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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
25
Iowa town forecast shows scattered showers into Tuesday with cooler highs. list of services for local residents and a series of births and marriage licenses. Municipal notes include area weather data, river stages, and traffic violation records across several towns.
Citizens barred from travel without answering questions on beliefs and associations face freedom of movement restrictions. 1955 requests by Kent and others to travel for painting and medical conventions were denied after refusals to disclose Communist party membership. The incident highlights a broader debate on civil liberties amid government controls. Bridges and Knowland push to limit extensions of reciprocal trade law to four years.
Cedar Rapids city council authorized a federal grant to finance 844 567 of the 49 334 central tower project at Municipal airport. Bids likely in two weeks. Completion expected by early fall with 16 Civil Aeronautics Administration staff on 24 hour duty.
The Soviet government calls ambassadors from London Paris and Washington to Moscow amid talks on East West summit and nuclear arms limits. Menshikov returns from Washington while Malik says he goes on business as Moscow and Washington prepare for possible Geneva talks and a summit.
In Kathmandu and the Himalayas an American expedition led by the Rev. Mary Aw White reports no identifiable snowman sighting despite Nepalese locals and a Sherpa guide recounting glimpses. They cite footprints and hair samples as insufficient proof while noting two sizes observed by guides. Burial notices for Clara Ruth Jayne and others are listed nearby.
An 18 year old Caggon youth Russell Wayne Fisher pled guilty to a drunk driving charge in district court and was fined 300. Judge Floyd Philbrick pronounced sentence after the arrest on Saturday night on Highway 150 Cedar Rapids. A separate case involved John Giles 50 Springville charged for drunk driving after highway patrol arrest on Highway 44 near Marion.
Two Iowa City brothers Rob ert Grell 22 and Frank Grell 29 were arrested by Cedar Rapids police on theft charges. They allegedly used a store manager supplied key to collect clothing from Bremers at Town and Country for alteration and fled the scene after entering about 530 am. A police officer was hidden in the store as the theft occurred.
Dr. Harvey A. Nelson reports progress in the denominational emphasis on education and mission, calling for renewed local religious fellowship and a broader strategy in Iowa. The conference also memorializes 16 ministers and reflects on revival as a means to renew faith, democracy, and education.
Robert Renken of Aplington was elected Iowa Amvets state commander at Cedar Rapids as 3 day convention closed. Gov. Herschel Loveless urged veterans to vote, with Dr. W E Burdine of Atlanta as national commander candidate. Other officers named include Hobinson Des Moines, Riley Storm Lake, Hunt Newton, Sien Atlantic, Dietz Waterloo, Fenton Des Moines, Bezar Waterloo, with the department claiming the nation's largest Amvets group.
Objections were filed by 176 residents against a commercial rezoning for a station at 2310 Talison Ave NW. The protest cites devaluation, traffic hazards, school dangers, and breach of faith. council refers the matter to the City Plan Commission for study and then final action.
ANN ARBOR Mich UP for the past year University of Michigan scientists have been listening to insect songs as part of a study. The work aims to uncover how insects communicate through sound and may reveal new aspects of their behavior and ecology.
Francis Meilland a famed rose breeder best known for developing the Peace rose died at 46 in Antibes France. His death comes as the Riviera rose season peaks.
Petitioners filed more than 3 400 signatures to require a city election on a bond plan for three new municipal pools. Jaycees President Hart argues pools will curb juvenile delinquency and ease park congestion. The largest pool would be 79 by 150 feet, two others about 50 by 120 feet, at a total of about 100 000 dollars. a prior 1956 proposal for two pools failed 60 percent.
The city council set July 10 as the public hearing date for sidewalk and sanitary sewer assessments. Sewer work is on 4th St NE and C Ave NW. The sidewalk contract under order number 2 went to Haege Construction. Bjornson Construction and Hennessey Brothers received the sewer contract. Objections must be filed in writing with the city clerk by July 10.
Cedar Rapids post office now takes orders for 4-cent and 7-cent stamped envelopes with return addresses. Postmaster E. R. Petro explains the rate increase effective Aug 1 adds one extra cent postage per letter. Orders accepted at stamp windows. envelopes expected ready by Aug. 1.
Testimony before a House subcommittee reveals White House staff gifts from Goldfine and early remarks by FTC officials. Hagerty says Eisenhower and Adams met on White House business as Adams and Mrs. Adams’ hotel bill is disclosed. Fleet Reserve plans anniversary aboard the Kappa Ann with Hawkeye Branch No. 216 set to install officers.
Nearly new Amana Air Conditioner offered for a single room and cooling part of a house. Contact Mr C A Parr at 315 Second Ave SW or call Fat 4-7037. Many inquiries followed this Gazette Want Ad. Use EM 2-121 for ad writing help.
Sadie Green files in district court seeking 30000 as compensation for injuries alleged after she slipped on stairs leaving the Cerlar Ranides supermarket at 303 Second Ave SE on June 15 1956. Defendants include Wit wee Farm Market W A Drake and Barclay Securities Company.
Linn county district court quashed the indictment against Cedar Rapids attorney Stanley Nielsen for failing to file 1952 and 1958 state income tax returns. The suit hinged on Town law requiring Tax Commission notice by registered mail before charges. An appeal will be filed soon, with potential hearing after summer recess.
A. Melvin Bond of Waterloo, Democratic candidate for state representative from Black Hawk County, lists $55 spent in restaurants and taverns as his only campaign expense for the Town primary election. He says he received no contributions and that the figures are estimates.
President Eisenhower told about 40 Explorer Boy Scouts from La Junta Colorado that his doctors want him to avoid Colorado due to his heart attack there but he called them nuts. He added that he hopes to return there after leaving office.
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