04 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1959
Page
1
Temperatures and precipitation at multiple cities listed set the backdrop for a forecast of considerable cloudiness with periods of sun. The segment details highs and lows in dozens of locales alongside a broad summary of expected rain or snow late Friday and Sunday.
In Nyasaland British security forces fought riots after arrests of nationalist Hastings Banda. Jet fighters and armored cars were used as 29 Africans were killed and many wounded. Labour MPs warned of Cyprus like danger while Lennox Boyd defended the emergency and claimed plans for a massacre by African nationalists.
In Albany Republican assemblymen refused to surrender control of the state budget until new cuts were guaranteed. The revolt aimed to derail Rockefeller’s tax and spending program and faced efforts to push payroll withholding by April 1. Senate action had cut the budget from 2,041,000,000 to 2,000,577,000, with 25 GOP members reportedly bolting.
British Prime Minister Macmillan is expected to travel to Washington around mid month to meet President Eisenhower. The invitation came after his Moscow trip and is likely to center on Berlin and Western alliance strategy.
Quotes about avoiding world destruction punctuate a lively contest where Exchange club liars and a hillbilly quartet vie for top honors. Optimist Club swells with nine firsts across 21 events including ball pitch and bowling, while Lions, Rotary, and Canopus also post wins.
In Toledo Central Fibre Products Co employees backed union representation by 90 to 45. The vote gave the United Papermakers and Paper Workers Union AFL-CIO the first ever labor representation at the firm.
Cash bequests totaling 23000 are made to 13 persons in the will of Orpha Bealer Grimm admitted to probate Wednesday. Gifts include 5000 to Dr. Frank Peterson and Imogen Emery, 2500 to Mrs. Wayne Cress, 2000 to several others, 1000 to Harriet Bealer and Judge Harold D. Evans, and 500 to several more. Provisions for churches, colleges, and named individuals are noted with rest to Cornell College. Executors named as Dr. Peterson and Howard Hall.
The county attorney scrutinizes pilferage reports tied to a Piggly Wiggly extortion case. Store manager Clarence R. McCollum and meat department head Wilbur W. Whitman plead innocent to malicious threats to extort after demanding payments from customers caught shoplifting.
Police investigated a chain of alleged shoplifting where a blank line in reports was filled with amounts like 50, 100, or 150 dollars, prompting 24 people to pay sums totaling over 800 dollars. District supervisor James Boland defended veteran workers as possibly misunderstood. Separate cases include William Coultns pleading innocent to a break in at Darling and Co. on Jan. 26 and Robert Gray yet to plead. Public Finance Service sues Lee Bailey and Rudy Jasa for 175.44 on a promissory note. auto damage and divorce actions were dismissed.
Harold Stassen accepted the Republican bid for Philadelphia mayor. The former Minnesota governor and former disarmament adviser was assured the nomination, facing likely Democrat mayoral candidate Richardson Dilworth who downplayed Stassen’s Philadelphia interest as a stepping stone to national ambitions.
Detroit police faced a threatened crackdown as a 3 day protest against new two man scout car crews led to a traffic-ticketing slowdown. Officials blamed a few extremists among white officers for the action while Commissioner Hart ordered compliance or resignations.
Funeral services for Moses Andrew Mitchell will be held at Turner's chapel at 1 30 PM Thursday conducted by Reverend Theodore A Young of First Lutheran. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial. Friends may call at the chapel.
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter J. Henderson will be held at Turner's at 3 30 Thursday led by Rev H L Sunderman of St Andrew s EUB with burial in Chapel of Memories Friends may call at the chapel
Two young men identified by nearly white trenchcoats were arrested by FBI agents for a hijacking on a De Camp Co bus from New York City to Caldwell. Donald Abbott and Walter J. Shaw allegedly stole 655 dollars from 62 passengers and fled to a waiting car in Rutherford.
The plan increases weekly benefits by family status from 32 to 41 dollars for three children, 38 for two, 35 for one, and 32 with no children, while adding fees for medical costs cease upon employer demanded exams. It allows lump sum settlements with approval and lets farmers join the law if desired, plus third party recovery rights and clarifies prosthetic liability. Rep McNeal notes union opposition to higher benefits for families and argues the humane aim without full compensation.
Gov. Herschel C. Loveless said he is against giving workers with children higher compensation than single workers. He criticized the Republican Committee plan to liberalize Iowa workmen’s compensation, arguing it could discourage employers from hiring workers with large families.
About a thousand grave diggers and other workers in nine New York cemeteries walk out on Wednesday triggering a wide strike action across the city.
A large family faces potential higher stakes as concerns rise over increased workmen's compensation if a worker is injured. The note highlights financial exposure and communal risk for dependents and employers alike.
The Rev. James M. Webb of First Baptist urged about 200 women at the YWCA Lenten luncheon to test faith with three questions. He spoke on enduring tragedy without despair, seeing life in the eternal, and possessing an urgent, God‑driven faith ready for immediate action.
New York AP reports Bob Hope's eye trouble should clear without surgery in a short time. Medical officials said the condition is not serious and treatment focuses on rest and medication.
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