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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1957
Page
15
James Caesar Petrillo, at 65, acknowledges changes in his views while veering into a defining fight of his 17 years as head of the Musicians union. He emphasizes he will not back down despite shifting ideas.
AP feature recounts James Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, defending fund control, touring his Los Angeles dispute, and arguing that royalties should aid unemployed musicians and victims of canned music. The interview blends sharp asides with ironies about union power and technology.
Three Rivers California AP report outlines urgent need to reduce wild burro populations in Death Valley Mojave. Naturalist Lowell Sumner warns unrestricted growth harms water sources and vegetation, risking collapse of desert ecosystems and wildlife including the bighorn goat. He urges planned population reduction and new protections to safeguard watersheds for expanding human use.
Ernest Mc Gee enlisted a policeman in a gun threat scare and was arrested after a motorist warned the officer. He is jailed for questioning in a robbery case while the two alleged boys fled and escaped.
Mexico City report notes more than 10 percent of Mexican migrant workers who went to the United States last year stayed north of the border. The article cites government figures and discusses implications for labor movement and border policy.
Civil Defense volunteers operate through the Cedar Valley Radio club to direct evacuee traffic and report tie ups to a central control station. Nonlicensed operators practice on Sundays to assist during peacetime disasters under the W0-WSV call sign with the slogan We Serve Voluntarily.
Bell and Howell Company announces termination of its fair trade agreements with dealers effective February 1. Vice president Carl G. Schreyer says the firm supported fair trading but current developments make enforcement not feasible due to hostile court attitudes and actions by some federal law agencies.
The 475 foot self propelled truck trailer ship TMT Carib Queen begins regular trans Atlantic service from New York. It carries 75 over the road trailers 60 sedans and 31 other vehicles to be rolled aboard at the port.
ANN ARBOR Mich AP The surgeon general Dr Leroy Burney warned that resistance by local public health officials to new ideas may force action by state or federal governments. He said local unwillingness to keep up with progress wastes tax funds but noted state and national health agencies have progressed in adapting to changing needs.
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