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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
10
Sylvia Porter argues state and local governments drive most public spending, outpacing federal growth. Education, highways, and welfare costs propel budgets upward as population rises, technology advances, and demand for services expands in 48 states and 100,000 localities.
A talent show will be held at 7 30 Friday in the gym of the Community House at Fourteenth avenue and Tenth street SE. Master of ceremonies will be David King and Sparky. Kaye Johndrean, girls recreation supervisor, is the producer. Admission is 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
Paul R. Shawver named successor to C Howard Brittenham as manager of Square D Company's Cedar Rapids plant. He will assume duties July 15 after serving as assistant to the VP of the distribution equipment division in Detroit. Brittenham becomes VP of Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields in San Francisco. Shawver, a Georgia Tech and Harvard MBA graduate, joined Square D in 1950 and previously managed Peru Indiana plant personnel.
Be sure to see THE LONE RANGER every Thursday at 6 30 on Channel 9.
Puritan Sir Isaac Newton, renowned philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, stood as the archetype of the absent minded scholar. His deep thoughts kept him oblivious to others and even his cat interrupted work, prompting him to cut a hole in the door for the cat to pass.
The National Safety Council named Union Pacific Railroad the top safety award winner in its class. President Ned H. Dearborn noted 1956 accident rate of 2.68 versus 7.33 for all Class I railroads, marking the railroad's 16th top class award in 34 years of the competition.
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