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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1957
Page
3
Optimist club president Robert Prastka outlined a two part plan for the holiday tree sale at the Roosevelt hotel meeting. Proceeds fund youth activities, with deposit cards supporting local Boy Scout Cub Scout and Camp Fire units.
In Linn County District Court Cedar Rapids on December 16 1957 a will contest for J S Burmeister deceased will be heard for probate. Also notice of incorporation of Jard Commodity Fund Inc with authorized capital of 250000 shares at ten cents each to engage in commodity futures trading supervised by authorities. The board of directors and officers to be elected annually.
Volunteers completed a roster to keep the First street NW at E avenue lot open 12 hours daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. This week deposits are refundable if a preferred tree is unavailable, aiding youth group funding.
Madrid reports a renewed resistance in Ifnn following a claimed end to organized revolt. Rebels estimated at about 10 000 men remain active as reinforcements push Spanish strength to roughly 6 000 troops in the 741 square mile pocket.
The report notes that Argentina moved to lift the illegal status of the Communist party in a historic legal shift. Officials cited constitutional changes and a push toward pluralism as the driving factors behind the decision.
A secret service car and a newsmen’s sedan collided during Eisenhower’s motorcade between Gettysburg and Washington on rain slick roads near Rockville Maryland. A police car warned of traffic hazards as Hagerty and physician Snyder narrowly escaped a close call and officials vowed to limit escort vehicles in future trips.
Notice in Linn County Iowa states that on December 16 1957 at 9 oclock a hearing will occur in the District Court at the Court House in Cedar Rapids to prove and admit into probate a document claimed to be the last will and testament of Anns Vost deceased. Clerk Arthur Axmear of the District Court notes the proceeding and Kubicek Novak and Kubicek are attorneys.
Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan spoke to the Executives club about Arctic life and his North pole expedition with Lowell Thomas. He noted vast breeding grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Eskimo whaling worth about 5000 dollars, and Eskimos who eat raw meat with pristine teeth.
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