Valuations In Cedar Rapids Will Rise About 10 Percent
Cedar Rapids reassesses all real estate next year with an average 10 percent valuation increase affecting about 28 000 units. Acting City Assessor John Newcomb says the move aims to align values with updated market conditions and may lift the total assessed real estate value from 99 174 699 to about 108 million, while taxes may still fall if the budget asks rise.
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Cedar Rapids
John Newcomb
Newcomb
Night Bus Cancellations Spark Segregation Crisis in Montgomery
Montgomery faces a holiday weekend crisis as the city and the bus company cancel night service to shield riders from sniper violence amid a drive to desegregate buses. Officials plan a Jan. 2 briefing as shootings and fear escalate. Similar tensions hit Birmingham and Tallahassee with threats and lawsuits looming.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Gayle
Birmingham
Tallahassee
Fla
Algerian Mayors Federation chairman mourners riot
In Algiers mourners for the slain Algerian Mayors Federation chairman rioted Saturday. The clash involved hundreds of Muslims and French soldiers. Two mourners were killed and 40 injured as French forces killed three Muslims who opened fire.
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Algiers
Algerian Mayors Federation
Unemployment Threat Greets Hungarians Under New Regime
Budapest reports widespread misery as a Soviet backed government orders wage payments only for worked hours after Jan 1. Decrees mandate layoffs for nonproductive workers, with 200000 potential job losses in a 10 million nation. Curfew tightens New Year’s Eve restrictions as factories issue notices to surplus staff.
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Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Nepszabadsag
France to Repay $50 Million Loan
Paris AP Finance Minister Paul Ramadier said on Saturday night France will repay the United States a 50 million dollar loan that expires Sunday.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
France
United States
New Year Traffic Deaths Near 1957 Toll Projections
The Associated Press reports New Year traffic deaths rose slowly to 95 in traffic 9 in fires and 14 in other accidents by 10:30 p.m. CST for an overall 118, far below the 177 at the same hour Christmas weekend. NSC president Ned H. Dearborn called it encouraging though not guaranteed to continue as the four day holiday advances. The NSC had projected up to 490 deaths for the period, threatening a New Year record.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
NSC
Boy Sealed in Walk-in Safe Freed After Hours
In Hammond Indiana a 15 year old, Ernie Chmiel, locked himself inside a newly installed walk in safe at the Boilermakers Union Building. After two tense hours workers pounded a hole in the safe to free him. He escaped unharmed with slight shock and was taken to a hospital for checkup. His companions, William Horvat and Edward Vickerman, alerted authorities. The cause appeared to be a jammed mechanism from debris and a non functioning push plunger.
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Hammond
Ind
Ernie Chmiell
Boilermakers Union
John Foshaar
Chmiel
William Horvat
Edward Vickerman
Foshaar
Oskaloosa Boy Killed by Truck
An eight year old Oskaloosa boy Johnny Blair was killed when his bicycle collided with a dairy truck in a residential area late Saturday. The driver Merle J Blair 27 of Iowa City a cousin of the boy's father was turning into an alley near his firm’s local headquarters and did not know the boy.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Johnny Blair
Dean Blair
Merle J. Blair
Iowa City
Blair
Noes
Romania orders French diplomat to leave over alleged breaches
Romania expelled Leon Begorre assistant secretary of the French legation in Bucharest accusing him of breaches of diplomatic behavior and orders. Agerpres reported Begorre was declared persona non grata and instructed to depart immediately. Paris said it had not been officially notified.
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INS
Romania
Bucharest
Agerpress
Leon Begorre
Legation
Begorre
Paris
Rightist Moslems Demand Indonesian Premier Quit
The Masjumi party, the largest Muslim group, demands Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo resign. They call for Hatta to form a cabinet of business leaders from all parties. Rebels in Sumatra and Celebes seek more local self-government amid unrest with no deaths reported.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Mosem Maslumi
Celebes
Sumatra
Masjumi
Mohammed Hatta
Hatta
Sastroamidjojo
Nationalist
Berlin Move Aims to Revive Cominform
An authoritative Berlin Communist source said on Saturday that attempts are being made to revive the Cominform, dissolved last April.
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Berlin
INS
Cominform
Gazette Publisher James N. Faulkes Dies in Arizona
James N. Faulkes, 67, president and publisher of The Gazette Company, died in Tucson after a reported heart attack. A Cedar Rapids native and Iowa alumnus, he served The Gazette since 1914 and led the company as president since 1943. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids
James N. Faulkes
The
Gazette Company
Tucson
Ariz
Mr Faulkes
Fred W
Alice Miller Faulkes
Gazette
Faulkes
Washington High School
University of Iowa
John L. Miller
M. M. Thompson
Malcolm Thompson, Jr
Inieces
Donald Barry
Alice Mary Thompson
Eisenhower Doctrine outlined to shield Middle East
U S officials disclose a forthcoming Eisenhower Doctrine to shield the Middle East with American power. It envisions a warning to the Soviet Union and a 500 million dollar aid program to bind Middle East nations to the West. Details to be discussed with congressional leaders. Secretary Dulles to meet UN chief Hammarskjold in New York.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
Congress
John Foster Dulles
New York
United Nations
Dag Hammariskjold
Fire Claims Two Children in Cedar Rapids Home
A flash fire in a Cedar Rapids NE home killed Terry Clark 14 and Merily Clark 9 while their parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clark were critically burned. Fire Chief Jess Hunter said the one story house was fully engulfed when responders arrived and was destroyed. The alarm came from a motorist after a woman in the yard called for help.
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Cedar Rapids
Lee Clark
Marion Road
Terry
Merily
Clark
Jess Hunter
Chief Hunter
Hunter
Polish court frees bishop and four others from 1953 spy case
Warsaw radio said a Polish military court released Bishop Czeslaw Kaczmarek 61 of Kielce, three priests, and a nun jailed in 1953 for spying for the West. They had been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment after a Communist trial.
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London
INS
Warsaw
Czesaw Kaczmarek
Kielce
Kaczmarek
Bush fires sweep Sydney on a day of historic peril
More than 100 fires raged around Sydney on Saturday marking one of the worst fire peril days in the city's history. Authorities warned residents and evacuated some areas as flames threatened homes and wildlands across multiple districts. Firefighters battled blazes amid hot winds and tinder-dry conditions.
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Sydney
Australia
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