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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1957
Page
4
Cedar Rapids voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose a mayor four councilmen a municipal court judge a bailiff and one Riverfront Improvement Commission member. Incumbents face challengers in several races with turnout expected to be light.
The Iowa Federation of Labor convention in Cedar Rapids approved a unanimous resolution expressing confidence in the Iowa Teamsters. Delegates backed measures to lower retirement age, raise the minimum wage to 1.25 dollars, and draft a teacher tenure bill for the next Iowa legislature.
Washington dispatch notes New Jersey and Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide governors and other offices. Meyner seeks a second term in New Jersey against Forbes, while Virginia’s race centers on school integration with Almond backed by Byrd facing Dalton.
The American Cancer Society announced during its annual meeting that it will withdraw from all United Fund and Community Chest campaigns by 1960. The board cited a refusal to surrender budget control and its proven ability to raise funds. It also said that funds raised by united drives for cancer could not be accepted by any ACS unit.
BERLIN OP A large number of Soviet army officers rushed to East Germany to counteract shock among about 400,000 Red army soldiers over Georgi Zhukov's removal as defense minister. The Information Bureau West cited an interpreter in East Germany and said high command ordered intensified political indoctrination to quell disillusionment, with officers of political education sent to lead a propaganda push.
AMES AP Mrs Kenneth Alcott 50 of Ames was killed and four others seriously injured in a two car head on collision on highway 69 four miles south of Ames. The injured include Alcott's 46 year old husband driver of one car a daughter Mavis 13 another passenger Mildred Pannhuk 14 and Harry Hall Richardson 46 of Des Moines. Richardson reportedly was northbound and in the wrong lane when the crash occurred about 3 pm.
Restrictive policy limits Polish citizens travel abroad by requiring foreign currency payment for transportation or approval from the national bank or foreign ministry to pay in zlotys. The measure, announced Saturday, aims to ease economic strain by controlling outward travel receipts and currency outflow.
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower attended the Army Colgate football game at Michie Stadium where Army won 53 to 7 before a near capacity 27 500 crowd. He toured his old quarters and cadet days, visited a military history class, and watched from a box on the Army side as he recalled youth memories and noted Zhukov news in a Moscow dispatch.
In Belgrade on Saturday the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia signed a trade agreement to raise exchange of goods in 19. The accord outlines expanded quotas and streamlined shipments as both nations seek stronger economic ties amid evolving Cold War alignments.
Seven escape from a house five miles west of Monroe as Hungarian immigrant Alex Nagy, 52, dies in a barn fire he started. He spread at least 50 gallons of gasoline around the barn and a nearby house where his wife Anna, 38, their two children Peter, 9, Eva, 16, and seven others slept. Firefighters said one blaze started beneath Mrs Nagy’s bedroom window and Nagy appears trapped in the second fire he started.
Washington AP report says Anthony Valente resigned as president of the United Textile Workers after the AFL-CIO demanded a housecleaning of alleged corruption or the union’s ouster. The 44,000 member group named a seven member committee to work with AFL-CIO chief George Meany, while a CPA audit and strict ethical codes were planned. Francis Schaufenbil temporarily serves as president.
The U S State Department said Zhukov’s ouster shows strains in the Soviet bloc and blames Nikita Khrushchev for the adventurism claimed in Moscow's move. Officials noted Khrushchev’s victory over Zhukov solidifies his grip but warned of continued power struggles.
Pravda reports Moscow action against Georgi Zhukov, Russia’s wartime hero, who is expelled from the Communist party presidium and central committee. He admits recent mistakes, denies past Stalin era faults, and says the plenum offered a party lesson. The notice gives no new assignment for Zhukov.
Edward Teller warned at a San Francisco meeting that Russia could plant a red star or red spot on the moon to mark the Bolshevik revolution anniversary. He noted Sputnik’s impact and argued future Russian advances in science and technology could shape global power, stressing scientific progress underpins freedom.
Brooklyn town marshal John Levins was killed Saturday night while aiding in clearing a traffic tieup from a two car crash on highway 6, about five miles east of Grinnell. Patrolman Ger ald Kahler said Levins was pinned between a wrecker and a car driven by Dwane Paul, 18, of Brooklyn, as Loftin of Grinnell approached from the west. Levins had come from Brooklyn with a wrecker to aid Poweshiek County Sheriff William Welsh and deputies. two others injured in the original crash were taken to a Grinnell hospital.
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