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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1955

Page

2

Soviets Offer to Return Porkkala Naval Base to Finland

Premier Bulganin announced Moscow will relinquish treaty rights to the Porkkala base, clearing the 50 year lease on the 152 square mile enclave near Helsinki. Khrushchev, Molotov era? Nope. The report notes Bulganin and Khrushchev present as talks with Finland and East Germany proceed in the Kremlin.

Moscow Bulganin Russia Porkkala Finland Gulf of Finland Helsinki Hango Baltic Paasikivi Kekkonen East Germany Kremlin Communist Party Khrushchev Grotewohl Nusehke Ulbricht

Eagle United Buys Mt. Vernon Road Block For Supermarket

Eagle United Inc of Moline buys nearly half a city block on Mt. Vernon road SE in Cedar Rapids to build a supermarket with parking for 120 cars. Four parcels change hands with possession dates Nov 1 or Dec 1. work to start by year end.

Cedar Rapids News Mt. Vernon Road Fourteenth Street Fifteenth Street Eagle United Inc Moline First Avenue Earl H. Kessler Bessie Vorlicky Brown Eli Nemer Mamie Fortner Robinson Kessler Brown

Coast Under Storm Alert From Florida To Carolinas

The weather bureau issued a storm alert for the East Coast from Melbourne Florida to North Carolina as Hurricane Jane, a violent storm with winds over 100 mph, tracked northwest about 500 miles east of Miami. Forecaster Cecil Gentry said Jane slowed to a 10 mile per hour forward pace and was still intensifying.

Miami Weather Bureau Melbourne Fla North Carolina Jane Atlantic Cecil Gentry Ione

Freed Yank Bitterly Denounces Red China After Release

Lawrence R. Buell, 34, of Stockton California, freed after 5½ years in solitary by Red China, called the Peiping regime mad for those praising it. He described mental torture and hunger loss of 30 pounds, rejected a final forced confession, and reunited with wife Sue in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong INS Red China Peiping Lawrence R. Buel Stockton Calif Reds U. S Bud Alfonso Ferroni Carrada Canton Walter Rickett

Ike Invites Sports Stars to Fitness Parley

President Eisenhower invited 139 sports figures and leaders from various fields to a Sept 27-28 conference in Denver to promote youth participation in athletics. VP Nixon will preside. recommendations will be reviewed at a closing dinner. The guest list spans sports, education, news, and government.

Denver Eisenhower America Nixon Arthur S. Adams American Council On Education Lawrence D. Haskew American Association of Colleges For Teacher Education Robert McLean Associated Press The Philadelphia Bulletin Frank Bartholomew United Press Association Philip G. Reed International News Service Palmer Hoyt Denver Post Murray Snyder White House

Arnold Pfiffner Second Candidate For Parks Post

Arnold Pfiffner 1112 Tenth Street NW Cedar Rapids 40 year old transfer company operator became the second candidate to file for Cedar Rapids parks commissioner seat now held by Richard C. Jones Pfiffner has previously run for public office and is joined by Robert L. Tow who filed as the second major candidate and Paul Stockberger the first to file others include Milo J Sedlacek and Louis L Holets both having taken papers but not yet filed completion status for the nomination remains unsettled.

Cedar Rapids Richard C. Jones Arnold Pfiffner Tenth Street NW Jones Pfiffner Public Improvements Guttenberg St. Mary’s High School Pfiffner Transfer Company St. Patrick’s Church Robert L. Tow Paul Stockberger Nineteenth Street Milo J. Sedlacek Louis L. Holets Sixth Avenue

End of Ten-Year Foreign Occupation in Vienna

The last allied military units withdrew from Vienna on Saturday, ending a decade of foreign military occupation and restoring sovereignty to the city.

Vienna

Weather Outlook Fair Warm Windy Through Sunday

Forecast calls for pleasant days with warm conditions and windy spells through Sunday. Tonight’s low around 68 to 70 degrees, with Sunday’s high near 90 to 92 degrees.

Nixon Charts Program for U.S. Farmer

Vice president Nixon assured farmers Eisenhower will keep his word on farm prosperity. A comprehensive account of the farm speech appeared in Sunday Gazette.

