Hoover Unit Eyes Saving Of 6 Billion
Former President Herbert Hoover announced that his 12 member reorganization commission will propose savings of six billion dollars for taxpayers, with an additional seven billion possibly returned to the treasury. He said progress depends on public support and noted past adoption of most recommendations within five years.
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New York
INS
Herbert Hoover
Reorganization Commission
Treasury
National Industrial Conference Board
Hoover
Commission
Executive Branch
Common Sense
Washington
Polio Shot Dose Reduction Discussed by Experts
Dr. Jonas Salk and top polio authorities met to consider a tenfold dose reduction by injecting one tenth of a cubic centimeter under the skin. Basil O Connor and other officials, noting vaccine shortages, weighed potential changes while cautions about peak season risks and possible delays in vaccine releases were raised.
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Washington
Jonas Salk
Salk
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hart van Riper
Foundation
Thomas Francis
O'Connor
Te Re Foundation
Leonard S. Scheele
U. S
Public Health Service
Office Dreamer Misreads Morning Routine
A government worker spends half an hour with a magazine after breakfast and assumes he is at work, prompting his wife to remind him of the time. He finally realizes he is not in the office, illustrating a humorous morning confusion.
Vaccine supply eyed for second inoculations by June
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis told state health officers that enough vaccine should be available for second inoculations by June 30 if federal authorities release it. With most schools closed then, states were urged to plan to meet this eventuality.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
British Rail Strike Called After Talks Breakdowns
A nationwide rail strike by 70,000 British rail workers was set for midnight May 28 after executive committee approval following failed talks with the British Transport Commission over differential pay. The move could impact the post election campaign and floating voters for Labour.
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London
INS
Associated Society of Locomotive ‘Engineers and Firemen
British Transport Commission
Yorkshire
Army Convicts Marchuk for betraying secrets to Reds
Pvt. William T. Marchuk, 38, of Norristown, Pa., convicted by a U. S. army court martial in Berlin of betraying American intelligence to the Russians. He faced charges of secret police association and desertion, receiving a 12 year prison sentence and dishonorable discharge. He disappeared from his West Berlin unit Feb 4 1949 and was released from Vorkuta camp Jan 20 1955 after six years in Soviet captivity.
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Berlin
William T. Marchuk
Marchuk
Norristown
West Berlin
Vorkuta
Up She Goes KCRG-TV Tower Tops Iowa's Sky
KCRG-TV's new tower began ascent Friday toward the 1,085 foot goal becoming Iowa's tallest structure. Construction crews plan a full day Saturday if weather allows. A graphic illustration appears on The Gazette's radio page daily except Saturday. The tower is set for Menney 150 north of Watha.
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Kcrg-Tv
Iowa
the Gazette
Menney 150
Watha
Berlin Toll Talks Fail to Break Berlin Deadlock
Four power delegates failed to resolve Soviet imposed tolls on traffic into West Berlin. French ambassador Francois-Poncet said no peace offensive was seen and suggested referring the issue to foreign ministers. Western allies insist tolls violate 1949 Berlin settlement and free movement pact.
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Joseph H. Singer
Berlin
INS
West Berlin
Andre Francois-Poncet
U.S
James B. Conant
Frederick Hoyer - Millar
Britain
Georgi Pushkin
East Berlin
Francois-Poncet
Pushkin
Skunk brood sheltered by hen at Jersey Shore farm
Erastus Halstead, a farm hand for William Losh, found a hen with baby skunks in the chickenhouse. He pulled one from under the hen and discovered four or five others nearby. The hen apparently cared for the skunk brood, while Losh bottles fed one as the mother skunk reclaimed them.
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Jersey Shore
Erastus Halstead
William Losh
Halstead
Losh
Skunk
Cedar Rapids Band Festival Turns 10 With Parade and Pageantry
More than 2,500 Eastern Iowa musicians will celebrate the 10th Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids with a 10 a.m. downtown parade featuring 56 bands and military units. The route runs from the First Avenue bridge east on First, south to Third, west to First, and north to First Avenue. A color guard and radio coordinated units will pace the march, with Center Point Kiddie corps and Lynn's Twirlettes performing. Stanley Vesely of Coe College and Howell H. Brooks will receive a certificate of appreciation. The night show crowns Miss Eastern Iowa, earning a Coe scholarship and a radio phonograph for her school. Tickets cost 50 cents for adults. 12 and under admitted free. Tickets at Newman's, Memorial Coliseum, and downtown booths.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jaycee
James Lovett
First Avenue
Third Street
Third Avenue
First Street
Stanley Vesely
Coe Music
The
Jaycees
Coe
Howell H. Brooks
Eastern Iowa
WMT
the Gazette
Hillbrunner’s
Newman’s
Memorial Coliseum
Television coverage set for Eastern Iowa Band Festival
KCRG TV will televise the Eastern Iowa Band Festival starting about 10:15 Saturday morning with Dick Yoakam narrating. Miss Eastern Iowa of 1954 from Oelwein will ride in the lead car, escorted by the Oelwein band, followed by Bandmaster Leonard Smith of Detroit. Smith will perform The Carnival of Venice and Seigneur three massed numbers, including the Belle Isle March. 56 bands and Miss candidates will appear at Kingston stadium for the 7:30 p.m. night show with a police escort and horseman’s club escort.
