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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1957
Page
6
February 24 1957 issue lists high and low temps for several cities and Iowa forecast. It records births with multiple names and addresses, plus funeral notices for Miranda Weisley Roy Moreland Retta Wallace Henry Sadderis Robert Woods and others with service details and cemeteries.
Pasadena report notes a large distant earthquake measured at 6.8 magnitude on Cal Tech seismographs with its epicenter about 7,000 miles away in an undetermined direction. Several smaller quakes were felt across southern California including a light shake around San Diego.
Community notices detail a cost accountants discussion at the Colonial motel dining room with George Seyfer and others. Other items include church dinners, a Cedar Rapids 34th Division meeting, AIA centennial stamps arrival, and local toastmaster sessions.
Manila reports the Ifugao tribe high in northern Luzon uses a wedding dance with gongs and wooden slabs as a long standing form of rock and roll. Eyewitnesses say Bill Haley and Elvis Presley could learn from the Ifugaos during the feast.
A Fort Knox briefing details Rolf von Reitzenstein and his father a German officer captured in Russia who escaped a firing squad via a countess. The family moved through Turkey India the Balkans and North or South America before settling in Darien Connecticut where Rolf was born and became a U.S. citizen. The elder later faced internment in 1944 and was stateless by 1946. The piece notes vast family funds and claims about Israeli bond purchases and U.S. aid in the early Cold War context.
Graveside services for Myrtle Frey widow of George G. Frey and former Cedar Rapids resident until 1925 will be held at Linwood cemetery at 2 30 p m Monday. Friends may call at Turner chapel after 1 p m Sunday until noon Monday.
Services for Lester R. Nichols, of 521 Third Street SW, who died Thursday, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Rohn Funeral Home with Rev. Glenn S. Hartong of Trinity Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Dulles prepared to tell Eban the US will not enlarge assurances and will back a UN move to pressure Israel to withdraw troops. Administration authorities considered measures if needed to compel action and move the situation forward following Ben-Gurion’s possible ideas.
Montgomery leaders form a Negro credit union to promote thrift and reduce high interest loans. The MIA aims to fund low interest borrowing for about 15,000 potential members, with stock at 5 dollars and monthly interest around 1 percent, under a pending federal charter.
Former President Harry S. Truman told a Key West dinner the Democrats see the President as a constitutional leader while Republicans view him as the spokesman for a ruling oligarchy. He warned the presidency faces constitutional limits and partisan opposition, especially from Republicans, to prevent an English style legislative government.
The Cedar Rapids Service Club Olympics begin today with bowling at Tropic Lanes at 2 p.m. and events such as bridge at 1:30 p.m. and chess at 2 p.m. Lions and Kiwanis also compete in other events.
U.S. government reports indicate Russia had far fewer Bison intercontinental jets than previously thought, with estimates dropping from over 100 to about 50 in May last year. The correction influenced Eisenhower’s funding cuts for B-52 orders and may curb monthly production from 20 to 17 aircraft.
In Anaheim California three boys ages 7 10 and 13 were killed when an embankment cave collapsed during a holiday dig near a freeway under construction. A fourth boy 11 escaped, hours later police and volunteers recovered the bodies.
Docks from Maine to Virginia resume work after a 10 day strike, but New York harbor tugboat crews remain idle in their 23rd day. The ILA and NY Shipping Assn reached a master contract with a 32 cent hourly raise over three years, retroactive to Oct 1, covering wages hours and benefits.
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