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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1955
Page
2
The Gazette runs an Iowa slogan contest with 3580 entries led by Land of Plenty and The Hawkeye State. Winners to be chosen by Governor Hoegh, Clinton Moyer, and a state development rep. judging requires an explanatory note not to exceed 50 words.
Responses ranged from Lovell Diddy to M A Cornman after R H Rod Chisholm, ex executive secretary of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, testified in district court about embezzlement and alleged board pressure to cover records.
OTTUMWA Iowa discovery of a high grade uranium bearing sand was reported by an unnamed scientist. The finding follows earlier notes near Ottumwa within 60 miles of the city in a petrified wood and shale deposit. State Geologist H G Hershey doubts Iowa will support commercial production.
Ralph Lambert, 60, of Monticello Iowa, repairs and sells rare antique music devices. He rebuilt player pianos calliopes and music boxes, ships to Alaska and supplies museums and collectors. Lambert tours as a ballyhoo performer using a circus calliope on parades and fairs enhancing local promotion.
Ganganvihari L. Mehta India's ambassador to the United States and Dr. Haridas T. Muzumdar will visit Cornell University in Mt. Vernon for a series of events. The itinerary includes a chapel convocation, a noon luncheon at President Cole's home, a faculty round table, a tea in Armstrong hall, and a Camp Fire Girls tribute.
The Iowa High School Music Association announces major changes for spring contests. Solo and small ensemble events split by class C to A across multiple dates in April, with large group contests in May. Eastern Iowa centers listed. 40 000 participants expected. Executive committee members named P C Lapham L Logan L V Briggs F E Mortiboy Paul V Nissen.
Iowa lawmakers move to raise the gasoline tax to six cents a gallon starting July 1 to speed up highway modernization. Five House members filed an amendment to Thompson's bill, with Senators backing a parallel measure to extend the sixth cent for two more years.
Kern county sheriff's deputies patrolled the Caliente hills after a feud among five men over a 20 acre uranium claim. Weekend prospectors from six western states plus Alaska and New Hampshire swarmed into the lower Sierra Nevada after an Atomic Energy Commission map release. Deputy said the dispute was settled at the county recorder's office.
Sheriff Kern reported a man posing as a Des Moines Reg hater and Tribune carrier supervisor swindled a Toledo newsboy out of 16 dollars. The youth gave the money after the impostor claimed to collect it. The real supervisor later appeared, revealing the mistake. The suspect was described as about 30, six feet tall, wearing a dark brown suit, red tie and dark rimmed glasses.
The Associated Press reports Iowa traffic toll figures for March 19 1955 and compares with March 19 1954. The article lists fatalities and injuries across counties and notes trends in traffic safety for mid March reports.
El Kader funeral honors Floyd A. Hickman 57 a longtime local druggist who died Friday Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Congregational church Bur ial in East Side cemetery Body to leave Witte funeral home at 10 a.m. Hickman born Winthrop 1896 served in World War II then graduated from Holland Park Pharmacy college Des Moines He operated a drug store in one place before moving to El Kader in 1938 Survivors include wife three daughters Mrs Harold Klink Cedar Rapids Mrs Roy Johnson and Mrs Don Fenton Minneapolis father James Winthrop four brothers and three sisters.
The Iowa Association of Physically Handicapped will convene at the Fort Des Moines hotel in Des Moines on Saturday June 4 for its fifth annual meeting. President Howard Greenwood says the group will focus on promoting job opportunities for the impaired and persuading employers that hiring the handicapped is smart business.
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