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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1956
Page
2
Cedar Rapids YMCA staff receive an Old English scroll and eternal honorary membership from Grant Wood PTA for running a two afternoon program aiding Grant Wood students. Parents valued the arts program, safety and constructive activity during vacant post noon hours.
In Long Beach AP report, Donald Cassidy 25 drives through flood but in dry weather his car enters a drainage canal. Police say Cassidy claims a total of 46 toes among himself and two cats in the vehicle. one cat has six toes per front foot, the other seven on each rear foot.
Robert F. Wilson 29 a Cedar Rapids attorney announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Linn County attorney at the June primary. A World War II veteran and Iowa graduate he earned a JD from Iowa in 1951 and previously worked in the FTC anti monopoly division. He and his wife live at 1100 Regent Street NE with their son.
WAUKON Anfin Larson will observe his 100th birthday Saturday at the home of his son and daughter in Waterville. An open house will be held 2 to 4 p.m. He was born January 23, 1861 on a farm near Waterville and came to Lansing in 1870. Previous notes mention Halver Hagen’s 95th birthday January 23.
Federal Trade Commission Hearing Examiner Earl J. Kolb ruled there is no cure for 90 percent of baldness cases and ordered Hays Chemical Company to stop advertising Hayr as preventing progression or regrowing hair. He cited age heredity and endocrine factors as typical causes with no relief.
In Portland Oregon a mother and five children perished when their home burned rapidly on Wednesday night. The husband Arthur Graham aged 50 survived after being blown through a window by an apparent oil heater explosion.
Prince Rainier III of Monaco said his car lightly tapped the car in front while en route to see his fiancée Grace Kelly. Mrs Albert Kauffman reported neck injuries after her husband’s car was struck by the prince’s vehicle at a boulevard stop sign.
The Franklin PTA will host two 8 p.m. programs at Franklin high school auditorium on youth mental health and juvenile delinquency. Dr. Boyd McCandless leads the first program with a panel including Rev. Waldemar Argow Hugh Baker James Lewis and Mrs Gordon DeLay. The second program on March 5 focuses on handling emotionally and socially maladjusted youths with school police courts and community groups involved.
The Tax Study Committee in Des Moines debated proposing a 2 percent tax on insurance premiums paid by county mutuals and fraternal benefit associations. No action was taken, but study will continue. The panel also weighed whether new cars held in stock by automobile dealers should keep a property tax exemption. The exemption was questioned as to its uniqueness.
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