Cedar Rapids to Keep Values Stable in 1953 Revaluation
Cedar Rapids will not raise house or building valuations in the 1953 citywide revaluation. Only lots will be increased in value in some districts, keeping real estate assessments near the 1941-43 levels for four more years beginning next January. Building values stay the same while some lot values rise to restore uniformity, with state-wide patterns expected.
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Art Heusinkveid
Cedar Rapids
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Doctors Ready To Separate Brodie Twins
Surgeons at Illinois Research and Education hospital prepared to separate Siamese twins joined at the top of the skulls. Rodney and Roger Brodie of Rock Island born Sept 16 1983 have undergone eight preliminary procedures as doctors confirm separate blood and nervous systems. The operation, delayed only by colds, may occur without witnesses.
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Hook Island
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Rock Island
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Roger
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Nixon Cuts Foot While Swimming
Vice president elect Richard Nixon cut his right foot on a metal object while swimming in the Atlantic off Miami Beach. Five stitches closed the wound and Doctors advised rest for several days as healing was expected within a week.
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Czech Food Shortage Worsens After Harvest
Vienna dispatches report Czechoslovakia faces deepening food shortages despite harvest. Officials admit eggs are scarce except on the black market and workers wait long hours for potatoes. Root crops and fruit are scarce as farmers resist state collection and hide supplies, with distribution plagued by disorganization.
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Motorist Faces Double Charge After Accident in Cedar Rapids
Max Edgerly of Paris Iowa was charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene after a hit and run Friday night on Tenth Street SE. Investigating officers say his car struck a parked East Chicago man’s vehicle, Edgerly fled, later claimed his car was stolen, but he admitted driving at the time and was to report to trade court in Cedar Rapids Monday morning.
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Tribal Battle Near Port Moresby Leaves Two Dead
Two natives were speared to death and several others seriously wounded in a savage tribal battle some 40 miles from Port Moresby New Guinea. About 100 men participated in the painted warfare clash Saturday.
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Truman function in transition as packing nears end
Washington reports President Truman and Mrs. Truman face a massive White House move by January 20. Aides say cataloging and packing papers and gifts is about half done, a larger task than any prior official relocation. United Nations discussions focus on South Africa racial conflict and Korea as a key committee debates compromise proposals. Secretary Acheson plans to brief Eisenhower on prisoner issues ahead of talks with Truman.
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Eisenhower Truman meet over Korea top issue after election
White House aides say Ike will be briefed on a bleak top secret Korea report. The two leaders will discuss ending the war and a possible armistice as Truman plans a broad policy review. Also reported Harvester strike ends with wage gains and a three year contract.
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Iowa City Man Killed in Texas Truck Collision
VICTORIA Texas AP One man died and another was injured in a collision between two oil field equipment trucks on a farm to market road. The deceased is Donald J Cox 27 of Iowa City Iowa a swamper on a Diaz Corpus Christi driven truck. Diaz was injured. The other truck driver Donald H Newsome of Corpus Christi and the swamper on his truck were unharmed.
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Victoria
Texas
Donald J. Cox
Iowa City
Iowa
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Corpus Christi
Diaz
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Steel controls end promise 1953 prosperity across industries
Washington reports federal steel allocation controls near ending to unleash free markets and a surge in production. Experts forecast a 40 percent rise in industrial output in 1953 as auto mobiles, home goods, roads, and TV stations expand. final decision rests with the National Production Authority and President Truman.
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Steel Products Industry Advisory Committee
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NPA
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Collins Radio Plans $1.8 Million Cedar Rapids Laboratory
Collins Radio Company announced a new $1.8 million research and engineering laboratory in Cedar Rapids. The 90 000 square foot one story building on a northeast Cedar Rapids site will house 12 labs and offices with a lobby library cafeteria and auditorium. Construction is slated to start this fall with completion targeted for August or September next year.
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C Avenue
Old Marion Road
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C Avenue NE
Extown
TV Nets To Cover Ike in Capital
Washington reports full network coverage of President-elect Eisenhower’s Washington visit next Tuesday. NBC will cover his arrival at National Airport around 12 20 p m ABC and Dumont pool coverage will follow the motor trip to the White House while CBS covers at the White House Republicans plan a parade from Lincoln Memorial to Constitution Avenue past the Washington Monument back to the White House
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