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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1955
Page
6
John Reynolds reflects on seeing dragon and castle shapes in clouds, a childlike memory, and how patient, relaxed observation reveals sky dramas. He muses that weather and wind produce this natural show and that attentive viewers learn to see images in the shifting clouds.
Readers reflect on vast cloudscapes as distant horizons dwarf human scale, capturing awe at immense altitudes and the smallness of everyday life.
Post office customers may restrict delivery of certified mail to designated persons only with a 20 cent fee, plus existing mail charges. The rule, announced by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, allows the addressee to sign and receipts stay on file for six months, with optional seven cent return to sender. Cedar Rapids officials implemented the change immediately.
West Los Angeles mourns the loss of veteran actor and dramatic coach Harry Hayden who died Friday after a long illness. Hayden, 71, had a prolific career on stage screen and television along with coaching many performers.
In Kalamazoo Michigan the Upjohn Company reports a new sterilization method using high speed electrons to kill bacteria inside sealed drug containers. The technique aims for 100 percent sterilization and is approved for certain antibiotics like penicillin under FDA oversight.
U S embassy officials dismissed claims that Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce meeting Pope Pius XII carried political significance. A spokesman said Luce visited as a Catholic to another Catholic, noting the 45 minute audience was one of the Pope's longer recent talks and their first since her appointment 27 months ago.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters led by Dave Beck said it bought Beck's Seattle home for 160000 dollars and will expand it to house four international staff members and guest facilities while Beck continues living there rent free. The action follows a 15 year precedent set by previous presidents and will fund maintenance and taxes. Beck will keep residence for personal reasons and illness concerns for Mrs Beck.
In the Capitol, Beck keeps a handsome suite of offices that he occupies only on occasion, reflecting a limited, intermittent presence in the building.
In Berlin Khrushchev urged that Germans must participate in solving the German problem. He spoke at an East German reception with Bulganin, noting Germans are capable of settling their own affairs. The pair met East German leaders while Molotov and others headed back to Moscow. Bulganin reaffirmed support for a security pact including East and West Germany, pending October talks.
Seattle AP report quotes William R. Mathews of Tucson praising press influence on good government. Mathews, editor of the Arizona Daily Star, spoke at a panel on the Challenge to the Press Our Mushrooming Cities during opening day events of the 61st conference.
Mathews at a national conference credits newspapers with shaping 50 years of municipal government progress. He says media promote honest, progressive and efficient city governance benefiting people and signaling healthy grass roots for state and national levels.
The Moscow radio proclaimed the Geneva conference a success and said it established a businesslike approach to solving international problems. It also noted the summit paved the way for further cooperation among the four great powers.
Senate appropriations committee approved 500000 planning funds for two federal prisons. One site eyed is in southern Illinois near the state’s population center around Olney. Dirksen cited talks with the attorney general and the Bureau of Prisons director.
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