Major Cities Battle Growing Traffic Congestion 1955 Efforts
A nationwide survey shows America s 25 most populous cities pouring record sums into roads signals and planning to curb booming auto sales. Cities like New York Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia Detroit San Francisco and more expand expressways add one way streets deploy electronic signals and test buses and heli ports to ease congestion amid rising vehicle volume.
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Chicago
America
Los Angeles
Lloyd M. Braff
New York
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
New Jersey
North la Salle Street
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Detroit
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Cleveland
Denver
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Lone Parking Meter Stands Guard in Murphy Idaho
In Murphy Idaho population 31 the county seat claims the smallest parking meter in the United States. Kenneth Downing and Victor Ford salvaged a broken meter from Nampa and placed it by the courthouse gate as a gag. Drivers park, search for coins, or use the meter as a hitching post. The town lacks a grocery store gas station or hotel, has a small school, and jurors travel 28 miles to Nampa for overnight stays.
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Murphy
Idaho
Kenneth Downing
Owyhee County
United States
Downing
Victor Ford
Title
Nampa
Ford
A. C. Barberis
Betty Anne Hochsettler
Self-Made Stargazer By Laurie Van Dyke
Bill Chandler a 67 year old Cedar Rapids Auto Electric Company founder built a 32 inch diameter parabolic mirror telescope. He used a dental chair base for stability and crafted the frame, fittings and mount himself. He notes the moon’s tilt at his latitude and avoids winter use due to cold.
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Laurie van Dyke
Gazette
Bill Chandler
Moon
Mars
Chandler
Mr. Chandler
Auto Electric Company
Second Avenue SE
Marion
Buffalo bones unearthed in Japan for first time
TOKYO AP reports buffalo bones never seen in Japan were found at Hanai zum in northern Honshu. Scientists estimate the bones date from 10 000 to 50 000 years ago.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hanaizum
Nothern Honshu
Propeller Driven Ice Sleds to be Marketed in Cedar Rapids
A nine foot propeller driven ice sled designed by a Hiawatha machinist will be produced at Palmer Tool and Die in Hiawatha and marketed by Brad's Machine Company. It will be rental at Brad's beach Cedar River beyond Ellis park and priced at 125 dollars. Earl Palmer has applied for a patent on the two passenger sled with a claimed sound patent. Cooperating with Palmer is Clarence Bradley operator of Brad's beach. Three sleds have been produced with a capacity of four per day.
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Gazette
Laurie van Dyke
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Brad's Marine Company
Brad's Beach
Don Smith
William Dougherty
Brad’s Machine Company
Brad’s Beach
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Earl Palmer
Palmer Tool and Die Company
Palmer
Clarence Bradley
Bradley
Variety Spice of Their Drinking in Hot Springs
Three defendants before Judge John Lewis on drunk charges offered three distinct drinking tales. One claimed vodka in coffee, another said cough syrup Hadacol and a spoonful of beer, and the third admitted beer with a dash of sherry wine and gin.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Ins
John Lewis
Heart lung machines at Mayo and Minnesota near routine use
Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota expand heart lung machine use to replace heart and lung function during surgery. Dozens of patients, including many children, have undergone successful procedures with varying machines, while researchers led by Dr. Lillehei push toward broader, safer applications and potential coronary artery repair.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
AP Science Reporter
Rochester
Mayo
University
Mayo Clinic
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Richard Dewall
Raymond Read
Walton Lillehei
Minnesota Heart Surgery Research
Lillehei
Malay Editor To Kick Off Great Decisions Program
F. Martin Hutton editor of the Malay Mail will visit Cedar Rapids to launch the Great Decisions program. The CWQ plans events Jan 19 21 at Coe and Cornell campuses and an open session Jan 20. The program runs eight weeks with weekly foreign policy questions via The Gazette radio TV and classrooms.
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F. Martin Hutton
Malay Mail
United States
Cedar Rapids
John M. Ely, Jr
Council On World Questions
Hutton
Coe
Cornell
Ether
Gazette
Lin
Richard Spencer
German tax rule legitimizes long running barter market
Bonn reports the West German government will now accept tax free gifts of cigarettes coffee tea liquor and tobacco from friends or employees without customs duties. The move acknowledges a booming black market run by allied servicemen and Germans for nearly 11 years.
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Bonn
Those Wonderful Wonder Drugs
Two doctors report in JAMA that antibiotic creams can banish body odor by killing bacteria. The drugs may keep a pleasant scent for up to four days.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
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Pittsburgh
Newark
March of Science
F. D. Dodrill and Associates
John Gibbon
Mayo Clinic Heart Group
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Harry G. Harshbarger
Peter S. Hetzel
Robert T. Patrick
Earl H. Wood
CWQ
State Department
Spencer
Royal Navy
Straits Times
Singapore
Sunday Times
Southeast Asia
Kuala Lumpur
Marea
Stuur
Calain
Olkter
1St Street
Marco
Maico
Hearing Service
Paramount
Pol Meee Tot
Bie
May's Drug Stores
Second Street
Third Street
Wan
Weraat
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