Plan Group Okays Two New Parks For Cedar Rapids
Art Heusinkveld reports Cedar Rapids Plan Commission unanimously backs immediate purchase of about 73000 dollars in park land. The proposal covers 150 acres of Skvor Hach estates south of Ely Avenue SW near North Western tracks and 10 to 12 acres northeast near Kenwood school.
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Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
Park and Recreation Planning Committee
Ed Soboda, Jr
Soboda
Commission
Skvor-Hach
Ely Avenue
North Western Railroad
Bowling Street
Cedar 2 Rapids
Thirty-seventh Street
New Kenwood School
F Avenue
Elmorest Country Club
Thirty-eighth Street
First Avenue
Kenwood
Lonely Heart Probers Eye Missing List
In Grand Rapids authorities review lists of missing women across 12 states to see if the lonely heart killers Fernandez and Beck harmed more victims. They confessed to two killings in Michigan and New York cases while facing murder charges. extradition timelines depend on state law.
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Grand Rapids
Lonely Heart
Raymond Fernandez
Toupeed
Casanova
Martha Beck
Fernandez
Cadiz
Myrtle Young
Greene Forrest
Ark
Chicago
Beck
Michigan
New York
Fay
Red Cross Drive Reaches $11305 In Linn County
Linn county Red Cross reported a drive total of 11305.34 with a $3553.75 rise from Tuesday as the goal nears 50000 by Saturday. John Beck chairs the drive while divisions such as Industrial Mercantile and Public Employees reported substantial gains and the rural division contributed 1047.15.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Treasury
John Beck
Gordon Hughes
R E. Beall
Wholesale Food Prices Rise for Third Week
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index increased four cents in the last week, marking a third straight advance. The current index stands at 5.82, up from 6.70 a year earlier, with a three-week gain totaling 16 cents.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
B-29 Missing With Nine Aboard Over Luzon Range
In Manila AP report a U S air force B 29 with nine crew members was overdue from Clark Field and believed down in the Caraballo mountain range of northern Luzon after last contact ninety miles from the field.
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Manila
Carabello
Luzon
Clark Field
Blockade seals Russian repatriation mission in Frankfurt
In Frankfurt German and American forces halted access to the Soviet repatriation mission as water gas and electricity were cut off and food deliveries halted. Four officers and four soldiers with their families remained inside while Col. Wood and MPs maintained the siege amid protests about violations of postwar accords.
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Frankfurt
United States
Germany
M.P
Russia
Lucius D. Clay
D.p.’S
Yalta
Potsdam
Clay
Clarence R. Huebner
Berlin
Wood
Snow Death Toll Rises to 23 in Northeast Storms
Temperatures warmed in the snowbound Northeast as the Associated Press reports the death toll at 23 from cold and exertion during the storms. Connecticut records six deaths, the heaviest New England impact, with up to 25 inches in some areas. Massachusetts six, New Jersey and New York four each, Rhode Island two, and Maine one.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
New England
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Maine
Cedar Rapids Reaches 41 Degrees At 2:30 PM
The mercury rose to 41 degrees in Cedar Rapids by 2:30 PM after a morning low of 21. The forecast calls for a low near 18 to 26 tonight and a high of 45 to 50 tomorrow. Flood risk remains low unless precipitation or warmth increases.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Eeernoon
Iowa
No-Contest Cedar Rapids School Board Election Looms
Incumbents Charles Penningroth J C Blodgett and Sandee Jordan headline Cedar Rapids school board race with Friday noon filing deadline. Prospective candidates must file with E W Lundquist and obtain 10 electors’ signatures. Two ballot propositions seek authority to sell Cleveland and Kenwood buildings with proceeds to the ischoolhouse fund.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Charles Penningroth
J. C. Blodgett
Sandee Jordan
Board
E. W. Lundquist
Board of Education
Second Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland School
Kenwood
Ischoolhouse Fund
Vandenberg urges GOP to vote their judgment on filibuster
Senator Vandenberg says Republicans should vote their view on whether to uphold or reject Vice-president Barkley’s ruling on ending the senate talkathon. He stresses no personal loyalty to him or Barkley should influence the decision and notes his past ruling on cloture remains sound.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Barkley
Cow Jodine Climbs Haylofts Defying Silo Escape
Lawton Oklahoma reports farmer Glenn Fuqua's cow Jodine repeatedly climbs to barn haylofts on his 360 acre farm. The second story view and electric prod rescues continue as Partridge from the Denver Post proposes a crude fix.
