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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1955

Page

7

Chemical blamed for killing fish in Cedar River

Conservation officers investigated a weekend fish kill on the Cedar River from Indian Creek to the new Highway 30 bridge. Thousands of rough fish died, with dead fish found for about 20 miles downstream. Lloyd Keifer of Central City said the incident was not from sewage and blamed a chemical that cut oxygen, destroying about 90 percent of the quillbacks and leaving some gizzard shad carp bass and catfish. Clair Rausch and other Cedar Rapids officers assisted.

Cedar River Highway 30 Indian Creek Lloyd Keifer Central City Iowa Keifer Clair Rausch Cedar Rapids

Notice of Appointment of Administratrix in Linn County Iowa

The estate of Emmett Reeves late of Linn County Iowa deceased has Eva May Price named Administratrix. All persons indebted must pay promptly and all claims must be filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court authenticated. L Fahey is attorney for the administratrix.

Koe Iowa Linn Pty Ned Emmett Reeves Linn County Istrict Court Eva May Price L. Fahey

Area industries checked over kill report no involvement

On Thursday morning investigators checked local industries and concluded they had no part in the kill. Authorities believe the chemical was dumped into the river Friday night or Saturday morning. Some fish were found dying Sunday morning as the incident unfolded.

Court Denies Ban of Stoddard Book

Massachusetts justices dismissed a bid to ban publication of Krebiozen: The Great Cancer Mystery by George D. Stoddard. The suit, led by Krebiozen Foundation plus several doctors, argued for a prepublication ban, while Beacon Press defended freedom of the press.

Boston Massachusetts Supreme Court George D. Stoddard University of Illinois University of Iowa Krebiozen Research Foundation Stoddard Illinois Foundation Andrew C. Ivy Chicago Stevan Durovic Marko Glencoe Ill Beacon Press

Satellites Stage Spy Show Trials

A United Nations dispatch reports that Soviet satellites are broadcasting high profile show trials of Western spies and agents. The piece notes Bulgarian, Polish, Hungarian, Czechoslovak, and Romanian outlets highlighting alleged espionage networks, with several death sentences and long prison terms announced or implied.

United Nations N.Y INS Soviet Union Free Europe United States Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Romania Nikolai Bulganin Eisenhower Geneva Dulles Free Europe Committee Budapest Ministry of the Interior Hungarian People’s Republic Radio Andras Marton U.S A. Hajduk B. Stencl J. Skvara B. Sykora Cic Mic Bernard Nemcek Jozef Kasicky Stefan Bugan

Nishioka predicts 250 years of warming cycles

TOKYO AP reports Dr. Hideo Nishioka a 42 year old science instructor at Kei University said world temperatures would rise year after year for the next 250 years. He theorizes climate changes occur in 700 year cycles.

Tokyo Hideo Nishioka Kei University

C. R. Guardsmen To Take Training At Three Camps

Cedar Rapids units of the Iowa national guard will conduct two weeks of summer field training in August at three camps. Battery C of the 556th field artillery and the 185th service battery train with the 34th Red Bull division at Camp Ripley Minnesota and depart Cedar Rapids by truck Sunday. Over 100 officers and men will bivouac north of Minneapolis overnight then return August 14. The 224th Engineer Aviation battalion trains at Camp Williams Wisconsin, leaving Sunday on a bus and returning August 14. The 133rd Air Control and Warning squadron Detachment A trains at Camp Ta near Des Moines August 14-28.

Cedar Rapids Iowa National Guard 556Th Field Artillery 185Th 34Th Red Bull Division lowa-Nebraska National Guardsmen Camp Ripley Minn Minneapolis 224Th Engineer Burlington Ottumwa Camp Williams Wis Tomah Wisconsin Camp 133Rd Air Control and Warning Squadron Iowa Air National Guard Camp Des Moines

Tolbert brothers drive mower-powered soap-box racer to work

Kenneth and Clais Tolbert run a motorized lawn mowing business. They attach a power mower to a soap-box racer, belt to a back wheel, and ride to job sites turning distance into fun.

Albuquerque Kenneth and Clais Tolbert

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