Space Test Reveals Data On Defense Program
Washington officials disclosed that three nuclear detonations in space last summer created an electronic blanket around much of the globe. The tests aimed to study the Van Allen belt while advancing Nike Zeus defenses but officials said the concept of a global electronic shield remains unproven.
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James van Allen
University of Iowa
van Allen
Cedar Rapids approves bids for three new city pools
The Cedar Rapids city council awarded contracts totaling 402 141 for three swimming pools to Abell-Howe Co Morehead Construction Co and Loomis Brothers for Noelridge Bever and Jones parks. Final project cost is expected near 493 000 with funding from city funds and a Junior Chamber of Commerce pool fund.
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Cedar Rapids
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Noelridge Park
Morehead Construction Co
Bever
Loomis Brothers
Jones Park
Chamber of Commerce
Don Gardner
Noelridge
Jones
City Carriers Join Freedom Crusade Nationwide Fund Drive
Cedar Rapids Gazette carriers will solicit subscribers Friday to support Radio Free Europe. Funds fund undistorted broadcasts to Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania and Bulgaria defying Soviet jamming. President Eisenhower endorses the crusade and praises its independence and effectiveness.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn county rural house numbering outlined for emergencies
H. H. Hall presented a Linn County plan to adopt a county wide rural street address system to aid fire ambulance doctor and sheriff responses. Estimated cost 6000 covering intersection sign posts at eight dollars each. Supervisors Wiley Henderson Sutera will consider while awaiting state rural numbering bill.
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Linn
Martin Wiley
Dudley Henderson
Miles Sutera
Iowa
Hall
Iowa State College Firemanship Training Department
Macmillan Arrives for Four Days of Talks With Eisenhower
Prime Minister Macmillan arrived in Washington for four days of discussions with President Eisenhower on Germany. Vice President Nixon and Acting Secretary of State Herter led the welcoming delegation at the airport.
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Iowa Senate Hints 2-Cent Cigaret Tax Increase
Des Moines Iowa. Senate Ways and Means Committee hints at raising cigaret tax from 3 to 5 cents per pack, a 2 cent hike to fund schools. Sen Jack Schroeder says aim is modest taxes and broader state revenue. Potential corporation income tax rise from 2 to 4 percent discussed to boost revenue. Estimated annual gains: cigarets 2.79 million dollars and corporate tax 1.795 million.
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Father of 3 Boys Dies in Flaming Truck
Leland H. Hite a Cedar Rapids truck driver and father of three was killed early Thursday when his truck crashed near Fulton Illinois His death follows a fiery crash that engulfed the vehicle with flames and smoke reported by local authorities.
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Hite
U.S. 30
Khrushchev Challenges West With Concrete Summit Ideas
Premier Khrushchev urged the West to propose concrete plans for a summit to curb war over Germany and welcomed a May 11 foreign ministers meeting to discuss West Berlin and a German peace treaty. He urged including all nations that fought Hitler and signaled openness to reasonable proposals alongside his own. He spoke to over 300 reporters in the Kremlin, praising Eisenhower's remarks while criticizing Adenauer and naval-atomic war talk.
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Four year old pulled from thaw swollen drainage ditch
Efforts to revive Colleen McNerney, 4, who fell into a fast flowing drainage ditch in front of the McNerney home at 1048 Thirty first Street NE, are underway. Patrolman Harry Mullin spotted her red coat in about 1:50 pm after she disappeared around 1:35 pm. The ditch, fed by melting snow, ran bank full for days.
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John McNerneys
McNerney
Thirty-first St. NE
Harry Mullin
Donna
Colleen
Area Residents Petitioned for Sewer in 1956
The 1956 push by 648 citizens and 50 witnesses before Cedar Rapids City Council sought a storm sewer plan for northeast Cedar Rapids. Reports cited a boy swept through a culvert and a quicksand incident as dangers to children. Officials promised a study of a large storm sewer bond program, but no major action has since occurred.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Nicholas Appointed to State Highway Commission
Former Mason City Lt. Gov. Wm. H. Nicholas was named to one of two Republican openings on the State Highway Commission. Frank Nye reports the appointment from the Gazette.
Gospel of Thomas Sayings Reported From Egypt Discovery
New York AP: A document titled Gospel of Thomas containing 114 Jesus sayings, some new, was disclosed by Dr. Oscar Cullman at Union Theological Seminary. Found in 1946 in a tomb near Luxor, the Coptic text could parallel the Dead Sea Scrolls in significance and enrich understanding of the canonical gospels.
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College of France
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Mother and 3 Children Kidnapped in West Virginia
A 29 year old mother and her three children were held by a former convict seeking vengeance. Richard I Payne 23 left a note to Gov Underwood demanding FBI action and the release of a fellow inmate. The Baldwin family escaped after Payne bound them in their Charleston home before fleeing in a 1955 Buick.
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