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Lawton
Okla
Jodine
Grady
North America
Glenn Fuqua
Fuqua
Denver
Ralph Partridge
Partridge
Denver Post
Islick
Yukon
Dewey Reassigned To Federal Bench
Federal District Judge Charles A. Dewey was reassigned to the federal bench pending a successor appointment. Archibald K. Gardner issued the order. Dewey resigned after 21 years of service and 18 applicants seek the post.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Dewey
Archibald K. Gardner
Eighth District
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kansas City
Washington
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Justice Department
Phoenix
Ariz
Cominform to Convene Military Conference in March
Reports from Warsaw say two Cominform defense chiefs plan a conference around March 15 in Hungary to review Eastern European military preparations and discuss a potential alliance matching the North Atlantic pact.
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Prague
Cominform
Poland
Hungary
Warsaw
Lucky Lady II completes historic around the world flight
The US Air Force B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II returns to Carswell Air Force Base after 94 hours 1 minute and 23,452 miles circling the globe with four in-flight refuelings. Captain James Gallagher leads a 14 man crew, praised by Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg and Air Secretary Symington.
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Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Air Force
Symington
James Gallagher
Melrose
Minn
Hawaii
Gallagher
Carswell
Iover Lake Worth
Tucson
Hoyt Vandenberg
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Commander
Roger A. Ramey
Eighth Air Force
Azores
Dhahran
Philippines
Record Rocket Likely Buried After White Sands Flight
The Wac Corporal rocket that traced a 250 mile ascent at White Sands New Mexico last week probably lies buried beyond reach, army ordnance officials said. They dismissed meteorite-like fall theories, noting the rocket was tracked by automatic gear and landed somewhere in the northern White Sands proving ground, though search efforts found nothing.
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Washington
Wac
White Sands
N. M
White Sands Proving Ground
Crew Roster of Lucky Lady B 50 Flight
Fort Worth based report lists the Lucky Lady air crew aboard the non stop world gathering bomber led by Capt James Gallagher Melrose Minnesota with second pilot Lt Arthur Neal Visalia California and third Capt James H Morris San Antonio Texas. Navigator Car Glenn E Hacker Eldorado Kansas and Lt Earl Rigor Corvallis Oregon complete the flight crew alongside radar officers Lt Rolard B Bonner Bakersfield California and Lt William F Chaffrey Boston. Flight engineers David B Parmalee Guildford Connecticut Sgt Robert G Davis Niles Michigan Sgt Virgil L Young Cranesville Pennsylvania. Radio operators Looness G Cantrell Pound Set Robert R McLeroy Alvarado Texas. Gunners Sgt Melvin Davis Long Beach and Sgt Donald G Traugh Jr Danville Pennsylvania.
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Fort Worth
James Gallagher
Melrose
Minn
Arthur Neal
Visalia
Calif
James H. Morris
St Antonio
Car Glenn E. Hacker
Eldorado
Earl ~ Rigor
Corvallis
Ore
Rolard B. Bonner
Bakersfield
William F. Chaffrey
Boston
David B. Parmalee
Guildfor
Conn
Robert G. Davis
Niles Mich
Virgil L. Youn
Cranesville
L Ooness G. Cantrell
Pound
Robert R. McLeroy
Alvara Texas
Melvin Davis
Long
B Fifty Bomber Advances Beyond B 29 Design
The B-50 is a souped up B-29 with 400 mph top speed and a 6000 mile range. It differs mainly in height by three feet and uses four Pratt Whitney engines. The Air Force notes it as the same airframe refined for peacetime use and assigned to the 43rd Bomb Wing at Davis-Monthan.
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Azores
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Philippines
Hawaii
Globe
Vandenberg
United States
Washington
43Rd Bombardment Wing
Davis-Monthan Airbase
Tucson
Alaska
Arctic
Fort Worth
Air Force
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Tars
Esenees
UB Sports
Westahi Eee
State
Ee Eesaes
Accordion Music
C.R
Vandy
G.O.P
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Vehicle Bureau
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Ramey
Strategy Air Command
Omaha
Boeing Airplane Company
Seatle
Arabi
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