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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1954
Page
11
A Cedar Rapids based Iowa employment Security Commission bulletin shows a continuing February to May rise in jobs. 150 employers added 225 positions, with durable goods leading gains while nonmanufacturing fell slightly. Unemployment claims reached 158 amid a higher labor pool from nearby high school students.
Classified advertisements offer varied rates for daily and long term placements. The page lists out of town and local ads across services from water well drilling to painting, roofing, hauling, and home repairs with contact phone numbers and short descriptors.
The May employment report shows demand holding steady with 588 openings, down from April and above May 19 figures. Employers expect 414 more workers before mid July, mainly in manufacturing, while audiences reacted strongly to ABC and Dumont coverage with many letters and calls. Dumont even hired extra staff to process volunteered financial contributions.
New York report estimates about 1.25 million dollars financed the McCarthy army hearings broadcast to roughly 15 million homes. Networks and testing services provided figures on audience reach and costs, with an educated guess of about 10 million dollars to sponsor the show if done again. The live 36 day coverage exhausted networks across ABC NBC CBS and Dumont with edited late highlights.
President Eisenhower recounts a postwar fishing tale from Wisconsin in which a boy asks if he won the war. Ike admits he did not, and the boy quips that others lied to him about Ike coming up there. The anecdote highlights a humorous memory from the former president.
Seaford New York AP Louis Hirsch builder handed out cigars after a wild mallard nested and hatched five ducklings allowing his ground relearing project with 49 homes to resume. He expects bulldozer and crew back Monday, estimating the delay cost about $6000 but calling it worth it for the birds.
Lewis Gerard, regional Baldwin organ representative, will present demonstrations of Baldwin models Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning at the Cedar Rapids Piano Company. He also gives an organ concert Monday at 8 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel. Gerard has performed extensively in Europe and the United States and appeared as a soloist on radio and television.
Iowa and nearby towns report contests and awards Audrey Person wins first in class II at district poppy poster contest and advances to state. Other notes include hospitalizations and surgeries in Oskaloosa Maquoketa and Cedar Rapids, road work on highways 38 and in Ossian Calmar and Maynard street projects, plus local sports and civic club activities across towns.
In a collage of quotes, Dulles urges unity of will for Southeast Asia, Ethridge criticizes Goebbels style deception and McCarthyism, a child writer invites Martians, Linda Sue Russell, and Baruch calls for wartime emergency powers to be enacted now.
The Kentucky state board of education postponed any ban on segregation in public schools and told districts to operate through the next school year with racial divisions intact. The delay comes as the state awaits final Supreme Court decrees on implementation.
Wellman voters Thursday approved a $35,000 bond issue for a new city well. The tally was 252 to 14 with four spoiled ballots, and officials said the well is needed to ensure adequate water supply during summer months.
Sigourney resident Powers, 30, escaped injury when his truck tractor left Highway 92 west of Sigourney, plunged off the road, and caught fire. Firefighters contained the blaze. the truck did not overturn. Authorities cited driver fatigue as a probable cause.
Charlene Taylor a 15 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Taylor Jr 1131 Twelfth Street NE has been named among the top ten in the age group of the political essay contest sponsored by W H Nicholas candidate for governor. She received a 10 prize and an invitation to an outing at the Nicholas cottage near Clear Lake from 11 to 4 p m Sunday June 27.
Davenport Mayor Walter Beuse says he will investigate early next week why the Davenport park board abandoned plans to build two new swimming pools. Beuse was in Washington this week and expressed surprise at the board's decision. Dentists gain as Dr. Donald E. Flider, UI College of Dentistry graduate assistant, receives a 3400 fellowship from the U.S. Public Health Service for the coming year.
The Mt Vernon Chamber of Commerce authorizes 400 dollars for a sign on new highway 30. Walker merchants sponsor free Saturday night movies and band concerts.
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