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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1955

Page

4

Four Mariners Speak Out on Godfrey After Dismissal

Chicago theater hears from Marty Karl Nat Dickerson Jim Lewis and Tom Lockard as ex Godfrey cast members object to his view of show business. They say Godfrey is lonely and controlling while praising his talent but lacking judgment. They recount loyalty eight and a half years and describe his push for sameness and early retirement from the cast.

Chicago Mariners Arthur Godfrey Will Rogers S Halelake Marion Marlow Godfrey Marty Karl Nat Dickerson Jim Lewis Tom Lockard Gratesee

Edgar A Guest Poet of the People

A brief excerpt extols Edgar A Guest as the poet of the people and reflects on a contented home with martins wrens and a robin nest. It celebrates simple rewards of craft and the natural world welcomed by the author.

Edgar A. Guest the Poet of the People

Killer of Sheriff Dies of Wounds

GROESBECK Texas AP N J Tynes crazed farmer who killed a sheriff wounded a youth and held off 100 officers for five hours Sunday died Monday night of wounds suffered before his capture Funeral services for Sheriff J Harry Dunlap 47 were held Monday He was killed when he stepped from cover Sunday to attempt to reason with Tynes 44 a bachelor who was about to be committed again to a state mental hospital Tynes had shot and seriously wounded Johnny Ray Bentley 17 Saturday night as Bentley plowed a field near Tynes home

Groesbeck Texas N. J. Tynes J. Harry Dunlap Tynes Johnny Ray Bentley Bentley

Spaak Sees German Neutrality Unlikely in Europe Peace

Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak warns that neutralizing Germany would block defense of Europe and says Moscow aims to split West and East as NATO debates a top level four power conference. He supports Austrian treaty signings but argues a neutral Germany cannot work and stresses disarmament and UN reforms as paths to peace.

Seymour Berkson INS Brussels Paul-Henri Spaak Germany Europe Bonn Republic Austria NATO Western Europe Western Union of Nations West Tito Yugoslavia Soviet Union

Earn Spare-Time Income by Joining Linn County Reserve Units

Young men 17 to 35 and veterans up to 55 are urged to join a reserve unit. Training one night weekly and a two week summer course offer pay equal to a full day per drill, potential rank advancement, retirement credits, and community contacts. Information at Shrine Temple Armory 520 A Ave NE 3rd Floor 8 to 5. Phone 2-6620.

Cas Ovis Linn County Shrine Temple Ave

Dry Tabs Advertisement Claims Bed Wetting Relief

An advertisement states DRY-TABS stop bed wetting and promise money refund. It claims dramatic improvement and offers enough tabs to end bed-wetting for $3.00. Published by Better Drug Stores Everywhere.

Evangelist Berlyn Farris to Speak at Cedar Rapids Council

The Coun cil of Churches of Cedar Rapids and Marion invites the general council to a 7 30 p m meeting Thursday featuring Rev Berlyn V Farris executive director of evangelism for the National Council of Churches He will discuss how the council can aid local churches in evangelism A Kansas native and veteran World War II navy chaplain Farris has pastored in Arizona California and Oregon and led a Eugene Oregon church to 1569 new members in five years with 120 converts in his last year.

General Council Council of Churches of Cedar Rapids Marion Berlyn V. Farris Department of Evangelism National Council of Churches Lways National Council Wichita Kan Farris Southwestern College Kansas Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston Arizona California Oregon Eugene Ore

Buses Roll Again In Terre Haute

Terre Haute Transit Company resumed bus service in Indiana's seventh largest city after a nine month stoppage caused by a strike. The Terre Haute Lines Inc. took over the franchise and kept most terms from the old contract as drivers returned to work.

Terre Haute Terre Haute Transit Company Indiana Terre Haute Lines, Inc Impedane Ics

Tito Seeks Neutral Path in East West Tension

President Tito signals possible neutrality in the East West conflict as Molotov outlines neutral zones in Central Europe. Moscow and Belgrade discuss Yugoslavia moving closer to the West while preserving independence, with Khrushchev and Bulganin making a joint high level visit to Belgrade seen as both party and state business.

Molotov Stalin Yugoslavia Khrushchev Bulganin Communist Party Belgrade

David Wyatt Wins Harvard Freshman Scholarship

David Wyatt a senior at Franklin High School and son of Mr and Mrs Richard Gist 1129 Twenty third Street SE has received a Harvard scholarship He was one of 300 chosen from 2100 applicants earning a 1100 freshman award

David Wyatt Franklin High School Richard Gist Twenty-third Street Harvard

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