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Kcrg-Tv
Iowa
Dick Yoakam
James_ Fuelling
Qelwein
Oelwein
Leonard Smith
Detroit
Kingston Stadium
Smith
Pei
Candine
Festival Committee
KCRG
Cedar Rapids
Hillis Gill
Retail Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Milton Kapp
Jaycee
Belle Isle
Sousa
Ellen Moody
R. L. Moehlmann
Everett Green Faces Death After First Degree Murder Conviction
In Washington Everett Green, 64, was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the suffocation death of Bettie Brown, 83. The appellate court had ordered a new trial, saying a verdict of either first or second degree murder was possible. Green had appealed his sentence.
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Washington (Ap
Everett Green
Green
Bettie Brown
Cedar Rapids Gazette to Add Outdoor Outing Section
The Cedar Rapids Gazette will publish a new Sunday Outing Section featuring news features on successful outdoor excursions. Advertisements will list equipment from Cedar Rapids stores for all outdoor occasions. Save this 22 page section for holiday outings and trips.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedarapids
Four States Hit by Destructive Floods Across Southwest
Flooding rivers swelled through towns and farms in Texas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico in a four day storm. Authorities report thousands evacuated or isolated and up to 15 inches of rain in Texas and 12 inches in Oklahoma. Bridges washed out and highways closed as residents sought safety and relief.
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Southwest
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Trinidad
la Junta
Colo
Oklahoma
Lufkin
Isafety
Cost of Living Edges Down in April
The April consumer price index fell one tenth of a percent from March, with auto price cuts and the first rent decline since 1942 offsetting increases in food costs. The index stood at 114.2 relative to 1947-49 averages, reflecting mixed movements across goods and services.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Aryness Joy Wickens
Television Column Debuts in The Gazette Today
The Gazette launches Channel One a new television column by Tom O Malley and Bob Cunniff formerly with a TV magazine. The feature aims to interest set-owners as many big papers publish similar tele vision sections.
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Channel One
The
Gazette Today
Tom O’malley
Bob Cunniff
Iowa Retailers Propose Alternative Sales Tax Plan
Iowa retailers and trade groups push a 1 cent tax on 15 cent purchases, a penny on 51 to 90 cents, and additional pennies per higher totals. They propose a 2 percent total tax, with a separate 50 cent to $50 scale and a 0.025 multiplier for larger purchases, urging printed schedules and retailer cooperation. The Iowa Tax Commission plans to decide by May 27.
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I. W. Myers
Des Moines
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
Myers
Bruner
Iowa
Retail Food Dealers
Pharmaceutical Association
Retail Hardware Association
Lume Bermen’s Association
Food Distributors Association
Automobile ‘Dealers
Retail Farm Equipment ‘Association
Retail Clothiers Association
Restaurant Association
Drygoods and Ready To Wear Association
Iowa Chain Stores Council
Retail Jewelers Association
Commission
Martin Lauterbach
D. B. Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Chain Stores
Lauterbach
Silliman
Four Seize Cashier To Stage Haul
Four men abducted a bank official in Jacksonville Alabama and robbed the First National Bank of about 85 000 to 90 000. They tied employees including five women, held customers in a lounge, and loaded cash into a suitcase and briefcase before fleeing. No injuries reported as FBI and highway patrol pursued suspects.
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Jacksonville
Ala
First National Bank
Jess N. Wood
Dan W. Gray
Wood
Highway Patrol
Birmingham
FBI
T. Weller Smith
Smith
Construction of New High Schools In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plans two new senior high schools with construction to start August 15 after a timetable outlined by school officials. Leo A. Daly and the Thomas Jefferson and George Washington buildings are guiding the schedule, with bids to Cedar Rapids firms by August 5 and completion projected around August 15, 1957.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo A. Daly
Omaha
George Washington
Daly
E. W. Lundquist
Chair used by Pope Pius VII to crown Napoleon to be sold
Paris reports an auction set for May 24 offering the coronation chair of Pope Pius VII, the item linked to Napoleon Bonaparte. The rare piece draws interest from collectors and historians seeking a symbol of imperial magnificence and papal history.
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Paris
Pius VII
Napoleon
Church Laymen Cite Eisenhower For Christian Leadership
A United Churchmen ceremony in the White House praised President Eisenhower for giving the nation new courage and strength through his practice of Christian ideals. The laymen cited his prayerful seeking of Divine guidance from his inauguration.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
United Churchmen
Jury Cannot Tell Who's Defendant in Tax Case
After seven trial days and four hours of deliberation a federal jury asked who the defendant was in a tax evasion case. The court noted the indictment clearly named Guy R. Pezznola, treasurer of Guy's Super Service Garage Inc. The jury convicted Pezznola of levying 6,276 dollars in taxes. sentence deferred pending appeal.
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Boston
Guy’s Super Service Garage, Inc
Guy R. Pezznola
Francis Ford
Pezznola
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Doom
D. L. Bruner
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