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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1956

Page

2

Red Khrushchev Bulganin Visit Eyed by Marx Memorial Staff

In London ahead of a 10 day April state visit by Soviet Premier Bulganin and Communist Party Boss Khrushchev, the Marx Memorial Library in Clerkenwell hopes the pair will visit. Harry Evans leads staff who want the site they built as a hub of left wing history to host them. The piece recalls Marx and Engels in Clerkenwell and notes Lenin's brief stay and offices in London.

London Lenin and Engel Nikolai Bulganin Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev Queen Elizabeth II Clerkenwell Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Lenin Iskra Spark Marx Harry Evans Engels British Museum Prussia France

Shadow Puppet Easter Show At First Lutheran Church

A Cedar Rapids group of 16 youths ages 12 to 14 stage a 20 minute shadow puppet Easter story at First Lutheran Church Tonight at 7 30. The Juniors created the puppets wrote the script and taped voices after researching Bible accounts. The program opens with modern youths then travels back to Christ’s entry into Jerusalem Gethsemane on the cross and the Resurrection concluding with a one act play by the Senior Luther League.

First Lutheran Church Third Avenue Tenth Street SF Junior Luther League Christ Jerusalem Garden of Gethsemane Gary Couch Dick Wheeler Dean Christiansen Jim Safely J. D. Zikuda Donna Immerfall Marilyn Moorcroft Heather Brisbin Joan Bohren First Lutheran Church Senior Luther League Joline Mobley Ruth Lambertson John Nelson Jim Jorgensen Marilann Holtz Joan Redman Carol Hauser Carl Franks Junior Luther Leaguers Karen Klein

Care for Twin Colt in Home

POMPTON PLAINS New Jersey Mr and Mrs Emil Gavel care for a sickly 34 pound infant in their room The patient is a horse one of twin colts born to their mare The Gavels took the colt into their home after a veterinarian said it had only a slim chance to survive The mare and the other colt are thriving in the stable.

Pompton Plains, N. J Emil Gavel

Knox Church To Receive Members and Ordain Elders

In Cedar Rapids today the Iowa synod officials organize the Knox Presbyterian congregation meeting at Wright school at 3 p.m. Dr Henry Schneider will speak with Dr Gerald Ukena and Dr Joseph Kennedy making short remarks. Over 100 members to be received and six elders to be ordained and installed.

Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church (USA Cedar Rapids New Knox Presbyterian Congregation Wright School Henry Schneider Des Moines Synod Gerald Ukena West Union Joseph Kennedy Davenport Iowa Board of National Missions Reuben Tjaden National Missions Committee Clyde Dunlop Albert Eddy Pfeffer Lawrence Street Hollywood and Lawrence

C R Industrial Engineers To Meet Tuesday

Six representatives of material handling equipment firms will address the Industrial Engineering Association of Iowa meeting at the Montrose hotel Tuesday evening. Dinner starts at 6:30 followed by a 7:30 technical session on Material Handling with films and discussions.

Industrial Engineering Association of Iowa Montrose Hotel Charles E. Brookhart Lamson Corporation Dick Weingartz Ken and Dick Corporation John Johnson Thomas A. Edison, Inc Jack Wright Hyster Company David C. Preston American Mono Rail Company Bob McCammon Link-Belt Speeder Corporation

Burglars Haul 400-Pound Safe From Ohio Elevator

In Plain City Ohio burglars ripped from the Yoder elevator and towed a 400 pound safe more than 50 miles before opening it and finding only company records inside they left empty handed and fled the scene.

Plain City Ohio

Training Mission in B 52 Draws Costly Lesson

The piece notes the high costs of SAC B 52 training missions with hourly operating costs around $10,000. It describes LeMay’s Offutt conference flight, the planned Castle to Omaha route, and the detailed three day training sequence including briefings, simulated flight, radar bombing, navigation, aerial refueling, and instrument approaches. It also mentions Cedar Rapids weather control rules and a note on Major Warren’s reassignment and a Kentucky governor’s title. Farmers urged to take coffee breaks per the National Safety Council.

Strategic Air Command SAC Curtis LeMay Offutt Air Base Omaha Offutt Castle Air Base California Gen. LeMay Castle Los Angeles Cheli Air Force Depot

High Jumper Aims 100000 Foot Parachute Jump

Lt Henry P Nielsen plans a fall 1954 style record attempt from nearly 100000 feet over New Mexico in a pressurized gondola attached to a giant balloon. He will free fall and open his parachute at 15000 feet, aiming to surpass the altitude record of 45200 feet set in November 1954.

Henry P. Nielsen New Mexico Loon Nielsen

Clock in Evansville Office Runs Counterclockwise

Frank Weber faced a stubborn clock problem as the face ran in reverse. He solved it by replacing the face so the numerals also run counterclockwise, restoring normal orientation.

Evansville Ind Frank Weber Weber

Thief Snatches Groceries in Highland Park Chase

Detroit police report a patrolman in Highland Park chased a thief after dropping groceries. He pursued for two blocks but returned to find one bag missing while the other bag remained with the thief’s escape.

Detroit Robert Love‘lady III Highland Park

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