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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1951

Page

7

Change in Law Urged To Deal with Dope Peddlers

Inez Robb argues for death penalty for adults selling drugs in New York. She condemns dope peddlers as destroying youths and calls for harsher laws, longer sentences, and swift punishment to curb classroom narcotics. The piece urges public action and cites school drug use as a crisis.

Inez Robb New York INS Manhattan Kefauver Committee William Jansen New York Journal-American

Man sleeps through trip in railroad box car

Ogden Utah. Leo Phillip told the city judge he woke up in a railroad box car after falling asleep in California. The judge sentenced him to 30 more days in jail for his condition with a quip about his tired state.

Ogden Utah California Leo Phillip Ogden City

Power Plant Blast Cuts Off Andersons Electricity

An explosion and fire at the Anderson municipal power plant left the city of 50 000 without power. Three ambulances responded and several employees were slightly injured while officials blamed a damaged connecting cable for the outage. Firefighters stopped the blaze and city services staggered on kerosene lighting as water pumps ran on auxiliary motors.

Anderson Ind Anderson Municipal St. John’s Hospital

Powerskeep: Delco Remy Plant Stays Open for Operations

Only the Delco Remy factory remains active, continuing operations and receiving power from the Indiana Michigan Power Company. The other plants have halted activity.

Delco- Remy Indiana-Michigan Power Company

Moscow May Venture New Feeler Test

An Associated Press analysis suggests Moscow might stage another feeler expedition as a test of American resolve after Korea. It notes Berlin blockade style leverage as a possible non war probe and the risk that Western unity could weaken under Washington debates.

Moscow MacArthur U.N Korea Soviet Union United States Washington Burma Peiping China Iran Russia Germany

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