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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
1
President Eisenhower begins a pivotal two week period after medical updates and cabinet talks. He plans a Georgia rest trip to decide if recovery allows a second term, weighing doctors' input against his own judgment.
News of weekend Iowa highway accidents reports nine more deaths in a two car crash near Council Bluffs, plus multiple fatalities from crashes in Center Point, Wellman and Newton. Names include Barbara Jean Lazenby and Ross Levert among others. toll now 87 for the year.
A workman narrowly escaped harm when a fire damaged floor shoring at the George Washington high school site in Cedar Rapids. The blaze started after a kerosene salamander heater exploded following tending by Donald Richmond of Ryan. Richmond, under a ground level area with wood framing, saw the heater puff and then blaze as smoke filled the sub-floor.
In the House of Commons Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd denounced Soviet deceit in hiding Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean for nearly five years. He charged Molotov and Khrushchev with lack of candor and warned Moscow against driving a wedge between the U.S. and Britain. Burgess and MacLean surfaced in Moscow and criticized British and American policy, while Lloyd cautioned against believing their statements. Churchill made a rare appearance in the chamber as the debate opened.
A nostalgic note asserts charitable gifts remain a noble duty for Americans as long as tax rules permit deductions, praising the civic spirit of giving.
Elwood C Freese a 38 year old Cedar Rapids welder was killed instantly when his two place Piper Cub crashed in a cornfield three miles southeast of Central City. He had been spotting for a fox hunting party and was flying at 300 to 400 feet when the craft nosed over. The accident occurred at 1 45 p m. Freese leaves a wife three sons a daughter and several in laws and siblings. Services will be held in Turner chapel with burial in Shiloh cemetery.
The railroad passenger safety record last year was the second best ever, with one fatality per 1.8 billion miles of travel. The rate equals .06 per 100 million miles, below the all time high of .04 per 100 million in 1952.
US air force crash boats patrolled rough seas and snow to aid a sister ship missing since Wednesday. An 85-foot Ita zuki air base launch located the vessel Sunday and all seven crewmen were reported okay.
Gov. Leo Hoegh told Cedar Rapids Rotarians that a special legislative session on tax structure revision could also address reapportionment to achieve fairer representation. He cited progress on redistricting last session and noted the tax study committee aims for a fair structure to attract industry, while praising Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for promoting local industrial growth.
County Chairman B D Silliman announces the Linn County Republican caucus schedule with a March 16 10 AM county convention at the Roosevelt hotel and March (8 PM) precinct caucuses at announced sites to elect delegates and adopt resolutions. The 226 delegate county convention will choose 118 delegates for the Des Moines state and district convention on April 6, which selects 26 Iowa delegates for the national convention in San Francisco starting August 20. Delegate allocations by precincts reflect 1954 secretary of state voting results.
Oil attorney John M. Neff testifies he made no recent contributions to any senator’s personal campaign funds beyond the $2,500 to Senator Case. The Senate special committee ends public hearings while a broader inquiry into outside influence on the natural gas bill is being prepared with Senator Gore named to replace Hennings as chairman.
A downtown Beegle Meats division building in Toledo Ohio collapsed after a worker lit a cigarette lighter igniting gas fumes. Three men died Melvin Kegelman James Libhart and Paul Borcherding while Stanley Damschroder survived with head and hand burns. Three adjacent structures and several nearby shops were destroyed. Fire officials estimated damages exceeding a million dollars with much of downtown windows shattered.
A Damascus based Syrian paper says former Egyptian King Farouk plans to move from Europe to Iraq and enroll his children in boarding schools abroad. The report cites no official confirmation and notes timing depends on schooling.
TV stage actress Georgiann Johnson formerly of Decorah Iowa and Broadway performer Stanley Prager wed in a civil ceremony in Providence after the Saturday matinee. Prager, 38, and Johnson 29, planned for Prager to return to the show Monday night.
Twenty-two schoolchildren drowned when a ferryboat capsized in a canal near Mansoura on the Damietta branch of the Nile. Local rescuers fought current and rough water to recover victims as the tragedy shocked the region. Initial reports blamed overcrowding and strong currents on the canal crossing.
The city dump operates around the clock for residents to dispose of garbage. Follow C street SW southeast past the highway exit to Iowa City. entrance is on C street past the Prairie creek bridge with a signs. An attendant directs dumping daily. if absent, garbage should be left at the landfill edge with other waste.
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