Wabash, Ind Ins Nixon Eisenhower

Nixon outlines farm program to ease farmer squeeze

In an address prepared for delivery before the national plowing contest Nixon concedes farmers face a squeeze from falling sell prices while buys rise. He describes a flexible parity system to curb surpluses, expand markets, boost research, and continue soil conservation and rural development to aid marginal farmers.

Nixon U.S

Citizens Tell Scions Rights Being Abused

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee observance of Constitution Day heard citizens from diverse walks urge protection of constitutional liberties. Speakers warned against erosion via vague slogans and criticized both Congress and executive agencies, with senators and petitioners exchanging seating in the historic Supreme Court chamber.

Washington Congressional Congress Senate Judiciary Capitol Supreme Court

Car Rolls Over Injures Highland Woman in Iowa crash

A public health nurse from Highland Illinois, Elizabeth Clifton, 63, remains in critical condition at St Luke's hospital after her car rolled over on Draport curve south of Cedar Rapids. Witnesses say she was speeding and had just passed another vehicle before the wreck.

Lawrence Cedar Rapids Highland, Ill St. Luke’s Hospital Elizabeth Clifton M. F. Jacobs Marion

Mistakes Hand for Squirrel in Muscatine Shooting

In Muscatine Leroy Laeser 27 was accidentally shot on opening day of squirrel season after a companion mistook his suntanned hand for a squirrel. He was reaching around a tree when the other hunter fired hitting him in the side. injuries not believed serious.

Muscatine Leroy Laeser Laeser

Rumor mills swirl over UP Milwaukee Road rail transfer

Rumors that Union Pacific would switch from the North Western tracks across Iowa to Milwaukee road cannot be confirmed or denied by officials. North Western asserts no truth, while Milwaukee and Union Pacific offer no comment. If true, City of Los Angeles and other UP trains may reroute via Marion, with reduced Cedar Rapids service and fewer staff on the North Western line.

Cedar Rapids Union Pacific North Western Iowa Milwaukee Road the Gazette The Frank Koval Chicago Milwaukee J. P.kiley Kiley Omaha C. R. Rockwell North Western Line City of Los Angeles City of Denver City of Portland San Francisco Marion Illinois Ogden Utah Marion Oil Company Koval Clinton iBoone Council Bluffs

Major Bastions of Rebels Fall in Argentine Uprising

AP dispatch from Buenos Aires reports loyalist forces claiming two major rebel strongholds fallen at Rio Santiago and Curuzu Cuatia, with Cordoba under pressure. Rebels deny mass movements toward Puerto Belgrano and Bahia Blanca as clashes and explosions disrupt the capital.

Buenos Aires Peron Rio Santiago Argentina Curuzu-Cuatia Cordoba Puerto Belgrano Montevideo Uruguay Bahia Blance Franklin Lucero Rio de la Plata Uruguayan Puerto Madryn

Uprising in Argentina Poses No Threat to Americans

Ambassador Albert Nufer in Buenos Aires reports uprisings in Argentina caused no damage to American lives or property. The Kaiser interests are building an American automobile plant in Cordoba province, with officials noting concern for the safety of Americans on the project.

Washington Albert Nufer Buenos Aires Argentina Cordoba Kaiser

Hypnotist Offers Moscow Trip to Cure Bulganin Smoking

British stage hypnotist Henry Blythe says he has cured hundreds of smokers and offers to go to Moscow to treat Premier Bulganin for his chain smoking after Bulganin's illness. Blythe telegraphed the offer on Friday from Torquay England.

Torquay England Moscow Bulganin Henry Blythe

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Caney Finns Bulganin On Hano Kabanov Adenauer West Germany United Press Photo James John Dale Seigman Madison FBI Eagle United Marvin Stone Civil Air Transport Company Sue Mengtze China Ike Marvin L. Arrowsmith Bobby Jones Gene Tunney Rogers Hornsby Chicago Park District Ford Frick Clarence “Biggie” Munn Michigan State University Kenneth L. Wilson U.S. Olympic Committee Army Sammy Lee Southern California Lee California Fort Carson Colo Jack Foster Denver Rocky Mountain News J. Edgar Hoover Secetary of Welfare Folsom Leonard Keele Lewis B. Hershey Selective Service Samuel Brownell U.s.education Parks Post Today's Index Crossword Daily Record U.S. Farmer John D. Randall House of Delegates American Bar Association Randall Ilinois Rumor Sam Summerlin Eva Peron Navy Loyal No. 8
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