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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
5
Hypochondriacs worry about an Asiatic flu possibly reaching America by autumn. The essay humorously weighs fear versus reality, recounts a campus meningitis scare and notes the tendency of some to overreact. It ends with light, practical questions about salt tablets and fried eggs.
Adm Arleigh Burke, aboard the USS Salem off Italy, warned that Moscow has a dangerous submarine buildup. He said Russia now operates more than 450 submarines and poses a great threat to noncommunist world security amid Mediterranean moves and NATO defense exercises Rosie Rosie.
About half of the Mayflower passengers are buried in Cole's Hill cemetery in Plymouth. Settlers leveled the site to hide the number of graves and prevent the Indians from gauging the survivors' military strength.
A thrilling SUPERMAN ad venture airs at 6:00 PM Thursday on Channel 9, promising action and spectacle. Viewers are invited to tune in for the special broadcast featuring the iconic hero.
Ridgely announced he disapproved the guilty finding and the sentence for Green, whose May 29 conviction of four months at hard labor and two thirds pay loss was dismissed. Green, son of Harold E. Green of Evanston, ill, faced parents’ complaints about alleged military harshness.
Major Gen. Reginald H. Ridgely Jr set aside the court martial conviction of Marine Pvt Peter H. Green for refusing to take a rifle. Green, 18, is assigned to non combatant duty while a final decision on his status as a conscientious objector is pending. The Marine, a Methodist, had been convicted of wilful disobedience of an order to accept his rifle.
The record notes a pending status as Gen Ridgely explains the conviction was set aside because the officer had no authority to issue an order until Pvt Green’s status as a conscientious objector was established. The case hinges on military authority and regulatory definitions.
In Ithaca New York a truck driver finally understood why firemen driving beside his rig were yelling and waving when a blaze broke out in his truck. The crew rang a bell and fought the flames as onlookers watched.
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