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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1956
Page
8
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover in a Pilot interview says Soviet smiles mislead many seeking peace and warns of a powerful Communist conspiracy. He urges churches and families to reinforce discipline, religion, and moral guidance to counter youth crime and Communist influence.
In Miller South Dakota a Wales cotton farm reported unusual winter happenings with sheep lambing hens setting old hens moulting twice and two instances of lightning all within one week signaling a rare seasonal anomaly.
Charles J. Murphy of Dubuque, Cancer Crusade chairman for Iowa, will speak at Linn county rural division kick off dinner Thursday at 7 p m in the Montrose hotel. Rural Chairman Walter Shupp urged town and township chairmen to make reservations by Tuesday for the dinner. The 1956 Linn county Cancer Crusade aims to raise 34000 to fund local education and service plus state and national research. Research is under way in Iowa City Ames and Des Moines funded by the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society. New approaches have opened in the last year with new clues to cancer. Early detection and prompt treatment could save at least a third of Iowa’s nearly 4200 annual cancer deaths, said Linn County Chairman L W Van Nostrand. The crusade funds range from pamphlets to a 500000 lung cancer research grant. In Cedar Rapids the Crusade opens April 6.
The U S Public Health Service urged parents to ensure children receive four diphtheria shots before school entry, with boosters at 18 months and upon starting school. Adults should check immunity, as recent northern state cases rise and natural immunity wanes.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a weekly roundup showing the American Communist Party following Kremlin directives. The piece notes a shift away from Stalin praise, citing Alan Max and William Z Foster as figures guiding the party’s self criticism and revaluation of Stalin’s work. It also mentions Dr. Harry F. Ward leading a pro Communist attack against a congressional booklet on party operations.
Rutherford New Jersey AP reports Gilbert Loomis renews his license at 85 after a 60 year driving career with only one minor crash a dented door.
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