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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1956
Page
22
The GI Gazette reports a service member ending two years as a research bacteriologist in Egypt and heading home from Naples after evacuation from Alexandria. He has served in the Navy since 1943, and his wife and children returned from Cairo in August.
A sweep of service news covers Friday graduation at Reese AFB Texas for Second Lt Thomas G Birr son of Mr and Mrs C C Birr Cedar Rapids. many others from Roosevelt Wilson Manchester and Shueyville high schools receive promotions transfers and discharges from the Army Navy and Air Force including Pvt Howard W Novotny and S/Sgt Earl F Ceynar with base assignments and career details.
Bruce Fishwild reports Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith Arkansas grew from a 1941 training post to a permanent Army Training Center. The base hosts multiple sports and facilities while supporting about 15 000 personnel and 9 500 trainees with a large payroll and extensive services. Local families are connected through guest houses a post office branches clubs and libraries.
US defense chiefs bolster air force and navy to offset troop cuts. Marines on Okinawa could move in three days but ships to transport a division would require 10 days to assemble. Stockpiles and supplies move to South Korea Formosa and Vietnam while F100s replace F86s and bomber fleets expand in Japan and Guam.
The seventh Parade of Barber Shop Quarters on December 1 in Cedar Rapids will use a new acoustical shell in Memorial Coliseum to let quartets heard clearly. Champions Schmitt Brothers of Two Rivers Wisconsin and Mid-States Four of Chicago return with other acts and a lobby display explains SPEBSQSA. Mail order tickets begin soon from local shops and partners.
Marvin Stone argues the U S ground forces in Asia are being reduced while brush fire wars rise in priority and massive retaliation may fail against small conflicts. He notes U S strategy shifted after Korea, leaving air and naval power to respond while ground forces prove less mobile for Far East commitments.
Dr. William Wainwright, UC Dentistry, says microscopic leakage between tooth and filling is detectable with iodine-131. He notes continued tooth sensitivity may reflect imperfect fusion rather than a true seal, as revealed to the alumni association.
A figure estimates annual U.S. milk production could flood a river 3,286 miles long, 40 feet wide and 3 feet deep, illustrating the scale of dairy output.
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