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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1956
Page
4
Racketeer Frank Costello was sentenced to five years and fined $20,000 after his conviction. He appealed claiming the indictment relied on hearsay testimony from three Internal Revenue accountants. The trial centered on multiple charges and witness testimony.
The defendant was found not guilty on the 1946 tax evasion count while an appeals court overturned the 1947 conviction due to questions over the government's computation method. The notes reference ongoing proceedings related to the 1948 and 1949 counts.
City council received a petition signed by 17 property owners including Mayor Meagham and Safety Commissioner Prochaska asking A street between Fourteenth and Nineteenth avenues be rerouted. Other items include sewer work in Ken Acres addition, cable burial in an alley west of Fifth Street SE, and a building size issue in Cedar View. The February expenditures totaled 330649.84 from a 1956 appropriation of 5348379.
Stewart Shank's monthly report shows year to date expenditures of 751861.48 with 4596517.52 remaining for 1956. The mayor authorized 8000 invested in United States series K savings bonds from the sewer disposal retirement trust. Police court fines 7895.25 contribute to receipts 10894.12. costs 1537.39 state fines 729 state costs 213.54 and civil collections 518.94. February receipts 2701.75 from the license division include 2050 beer permits and 150 cigarette permits.
The capital's festival will run April 3 for six days drawing about 500000 visitors. Park officials monitor the Japanese cherry trees near the Potomac for early budding and may slow bloom with special chemical diets if needed due to warm weather.
Mrs. Margaret V. Lake 83 widow of pioneer submarine builder Simon Lake died Monday at Danbury hospital. She passed away in Danbury Connecticut where she resided.
Washington officials vow to press for release of 13 Americans still detained by Red China amid stalled Geneva talks. Peiping threatens to quit negotiations and hints at military action in the Formosan region, while the United States rejects the demand for a Dulles meeting with Zhou En Lai.
The United States urged Peiping to renounce force in the Formosan area and honor the September pact by releasing 13 Americans held by Chinese authorities. Two detainees, Hugh Redmond and John Downey, have been sentenced to life on espionage charges the U.S. calls trumped up. Ambassador W U Alexis Johnson plans another meeting with Chinese officials next Thursday.
In Indianapolis a hotel guest woke to see his pants sliding toward an open window. He grabbed them but could not save the $93 in the pocket. Police found a concrete block and a long stick beneath the window.
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