Radio and TV urged to top public service first
Senator Magnuson urged radio and television broadcasters to place public service above profits and asked the FCC to devote more effort to improving service. The staff study on network rules advocates anti trust investigations in TV practices, while noting UHF growth but money losses and limited viewers. It proposes removing the all channel set excise tax to boost UHF sales but rejects moving all TV to larger frequencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
D-Wash
Federal Communications Commission
Justice Department
Congress
FCC
UHF
VHF
Engineer Shortage To Become Worse, Dean Smith Says
Dr J F Downie Smith dean of engineering at Iowa State College told Cedar Rapids Engineers Club the nation faces a worsening engineer shortage. He urged creating a sub professional industrial technology institute to train technicians and relieve engineers of routine work. He noted engineering course completion is tough with only 45 percent of freshmen earning degrees and 20 percent finishing in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
J. F. Downie Smith
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Engineers Club
Montrose Hotel
Dean Smith
Town State
Institute of Technology
Punxsutawney Groundhog Forecast Wins Local Fame
Brer Groundhog emerges at 8 51 a m to predict six weeks more winter with Gobbler's Knob club touting tradition while Quarryville rivals boast gadgets and honored guests. One eyed Connelly in Philadelphia mocks official forecasters, claiming keener weather sense with one eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney, Pa
INS
Gobbler’s
Punxsutawney Club
iGroundhogs
Quarryville
George Gobel
Punxsutawney
Connelly
Philadelphia
International Airport
Zoo
Engineering Job Market At Iowa State College
Dean Smith states the state education board and engineering officials back a plan. Iowa State College graduated 269 engineers last year with 178 entering military service, 91 seeking civilian jobs. Around 400 companies plan to interview about 100 available seniors, focusing on machine design and synthesis. A new aptitude test helps locate designers, while union talks could affect professional status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Iowa
Dean O 'Smith
Dean Smith
Shueyville to Vote on School Closing Feb 15
Shueyville voters will decide Feb 15 in a special election on closing the two teacher high school. Polls open noon to 8 pm at Jefferson township No. 2 school. Election judges are Bowersox Schrepp Kiracofe Van Ous Ham and Ziskovsky. There are 187 district voters with 80 petitions filed. Seventeen pupils remain in the high school. Plans call for closing the school and sending students to Cedar Rapids on a tuition basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shueyville
Jefferson Township School No
Frame High
J. P. Bowersox
Walter Schrepp
Flavian Kiracofe
Edward van Ous
Leo Ham
Frank Ziskovsky
Jefferson Township
Cedar Rapids
Ropeway Linking India and Tibet Paves Trade Route
In Sikkim engineers are building a 27 mile ropeway to speed trade between northern India and Tibet, a project echoing Nepal’s 14 mile ropeway. The line spans eastern Himalayas as a modern route nears completion, while mule caravans persist along the old Lhasa Kalimpong path carrying Tibetan wool hides musk perfume and prayer wheels in exchange for salt tea textiles molasses and hardware. Sikkim apples, famed for perfection, grow in Kanchenjunga’s shadow attracting expert note and local pride.
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Washington
Sikkim
India
Tibet
Nepal
Himalayas
Lhasa
Natal Pass
Gangtok
Kalimpong
Kanchenjunga
England
Seven Solons File Anti Picketing Bill in Iowa Senate
DES MOINES UP Seven Iowa senators introduced a bill to jail union leaders who incite intrastate picketing on non labor dispute grounds banning jurisdictional picketing but allowing bona fide disputes. The measure targets employer coercion and home picketing while allowing injunctions and prohibitions on violence. Sponsor J Kendall Lynes and six other Republican senators from Clarence Wellman Rock Rapids Rolfe Cleghorn Atlantic Earl Elijah Carl Anderson J T Dykhouse Laurence Boothby Shoeman joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
J. Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
Aunion
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Carl T. Anderson
Wellman
J.T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
Guy C. Butler
R-Rolfe
Laurence M. Boothby
R-Cleghorn
John D. Shoeman
Atlantic
Coffee Break Criticized by City Officials in Long Beach
AP reports in Long Beach that Executive Secretary Paul Wilcox of the Associated Property Owners condemned city employees for taking coffee breaks as wasted time. Mayor George Vermillion then recessed the council for a coffee break, underscoring the clash over breaks and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Paul Wilcox
Associated Property Owners
Wilcox
George Vermillion
Teachers College and Iowa State To Debate Tonight
Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers college debate team meets a team from Iowa State college at 7 15 P M in the Auditorium building. The national question asks should the United States extend diplomatic recognition to the communist government of China.affirmative team from Iowa State includes Steve Obrecht Cedar Rapids and Marvin Lynch Grundy Center. Negative side for Teachers college includes Lawrence Auld Cedar Falls and Leo Munday Leon. De bating the affirma tive for Teachers college are Liz Corpuz Hawaii and Phyllis Gregg Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa State College
Teachers College
United States
China
Iowa State
Steve Obrecht
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Lynch
Grundy
Lawrence Auld
Leo Munday
Leon
Death rate in childbirth cut to four in ten thousand
DES MOINES Iowa officials report that for 1955 only four of every ten thousand Iowa mothers are expected to die in childbirth. Hemorrhaging remains the primary cause, with limited transfusion facilities cited as a contributing factor. Antibiotics and prenatal care have reduced deaths from infection and toxemias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Madelene M. Donnelly
Maternal and Child Health
Department of Public Health
Donnelly
Nee Stals
Eisenhower sees no reason to alter army cut plan
President Eisenhower told reporters there is no current reason to change plans for reducing army strength, despite Gen Ridgway’s warning that a 140000 cut could threaten national security. He noted Ridgway spoke from a parochial view and that senate delays on a supreme court nomination are unfortunate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ridgway
Army
House Armed Services Committee
Mr. Eisenhower
Senate
John ‘Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Congress
Defense Wilson
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Natural Gas Rates at Fort Dodge Increased
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company hikes residential heating rates by about 45 cents per month, effective after the next meter reading. Rise stems from higher gas costs after Northern Natural Gas Company raised prices last December, with a second district court hearing on the rate increase scheduled later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Northern Natural Gas Company of
Omaha
Gazette Want Ad Rates and Submission Details
A garbled notice outlines advertising rates for one to three line want ads with various price points. It mentions deadlines, publication times, and typesize expectations, but the text is largely unreadable and fragmented.
Card of Thanks From the Family of Francis Shileny
Joseph Asenbrener and family express sincere thanks to neighbors relatives and friends for finance sympathy and beautiful offerings during their bereavement for the death of their husband and father Francis Shileny. They acknowledge Rev and all who offered prayers and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Asenbrener
Angel Emil Vondta
Francis
Lutherans urged to aid GIs against temptations abroad
Atlantic City AP Lutherans told to help servicemen resist temptations in Japan and Germany. Dr Carl Yeager urged closer work with youth entering military service to foster Christian leisure and character. Yeager cited Tachikawa Yokosuka Munich Kaiserslautern Furth as sin cities. Dr Paul Empie criticized refugee relief delays and urged admitting 209000 refugees over three years, noting only 9704 by December amid McCarthy era nerves.
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Atlantic City
Lutheran Church
National Lutheran Council
Carl F. Yeager
Yearger
Lutheran Service Commission
NLC
Lutheran church—Missouri Synod
Yeager
Tachikawa
Yokosuka
Japan
Munich
Kaiserslautern and
Furth
Germany
Paul C. Empie
Council
Empie
America
Galbreth elected president of national education press group
Des Moines editor W. Henry Galbreth of Midland Schools, the official publication of the Iowa State Education Association, has been elected president of the Educational Press Association of America. DAR regent resigns in Iowa. Mrs. Charles E. Swanson, Iowa state regent, steps down on medical advice after serving since March. Major Gen. Fred C. Tandy says unofficial word from Washington confirms Sioux City air base will become a permanent installation. Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium opening attended by about 7 000 at the policemen’s ball. Cress O. Hoyt, 63, named deputy superintendent for Des Moines public schools. board approves part‑time return of Supt. N. D. McCombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR
Charles E. Swanson
Council Bluffs
Iowa State
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Swanson
Air Base
Fred C. Tandy
Iowa
Washington
Sioux City
Cress O. Hoyt
Des Moines
Board of Education
N. D. McCombs
Services Thursday for Elmer Buckingham, 57
Funeral services for Elmer Buckingham a Wyoming businessman of 20 years will be Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Lutheran church. Buckingham died Sunday in Loveland Colorado after retiring from his service station business and moving there Jan 1. Survivors include his wife and a daughter Mrs Paul Ritenour of Onslow.
