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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1955
Page
4
In a delayed Christmas address from Vatican City, Pope Pius XII appeals to free nation states to pursue true peace over fear driven coexistence. He backs European unification while warning that cold peace, born of fear, risks paralysis and greater peril without the divine moral order guiding alliances and disarmament.
A 63 year old livestock farmer Arthur C Hanson of Inwood was chosen by 90 Republican lawmakers as speaker designate for the 1955 Iowa house on a 50 to 40 ballot over Vern Lisle. Other nominees withdrew leaving Hanson to be formally elected next Monday when the session opens. Dewey Goode was named majority floor leader and A C Gustafson chief clerk. Mrs Gladys Nelson was named to preside over opening ceremonies marking a Polk county shift in leadership. Governor elect Hoegh urged a bipartisan liaison committee to advance the Republican program for Iowa.
Ella Esser of Rinkerode Germany marks her 104th birthday by sharing a daily ritual she credits for longevity. She drinks three cups of coffee and a shot of cognac each day, regardless of weather or circumstances.
Mayor Milo Sedlacek proposed that business and industrial workers sign pledge cards to ride a city bus at least once per week. He discussed the idea with City Lines Counsel Don Hines and reported favorable reception from Chamber of Commerce Secretary Robert Caldwell and City Attorney C. W. Garberson. The plan, not tied to fare increases, would see City Lines issue pledge cards for distribution to firms.
Cedar Rapids officials announce the city market on First Street NW will operate next season as its final year. Safety Commissioner Prochaska says 73 stalls will remain available for 1955 permits, after which the market will be discontinued and the site repurposed for offstreet parking.
Walter F. Nesper lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and owner of Nesper Sign and Neon Company died Saturday at his home. Funeral at St Matthew's church Tuesday at 10 30 a m conducted by Rt Rev Msgr J D Kearn. Burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Friends may call Turner chapel. Rosaries Monday evening in chapel.
Hollywood In son of crooner Bing Crosby a drunken charge against Dennis Crosby 20 was dismissed by a municipal court judge who noted he had never been in trouble before Dennis and three friends were arrested Saturday night but he did not appear in court
House Speaker designate Rayburn endorsed Eisenhower's plan to extend current high rates on liquor cigarettes and gasoline for a year. He predicted quick approval as Congress convenes and noted a March 31 1949 corporation tax cut unless acted. He also backed a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program.
Dallas report says Charlie Ray Zallicosser aged 3 fell from a car traveling about 50 miles per hour Sunday. He was not seriously hurt and was held for observation at a local hospital.
West German Charge d Affaires Oskar Schlitter suspended after his wife, once a German beauty queen and actress, described Britain as an enemy country in a London speech. An embassy spokesman said her remark was an unfortunate expression and misrepresented by press accounts.
President Eisenhower flew home to Washington on Sunday night from Augusta Georgia where he had stayed since December 23. Sherman Adams White House aide met him as he disembarked from the Columbine with Mrs Eisenhower and her mother Mrs John S Doud.
A congression al committee urged immediate U S spending to support liberation of Red satellite nations as an alternative to peaceful coexistence or preventive war The select house committee on Communist aggression led by Rep Kersten Wis called for a positive bipartisan political offensive against international communism It urged withdrawal of diplomatic recognition from Iron Curtain nations and severance of trade by the Free World acting in concert The panel said peaceful coexistence is a Kremlin ruse to gain time and split free world alliances and warned against showing any weakness in facing the Communist threat It urged Congress to reaffirm that liberation of enslaved nations is a core national policy and to oppose actions that could invite a new world war
The Civil Service Commission reported 8008 federal employees were fired or resigned on security grounds or due to disqualifying information through Sept 30, 1954. About a third of a percent of federal workers faced such actions, with 3002 fired outright and 5006 resignations before final determination. Subversive data affected 2096 files, and subversive activity or associations appeared in 655 cases. The army led with subversive records. several other agencies reported counts above 100. No subversive data case was listed for the White House.
Long Beach AP report says Diana Bixby, 32, a noted aviatrix and mother of two, is feared dead after a wrecked plane sighting in the Gulf of California near Baja California. Her husband said she radioed fuel trouble but thought she found a landing spot. The Bixbys ran Bixby Airborne Products from Long Beach and previously attempted a round-the-world flight in 1950 before engine trouble near Calcutta.
In the Quad-Cities area priests urged IH Farmall Works workers in Rock Island to vote CIO United Auto Workers in the Thursday plant election over the UEFE. A priest called the UEFE Communist dominated and said the issue is moral, not political. Announcements covered Illinois and Iowa parishes.
Dr. John J. Byl, 95, formerly practiced in Cedar Rapids and now of San Jose, California, sent $5,000 to Coe College to establish a four year scholarship for worthy and needy students. Coe President How ill Brooks proposed naming it the John J. Byl Scholarship Fund to preserve the donor’s identity.
The United States declared 27 percent of the country off limits to Russians in retaliation for Soviet travel restrictions on U S citizens. The order creates barred areas and closed cities across 39 states including border regions and the Great Lakes area. Iowa counties affected include Des Moines Henry Lee Louisa Muscatine and Scott.
Washington report says a congressional committee cited a starvation course as evidence of Communist efforts to undermine religion in children. The panel described a primary class locked for 72 hours for quoting the Lord’s Prayer, then told bread would come only if they petitioned Father Stalin.
Panama police announced the arrest of former President Arnulfo Arias in connection with the Sunday night assassination of President Jose Antonio Remon at Juan Franco race track. Remon's bodyguard and attackers clashed, two bystanders died, and a new president, Jose Ramon Guizado, was sworn in at 3 a.m. as the nation pledged order.
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