Construction Under Way for Prairie Creek Power Plant Addition
Central Iowa Power Cooperative progresses on the 7 million Prairie Creek add on as J E Sellers reports steel framework near completion. The expansion will raise plant capacity from 40 000 kilowatts to about 84 000 kilowatts and support a 425 000 pounds per hour steam boiler with a turbine generator slated for delivery this year.
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Prairie Creek
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
J. E. Sellers
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Sellers
Gazette
Abell-Howe Construction Company
Cedar Rapids Pioneers in Decisions 1957 Program
Cedar Rapids is highlighted in a full page Christian Science Monitor article as a pioneer in the Decisions 1957 program aimed at stimulating foreign affairs discussion. The program opens next Sunday February 10 with eight fact sheets and weekly topics, beginning What are U S Stakes in the Middle East. Local organizers Mrs. Jesse Birls and Mrs. Harold Lathrop invite participation and explain how informal groups, nonpartisan fact sheets, and opinion ballots feed into state and federal responses. The Gazette will publish each week's decision topic and ballot results.
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Cedar Rapids
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
U.S
Middle East
The
Foreign Policy Association
Jesse B. Birls
Council On World Questions
Harold F. Lathrop
CWQ
Jeach
State Department
Iowa
Sunday Gazette
Gazette
Retiring captain puzzled by own reflection at Wilmington fire
Fire Chief Harry Hague III recalled Captain Neil H. Myers as curious during a Wilmington blaze. While on the second floor he asked a fireman for an axe, then realized he was speaking to his own reflection in a full length mirror.
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Wilmington, Ohio
Harry Hague III
Neil H. Myers
Neil
Gazette
Carl Franks
Rudd
Ruml
Cedar — High School
Alice Rudd
Franklin
Wentzle Ruml
Fifth Avenue SE
Maxwell Taylor
American Association of School Administrators
National School Boards Association
Gen. Taylor
Beardsley Ruml
Washington High
Miss Rudd
Atlantic City
World's fastest changing traffic lights stun Formosa visitors
Westerners touring Formosa report traffic signals switching from red to green to red at rapid speed. A driver with a bulky engine reportedly missed four changes before crossing an intersection, illustrating the unusual signal timing observed on the island.
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Taipei
Formosa
Charge Pair Bilking 60 Hotels in Paris
Paris reports two 22 year olds Berard Cottin and Jacqueline Boulet jailed on charges of bilking more than 60 hotels by moving daily from one to another. They would take one night then claim to borrow cleaning supplies, slipping out with rugs blankets sheets and curtains to sell to a second hand dealer before checking into a new hotel.
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Paris
Berard Cottin
Jacqueline Boulet
Jacqueline
Bishop Sheen Hosts Life is Worth Living Preview
Bishop Sheen is the host on Life is Worth Living, airing Monday at 8 00 p m on Channel 9. This program features the noted spiritual broadcaster in a faith centered talk.
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Bishop Sheen
Channel 9
World Laughter World Laughter at Anila tests reveals variations
Anila INS report notes a murder suspect gave three versions of the crime while undergoing lie detector tests. Each time the machine indicated truth. State investigators announce they will not use the lie detector anymore, calling it a habitual liar. The story tours multiple brief items and global notes.
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ANILA
INS
Police lieutenant pulls over speeding driver in Greenfield
In Greenfield Indiana a police lieutenant chased and stopped a motorist who admitted she had been traveling about 70 mph The woman driver laughed and said she had just learned to drive yesterday The incident highlights a humorous moment amid traffic enforcement duties.
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Greenfield
Ind
Fire engine rushes to truck blaze in Kobe
Firefighters arrived at a Kobe street fire report to find a truck burning containing a shipment of fire extinguishers. In England steel man traps are illegal except in homes between sunset and sunrise to catch burglars per Britannica.
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England
French man given suspended sentence for unlawful restraint
In Coulommiers, Roger Quil received a suspended six month jail sentence after being convicted of unlawful restraint of his wife. He was accused of taking the marriage bonds too literally and chained his wife to a chair to prevent her from running.
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Coulommiers
France
Roger Quil
Quil
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