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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1952
Page
10
A survey of Far East Command records from July 1951 to June 1952 found seven cases of personal safety related wounding. Experts note detection is hard and a deliberate act carries up to seven years hard labor and discharge. rotation in Korea may deter such acts.
U S Marines of the Seventh Regiment fought six hours against Chinese artillery to recapture a western Korea hill near Korangpo. Reds held top. hill captured Friday. Navy air strike followed with 263 planes from Princeton Kearsage and Essex on Haeyang supply dump.
Republican senators accuse Truman of shifting blame for Berlin and Korea to Dwight Eisenhower in an alibi speech. They say the Korea withdrawal was a Truman state department decision, not military, and note Eisenhower opposed policies that created the Berlin and Korea crises.
Theodore M. Kasner Jr. nineteen twenty nine of 912 Eighth Street SE a Coe College student was hospitalized after an early Sunday crash on highway 151 south of Dubuque. His car left the curve and he was thrown from the vehicle and initially in serious condition. He awakened Sunday noon and showed signs of improvement by Monday morning.
Puerto Rico accounted for 138 of 301 American battle casualties in Korea identified by the defense department Monday. The list reported totals of 25 killed, 210 wounded, 46 missing and 20 injured.
Joyce Beckner 17 falls from a $20,000 show horse Silver Lady at a cattle congress event after a prior horse riding accident. She suffered a concussion cuts and bruises while Jimmy Luther 17 was unhurt. The resolve not to ride again is renewed with greater fervor.
Steel magazine reports U S weekly steel output at 2 150 000 net tons or 103 5 percent of capacity the highest on record. Indications point to record totals as new units start up while demand grows. however shortages idle 150 Erie locomotive works employees and other plants face slow schedules due to steel shortfalls.
Fairfield Iowa students at Parsons College will hear Iowa Governor Beardsley and Democratic candidate Loveless speak in two chapel programs as part of a campus campaign event. A campus-wide straw vote on October 23 will gauge preferences for state and presidential elections organized by the Mid-America Foundation with Young Republican and Democrat clubs supporting the program.
Mr and Mrs Lester Wickham of 2701 C Street SW were hospitalized at Charles City after a 530 PM crash south of Nashua. Mr Wickham, with a fractured skull, was initially critical but improved. Mrs Wickham had severe scalp cuts. They were returning to Cedar Rapids from Greene after visiting relatives.
A thief broke a window with a screwdriver at Hands Jewelry in Iowa City and stole two antique cameo rings and a diamond ring along with about twelve watches. Police found the window damaged at about 1 am Sunday night, with the crime discovered by a passerby.
Washington and Hollywood engineers from NBC walked off in sympathy over consolidation plans, delaying Meet the Press and Colgate Comedy Hour. The Washington outage lasted four hours and 15 minutes, with Hollywood signaling a later broadcast for Western viewers. Supervisors kept core NBC fare on air as talks resume.
Paul Hake 42 of Wapello, once given life for the 1934 murder of Martin Wolz, was freed by the Iowa parole board after Gov Beardsley commuted his term to 90 years. Hake, Thompson, and Tallant had faced a shotgun robbery that led to the killing. Thompson’s death sentence had been reduced to life in 1937.
Des Moines reports Iowa court decisions may soon decide if women may leave work to join husbands in the military and collect state unemployment checks. Shirley Weinreich of Cudahy Sioux City and Eunice Ruggles of Fairfield Glove left jobs to be with service members and have pending claims. The Iowa State Security Commission ruled 2-3 in favor, but appeal courts denied the money to the two women.
The Iowa Associated Press Telegraph Editors Association finished its fall meeting in Cherokee with the Cherokee Times publishing team in charge of arrangements. President Russ Schoch was absent. Phil Deeling presided. A critical study of AP news operations dominated the session. Sen. Guy M. Gillette spoke on U S foreign policy at a Saturday dinner.
MT VERNON Anna Stasia Kleineck 88 widow of Chris Kleineck and longtime resident of Mt Vernon died Sunday Born July 26 1864 in Czechoslovakia she came to America at six Her husband died Jan 1 1843 Survivors include five daughters Leonhard Kleineck and 12 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren Services at St Johns Church Lisbon Tuesday at 10 am Burial at St Peter and Pauls near Solon Rosary Monday evening Brush Burial Home Solon.
Classified page shows rates for Gazette advertisements and a dense listing of services and notices. It includes Lost and Found items, personal ads, investigations and detective services, tailoring and fur work, nursing home care, trailer rentals, jewelry and watch repair, wedding goods, and numerous home improvement and rental listings. Names and addresses appear alongside services and prices in a bustling midsize city classified section.
The Corsair and new twin jet Cutlass fighters are built at Chance Vought. With steady work and growing developments, Chance Vought invites applicants for personal interviews with Mr. Tyles Long on October 7 at the Montrose Hotel. For details or application forms, write to Employment Office Chance Vought Aircraft Dallas Texas P O Box 5907.
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