02 Jul 1958
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1958
Page
1
Bernard Goldfine’s prepared testimony claims hotel bills for Adams were business expenses and a rug was a company item. He denies giving Adams a house or mill stake and criticizes John Fox while defending his friendship with Gov. Adams amid Senate committee questioning.
The city clerk’s office stays open until 9 pm tonight to handle registration and address changes for Cedar Rapids’ July 14 pool election. The extended hours add four extra hours at the 3rd floor city hall. Registration closes 5 pm Thursday to cover a 10 day period before the election one week from next Monday. The ballot asks bonds totaling 425000 to fund three pools. New registrants must appear in person. address changes can be listed for a family by one member.
Federal Judge J Frank McLaughlin shaved half his beard in response to Alaska becoming a state and plans to finish trimming when Hawaii gains statehood. The 50 year old judge grew the beard in Alaska last fall and has only a mustache and a Vandyke chin beard remaining.
London audience hears Maurice Barbanell at a literary luncheon on Tuesday. His talk titled Dead Men Do Tell Tales explores past lives and spiritual insights in a concise address.
Bernard Goldfine told reporters he never stood up President Eisenhower after being late to a 1953 Algonquin club appointment in Boston. He said he apologized to Sherman Adams and noted he had met Eisenhower before and after the incident.
Local items report proceeds and memorial gifts including four memory donations for Irving C. Emery, Mrs. A. C. Robbie, Wallace Hamilton, a loving aunt Bess Davidson, and contributions from Cedar Rapids, Ridgewood Terrace, Home stead, Iowa. Proceeds listed as 4.327.59, 20.00, 10.60, 10.00, 8.32, 2.00.
In London a father told a juvenile court that his son, who has run away 208 times, now feels a sudden urge to be somewhere else, prompting concerns over his behavior and possible causes.
A neighborhood comment attributed to a mother reflects concern over a child’s security and how others in the area feel. The remark questions the boy’s sense of insecurity while noting public perception.
President Eisenhower states he still needs Sherman Adams as his No 1 aide and believes in his honesty. He will not clarify whether he is reconsidering Adams retention amid ongoing hearings and tax return inquiries. He said no one suggested IRS review of Bernard Goldfine gifts and listed as business expense.
A massive blaze at Samuel Goldwyn studio wiped out its largest sound stage and Catfish Row sets designed by Oliver Smith. Rehearsals for the Gershwin opera were to begin, with filming set to start Thursday. work halted for at least two months. The fire marks a major Hollywood loss, erasing a site once used by Barrymore Pickford Chaplin and others.
In New York, the 8 week retrial of Influence Peddler Hen ry Grunewald and two others on charges of conspiring to fix income tax suits ended in a jury deadlock after deliberating three days. Co-defendants Daniel Bolich and Max Halperin faced trial alongside Grunewald. they had been convicted in 1955 but were overturned by the Supreme Court on a technicality.
Washington AP report describes Samuel Goldfine with his wife and two sons. a fellow passenger notes the elevator scene on a hot Washington day. Mrs. Goldfine jokes about the heat and the situation.
The Western Union Telegraph Company filed rate increases with the FCC and plans to boost telegram charges on August 1. A 15 word full rate telegram adds 10 cents, 50 word night letters cost 5 to 10 cents more, and 50 word day letters 15 cents more. Domestic telegraphic money orders rise 5 cents up to 200 dollars with higher increases for larger amounts.
An Albany Times-Union reader calls after a loud blast suspected to be a jet breaking the sound barrier. A reporter notes the event may reflect sonic boom noises in the region and a resident questions the barrier’s existence.
Washington reports the House rejected restoring cuts to President Eisenhower's foreign aid request. The chamber approved 3,078,092,500 for the fiscal year, 872 million less than requested and 597.5 million below the authorized level. Eisenhower warned of grave security risks and urged unity with the Free World.
President Eisenhower says the Soviet Union disrupted diplomatic preparations for a planned summit, casting doubt on Soviet intentions. He urged Khrushchev to accept a Western procedural proposal for talks and noted Western unity with Britain and France. Royal Dutch Airlines also announced a July 21 weekly service from New York to Moscow.
A front of historic storms in southwest and central Iowa left eight dead and many missing. Audubon Hamlin Extra and Atlantic were hardest hit as flash floods from the East Nishnabotna raced downstream. Rains exceeded 12 inches causing vast damage, with 200 families evacuated in Atlantic and hundreds more displaced. Authorities feared higher crests with Des Moines and Ottumwa area flood risks and national guard activation for Audubon.
Elsie Smith, 46, was pulled to safety by Griswold firemen Estell Kinsner and Dale Willoughby after floating about 30 miles down the East Nishna botna River during a flood. She was treated at Atlantic Memorial hospital for shock and exposure. Rain totals reached 3.76 inches in Griswold as rescue efforts continued for others reported atop a poleshed near Brayton.
The Audubon county flood death toll as compiled by officials names Franklin Wiges Darwin Kuntzweiler and others in Audubon Exira and Exira area. Missing and unaccounted for include Mrs John Parsons and her daughter from Exira. Other listed names include James Christensen Russell Smith Harry Wiges and Don Eaton.
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