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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1957
Page
1
London reports British experts say the pound is out of danger and near the official dollar rate for now. They credit American support and other factors, noting long term prospects remain uncertain despite halting gold and dollar drain and IMF support.
Washington AP reports a cross party liberal bloc gains momentum as 21 Republicans and 17 Democrats support a rules change to curb Southern filibusters. Nixon joins liberal-leaning senators, while Eisenhower’s modernization drive shapes GOP dynamics ahead of 1960. Johnson and Rayburn steer party strategy.
In San Francisco federal court, Judge Louis E. Goodman allowed attorney A. L. Wirin to travel to Communist China without a passport to interview witnesses for the sedition trial of John W. Powell and his wife Sylvia. The trip defies the State Department which refused passports over concerns of political hostages and lack of diplomatic protection. The Powells and Julian W. Schuman are accused of wartime sedition for printing lies that American planes dropped germ bombs in the Korean war. Wirin says witnesses are needed to show their printed charges came from reliable sources. Powell published the China Monthly Review in Shanghai.
President Eisenhower accepts the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute gold award for outstanding contributions to race relations and human welfare. Syracuse University chancellor William P. Tolley praises him for restoring balance of justice and strengthening brotherhood as the institute honors Carver, who died in 1943.
Investigators rechecking Mahaska county voting machines found a mathematical error that gave Steven V. Carter of Leon 100 extra votes in the race for Fourth district congressman. The canvass had shown Karl M. LeCompte winning reelection 58,924 to 56,406. Carter contests the result citing counting errors in multiple counties.
Logansport city council voted to auction six monkeys that had been exhibited in the park after officials said the animals ate too much to be kept through the winter. The decision followed debate on welfare and municipal costs for sustaining the primates.
Mrs. Edward Foote of Summit New York was admitted to Schoharie county's Community hospital just 20 minutes after it opened and gave birth to a son three hours later marking a swift debut for the facility and its services.
Miles P. Sutera, Linn county Second district supervisor, has been installed as president of the High Twelve club. He succeeds David Linge. Other officers are M Morey Nassif, vice president, Emil Burmeister, second vice president, Roy E. Barnes, secretary treasurer, William Vaughan, sergeant at arms, and Clarence Grey, international representative.
London papers accuse the United States and Texas of causing a mounting oil shortage that will last through the new year. Gasoline rationing began Dec 17 due to Suez blockade, with observers saying it will not end before next Christmas. Government plans stricter economies to conserve supplies as Texas producers resist higher shipments.
The Agriculture Department told Congress the food stamp plan could cost between 600 million and 214 billion dollars annually, depending on scope. The estimate ranges from welfare-only recipients to all individuals with average weekly diet costs of 5.50 per person for a four-person family.
A government report urges no action to authorize a national food stamp plan and warns against building large stockpiles for emergencies including a nuclear attack. It favors household food reserves and notes surplus costs are tied to wheat corn and cotton rather than meat dairy or produce.
FBI seeks Harry A Poole a former Watervliet Army clerk on charges of conspiring to defraud the army by selling fake promotions to enlisted men in Busac France He promoted a sergeant for 50 and the man gained 528 38 in extra pay Poole who faced a year in prison for a prior offense allegedly promoted others for money and was arrested on return from France He was not yet known to have promoted others at that time
Washington Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin did not attend President Eisenhower’s address on the Middle East to Congress. A Soviet embassy spokesman said Zarubin was in Washington but offered no reason for missing the joint session and declined further information.
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