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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1954
Page
4
Gov. William Stratton and Gov elect Leo Hoegh discussed mutual issues for Illinois and Iowa over breakfast in Springfield. They covered taxes education highways toll roads reapportionment and traffic safety and praised each other for insight and experience.
A dense schedule outlines television stations KCRG Cedar Rapids WMT Cedar Rapids KWWL Waterloo WHBP Rock Island WOI Ames WOC Davenport Des Moines with programs from news to dramas. Notable items include King of Zamibia, Dinah Shore hour, Ford Theater, Gunplay and sports segments plus weather and traffic. The grid also lists morning shows, children's programs and late-night features across multiple channels.
Radio listings highlight Rosemary Clooney in a suspense drama titled Music Hall with Tennessee Ernie Sammie Kaye and Nora Drake aboard. The schedule includes breakfast club and Judy and Jane segments from Hilltop House. The note references Crosby and a Brighter Day lineup featuring Mrs Burton.
Iowa Governor Fleet Leo Hoegh announced before leaving Springfield that he and Governor William Stratton of Illinois have arranged three additional visits over the coming year. They will meet next in Davenport and host each other and their wives at their state fairs next summer, with Hoegh praising the conference as worthwhile for all parties.
Des Moines attorney Edward R. Hayes, 34, was appointed special assistant to the State Tax Commission by Attorney General Dayton Countryman. Hayes, a Mt. Pleasant High School and University of Iowa graduate, earned his Masters of Law from Columbia University.
Hayes, a Drake University law professor since 1948 and former Army Medical Corps officer, will assume new duties January 3. Countryman had appointed Craig Huston of Cedar Rapids to replace Henry Wormley. Huston declined, and Countryman defeated Wormley in the June Republican primary.
Edward Lee Long a 35 year old Kentucky man and Cedar Rapids trucker received an 18 month federal prison term for embezzling 125 dollars in freight charges. He pled guilty in Waterloo Iowa before Judge Henry N Graven and was arrested in Cedar Rapids by FBI agents on an indictment from North Carolina. Long remains in Linn County jail with Richmond Kentucky listed as home.
Los Angeles AP Greta Peck won a divorce from film star Gregory Peck age 39 after testimony that they would be better friends if not married. The settlement provides up to 55 000 dollars yearly alimony and 750 dollars monthly to support three children Jonathan 10 Stephen 8 and Carey 5.
In Memphis a military depot auctions its only snowplow saying no snow has fallen deeply enough to require plowing for seven years. The sale underscores an extended period without winter storms affecting operations. The item’s fate will be decided at the depot auction.
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