This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1955
Page
7
Eastern Iowa 1956 highway program outlines 1 450 miles of primary system planned work under contract, with 1 120 miles after current deals and under thousand miles after 1956 lettings. Federal aid totaling about 21 903 000 will fund projects across Allamakee County and others including 8 miles on Iowa 364 from Iowa 13 to Harpers Ferry for grade work.
A lengthy record of 1955 1956 road work across Iowa detailing grade drain bridges resurfacing widening pavement and new approaches on routes including U S 20 30 6 218 52 1 and state roads from Black Hawk to Clinton counties with dates project notes and letting indicators.
TV grid excerpt lists stations KCRG WMT KWWL WHBF with multiple time slots from 6:00 to 6:30 including news weather sports and children's programs. Programs include Annie Oakley Arthur Godfrey Father Knows Best Kraft Theater and Mickey Mouse Club among others across stations WHO-TV WOC-TV WKBT.
New York actress Cornelia Otis Skinner will sing in the Max Liebman spectacular Dearest Enemy on Saturday with chorus providing support for high notes. The piece also notes TV talent scouts winners from 1946 to 1950, including Vic Damone, Eddie Fisher, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, and others who rode success from the shows.
Special to The Gazette Hopkinton C. J. Chapman residence near the Presbyterian church suffered heavy fire damage Tuesday afternoon. No one was home at 1 30 p m when neighbors saw smoke from upstairs windows. Firemen confined the blaze largely to the kitchen. Estimated damage 2500 dollars partly insured. Residents listed as Mr Chapman his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Joe Jr and their children.
In Chicago Judge Gibson E. Gorman sentences Richard Carpenter to die in the electric chair on March 16 for the murder of Detective William J. Murphy in a subway station on August 15. The jury that convicted the 26 year old gunman fixed the death penalty.
An article notes use ofChicago fire lore from Twentieth Century Fox in a TV chronicle about Mrs. OLearys cow. It reports Tunisia importing American shows I Love Lucy Liberace My Little Margie Father Knows Best and plans to revoke programs in Arabic.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.