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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1955
Page
5
A weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and lower temperatures tonight with a low around 16 to 20 degrees. Sunday will be mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries and a high near 27 to 31 degrees.
Paris AP dispatch reports the French National Assembly voted 319 to 273 to remove Prime Minister Mendes-France after a three day debate on Tunisia self rule and North African reforms. His cabinet fell amid personal animosities and opposition to a strong leader, though he briefly defended his policy from the speaker's tribune. The successor is uncertain as consultations begin.
Blanche F Eastburn 62 of 386 Seventeenth Street SE died after her car rammed the rear wall of a garage during a snow spin. Autopsy cites brain hemorrhage from head impact. Survived by two sisters and a brother. Services Monday at Barta Hesser chapel. Burial Cedar Memorial.
An East Berlin court sentenced Karl Theiner to death for his role in the murder of 290 people at a Nazi concentration camp. The ruling was announced Friday and marks a rare postwar punishment for a Nazi war criminal.
Snow blew out of the state ahead of schedule leaving four to five inches in Eastern Iowa while Lamoni area logged up to 14 inches total. Cedar Rapids measured five inches and Elkader four as drifting closed few roads. Temperatures rose from the teens into the 20s with fading winds.
An American pilot of an F-86 Sabre from Clark Field Philippines was killed when his jet collided with a Chinese Nationalist trainer over Formosa. It marked the first U S air force casualty on the island since last week’s wing transfer. The Chinese airmen parachuted to safety. The pilot’s identity was withheld.
The National Council of Churches urged nationwide prayer for resolving the Far East crisis with Otwat.
A masked gunman stormed the Farmers State Savings Bank in Lamont, forcing manager Emil Barz and teller Betty Cook into the vault and making off with about 3000 dollars, mostly in silver coins. Seven customers were herded into the vault. the thief escaped as mysteriously as he arrived, leaving behind a heavy bag of coins and no clear trail. Police and state authorities investigated sightings near Oelwein and conducted interviews with bank staff and witnesses.
Washington AP Resignation Friday of Army Counselor John Adams, a central figure in the McCarthy army hearings, sparks talk of a Stevens exit. Adams leaves March 21 after stating projects are advanced. Stevens accepts with praise, while White House and Pentagon circles weigh the Peress case fallout and potential private-sector return. A Marengo fire chief, Edwin R Wanamaker, dies after brief illness in Cedar Rapids hospital. services planned Tuesday at St Patrick’s church.
Cedar Rapids officials announced a Sunday night snowplow operation after a five inch fall. Downtown area and Sixteenth Avenue SW to be plowed from midnight with 2 am to 5 am parking bans enforced at owners’ expense. Crews worked overtime since 7 am Saturday to clear residential sections, aiming to finish by Saturday evening.
Theodore Jesse Hoover aged 84 brother of former President Hoover died Friday night at his Santa Cruz ranch from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was emeritus dean of Stanford University School of Engineering.
In a major air battle over the Yellow Sea, four Russian built Mig 15s attacked a U S RB 45 reconnaissance bomber and its Sabre escort. The Sabres of the Fourth fighter interceptor wing engaged the MiGs and shot down two. No U S casualties were reported and the location was given as international waters west of Korea.
Major Gen William C Chase said American military observers and advisers had returned to the Tachens after leaving the offshore islands. Nationalist fighters bombed Communist ships north of the Tachens as raids aimed to slow manpower and supply buildup for an invasion near Formosa.
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