30 Mar 1955
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1955
Page
1
Eight rebels at the Nebraska penitentiary surrendered after 65 hours, taking two guards and a prisoner as hostages. Governor Anderson led the siege, granting meals and setting terms of confinement. three hostages freed unharmed amid a guarded, tense resolution.
Clinton County Attorney Warren Johnson denounces Atty. Dayton Countryman for appointing Kermit Kruse as special assistant in charge of liquor law enforcement. Kruse, a former county attorney defeated in June's GOP primary, says he will cover the entire state. Rep. Carlsen declines comment, citing it as a Republican issue. Johnson calls the move unwarranted and wasteful, urging a dignified resolution within the attorney general and law enforcement offices. Continued on Page 8, Col. 8.
The Hague reports Holland's lower house approved the Paris treaties to rearm West Germany. The only dissent came from Communists.
Representatives of the nation s railroads and the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen will meet at Union Station Chicago on April 4 to discuss the presidential emergency board report for a six year pay lapse. President Hughes in Cedar Rapids said the Chicago conference starts a series to examine the board s recommendations for a solution. The board urged upgrading the pay of conductors in through freight to fix inequity since 1922. An ORCB session in Cedar Rapids will hold routine talks on board affairs.
The army corps of engineers reports a southwest Cedar Rapids eight and a half acre school land tract between First and Eighth avenues and Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets as the chosen site for a 500000 army navy reserve training center. The land, valued around 35000 to 45000, was deemed unsuitable for school use and voters recently authorized its sale. negotiations start mid May after planning reports pass approvals. Utilities exist and the site supports faster construction, with transportation considerations noted for trainees. Residents had urged park use, but officials deemed the price too high for a playground.
The Gazette reports 60 early submissions for naming Cedar Rapids' two new high schools. Winners receive 50 dollars each, with nine judges to select after April 10. Entrants must include a 50 word supporting statement. ballots without this are allowed for name strength.
Nationalist planes from Taipei attacked a Red flotilla near Matsu sinking one wooden craft and damaging seven other ships including three gunboats. The Chinese air force released a communique with no size estimate of the Red force or whether invasion was intended.
British Labour leaders drop expulsion moves for Aneurin Bevan after he pledges to follow the party line. Bevan, ousted two weeks earlier for disloyalty over Attlee and hydrogen bomb policy, remains blacklisted in parliament but this reintegration is seen as a step toward party unity ahead of a potential summer or autumn election.
Paris. French Premier Faure secured special powers from the national assembly to implement fiscal and economic reforms. The vote allows rapid measures to reshape tax policy and government spending, signaling a decisive shift in economic strategy.
AP report from MATSU ISLAND quotes Col Hua, commander of the Nationalist garrison, saying Reds may attack soon with no fixed date. He estimates 11,000 troops along seven islands and notes US gear and MAAG presence. He warns smaller nearby islets Kaoteng and Peikan tang could fall, risking Matsu under fire and harder supply.
Des Moines report notes the Iowa House passed a six cent gas tax plan 64 to 40, sending it to the Senate. The measure keeps a temporary five cent levy for two years, adds a new six cent tax for two years, and raises truck fuel oil tax permanently. Estimated new annual road revenue reaches about 7 to 8 million dollars. The vote followed amendments declining lower tax options and included a contested debate on highway funding and taxation. The article also mentions a separate tax penalties proposal for income tax filing.
Government troops repelled a private army attack led by the Binh Xuyen as violence surged in Saigon. 26 killed, 112 wounded. casualties broken down by group. Diem unhurt inside the palace as enforcements surrounded key sites. U S officials warned against sect-led resistance and a potential oil.
President Eisenhower urged restraint at a news conference saying prophesying war does not serve peace and that no one in his administration should sow discord. He said he has no clear information of an imminent Chinese attack on Quemoy and Matsu, and noted no one in authority would be reprimanded for Carney remarks. He indicated openness to mid April possibilities but insisted on better information and cautioned against political speculation. He stressed readiness to ease world tension and outlined concerns about a Western Powers conference without a defined topic list and Germany’s representation.
Washington reporters at a news conference were invited by President Eisenhower to interview the three White House squirrels. He proposed checking whether the rodents show any dissatisfaction with being trapped and deported after causing damage to the practice putting green on the White House lawn.
The Senate unanimously passed a 750 million dollar pay increase for over 1.6 million service members. Floor manager Sen. Russell hopes boosts take effect Friday if the House approves two Senate amendments and President Eisenhower signs by Thursday.
The New York World Telegram and Sun reported that no child given the Salk polio vaccine during last spring's nationwide tests contracted polio. The paper noted the report, to be released April 12, relies on an unimpeachable medical source for its evaluation of the drug.
Mild temperatures and cloudy skies sweep Iowa with above normal readings forecast for midweek. Southerly breezes push highs into the fifties and sixties though overnight lows dip to the high thirties or low forties. Cedar Rapids at 2 30 p m recorded 58, following a 35 overnight low. The previous March 30 record stood at 82 in 1943.
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