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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1956
Page
1
In Algiers Premier Guy Mollet faced angry colonials hurling tomatoes stones and fruit as he arrived to ease settler tensions and curb nationalism. Police kept order while Catroux faced hostility for proffered Morocco self rule. Mollet vowed equality for Muslims and French settlers and pressed on with fact finding missions.
A southern storm brought snow and freezing rain to Iowa, with up to six inches in places and slightly over an inch in Cedar Rapids. Highs were in the 30s as the system moves east, ending Monday night with colder air returning later. Roads remained slick and dangerous from snow and ice.
In Washington, Randolph E. Paul, 65, former general treasury counsel under FDR, collapsed and died Monday at a Capitol hearing. Dr. James L. Keating indicated a heart attack. Paul's wife was present as he slumped forward after replying to Rep. Mills during questioning.
Clearing skies offered hope as the Panhandle and South Plains began to break from a record storm. The blizzard, massive ice and snow cap, left Plainview Lubboock Amarillo and many towns nearly paralyzed with drifts up to six feet. At least 20 people died. an ambulance could not reach a laboring woman in childbirth. Two small communities, Dimmitt and County Line, remained isolated.
CHICAGO UP Judge Julius Miner approved a settlement ending a 19 month fight over the late Mail Order Heir Montgomery Ward Thorne. Thorne's sweetheart Maureen Ragen and her mother will share no more than 350000, as the second will leaving Ragen half of a 2 million estate was set aside. The will had left Thorne's mother and aunt one eighth each in addition to the first will leaving the bulk to his mother. Thorne was 19 at his death on June 19, 1954 and the judge ruled he was legally incompetent at the time, noting his death followed a narcotics party and occurred under somewhat mysterious circumstances.
Kenneth Burda, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burda, lost an eye when struck by a metal tipped arrow shot by Dickie Shoop, 11, while the youths played near Oxford Junction. Burda was taken to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids where the eye was removed.
Members of the Oxford University Jazz club protested discrimination after the university rejected their application to hold jive sessions on campus. The dispute highlights tensions around campus activities and student clubs at Oxford.
Coe College student Idol Rashid Jr 21 and his cousin 23 from Fort Madison were killed when their single engine plane crashed on Kimberly mountain near Jasper Tennessee. Idol was pilot and owner of the plane. They had been in Cross City Florida before the flight despite weather warnings from CAA.
The Gazette starts a five part Associated Press series by Tom Reedy from Prague. Reedy is the first AP reporter to reach Czechoslovakia since William Oatis was jailed in 1951 on espionage charges. He previews the situation under Communist rule and flags the forthcoming coverage.
In Tucumcari New Mexico 38 year old bus driver John Herron kept a westbound group of 16 passengers alive through a 21 hour blizzard drift. He walked out for help after five hours and collapsed near a station twelve miles from the bus. Rescuers brought fuel food and warmth and Herron is recovering in hospital frostbitten and exhausted. Passengers credited prayers and Herron with lifting spirits by keeping the heater running and telling jokes during the night.
Cedar Rapids sanitation crews staged a sit down Monday to protest route changes. About 30 workers refused to work as ten trucks remained idle, with union reps seeking a meeting with Mayor Jim Meaghan to negotiate a new 1956 agreement and address grievances over pay, overtime, sick leave, and truck conditions.
Lexington attorney John M. Neff denied that the $2,500 campaign fund was tied to pressuring Senator Case to back the Harris gas bill. He said the money was a simple contribution, released a telegram to Case, and reiterated he would answer FBI or Senate questions only if asked.
Archer Sinclair 79, former Cedar Rapids resident, died in an Indianapolis hospital. He was a vice-president of the T. M. Sinclair Company, later Cedar Rapids branch of Wilson and Company. Funeral in Indianapolis with graveside rites in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his widow Helen, three children, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
In Van Horne a Sunday and Saturday night water mains break left 600 residents with disrupted service. Six breaks in six days set a record. yearly breaks average six since 1923. Mayor Art Fry blamed a faulty pipe batch and noted repairs took until noon Monday.
Two northeast Iowa towns faced water trouble on Monday with Garnaville’s water tank buried in ice and ice inside, causing extremely low water pressure. Residents were urged to use water sparingly as officials prepared further details.
Washington AP report says the Senate rejected a motion to refer the natural gas bill back to the Commerce Committee. The 64 to 30 vote defeats Porter’s bid to shelve price control reforms and heads to a showdown vote on the measure.
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