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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1956
Page
1
Secretary of State Dulles asserted that U S foreign aid is a vital weapon against communism and pledged administration support in Congress. He spoke on Asia tours noting optimism despite Soviet and Chinese tactics and cited Formosa as a key risk area.
Washington AP state department cancels a government cultural tour by Symphony of the Air amid FBI sourced Red allegations. David Walter defends the group, saying charges lack basis and stem from disgruntled members. Testimony to the House appropriations committee outlines alleged Communist ties among up to 30 of 100 musicians.
New York AP Josephine Culbertson 58 renowned bridge expert and former Ely Culbertson wife died Friday from a cerebral hemorrhage. She and Ely popularized the Culbertson contract bridge system and defeated Lenz and Jacoby in 1931, launching their business empire. they divorced in 1937 but remained business partners.
Beau Rappe, 35, awaiting sentencing in Mineola for check forgery, fainted before Judge Seward Bodine could finish. He later learned the sentence was suspended and not to exceed ten years with a minimum five, a fate he did not hear at the moment.
Police hunt a vending machine bandit in New Jersey after he emptied machines of cash but left all cigarettes untouched. No cigarette purchases or packs were taken, and officers have a sole clue: he does not smoke.
Partly cloudy conditions prevail tonight with a low around 28 degrees. Sunday brings warmer weather with a high near 50 degrees and increasing sunshine.
Cedar Rapids reports a larger than planned radiation center next to Mercy hospital will house the Linn county American Cancer Society office. Donors Mrs. Howard Hall and her husband expanded their gift, naming the Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center. Construction by Kinderknecht Co. began excavations on Ninth Street SE and Sixth Avenue SE, with foundation pouring set to start next week and completion targeted for June 1. The facility will be non profit and open to local doctors.
A California judge ruled that the bequest from Dr. Riva Lipsics to his three cats Domina Mona and Calico cannot stand The $1600 will instead go to the doctor's sister and lawyers will seek homes for the cats amid the ruling in Santa Monica.
A State Department official described cocktails as a major tool of foreign policy in hearings on a one million dollar request for embassy entertainment. Lou W. Henderson said receptions help create friends, gather information, and boost U.S. prestige despite critics calling cocktail parties the cheapest form of entertainment.
A day of celebration in Pakistan ended in tragedy when an overloaded bridge in Rawalpindi collapsed. Thirty-five people died and more than fifty were hospitalized as the ten-foot wall fell with the bridge. Survivors faced crushing stones and serious injuries.
New York AP reports John D. Rockefeller Jr donated five hundred six hundred dollars to the YMCA on Friday. The gift strengthens youth programs and community services across the city.
Erin Northrop age two learned to open doors just days earlier and opened a door to death. Her body was found in a backyard swimming pool after her first venture outdoors alone.
The Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company buys all commercial electric power facilities of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern railroad for 1.125 million dollars. Facilities will transfer to Ankeny Alleman Boxholm Fraser Harcourt Lanyon and Huxley on April 1 and be resold to Iowa Power and Light in Des Moines.
Diplomatic sources say Tito helped spark Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin and may travel to Moscow later this year. The Belgrade talks eased tensions, with Khrushchev criticizing Stalin and Tito judging harshly on Stalin's terror. Yugoslavia's ties with the Soviet Union have warmed, though a formal alliance remains uncertain.
A nor easter hit southern New England bringing snow rain and hail. Airports closed rail lines disrupted and coast guard crews aided hazards while Rhode Island race track and South Boston parade were postponed.
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee announced on Saturday that he will enter the South Dakota Democratic presidential primary set for June 5, underscoring his campaign's push in the northern plains state. He spoke in Los Angeles outlining his strategy and goals for the contest.
Adlai Stevenson, in Chicago, accused the Eisenhower administration of unthink ing indifference to human needs by opposing expanded social security benefits. He urged that workers disabled at age 50 or over should not have to wait until 65 for benefits.
President Eisenhower, six months after his heart attack, resumes a busier schedule as he seeks reelection. He plans to throw the first ball for the Senators-Yankees opener, may visit Augusta for a week’s vacation, and Easter events loom with the White House egg roll set for April 2.
Marie Dionne, who left a convent last November due to ill health, plans to open a flower shop May 1 in Montreal named Le Salon Marie Dionne. She will be sole owner with a Montreal businessman as adviser, living with quintuplet sisters Cecile Annette and Yvonne in an apartment since leaving the convent. Cecile and Yvonne are student nurses, Annette studied music but left after landslides closed her school.
A State Department official warns that Russian attacks on Stalin’s one man rule may aim to block any Soviet leader from rising above the ruling clique. Robert Murphy notes Russia rewrites history to shape opinion and suggests Khrushchev may seek ultimate power despite denouncing Stalin.
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