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Wyoming
Elmer Buckingham
Buckingham
Loveland
Colo
Paul Ritenour
Onslow
Four Eastern Iowans Return from Korea on Transport
From The Gazette area four men served in Korea and were aboard the Gen. A. E. Anderson which arrived in San Francisco with 1,060 soldiers. Named are Pfc. Dale H. Baldwin Palo Cpl. William C. Hintz Marion Sgt. Gene A. Popham South English and Cpl. James J. Williamson Brooklyn.
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San Francisco
Gazette
A. E. Anderson
Korea
Dale H. Baldwin
Palo
William C. Hintz
Marion
Gene A. Popham
South English
James J. Williamson
Brooklyn
Lost and found and services in Cedar Rapids ad section
A dense classifieds page lists Lost and Found items for a brown dog with a pupry appearance and a reward. It also catalogs watch repairs, jewelry, furniture rental, private parties, music lessons, and a mix of home services. Multiple entries show addresses and telephone dialing cues for local firms and individuals offering tax preparation, remodeling, plumbing, hauling, painting, and sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smuleroff's Sparkling Jewelery Dept
Cedar Rapids
May's
Walker
Sarvie
Probasco Jeweler
Tardisas Odisht Eea
Mt. T. Vernon
Richard du Bois
M.M
Girl Wanted at Hasty Tasty Drive In Cedar City
Classified notice pattern shows multiple job ads including female help wanted, cashier typist, and waitress positions. Highlights include FooTuirete and fountain work at Hasty Tasty Drive In 2801 1st Ave, Cedar IDs area with flexible hours and local employer names such as Interstate Finance Corp and Chuck Wagon. Abundant OCR garble but preserves hiring prompts and locations.
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Gazette
Moore
Paramount
Ruckles Cale Company
Readlyn
Iowa
Cashman Wurcerg, Inc
Owatonna
Minn
Arther McGuire
Olin
Town
Man
Scottere
Richard A. Young
North Liberty
Jim Reeder
3Rd. Ave
Erie
Parmen Clan
Wits CE Barber Cou Bte
Cedar Hat Rapids
PLOYT
CEDAS
Lassif
Guaranty
3Rd St. SE
Mr. Streeter
Montrose Hotel
Deuces Cafe
1St St. SE
Adee
Ison
Interstate Finance Corp
109Th Street
Ith Street
1St Ave
Lipp's Grill
Wolf
Davey
Frank Ja Rode Singer
Rite Box
CBS
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Rose McKee
Helyy
State Board of Education
Engineering Society
Siktin
Alimpong
Couny
Red China
Rom Peiping
Imalayas
Sinkiang
Tsinghai
Sikang
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Anove Rata Ta Io
Des Moines Veteran Memorial Auditorium
Novak Monument CO
Prirepari Ee
Brown
Boxer
Beral
Mt Ee Ie
Cold Wave
Raymax
Melody Inn
Ite
Eure Rae Poartes
Preese Phyne
J. Bripg. & Tax Service
5Th ST
Butlding
Superior Construction Co
Kutchera
Dick Alexander
Don “Augustine
Irvin Martinson
Dias
John
Clark's
Melvin Kasner
Ems
Harlan E. King
Bill Hale
3Rd Ave
M. P. Russo
Irving Smith
Ed Rathie
G Ave
Bill Sebers
Hia- Watha Trailer Court
Bill Telbrand
Paul J. Nolan
J. Nolan
W. Lyman
Ed Simon
Union Carpenter
Ifls
Ste Steannns
Kenmles
Myers
Pater
M_W
Gewing Center
10Th
14Th Ave
Ed Hoskins
Shed Magnus
Senny
Turner CO
17Th
Dearborn Brass CO
National Organization
P.O
Waterloo
Fereday Heating Co
Park Road
le Att
Iowa City
Henderson Mfg, CO
Rockford Road
Pleasant
L. E. Busching
Allison
Car Rapids
Young
Thermal Co., Inc
City of Cedar
Rawleigh
Freeport
Life Insurance Office
Sunenity
Bren House
Highway 30
Owa
Clark
Aetna Finance Co
de Viniot Collins
Ape
Mie Vaalen
LSA
Hiltbrunner
Si Iece
ENCO
Blue Prints
Steve D
Oughly
Reai
Cedar Employment
Third Avenue
Shaba
Iowa Theater
Chenhall
Paramount Ride
Lamb Welding
Tith St
Ceme
Cedar Rapids Business College
Dial
Autos & Trucks
Sixteenth Ave
Highway
West
Cash Ehrke
GOOD
Sk Ave
Tudor
Skalsky
Wilso VE
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