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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1950
Page
4
Reports from observers and meteorologists in Mexico City and Monterrey confirm sightings of four flying bodies over Mexico City and one near Monterrey. Altitudes were estimated at 35 000 to 40 000 feet, with observers noting shapes from half moon to disk sizes.
Stockholders at a special meeting on January 9 1959 amended the articles of incorporation for Dad's Root Beer Bottling Company Cedar Rapids Iowa. The amendments authorize manufacture and sale of Dr Pepper and other beverages, real estate ownership, stock dealings, and broad borrowing and contracting powers within Iowa and beyond. Capital stock set at 200 shares of common stock valued at 100 each, with directors empowered to issue more stock, and a new Article V, V I I I and IX redefining stockholders meetings director terms officers and liabilities. Names and addresses of stockholders and officers listed with changes effective January 9 1950.
Six witnesses, including four golf course workers, reported seeing flying disks as a disk with a long white tail streaked over the course at sunset Monday. John D Pa dilla and his stepfather also described four disks flying in formation under the clouds near noon.
Lloyd Locke of Durango and Harold Tanner of Cortez told how a fast, dark flat object about five feet diameter followed their car at about 50 mph on a New Mexico trip. They avoided sensational label and described the craft as unlike a bird or plane, circling aggressively as they slowed.
Residents describe a 30-foot radius around the automobile as a mysterious object flew and zipped around the car for about five minutes while they watched from their parked location. They avoided telling others, fearing disbelief.
Four month old Joann Chavers died in a Amite Louisiana fire after spectators blocked access, hindering rescue efforts. Neighbor Charles Boyd saved Luther Chavers Jr. but could not reenter the burning home as the blaze started from a trash burner. Fire Chief Joseph Binder criticized curiosity seekers for delaying emergency response at the scene.
A 23 year old woman, Helen Evans, is held on colonial era witchcraft charges in Wilmington Delaware. Detective Lt George Reinburg says she analyzed handwriting, gave clients a potion, and promised to lift a curse for a $10 fee. The old law imposes a fine up to $100 or a year in prison.
A two seat Cessna hopped off on its own near the Memphis airport and crashed into an apartment building courtyard. No major injuries were reported though Charles H. Hardesty was run down but not seriously hurt as the engine surged from idle to full throttle.
Willie Perry a 22 year old man was shot to death Monday as he sought to apologize to the man who killed him Police say Perry after a Sunday argument with Willie Feagin 55 over alleged cursing returned to apologize at a home Feagin then shot him with a shotgun as he opened the door Police Officer L A Chapman reported the incident Authorities described Feagin as the shooter and suspect in the fatal attack.
In Melbourne a truck fire prompted a rush call to two town fire departments. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and inspected the cargo uncovering a load of 400 fire extinguishers.
Four men and two others tied to a grain fraud ring began prison terms after pleading guilty to obtaining property under false representation. Lester Pope Raymond Briett Burleigh McVey all of St Joseph Missouri and Earl Counter of Kansas City were among those sentenced by Judge John L Grenon to one to years.
Kansas Attorney General Harold R. Fatzer disclosed a two year investigation into a ring that bilked grain dealers of about 200000. The group used trucks and hidden scale mechanisms to alter weights, affecting buy and sell transactions as they extended operations from the Dakotas to Texas and Illinois to Wyoming.
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