Nationalists Desist from Bombardments
The United States persuaded the Chinese Nationalists to cease daily bombardments of Red targets in Amoy to prevent a potential clash with Seventh Fleet air power. The Reds shelled Quemoy, and the Nationalists hit back at Red ships and installations as tensions rose over possible invasion plans. The situation remains uncertain as to whether restraint will endure once larger Red forces are built up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amoy
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Quemoy
America
City Hall Notes Cedar Rapids Act on Week Proclamations and Bids
Mayor Milo Sedlacek proclaims National Business Women's Week Oct 10 16 in Cedar Rapids and urges business leaders to observe. Safety Commissioner Prochaska to attend National Safety Congress in Chicago Oct 18 22 at city expense. 1953 city audit filed showing finances in order. A $69 895 contract to Max Mildenstein for riverbank garage construction approved for Oct 14 final vote. Sewage pumps plan near Iowa National Mfg near Sixth St SW referred to City Engineer for study. City officials to attend Iowa League of Municipalities meeting in Des Moines. RK Rinderknecht Co seeks driveway entry for Me Too store at Memorial Dr and Mt Vernon Rd SE. referred for study. Center Street rocking resolution introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
E. A. Prochaska
National Safety Congress
Chicago
Max Mildenstein
Mildenstein
Howard R. Green Company
Iowa National Manufacturing Company
Sixth Street
Frank Young
Sedlacek
C. W. Garberson
Iowa League of Municipalities
Des Moines
RK. W. Rinderknecht Company
Memorial Drive
Mt. Vernon Road
Mayo Clinic in Rochester Impresses World Medics and Locals
A Cedar Rapids Gazette report from 1954 portrays Rochester's Mayo Clinic as a global medical magnet with a high level of foreign fellows and a sprawling, efficient campus. It notes a limited fellowship capacity, the diverse international staff, and the city’s unique subway system and Diagnostic Center. It also mentions U.S. corn production in 1952 at 3,300,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Rochester
U. S
City Council Approves Traffic and Curb Cut Changes
The council added the approval of Police Chief William Kudina and Traffic Capt. L W Remington to a prior endorsement for a bus garage entrance curb cut by the independent school district on First Avenue at Fourth and Fifth Streets SW. A change in curb cut location requested by sanitary dairy dairies near Second Street by F Avenue NW was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kudina
L. W. Remington
Independent School District
First Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Second Street
F. Avenue NW
Guests Keep Inez' Hostess Busy All Year
Rochester resident Inez Robb profiles a Rochester hostess who has run a private International House for 25 years. In 1953, only two weeks passed without guests, as international medical visitors studied at Mayo Clinic. The hostess and her physician husband, a Mayo governor and surgeon, hosted prominent surgeons and doctors from overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Association
Mayo Clinic
Notice of Appointment of Executrix Linn County 1954
Grace L Anders is appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Harry Reinbold Anders, late of Linn County Iowa, deceased. All debts must be paid and all claims filed with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Attorney notice by See ennnee Keyes and Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
Harry Reinbold Anders
Iowa
GRACE_L.ANDERS
Executrix
Ennnee
Keyes and Crawford
Attoreys
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John M. Roberts
Associated Press News
Old Marion Road
Prairie Drive
Gus Liebke
Parcrest Streets Committee
E Avenue
Forty-second
Fortyfourth
Woodfield Lane
Nilsen Road
Abbas Habbab, Jr
Outlook Drive
J Street
M. W. Rosen
Longwood Drive
Cole McMartin
W. W. Stolba
Stolba
Gjellefald Associates, Inc
Forest City
Cedar River
Wilson Florist Company
Third Street SE
Gjellefald Associates
Vernon Village
Thirty-eighth Street
City Hall
McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Company
Mayo
New Zealand
Great Britain
Iran
Germany
India
South America
Scandinavian Countries
Australia
South Africa
Shanks
Man
Ivan Mestrovic
Doc
Hardendorf
Inez Robb
Nez Robb
Dial
Ana Sa
Sherbrooke
Hat
Dorothy Hubbs
Loronyl
Orlon & Nylon
Princeton
DuPont
Craemer's
Dacron
Tres Secrete
Shirley Lee
Betty Barclay
Jonathan
Logan
Junior First
Teena Page
Rowth
Corday
Toujours Moi
Fame
Zigane
Jet
Steneee
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