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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1956
Page
13
Cedar Rapids voters face a paper ballot question in the Monday primary to approve a 240000 bond issue for two new municipal fire stations. If approved, construction could begin this fall with two initial single company stations and later expansion to a four company system in two buildings.
Elias Nour the Stone Mountain rescuer and B. S. Ivey of the county police rappelled about 750 feet to reach a dog stranded on the granite cliff. The canine fell and wedged on an iron stake. after rescue, it was sent to the Humane Society for care.
The nation's top amateur talent performs on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour Sunday at 7 p.m. on Channel 9, showcasing budding acts for a national audience.
Eisenhower may reshuffle his cabinet if he wins a second term with Weeks Folsom Humphrey Wilson Benson looming. The GOP convention in San Francisco strains for rooms as foreign ambassadors demand luxury lodging. Senate weight loss marks McCarthy’s political comeback after Wisconsin primary swing.
Des Plaines Aldermen hear Mary V. Neff persuade 21 lawyers to undertake a year long recodification of city ordinances at no cost. Law firms typically charge up to 25000 dollars for the work, but the Des Plaines attorneys volunteered.
London based dispatch notes European officials expect post election U S policy shifts. Britain and France anticipate changes on Red China shipments to Soviet routes, Cyprus Greek votes in November, and Baghdad pact stance. They hope a new president will pursue realism and mediation abroad.
The International Criminal Police Commission will meet in Vienna from June 6 to 13 with 53 member nations. Delegates will draft new statutes to improve cross border cooperation to fight international crime, Interpol founded in Vienna 33 years ago.
New York health officials say on July 1 pigeons lose city protection and become unprotected wild birds. They describe the birds as a nuisance and subject to usual controls.
Town Recorder John Drabble ends a mayoral inauguration banquet toast with a murmur and a snore shocks guests. Stead Baxter sits asleep, his chair tips, and Baxter nearly lands in a magistrate’s lap as ushers remove him.
A Senate hearing on juvenile delinquency reveals rising venereal disease among teens and those in their early 20s as penicillin cures blunt the prior fear. Public Health Service and ASHA cite one million juveniles with syphilis and hundreds of thousands more infected, urging new, wide public health funds and re education efforts.
The Smithsonian Institution opens a June 1 exhibit on the stethoscope and the sphygmomanometer. The items come from a loan by Dr. Philip Reichert of New York City and trace the instruments from Laennec to modern cuffs and refinements.
Six youths aged 17 to 20 are ordered by Judge J. S. Stone to spend every night for six months in jail after being convicted of burglary and grand larceny for break-ins to 14 summer cabins along Guntersville lake. Each night in jail will start at 7 PM and end at 7 AM with a Bible chapter read nightly and Sunday church attendance required.
Vienna AP reports the Hungarian legation denied Mindszenty has been re arrested. Cardinal Mindszenty remains in custody rumors not confirmed by officials.
A new musical variety program titled Going Places premieres on Channel 9 this Sunday at 4 p.m. The show features a lineup of guest performers and a rotating host, aiming to offer upbeat entertainment and local flavor.
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