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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
5
New York AP reports neighborhood theaters from Atlantic to St. Louis offer 106 575 in weekly prizes to boost attendance away from radio giveaways. Starting Jan 3 about 500 cinemas will run a four night jingle contest with war bonds as rewards and prize doubles for radio winners.
Coroner's jury in Los Angeles ruled Miss Patricia Styles 25 took her own life after wounding former suitor Nate Sugarman 44. Eyewitness accounts conflicted on whether the gun was in her mouth. Styles father Hal Styles testified Sugarman had twice threatened the girl and had purchased the weapon's pistol.
A committee of the Council of State Governments urged higher pay for state legislators and streamlined operations for 44 state legislatures meeting in 1949. Proposals include removing session length limits, easing salary restrictions to attract talent, lengthening terms for continuity, and consolidating committees to cut numbers. Iowa's next session opens next month.
Seven Royal Air Force crew members died when their Lancaster aircraft crashed into an 1800 foot peak near Manchester England on Tuesday. The incident occurred as the plane attempted a flight in difficult weather conditions.
Valen tine G. Leiser of Dover Ohio was convicted for the fifth time of hitchhiking while wearing an army uniform in Minneapolis. He received six months in jail and a $300 fine for illegally wearing the uniform, saying it makes hitchhiking easier.
Vice president elect Barkley and Air Secretary Symington will fly to Europe in the air force’s new plane. The trio will spend Christmas with Americans abroad as controversy swirls around the aircraft choice.
Reports say a plane used in the Berlin airlift was initially outfitted for Thomas E. Dewey with the expectation he would be president. Dewey denies the claim and President Truman has reportedly rejected the plane as too fancy.
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