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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1955
Page
15
The article outlines a staged firing of Wally Cox by New Frontier owners as a publicity stunt. It states the hoax drew coast to coast attention, boosted a weak engagement, then led to a real second firing when publicity waned.
Daily schedule of TV stations with listed programs across Cedar Rapids Ames Waterloo Rock Island LaCrosse Des Moines and more detailing newsreels sports previews weather variety shows dramas and cartoons across half hour to hour blocks including Mystery Theater Rex features and sportscasts with times uncertain in OCR-printed listing across multiple channels.
A radio program airs on 1400 kilocycles with music and songs. The station features varied content and charming broadcasting from the era.
Noted evangelist Billy Graham reports from Europe bases that moral and spiritual welfare of armed forces is at an all time high. He notes top brass show unprecedented interest in chaplains and religious services with generals leading programs and many officers attending services. He argues teen age delinquency is lower in the military due to discipline and moral teaching, saying military life offers greater opportunity for character development than home communities.
The column riffs on Cox and the New Frontier gag, Cox's public image, and his rumored retirement. It notes Gary Crosby, Bob Hope, George Gobel, Imogene Coca, Lassie’s dog partner, Danny Thomas and The Fourposter, plus Dunninger and a Gary Cooper casting tease for The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell.
Washington reports say U S officials now expect next week’s Geneva talks with Red China to echo summit mood with Russia. Plans expanded from prisoner issues to broader questions, guided by President Eisenhower’s push to discover Chinese aims and seek a firmer, friendlier footing. Wang Ping-Nan of Poland is highlighted as a notably friendly Chinese diplomat.
In Kinston North Carolina the Eastern Star members quelled a 40 inch chicken snake that slithered into their meeting. The reptile scurried under Ruth Harper the secretarys desk and was promptly dealt with in parliamentary fashion by the group.
Notice is hereby given on this 27th day of 1955 that an appointed administrator is handling the estate of Linn County, Iowa, deceased. All persons indebted to the estate must pay immediately to the undersigned, and those having claims against the estate should file them with the Clerk of Linn County, Iowa. Hazel K. Funk, Administratrix. Lawrence, Attorney.
At Masonic meetings a snake intrusion prompted action as Worthy Matron Annie Nobles seeks to vacate her post. Associate patron H A Edwards killed the intruder with a sword held by the door keeper.
Washington reports House leaders refused President Eisenhower’s request to reconsider highway legislation. Speaker Rayburn says no highway bill this year, while McCormack notes limited funding prospects for next year. Republicans express willingness to cooperate on a compromise amid bond sales and tax proposals.
An army review board upheld Lt. Col. Harry Fleming's court martial conviction for collaborating with the enemy during the Korean War and affirmed his dismissal from service. The board set aside charges from June 1951 to December 1951 but found him guilty of collaboration in early 1951 while he led prison camp discussions. Fleming previously faced acquittals on assault and informing on fellow prisoners. He faces loss of pay and may appeal to the U S Court of Military Appeals or be referred to the army judge advocate general.
Detroit area raid on Ivan Vincent's farm in Nankin Township uncovers a 25 gallon still hidden in the henhouse. Police report about 200 fried chickens roaming as officers arrest the 38 year old on federal liquor law violations.
Rev. George P. Crist Jr., 31, was found guilty on nine counts of deviating from church doctrine by a seven member Northwest Synod trial board after three hours of deliberation. The panel recommended suspension and continuation of financial support for Crist and his family during final disposition at next year’s Milwaukee convention. The charges stem from 18 sermons in which he denied the virgin birth, bodily resurrection, miracles, and prayer effects. He refused to recant.
The U S court of appeals ruled 2-1 that Eisenhower era government security checks are rational and reasonable. The majority upheld dismissal of Kendrick M Cole a former FDA inspector who faced firing over alleged associations with communists and attendance at subversive meetings while claiming the checks should not apply to non policy making officials.
Glenview naval air station was picketed Thursday by strikers from a nearby electronic circuit company. Pickets charged some sailors acted as strikebreakers. Jack Kilpatrick, business manager of Local 286, United Auto Workers, said sailors on liberty have been crossing picket lines at Circuit Engineering Company. Requests by the union to halt the off-duty activities of sailors ...
A Kilpatrick spokesman says the plant employs sailors who have been there since it opened, far longer than striking civilians, amid tensions with naval officers after the plant’s early operation period of under two years.
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