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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1955
Page
3
Midwest officials puzzled as three mystery balloons appeared and vanished Sunday. One balloon rose near the Chicago Loop to about 100000 feet then drifted over Lake Michigan and disappeared. Officials noted it was friendly but offered no why. Other balloons were sighted.
Reports spread of a fourth balloon shot down near Fowler Indiana by an air force plane using an electrical impulse gun. Officials debated origins while Winzen Research denied ownership of the Fowler craft and weather services denied knowledge as sightings continued near Columbus Ohio.
The 1958 convention of the Iowa Reserve Officers Association will be held at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids on April 28. Cedar Rapids won the bid at a ROA executive council meeting held in the Montrose. Attendees included Lt. Col. Don E. Smith and Lt. Col. H. R. Redus, plus Major John T. Wurster, with Des Moines’ Mrs. Allen E. Towne and Cedar Rapids’ Mrs. H. R. Redus among the delegates.
President Eisenhower urged extending high school and college time beyond four years to better prepare students for modern life. He spoke during a tour of the new aur force academy at Lowry and suggested five years for cadets to gain more thorough college training. He recalled engineering drawing as challenging and noted the academy’s chapel replacement.
Cedar Rapids Montgomery Ward celebrates its long history since 1872 with the opening of its first store in 1928 in Cedar Rapids. The article recounts Ward’s shift from rural general stores to mail order, the partnership with George R. Thorne, and the creation of the first one page catalog. Store officials note ongoing anniversary sales, new merchandise, and special ads to honor the milestone.
A dock strike paralyzed New York harbor as 43,000 Westinghouse Electric workers walked out at 23 plants nationwide. Union trainmen slowed Long Island Rail Road causing jammed stations and up to 90 minute delays amid broader city labor unrest.
The Longshoremen's Association withdrew a back to work order after a six day New York harbor dispute with the waterfront commission. Westinghouse workers walk out at East Pittsburgh amid a five week strike, while Carriers see broader plant effects. A U A W and International Harvester dispute enters its 21st day as mediators meet.
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