Cedar Rapids Bus Problem Calls for Long Range Study
The Cedar Rapids bus contract reached without service interruptions but reveals dissatisfaction from the public. The piece urges joint study by the company drivers and the public to devise a profitable, sensible mass transit system suited to current population and conditions. It also warns about advertising mail and junk mail impacts on newspapers and direct mail, and the risk to postal morale.
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Cedar Rapids Bus Company
Cedar Rapids
Good Riddance to the Junk Mail Experiment
The piece commends the Post Office Department and Postmaster General Summerfield for halting a costly shotgun method of third class mail delivery. It argues the plan failed to reduce trouble or expense and notes the political leverage the Democrats would have had if kept.
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T Post Office Department
Summerfield
French Assembly backs Mendes France on Western Union pact
The French National Assembly votes 27 in favor of rearming West Germany, a weak margin that signals fragile backing for Premier Mendes France. Analysts warn French public opinion is shaped by biased press and factional deals, making the vote an uncertain gauge of broader support.
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French National Assembly
Mendes-France
Western
Europe
French Assembly
France
National Assembly
Assembly
Washington
A 1955 Calendar Ritual Then and Now
A writer laments the lack of pomp in ushering in 1955. He recalls the annual desk calendar ritual, the Kingship-like guard change, and reflects on tradition, ceremony, and personal unease with a quieter New Year start.
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Daily-Memo
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Churchill
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Linn County passes another war loan quota
A late 10 year ago note reports Linn County exceeding its 2 331 000 E quota as the sixth war loan drive ends. Other items include Cpl Malcolm Metcalf returning home on leave after service with the 34th division and entertainment for Schick General hospital patients by VFW Cedar Rapids post 788 auxiliary.
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Linn County
Cpl
Malcolm Metcalf
Italy
VFW
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Schick General Hospital
End of the year reflections on balance and change
George E. Sokols ky argues accounts balance for tax and character balances for life. He notes political shifts since 1939 1941 and 1955 with nations and ideologies in flux, declines of empires and new power alignments. He declines prophecy and prays for peace health and hope for children in a time of confusion.
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Stalin
Europe Has a New Master Spy Gehlen outlined
Norbert Muhlen profiles Reinhard Gehlen, a veteran German officer who built a covert intelligence network behind the Soviet front. Recruited by the Americans after World War II, Gehlen runs a German controlled, American funded operation from Pullach near Munich with tens of thousands of agents milking Soviet activity across East Germany and allied satellites.
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Gehlen
Reinhard Gehlen
General Staff
Admiral Canaris
Hitler
Powerdrunk S.S
Fuehrer
Gen. Patton
United States
Washington
Pentagon
Germany
Pullach
Secret Police
East
Soviet
Russia
Prosperity Forecast Amid Uncertain International Ties
Washington forecasts for 1955 hinge on the international situation and government spending. Analysts warn armament cycles and potential tax shifts could spark inflation or unemployment. They foresee good six months, possibly six more, with risks from Cold War tensions and domestic policy changes.
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United States
White House
Congress
Backstage factors shaped Mendes France propoganda battle
Washington coverage notes Dulles spearheaded a Paris compromise replacing EDC but Russian propaganda overwhelmed French public opinion. It contrasts U.S. budget limits with Soviet spending and cites Kefauver’s boxing betting inquiry facing senate resistance and Magnuson’s leadership questions.
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Washington
Mendes-France
Dulles
Paris
United States
Washington Daze and Shadow Plots in 1950s Capitol
A collage of Washington rumors and high level moves. Investigators pose as FBI agents, TV antennas may cloak radio signals, Adm. Radford reshapes Far East advisory groups with navy leadership, and Eisenhower quietly backs restaurants while sparring with rivals.
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Eisenhower
Ike
Howard Johnson
Washington
J. Willard Marriott
Hume
Paul Butler
Harry Truman
Kansas City
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