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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1958
Page
13
New York analysts note cautious optimism as auto and construction activity improves and family incomes rise, but worries persist over steel prices and auto wage talks. A looming steel price hike and a potential auto strike threaten the fragile upturn, with federal deficits widening and tax changes aiding railroads.
Meredith Engle recalls a childhood Fourth of July in Cedar Rapids filled with firecrackers rockets and snakes while a Civil War veteran grandfather leads the parade. He describes the bandstand oration the family picnics and the risk laden celebrations that ended with exhaustion and a sense the country was safe for another year.
Winter has begun south of the equator with cool averages around 46 degrees. Panama to Buenos Aires see 41 to 43 degrees, milder waters and favorable climbing and sightseeing. Panagra notes rising tour bookings for summer months as theater, ski and river activities draw travelers. Farther south, Buenos Aires offers Teatro Colon opera while Chile and Argentina lake regions boast fishing and skiing in the Andes. Far north, Ecuador and Peru offer dry highlands for Inca ruins and Indian fairs. Farmer Al Falfa is a favorite on KARTOON KARNIVAL Sundays at 5 p.m.
An inside report from Cape Canaveral outlines the meticulous Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile test. Eighty pages list 36 000 parts, with technicians 750 feet from the pad monitoring via TV and periscopes as the countdown progresses from minutes to milliseconds.
In Alton Illinois the Little Theater group struggled to find four baby buggies as strollers become the vogue. Dorothy Colonius the show director noted clerks said baby carriages are hard to locate.
Brief want ad note lists marriage minded readers and notices for engagements and wedding plans. It hints at upcoming listings and social announcements in local society pages.
Washington report on the Subversive Activities Control Board rearguard effort to force the Communist party to register. The board faces delays over Jencks act FBI reports and tainted testimony from past witnesses. Even if findings are upheld, Supreme Court review likely not before 1960. The board stalls hearings against 21 alleged fronts and infiltrated unions awaiting party resolution.
Colombey les Deux Eglises, home of General de Gaulle, gains touristic attention this year. The Haute Marne village, 125 miles from Paris with 350 residents, recalls Joan of Arc passing through on Feb 24 1429 en route from Saint Urbin to Clairvaux and sits near Chaumont known for glove making. Tourists may also visit Champagne vineyards Dijon Burgundy and Lorraine linked to Joan of Arc.
A public drunk in Whiteville North Carolina fell into a 60 gallon trash can after attempting to sit on its edge. Four officers pulled him out and he was jailed on public drunkenness charges at Columbus county jail.
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