Chance to End a Menace via Annexation on Johnson Avenue
City officials consider annexation by three adjacent property owners covering about 14 acres. Their petition seeks to avoid zoning restrictions that would impede future business development. They run a trailer court, a trailer sales firm, and an auto wrecking service. The move aims to curb sewage effluent from failing septic tanks entering a Cedar Rapids ditch, improving public health for the community.
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Johnson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Presidential disability issue prompts constitutional debate
The piece surveys proposals on presidential disability as Eisenhower’s illness sparks renewed interest. It notes his March plan authorizing the vice president as acting president with cabinet approval, Congress scrutiny, and Rayburn’s skepticism, all amid Democratic stalemate and 1960 election considerations.
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Eisenhower
Roscoe Drummond
Congress
Presi
House
Judiciary Committee
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Disarmament talks clash with Middle East tension
In London discussions on disarmament unfold as Western states accuse the Soviet Union of meddling in the Middle East. The piece questions trust, inspection provisions, and the practicality of a disarmed world versus an armed peace, citing Dulles urging restraint.
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London
Soviet Union
Middle East
Russia
Middle Eastern
Dulles
Stassen
Top Carpenters Forgot Their Squares
Frederick C Othman surveys a Senate inquiry into a Gary Indiana land swindle tied to a cloverleaf project. Union treasurer Frank M. Chapman and president Maurice Hutcheson faced questions over bribes and inflated land deals paid by federal highway funds. The tale links carpenters union leadership to bent officials and a costly highway venture.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
The
Carpenters and Joiners Union of America
Indiana
Senate Public Works Subcommittee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Frank M. Chapman
Union
Indianapolis
Maurice A. Hutcheson
O. William Glaser
Chapman
Gary
Harry Doggett
Virgil Smith
State Highway Department
Blaier
Tor Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Indiana National Bank
Cedar Rapids Flood Threat and Early Bar Association Turnout
Ten years ago Cedar Rapids faced rising flood waters with Public Improvements Commissioner Williams warning of higher levels than 1929. City crews built dikes along the east bank as eastern Iowa endured renewed floods and a drop in expected convention attendance.
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Cedar Rapids
David L. Williams
Iowa
Iowa State Bar Association
W. J. Barkley
Collins Radio Company
New York
Radio Manufacturers Association
Chicago
New Treasury Boss Robert Anderson Ties to Ventures Limited
George E. SokolsKy reports that Robert B. Anderson will become secretary of the treasury after resigning from Ventures Limited of Canada, a major mining holding company with enormous global interests and a market value around 112 million. The piece notes Canada’s tolerance of cartels, the cross border financial web, and Anderson’s obscure political stance.
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Ventures Limited
T. Lindsley
United States
Canada
Geoil Limited
R. B. Anderson
Treasury
George Humphrey
Mark Hanna
Open Skies and Smog: A Bizarre Census of Fissioned Smog
A stream of satirical quips critiques open skies policy, bureaucratic thrift, and arms race theatrics. The narrator contrasts quotes about winking in the dark with vision of aerial tests and a global power balance, labeling such schemes a wasteful exchange.
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Bill Hearst
Runyon and
Steven
Britain Risks Free World Unity With China Trade Move
Washington contends Britain’s move to ease the embargo on trade with Red China weakens free world unity. The editorial warns the shift could aid Communist expansion, heighten Far East tensions, and invite a broader third world war risk as America weighs response and possible policy revision.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
China
Hitler
London
League of Nations
Japan
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Indo- China
India
Red China
Russia
Far East
Canada
Asia
Indonesia
Burma
Cambodia
Indo-China
Korea
Formosa
Laos
Britain
America
Munich
Eisenhower
Congress
Blood tumor on hand and birth timing explained
Medical note explains a hand blood lesion is usually a benign nevus like a birthmark and cautions against breaking it. Surgery can remove it for appearance or irritation reasons. Reader asks about a baby born 30 days overdue. expert cites gestation typically 273 days with a range 240 to 313 days.
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L.H
Export pioneer Gordon Fennell on Cedar Rapids roots and growth
Gordon Fennell, president of Gordon Fennell Company, discusses his Cedar Rapids start in 1926 after a career with National Oats and Corno Mills. He describes overseas reach, key local firms, hours, hobbies, and views on city needs and ambitions including Halley’s Comet return.
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Cedar Rapids
Corno Mills
East St. Louis
National Oats Company
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James H. Calder
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Northwestern University
Harry Billings
Waterloo
Evelyn Caldwell
L. A. Caldwell
University of Southern California
George E. Sokolsky
New Treasury
Sokolsky
Toronto Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Toronto
Defense
Alexander Hamilton
Navy
Anderson
Humphrey
Bugs” Baer
Bombay
Mississippi
California
Moscow
Siberia
George Clark
By David Lawrence
Ike
Dr. Joseph
Gordon Fennell
Greeneville, Tenn
East Orange
N. J
St. Louis
Mack Trucks
Greeneville
Joplin
Arizona
Humboldt
Ariz
Prescott
Tahiti
Century Engineering
Penick and Ford and
Johnson Gas Appliance Company
Green Giant Food Canning Organization
Midwest
Lou Breuer
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