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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1955
Page
2
Increasing cloudiness and milder coastal weather follow with snow likely west by afternoon. February totals and daily high temperatures listed. Numerous funeral services across towns including Greeley, Manchester, Kalona, Walker, Anamosa, Vinton, and Shellsburg.
Princess Maria Pia of Italy married throneless Yugoslav Prince Alexander in a brief double ring ceremony at Our Lady of the Assumption church Casais Portugal. Exiled King Umberto led the bridal procession amid 6000 cheering monarchists and 700 police, as 60 regionally dressed Italian noblewomen joined in strewing petals along the royal route.
The United States through the Atomic Energy Commission announces the first of its kind sale of 10 tons of heavy water to India for a nuclear research reactor. The move aims to strengthen ties with non communist nations as part of broader peacetime atomic energy cooperation.
Services for Frank J. Vanicek age 70 will be held at Turner chapel at 9 30 am Monday conducted by Rev Z F Pauk pastor of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church Burial in Oxford Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Mr Vanicek of Collins Radio Company and Cedar Rapids resident died Saturday
Louis G Breslin 67 of 211 Fourth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died Saturday at 5 p.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. A Cherry Burrell worker and former manager of John S Davis Paint, he was born Sept 7 1887 in Cedar Rapids and survived by his wife Ella son John and daughter Mrs Jerry Dedek. brothers Thomas and John Breslin and one granddaughter. Services Tuesday at 10 30 a.m. in St Patrick's Church. Rosary Monday 7 p.m. at Teahen chapel and 7 30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus and Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters No 727.
Olive M Knickerbocker widow of Mark M Knickerbocker died Saturday. Services set for 11 a.m. Monday in Turner Chapel with Rev Arnold H Marzell of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial in Fairfax Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Services for Mrs. Joseph F. Pavlis of 915 E avenue NW Cedar Rapids will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in Turner chapel conducted by Rev. James M. Webb pastor of First Baptist church. Burial is in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. The family requests memorial contributions to the First Baptist church Memorial fund.
Dr. Otto Strasser former Nazi leader who split with Hitler in 1932 plans to end 22 years in exile and return to Germany this week He had appealed to the United Nations in 1949 for permission to end exile in Canada and eyed the post of German chancellor Strasser was an early confidant of Hitler who fled Prague in 1933 after the Nazi ascent His brother Gregor was killed in the June 30 purge.
Three Iowa men Byron L. Hensch James W. White and Raymond E Esley are to report Monday at Offutt Air Force Base for entrance tests to the first class of the new Air Force Academy. They were nominated by Representative Henry O Talle.
Three American transports carrying the final Chinese Nationalist troops evacuated the Tachens and reached northern Formosa soon after U S Seventh Fleet Admiral Pride arrived with his flagship USS Helena in Keelung. Pride had directed the mass evacuation of about 30 000 people from the islands and warned of potential Communist moves while the LST 803 completed the operation anchoring at 10 20 a m local time. Everything of value on the Tachens had been destroyed before the last departure.
Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Area Council officers Dr M D Marr president C C Birr vice president will lead the Monday noon Rotary Club program at Montrose hotel marking the forty fifth anniversary of the Scout movement. Dr R E Holdeman joins Marr in chiropody practice.
A page itemizes Grange's Standard Station offering affordable billing on car parts with a written warranty and delivery options, followed by a series of community notices. Jaycee Toastmasters meet at Nick's restaurant with contenders to represent the club. PEO chapter FO luncheon, Elderly Real Estate rep, and local Army promotions and discharges noted. Hospital visitors allowed and Cedar Rapids Merchants lunch event listed. Tom Robison named to Kemper Military Academy honor society.
Attorney General Brownell told the National Republican Club Lincoln Day dinner that since 1952 five atomic cannon battalions have joined the services bringing 30 cannons with warheads larger than the Hiroshima device. He also noted full jet fighter squadrons and upcoming atomic submarines Nautilus and Sea Wolf joining the fleet.
The speech condemns current administration as moving leftward and raising constitutional concerns. Lee calls for a court challenge over foreign aid funding and decries alleged Democratic corruption. McCarthy says the Tachen retreat shows Nationalist forces left to wither, pledging independent oversight. Dirksen lauds Eisenhower and McCarthy before the gathering.
J praised McCarthy and the investigating committee for alerting the people to subversion dangers. Dirksen urged gratitude for the President's call to Congress to work together on Formosan questions, noting Eisenhower respected Congress's war-declaration power. Meanwhile, the state GOP held Lincoln Day, with Morton Hollingsworth denying official knowledge of other parties in the same hotel.
U S Attorney General Herbert Brownell credited President Eisenhower with applying his military knowledge to boost America’s defense while cutting defense spending. Speaking at the Lincoln Day Dinner, Brownell noted 1956 defense costs are projected at over 9.14 billion dollars less than 1953 expenditures.
Rep Walter Judd told Missouri Republicans at a Lincoln Day celebration in Kansas City that the Formosan policy under the Eisenhower administration offers one way to prevent a global war.
Ann Stewart, an eighth grader at Roosevelt school, was named queen at the Ellis Community Center YMCA Valentine dance in Cedar Rapids. About 200 attended, roughly half seniors and half junior high students, with Stewart drawing votes in preliminary and final balloting.
Vice-President Richard Nixon arrived in Guatemala to cheering crowds during his Caribbean goodwill tour. He was greeted at the airport by Luis Gonzales, president of the congress, and Guatemalan officials. Observers expected Nixon to press for higher U.S. economic aid to the republic, which overthrew Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán’s Communist- backed government last June.
The exchange centers on U S restraint in Indo China and Formosa, with Bulganin denying aggressive aims and Molotov stressing sincere desire for normal relations. Bulganin says tensions should be reduced and all nations share that aim, while Molotov highlights current events without sharp points.
Suggestion to prevent waste of flour by using a large salt shaker to dust flour onto meats fish or poultry. This method reduces clumps and ensures even coating while cooking various proteins.
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