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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
7
Engineer Yu Shu Yu, who left Japan for China then returned, describes a regime-wide screening system in Tianjin. He says workers undergo daily indoctrination and must provide full personal histories, with surveillance pervasive and only state approved entertainment allowed.
Yu notes that unofficial surveillance by friends and neighbors was more dreaded than formal investigations, with informants reporting any utterances or thoughts deemed against Communist objectives. The passage stresses persistent investigations until a person is cleared or convicted.
In New York Irene Markson, 29, and her three children were reported missing. Police canceled the alert after husband Markson, who went to New York to aid the search, learned they had already flown to Denver to reunite.
Republican National Committee chairman Leonard Hall offered $1,000 to charity if it could be proven that Vice President Nixon ever called President Truman a traitor. The challenge came on a TV program with Rep Hebert and Rep Boggs. Hebert cited Truman’s remark about Nixon.
Hall told Hebert he doubted Nixon made traitor remarks about Truman Stevenson or the Democratic party. He offered to donate $1,000 to any charity if such quotes could be produced, hoping campaigns stay above gutter rhetoric.
A lighthearted TV note marks Cosmo Topper's ghost friends assisting a banker in a 6:30 PM Monday slot on Channel 9.
Army Chief of Staff Maxwell D. Taylor argues for eight or nine more divisions beyond current plans, asserting an optimum force of 27 to 28 divisions with about 1.5 million men. He cites mobility and firepower as key, says he would likely oppose a 28 division army as secretary of defense, and notes air force limitations in strategic mobility.
Advertises a $1000 final expense life policy for ages 60 to 80 offered by Old American Ins Co Kansas City. Policy handled by mail with no obligation and no home visits. Letter or postcard requested to 3 W 9th Dept L1414A Kansas City Mo.
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