Power Outage Slams Cedar Rapids Area for Hours
Sixty nine thousand Iowa Electric Light and Power customers lost service from 11:06 a.m. to 1:41 p.m. after a plant fuse blew, cutting power to Cedar Rapids and 21 eastern Iowa counties. The outage halted industry, traffic signals, radio, and heating while utilities activated emergency generators and crews worked to restore lines.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Power Company
Sixth Street
Iowa
Anamosa
Tipton
Carroll
Cominform Calls for Tito’s Overthrow Across Fronts
The eight nation Cominform meeting in Budapest urged Communists to oppose Tito inside and outside Yugoslavia. Pravda published a resolution naming Tito as a dangerous ally of espionage and anti socialist propaganda, calling for revolutionary action to restore Yugoslavia to the socialist camp.
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Moscow
Communist Information Bureau
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Pravda
Budapest
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
France
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Poland
Tito
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito Clique
Belgrade
Cominform to Infiltrate Yugoslavia This Winter Reported
In Belgrade informants say Cominform plans large scale infiltration into Yugoslavia this winter as part of a drive to unseat Marshal Tito.Hungarian Romanian Bulgarian agents reportedly trained to cross borders to spread leaflets sabotage and cause disruption.
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Belgrade
Cominform
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Fatal midair crash near Love Field claims 28 lives
An American Airlines DC-6 struck the Magnaflux plant on the edge of Love Field and burst into flames during approach. Twenty eight people died, with 27 bodies recovered and several survivors treated in hospitals. Crew members and a baby are among the dead or unaccounted for, as authorities and company officials recount the chaotic dawn scene.
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Dallas
American Airlines
Love Airfield
New York
Mexico City
Washington
Home Office
Magnaflux
Laurent Claude
Robert Lewis
William S. Forbes
Josephine Cadena
Margaret van Biber
Fiorch
J. M. Kiddy
K. C. Gullett
Buchanan Job Awarded to Paulsen Firm in Cedar Rapids
The O F Paulsen Construction Company of Cedar Rapids won the Buchanan elementary school contract with a base bid of 402000. The bid was deemed lowest responsible. Sub contracts went to low bidders including Model Company and Coleman Floor. Heating and ventilating bids were rejected and new bids ordered. Work to commence soon with occupancy planned for January 1951 as part of a 2500000 bond funded project.
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Cedar Rapids
O. F. Paulsen Construction Company
Buchanan
Paulsen
Benjamin Chemers Construction Company
Chicago
the Model Company
Coleman Floor Company
Davenport
Cedar Rapids Electric Supply Company
Buchanan Architects
Childs and Smith
Charles Penningroth
Chemers Company
Mt. Vernon Road
Meadowbrook Drive
Twenty Sixth Street
Cleveland
Kenwood
Staum
Air France plane crash near Lyon leaves multiple dead
An Air France aircraft crashed in flames about 15 miles northwest of Lyon killing six or more people and injuring others. There were 37 people aboard the jet.
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Lyon
France
Air France
Blackout Strikes Cedar Rapids Beauty Shops and Courthouse
A citywide power outage disrupted beauty shops and a trial in Cedar Rapids. Women left with wet tresses as dryers failed. a $25,000 personal injury case continued in dim light. The Turner chapel funeral paused by darkness, music shifted to a piano, and local food and poultry operations estimated minimal spoilage or losses depending on timing. Garden club show attendees were asked to return due to electric decorations.
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Cedar Rapids
Garden Club
Montrose Hotel
Meeting Delayed Again by Lewis
New York AP reports John L. Lewis postponed a 200 man policy committee meeting for 24 hours for the second time in two days.
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NEW York
John L. Lewis
Navy Pier hall ruled unsafe and to be condemned
Chicago building commissioner Roy T. Christiansen stated the Navy Pier second floor convention hall is unsafe for its current use and should be condemned.
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Chicago
INS
Roy T. Christiansen
Navy Pier
Two Hospitals Caught White Operations On Both Mercy And St Luke s
Two hospitals had surgeries in progress when power failed on Tuesday. St Luke s reported two operations, an appendectomy and a bowel operation, while Mercy said the surgery was minor. Affected dining service caused lunch delays as dumb waiters failed. staff formed a human chain to move trays to wards.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy
St. Luke’s
Six Times as Many Dentists Needed
Dr. Philip E. Adams of Boston told the ninth midcontinent dental congress in St. Louis that the United States needs six times as many dentists to put everyone's teeth in first class condition. He warned current numbers are insufficient to meet demand.
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ST. Louis
INS
The
American Dentalsociation
United States
Philip E. Adams
Boston
Ninth
Midcontinent Dental Congress
Truman Loses Dollar Over Florida Temperature Bet
President Truman, visiting Key West, wagered with his daughter Margaret that their Boca Chica landing would be at least 80 degrees. The temperature near the naval submarine base measured about 71 degrees, costing the president a dollar.
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Key West
Truman
Margaret
Boca Chica
Bus Panel Repaired After Iowa Power Plant Outage
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company describes the bus panel as the plant’s heart, noting its burnout halted power to steam and electricity units. Diesel power from Marshalltown helped restart furnaces, rebuild steam pressure, and bring a 6,000 kilowatt turbine online at 1:17 p.m. to resume 70,000 kilowatts.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Sutherland C. Dows
Clarence Whisler
Marshalltown
Boy found dead under truck in Wyoming CO poisoning
Blair Mc Gill died of carbon monoxide poisoning after crawling beneath a semi-trailer and inhaling fumes. The boy was found Monday beneath the truck on a tire rack where he had reportedly prepared to ride.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Blair McGill
Gazette Delayed by Long Power Failure
The Gazette faced a major power outage delaying 13 of 24 pages. Lead heats froze, linotype operations paused 55 minutes, and reporters raced to cover hundreds of people and events by foot, car, and phone. Delivery service expanded with more trucks. the department will stay open tonight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Iowa
Montgomery to speak on Western Union at Waldorf
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Great Britain will address the English Speaking Union at its annual dinner in the Waldorf Astoria New York. The El Alamein hero speaks on Western Union in his sole U S public address, with MBS holding exclusive broadcast rights on KCRG at 8 30 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
KCRG
Viscount Montgomery
Great Britain
Montgomery
Waldorf Astoria
New York
MBS
el Alamein
Western European Union
Elevators Trap Civilians During Cedar Rapids Power Outage
Reported power failure hit Cedar Rapids with elevators stuck from Merchants National Bank to Killian's and the Iowa Theater. Two women rescued from a stopped lift at the theater while others were freed after brief entrapments and operators aided passengers.
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Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Killian
Joyce Wisehart
Iowa
Workers Aid Whisler After Bus Panel Fire
First man to reach Clarence Whisler as flames engulfed his clothes was Lloyd Hendrickson, a fellow worker, about 150 feet away. Hendrickson suffered burns on five fingers while tearing Whisler free and other workers rushed to extinguish the blaze.
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Clarence Whisler
Lloyd Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Whisler
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