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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1957
Page
23
Omaha Police Commissioner Henry Boesen fired Police Chief Harry Green after reports of officers and cars seen at burglary scenes during cases. Capt. Carl Heine named interim chief. Boesen to remain commissioner. Green praised for prior work. future assignment not announced.
The Cedar Rapids chorus of 30 men won first place in a regional barbershop singing competition held Saturday in Topeka Kansas. Len Biella directed the group. The five state meeting also chose Cedar Rapids to host the 1958 regional gathering with entrants from Missouri Kansas Colorado Nebraska and Iowa.
The SS Ancon became the first vessel to traverse the newly opened Panama Canal on August 15 1914 marking a historic milestone in maritime passage and global trade.
John F. Graves 33, Cedar Rapids city personnel officer since January, will resign May 15 to head Rockford Illinois personnel. He led a city wide job classification project and kept personnel records for 550 employees on a 6 million dollar budget. Mayor Jim Meaghan said the city will seek a replacement and has contacted a Chicago personnel managers association.
Senator Henry Jackson urges long overdue laws to stop leaks of secret information from federal agencies. He heads a probe into leaks at the CAB and other bodies and plans hearings to identify sources and hold officials to courtlike standards.
Ian Shaw, described as the Klan’s British head, told INS and in a television interview that there is no Klan in Britain and that the whole movement was a hoax to mock Communists. He said four Klan letterheads were used to test reactions and no British applications were sent to the United States.
Rathdrum Tribune hands over its 100 year old press to the University of Idaho museum. Co publishers Charles W. Kulp and J R M Kulp, aged 77 and 76, have led the paper for 54 years.
Worden England. Emanuel Shinwell a Labour MP urged on Saturday that the state assume control of Eton Harrow Winchester and other renowned schools. no further details provided.
Parents of students entering Washington high school are invited to a 7:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday May 14 at the public library auditorium. The Franklin PTA and McKinley Boosters club organize with Mrs. R L Naibert presiding and Fred J Kluss attending as future principal.
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