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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1957
Page
9
A columnist surveys practical cold start fixes for cars noting that while submarines and satellites impress, the auto battery and engine lag. He explains heat sticks head bolt heaters and fuel-line anti freeze, shares a tested trick with a 60 watt bulb beside the battery that helped a start in 12 degree cold, and weighs the need for better automotive science advances.
State tax on auto gasoline is deductible. Use last year's miles and estimated per gallon mileage to gauge gallons bought and approximate state gas taxes paid. The 1956 Iowa rate was six cents per gallon with a nationwide breakdown by state ranging from three to seven cents per gallon.
Hong Kong dispatch says 69 Chinese millionaires hold about 900 million dollars in investments in joint ventures and state industries. They receive five percent annual dividends, treated as capital repayments, while 1,493 capitalists own over 100,000 yuan and 69 over 1,000,000 yuan. Top earner Jung Yi Jan netted over 60 million yuan annually in dividends.
AP correspondent Joseph Grant profiles a small US coast guard outpost at French Frigate Shoals in the Hawaiian chain. The 15 uniformed men live on a coral landing strip 450 miles from Honolulu, with biweekly mail and supply planes, Loran base on Tern Island, and daily routines of beard growing, fishing, and occasional humor as they wait out duty.
In New Haven Connecticut a burglar entered Anthony Selmonts residence believing it empty. The only empty item was Selmonts wallet which the thief seized after unexpectedly encountering him in the kitchen.
A collage ofbrief items from around the world and United States. A man jailed for a day after refusing to explain his odd behavior spent a day in a police yard tree. An Athens ad offers cemetery space. A Dallas holdup yields the thief’s own wallet. A London woman tears apart a sash for fire fuel. A Greek thief masked as a monk is caught after stealing from actors. A Texas worker falls 25 feet but survives on newly poured cement. Sapporo enacts a law requiring horses on streets to be diapered. Hollywood notes a small county tax bill for a flood control assessment.
Fresno State history professors Dr. Francis A. Wiley and Dr. Clair E. Nelson argue for keeping 13 dates central to American history. They list 1492, 1519, 1607, 1619, 1763, 1776, 1789, 1828, 1861, 1898, 1914, 1929, and 1941 as essential milestones for lifelong memory in education.
Be sure to tune in Monday at 7:00 for the Danny ee Show on Channel 9. The message promotes the program time and channel with a simple reminder.
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