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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1951
Page
2
Comic reminiscence by John Reynolds about attempting a Mother's Day breakfast in bed for three children. The narrator describes diaper changes, lost plastic pants, fashioning anklets, and chaotic prep before the mother finally enjoys a hearty meal and heartfelt thanks.
Dr. Paul A. Wagner, 33, contends he remains Rollins College president after trustees voted him out following his claim that nearly one third of the faculty would be dismissed in cost-cutting moves. The Winter Park institution faced student, alumni, and faculty opposition amid the shakeup.
Rollins College President Wagner says a trustee meeting in New York on April 27 was illegal and he remains president. He notes the board majority of 11 of 21 fired him, claims officials offered $50,000 to resign, and states he received notice only Sunday night.
In Vienna on Whitsuntide Sunday the mostly Communist crowd stayed away from planned sports events. Instead they gathered to see an American helicopter from Wiesbaden and a horse drawn carriage parade at Prater park. The helicopter pilot Captain Robert J. Martin of Manchester Connecticut drew large crowds.
In New York, Makoko the 14-year-old 440-pound gorilla fell into a 10-foot moat at the Bronx Zoo ape house during a balmy Sunday. A keeper, George Scott, dived in but the timid exhibit favorite drowned as 1,500 spectators watched in horror.
Rescue effort for Makoko ends in tragedy as keeper and two assistants fail to revive the motionless gorilla despite artificial respiration and adrenaline. Police arrive with oxygen but the giant ape remains dead. Oka, the other gorilla, shows no awareness of the event per her keeper.
American military officers observed six months of mourning for Lafayette. The period reflected respect for the French general allied with American forces during the Revolutionary era.
Ray Marine, 25, blinded on Iwo Jima, accepted the key to a six room white frame house donated through a community effort in Lakewood New Jersey. Judge Harry E. Newman started the fund with volunteers and local merchants supplied materials. Cancer? No. The crowd heard Marine's promise as he spoke beside his fiancée Mary Jane Shafto.
Allied troops in Korea receive fresh vegetables for the first time. About 6,500 pounds of radishes and onions grown under American supervision on hydroponic farms near Tokyo were shipped. Capt. Lowell J. Meyers of Harlingen Texas reports two earlier test shipments were satisfactory and daily shipments will follow.
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