15 Mar 1953
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1953
Page
1
Soldiers in Exercise Desert Rock will be two miles from a planned atomic blast at the Nevada proving ground, far closer than last year. The Defense Department set this two mile minimum but left room for closer positioning in future shots.
Jap Papanek notes Gottwald’s death may stem from pneumonia but hints Moscow intrigue and fear of revolt. He recalls Clementis’ 1949 U.N. visit and Gottwald’s loyalty pressure, describing Gottwald as a heavy drinker amid Moscow influence as Prague tightens grip.
Linn county campaign chairman Dr. James C. Manville announced that Franklin township led with 111 percent and Linn township reached 115 percent of their Red Cross fund goals. An advance and special gifts division hit 104 percent, with optimism that more divisions will reach targets as reports come in.
Britain orders fully armed training planes in Germany with fighter cover as its biggest postwar bomber exercise, Jungle King, readies over the continent. The move follows the downing of a British bomber by Soviet MiGs and joint protests by the U S Britain and France to the Soviet command in Bonn.
Ed Murphy notes Miss Maude Krebs marked 50 years as Cedar Rapids city clerk with 50 friends recalling early 1903 deputy appointment and the move of offices from Empire House to Smulekoff and May’s Island. She spoke briefly, recalling 1908 office relocation and 1928 city hall opening.
A strike by Local 912 of the International Association of Machinists halts production at the General Electric jet engine plant in Cincinnati Evandale. About 1,100 IAM members and 4,500 allied unionists picketed the plant as wage talks stall ahead of a midnight Sunday contract deadline. The plant supplies 60 percent of engines for the F-86 Sabrejets slated for Europe defense.
Washington Senator Robert A. Taft urged cooling tempers after Charles E Bohlen's ambassador nomination, saying the post is not worth a major fight. The GOP leader downplayed the dispute and emphasized a restrained approach to the appointment.
The Voice of America reported Soviet leaders used photo retouching to alter a 1950 Moscow picture. It claimed Malenkov sought to erase Molotov Vishinsky and Beria, portraying himself replacing rivals and moving to center stage with Stalin and Mao.
Senator McCarthy says he settled his half million dollar libel suit against the Syracuse Post Standard for an undisclosed sum and a promise to correct misstatements. He calls the accord friendly and says the editorials will publish clarified facts. The deal followed a meeting with publisher S. I. Newhouse.
Two Maryland men say their effort to steal a Russian MIG-15 from Poland was a private venture. Francis Jarowski denied Danish reports he acted with Western circles, while backers Lane Amoss and Fairchild officials said no U.S. government financing and suggested the plan dated two years prior with a potential payoff on Bornholm.
An engineer sped the Dresden Berlin Schwerin express into East Berlin, ignoring orders to halt at the border. He abandoned the engine and sought refuge in the Western sector, leaving the conductor and stoker to watch as a new crew from East Berlin replaced them.
A light hearted joke unfolds as a policeman assists a stalled driver at a corner. He quips about colors she likes while the light cycles through red yellow and green, adding a polite pause to the comic moment.
A green Soviet biplane landed about 200 yards inside West Germany at Irmelshausen when the pilot got lost. He asked a farmer for Erfurt directions and flew off before border police reached the scene. The craft was reportedly unarmed.
Berlin reports sixty Germans dead and over 120 injured after a flood trapped workers at a Soviet owned uranium mine in the Soviet zone of Germany. Rescue teams rushed to the Caneptines facility as waters rose and access failed.
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