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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1957

Page

20

Father teaches son to ride on restored 1932 bicycle

Roland Nievas, a Gazette employee, is teaching his four year old son Larry to balance on a restored two wheeler from 1932. The bike received a repaint and polish by Earl Nievas and now features a simulated engine. The family notes tires rose from 1.50 to 7.00 dollars since 1932. Larry’s brother David, aged three, eyes the bike for his turn.

Roland Nievas Roland the Gazette Larry Earl Nievas Avenue NW David

Keys for free storm door prize in Tulsa city giveaway

A Tulsa firm distributed several hundred keys across the city and offered free storm door installation to the person whose key unlocked a door. The prize was won by Mrs. Nichols, whose husband is a locksmith.

Tulsa Okla Nichols

Machine Tool Sales Down

Jerome A. Raterman president of Monarch Machine Tool said the National Machine Tool Builders' Association forecasts 1956 sales will not be matched this year. First quarter shipments totaled 181.45 million dollars implying an annual rate near 725 million, well below last year's 886 million. Current orders backlog covers about five and a half months of production as shipments lag.

Washington National Machine Tool Builders’ Association Jerome A. Raterman Monarch Machine Tool Sidney Ohio Raterman

Sees No More Poverty In U S Within Decade

Los Angeles AP report quotes University of Michigan professor Wilbur Cohen predicting poverty will be abolished in the United States within ten years. He says an organized program with heavy university research and trained personnel is needed to end poverty.

Los Angeles University of Michigan Wilbur Cohen UCLA School of Social Welfare U. S

Forgotten Finns End Two Months Of Desert Duty

A 250 strong Finnish UNEF unit at Sharm El-Sheikh completes two months of peacetime duty at the Gulf of Aqaba gateway. They guard a fragile status quo amid a tense Middle East scene, with sparse amenities, improvised saunas, and limited contact with UNEF HQ in Gaza.

United Nations, N. Y INS U.N Sharm El-Sheikh Gulf of Aqaba Gulf Straits of Tiran Egypt Saudi Arabia Aqaba United States Sharm Eli Sheikh Sinai Burns Ras Nasali Tiran Strait UNEF Gaza

MacMurray Plans Separate Men’s College Alongside Women

MacMurray College for Women in Jacksonville Illinois will open MacMurray College for Men in September using coordinate education. Men and women will have separate classes and student governments while sharing trustees staff and facilities.

Jacksonville Til Illinois MacMurray College For Midwest MacMurray College MacMurray

Crippled Milwaukee Tavernkeeper Foils Robbers

MILWAUKEE (UP) A 74 year old tavernkeeper who walks with a cane routed two hoodlums from his bar after one man pulled a gun and demanded money. Kiefer armed himself with a stovepoker and the would be holdup men fled the scene.

Milwaukee Karl Kiefer Kiefer

Britain plans grand Western Europe super unit

Britain will outline this week a grand design for a West European super assembly with United States and Canadian participation. David Ormsby Gore will discuss with the Council of Europe foreign ministers in Strasbourg. The plan envisions one big organization unifying existing groups like the coal and steel community and the atomic pool.

London Britain West Europe United States David Ormsby- Gore Council of Foreign Ministers Council of Europe Strasbourg Coal and Steel Community Selwyn Lloyd North Atlantic Treaty Organization Paris

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