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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1958
Page
5
The Iowa Board of Regents asks the legislature for a long range bond funded building program to expand state college facilities. Courts say delays and inflation risk higher costs. bonding offers orderly construction and stabilizes funding against political shifts.
The article argues that Reds, though perhaps under 10 percent, create loud disruption to push a Kremlin line. It notes Lima as a case where protests show their boisterous activity. It urges free peoples to unite and resist Communist influence globally.
The text condemns disturbances attributed to Reds during Vice-president Nixon’s visit to Peru labeling such acts as hooliganism and noting the affront to a high official in a free country. It emphasizes the contrast with disturbances not of their making in free nations.
A column notes a Russian claim of leading milk per acre in a farm production challenge, while Iowa overproduction limits competition. The piece compares Russia and the United States and ponders broader tensions between nations and peoples.
Frederick C. Othman notes a lighthearted push and pull over Coya Knutson’s marriage and political life. He jokes about Andy Knutson’s plea to return home and his wife’s privacy while highlighting her salary and duties as a congresswoman and the media’s interest in their personal lives.
The Iona board of education will not decide on changing its policy banning political candidate appearances on state supported campuses until the May 29 Cedar Falls meeting. Also noted: Coe College names new trustees, and Dr Edwin T Settle joins Coe as philosophy and religion professor. A 20 years ago fire drill disrupted De Wilson High stage Cyclorama. Cedar Rapids deputy clerk Miss Bessie Engle named. Grant School strike and return of John Gray from Phoenix.
Dr. Joseph Mother explains taste and smell, noting four basic tastes and how smell affects flavor. He lists causes from nasal polyps and mucus membrane disease to drugs, nerve disorders, stroke aftermath, untreated syphilis, tumors, chemical poisoning, and even hysteria, advising neurologist input for persistent cases.
Marquis Childs surveys NATO Moscow diplomacy predicting endless rounds with Andrei Gromyko and a Western drive to demonstrate futility. The piece recalls 1950s parries and warns that disarmament and bases remain barbed issues likely to prolong meetings and public frustration.
Drew Pearson recalls early 1920s Rome under }Mussolini and later events, detailing interviews with Il Duce and Francisco Nitti, the fascist crackdown on opposition, postwar recovery, and the 1948 elections as Italy sustains a fragile democratic republic amid Communist influence.
The fragment recalls Bugs Baer and Lee Christmas in Washington around 1911 involved in gun peddling to Cuba. It mentions lobbying for a Silver Bullet swept wing plane, a grocery gimmick with firearms, and smugglers using jungle routes and old arsenals. The text notes price markups and evasive running lights.
Russell I. Hess vice president of Merchants National Bank discusses his duties in the trust department. He explains living and testamentary trusts estates guardianships and government bonds handling for clients locally nationally and abroad. He notes emphasis on personal service investment management and staying informed on market and tax developments. He details training background law degree in 1929 practice in Humboldt and Omaha before joining the bank in 1953 and mentions family and hobbies.
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