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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
1
TV actress Julia Meade moves into delivering commercials. she dislikes the label saleslady, preferring to present ideas to friends and sponsors. The piece notes sponsors favor lookalike hosts, and highlights other TV figures like Duke Ellington and Jane Powell, with comments on script quality and career shifts in early television.
The page lists broadcast schedules across multiple stations including KCRG TV 9 WMI TV 2 KWWL TV 7 WHEF TV 4 and others. It covers program lineups from early morning through afternoon with familiar hosts and shows such as Dinah Shore Lone Ranger Dragnet Tennessee Ernie Ford and Bob Cummings along with news weather and movie segments. The listings capture a fragmented snapshot of a Friday schedule with ad-like program notes and host mentions.
Washington. Two of Iowa's eight representatives voted against President Eisenhower's Middle East resolution as it passed 355 to 61. Reps. H R Gross and Ben F Jensen, both Republicans, opposed the measure while six other Iowa lawmakers including Coad backed it.
Rep. H. R. Gross of Iowa opposed Eisenhower's Middle East plan, calling it an unconstitutional delegation of powers and surrender of Congress. The measure passed 355 to 61, with 26 Republicans dissenting. Gross argued it would authorize troop deployment and vague economic aid, threatening legislative control of purse strings.
Mrs Charles E Wilson wife of the defense secretary criticized President Eisenhower for a remark about her husband at a news conference. She said a blunt, fair talk is needed and noted the president retracted some comments about the national guard. She faces health issues but plans a Florida trip to recover and hopes to move back to Michigan with six children and many grandchildren.
Washington AP Senator Ives pledged cooperation with a newly created Senate committee to probe racketeering in labor unions and industry. Western Teamsters officials promised to cooperate, after earlier defiance, as the eight member bipartisan panel, likely chaired by McClellan with Ives as vice chair, prepares hearings starting with Teamsters affairs. The panel includes Kennedy Ervin McNamara Goldwater McCarthy Mundt, with Nixon arranging dates.
Mrs William D Dillon of Columbus Junction says her husband Iowa State Rep Dillon Republican will resign from the Iowa house due to business demands and toll road contract work in Illinois. He will step down in the next few days and relinquish as Louisa county Republican central committee head. Dillon, first elected in 1954, had previously resigned during the 1955 session for similar reasons.
A New York grand jury indicted George Metesky, the Mad Bomber, 54, of Waterbury Connecticut, on 47 counts including seven of attempted murder. If convicted on all counts he could face up to 815 years in prison. Metesky, arrested last week, is held at Bellevue Hospital for mental tests.
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