cedar Rapids Temperatures Saturday
A cool air mass from the west moved into the state late Friday, lowering temperatures by as much as 20 degrees in places. Cedar Rapids saw a Friday high of 88 dip to 70 by 5:30 am, with noon clouds and forecasts of weekend calm and lows in the sixties.
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Coolet Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Today’s Index Mation Fealngsesdgeke Feald
Fealngsesdgeke saeld appears in want ads under classified notices. The fragment hints at a listings section with short notices and potential prices or dates, reflecting a mid century newspaper format.
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Explosion Wrecks Home Kills Mail Carrier Nosek
Arnold Nosek 23 a mail carrier died at People's hospital after an explosion believed gas caused destruction of his Independence home. His wife and baby escaped unharmed while walls were blown out and debris flew into the yard. Nosek had entered his basement to light a cigarette when the blast occurred and authorities were asked to aid in investigation.
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Man Can't Stand 14 Marital Rules in Cleveland
Edward Girard, 38, filed for divorce claiming his wife Augusta, 34, fined him 80 dollars for missing anniversaries or neglecting a kiss. The rules, drafted after quarrels, governed their conduct. He left to live with his mother after violating the first rule.
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Cleveland
Edward Girard
Augusta
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Order by Court Nips Port Strikes on East Coast Dockers
U.S. District Judge Medina issued a temporary restraining order to halt a planned strike by 25,000 East Coast longshoremen set for Saturday night. The AFL ILA walkout, deemed a threat to national health and safety by President Truman, is slated for a hearing on August 24 to seek an injunction against the disruption.
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Prowler Breaks In Harming Des Moines Girl
A seven year old Des Moines girl Susan Fox was slugged on the head by an unidentified prowler who entered via an unlocked basement door around 3 am. The attacker fled as Sheriff’s officers noted the suspect may have worn women’s clothing.
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Parted Again Hollywood Couple John Payne Gloria Haven
Actor John Payne and actress Gloria Haven, who have split and reconciled twice, announced Saturday they have parted again. The Hollywood pair had previously announced reconciliations after separations amid public attention from fans and media.
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John Payne
Gloria Haven
Potsdam Platz Tension Ties East and West Berlin
Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, once a busy hub, becomes a tense border zone as Soviet troops patrol inside the Russian sector while British MPs and American reporters witness standoffs near the Three Nations camera. German youths and police watch as crowds cluster and anxiety grows along the border.
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Potsdamer Platz
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Wreck in Dakota Fatal for Seventeen
RAPID CITY S D seventeen men died when a B 29 crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from a 15th air force base near here An investigation began to determine cause of the crash claimed the first fatal loss since the base was reactivated in 1947 The plane banked left and nosed into a wheat field after engine trouble near the runway line involved.
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Moscow Talks on Germany Hit a Snag in Kremlin Talks
Kremlin negotiations on Germany stalled as the three Western Powers struggle to form a united front toward Russian demands. Ambassador Bedell Smith conferred with Roberts and Chataignes late into the night while Radio Berlin and ADN reported potential breakdown. Western envoys sought new instructions amid secrecy.
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Drug Thephorin Highly Effective in Hay Fever Cure
Dr. John Peters reported Thephorin cured hay fever in 66 of 68 patients and controlled symptoms in 91 percent of hay fever and asthma cases. Among 16 asthma patients the drug was 75 percent effective, with all failures in bronchial asthma. Only 15 of 142 patients had minor side effects like stomach upset or insomnia.
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Chicago
John Peters
Oak Park
Berlin in flare as Russians kidnap eight policemen in raids
Russian soldiers kidnapped four more Western sector policemen with two beaten, one stabbed, and later carried into the Soviet zone. The total nine policemen taken, six still held as American riot squads brace border areas. British and German police tighten patrols and photographers are briefly detained as tensions rise over Berlin’s divided police force.
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Berlin
Alexander Jelisarov
Frank Howley
United States
Sim
Eel and Tiger Clash at Bronx Zoo War of Nerves
Bronx zoo keepers seek to calm a tense standoff between a 14 year old tigeress named Dacca and an electric eel. The eel triggers lights in Dacca’s cage, causing stress and a broken leg incident. Keepers aim to restore calm by returning the eel to its aquarium and reintroducing Dacca.
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