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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1958
Page
7
Advice from Allied Van Lines on safe moving practices emphasizes sizing up loads and avoiding solo lifts. It covers footing, knee bending, keeping the back straight, and using leg muscles, plus avoiding twists and clear sight lines, with cautions for those with high blood pressure or heart trouble.
In Louisville a 17 year old, William Chasteen, impaired by a $2,000 lesson cost, lost control of the family car hitting another vehicle, jumping a curb and crashing into a house. Police estimate total damages. The report notes the prompt entry of the incident and does not accuse the youth of wrongdoing.
Harold Burke, a 38 year old truck driver from Jersey City, repeatedly volunteers for life risking aid. He gave blood during Christmas and drove 100 miles to help a 12 year old in upstate New York, then transported the boy 200 miles to Philadelphia for a possible transfusion. Burke later donated two ribs to aid a leukemia patient, a 17 year old girl, though she died. Burke emphasized the motive: they were kids.
The United States press notes Japan moves to cash in on demand for small foreign cars with Datsun and Toyopet poised to compete with Volkswagens and British makes. West Coast sales loom, dealers stock before a broad pitch, while U S manufacturers weigh foreign competition and possible new plants. 1958 shows rising imports and registrations, driven by economy, space, novelty, and families affording two cars per household.
A Senate subcommittee hearing will expose a real estate racket run by about 75 firms. Investigators say the con outfits fleece small town sellers for about 50 million dollars annually. Victims are lured by confident salesmen with fake buyers and impressive catalogs before discovering minimal advertising and tiny commissions.
A Pulitzer winner surveys US display at the World’s Fair, noting sharp American and European reactions. The piece covers praise for the pavilion’s architecture, criticism of art choices, legal worries over contracts and scams, and mixed views from visitors, officials, and foreign observers. It highlights Eisenhower’s delegation led by George W. Allen, the pavilion’s soft sell approach, and the broader context of competing national exhibits.
An odd ad in a Charlotte supermarket offers a bonafide deed to one square foot of land near Anchorage in Alaska as a publicity stunt tied to statehood. The wife proclaims ownership of her husband through a written claim on his forehead, while groceries reach ten dollars.
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