City traffic reform ideas face downtown jams
Urban Land Institute guidance proposed five steps to ease congestion: curb downtown through traffic diversion, ban busy-street parking, restrict right and left turns during rush hours, reduce truck loading during peaks, and boost public transit. Cedar Rapids applies similar measures along the loop with bridges proposed and parking reforms noted. Europe travel grows as airfares edge down. taxis rise in city transit shifts. over 12,000 New York cabs, 9,500 Washington DC, 2,000+ Philadelphia and Chicago each.
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Hal Burton
Urban Land Institute
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Eighth Avenue
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Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Chicago
Gulbenkian Ill in Portugal Amid Five Percent Fortune
Lisboan spa hosts Calouste Gulbenkian, once the oil world’s top broker known as Mr. Five Percent. At 85, he lies seriously ill after a stroke with doctors watching round the clock in Estoril, while his vast art collection and oil empire are noted as his lasting legacy. His son Nunbar remains at Estoril.
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Rubens
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Europe
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Nunbar
England
Hadn't Happened In a Coon's Age in Grand Island
A Grand Island family reported a rare cold spell moment when a raccoon sought warmth by the fireside inside a home. Mrs. Orville Macomber opened the door thinking a cat, but a raccoon walked in and then left.
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Orville Macomber
States Move To Raise Gas Tax As Federal Plan Looms
A United Press nationwide survey finds eight states weighing higher gasoline and lubricants taxes amid President Eisenhower’s 101 billion dollar highway plan. Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin consider boosting state levies as debate grows on an independent federal highway corporation and who will bear long term debt.
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Advisory Committee On Highways
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Animals and Also People Can Cause SPCA Headaches
San Francisco AP report notes animals trigger emergencies for the city SPCA, one of the oldest in the business. Supervisor James Brown says many problems stem from people, not pets, with 3913 dog reports and 69 neglected findings. Tape across gaps and animal behavior figures in investigations.
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Perilous Traps for Roaming Urban Strays
Brown warns that stray animals risk serious harm in cities as they seek warmth or shelter. Cars pose lethal danger as they crawl under hoods and risk burns or entrapment in engines. Their large heads force them into tight spaces like cans, jars, air chutes, light wells, sewers, and gaps between buildings.
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Godfrey Parker Friendship Of Long Standing
Arthur Godfrey and Frank Parker, longtime radio allies, will appear at Cedar Rapids during the four day automobile and boat show. Parker headlines a group including Eddie Peabody Jimmy Conlin and Dorothy Ryan with seven appearances Feb 17 to 20. Show opens daily at 1 p.m. with concerts at 3 and 9 p.m. and exhibits from Ford Thunderbird to boats and fishing gear.
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Les Burianek
Cunningham
Jack Albert
Cedar Rapids
Albert
Arthur Godfrey
Frank Parker
Godfrey
New York
Parker
Eddie Peabody
Jimmy Conlin
Dorothy Ryan
Memorial Coliseum
Joe
Cliff
Guess He Made The First Bridge
A gunman robbed the box office at Keith Memorial theater in Boston during the world premiere of "Six Bridges To Cross" and escaped with about 28 dollars. The film refers to the unsolved Brinks robbery in Boston costing 1 219 000 dollars.
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Boston
Keith Memorial Theater
Man with artificial leg drives away after icy fall
Andrew Timko slipped on an icy walkway in Barton Ohio and broke a leg. Moments after crawling inside he walked back to his car and drove off despite the injury. The fracture involved an artificial leg.
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Barton
Ohio
Andrew Timko
Thousand Year Background For the Valentine Tradition
A concise history traces valentines from early friendship notes to modern romance. From St Valentine’s 270 A D to 1840 Esther Howland’s publishing, the piece covers medieval love elements, Royal court gifts, Vinegar Valentines’ rise and fall, and today’s wide array of greetings. It notes the forecast 350 million valentines for February 14.
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Valentine
America
Ivers
Esther Howland
Mount Holyoke College For
South Hadley
Mass
United States
John McLaughlin
New York City
South
West
Third Lippisch Lecture: Transports and Helicopters
The third winter lecture in Cedar Rapids will feature Dr. Alexander Lippisch of Collins Radio Company at Coe College auditorium 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. He will discuss transports and helicopters and present about an hour of films from Sikorsky Bell Convair showing marine helicopter action in Korea and agricultural use. The Iowa Soaring Association sponsors the free lecture for the public.
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Cedar Rapids
Alexander Lippisch
Collins Radio Company
Coe College
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Sikorsky
Bell Aircraft
Convair
Wife cites dog as reason for divorce in Denver case
Mrs. Garnet S. Robbins told Domestic Court Judge Joseph Cook that she grew tired of the family dog and asked her husband to choose between her and the pet. She claimed he chose the dog, prompting her to seek a divorce.
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Garnet S. Robbins
Joseph Cook
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