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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1959

Page

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IKE FIRES BLAST AT CONGRESS CALLS NEW IDEAS IN SCIENCE

A Senate Foreign Relations Committee study from Stanford urged new world organizations and cheap birth control to meet global science advances. It warned population growth could spark war and noted potential gains from safe, inexpensive oral contraception, with limits in Catholic nations. The report cited Russia's moon rocket as a nonmilitary global influence.

Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee Stanford Research Institute of Stanford Fulbright China Japan

Sunday’s Index and Section IV Fragment

A fragmented OCR item from a Sunday edition shows partial mentions of Index Section I and Section IV. The legible text lacks clear events, names, dates, or locations to identify a complete news item.

Two Boys Die in Single Vehicle Crash Near Muscatine

In Muscatine County a truck tractor carrying Marvin McCoy and his two sons Dennis seven and Jimmy nine left a slick county road 12 miles northeast of Muscatine and overturned in a ditch. All three were trapped. Dennis and Jimmy were killed. McCoy survived in fair condition after the crash following a hunting outing.

Muscatine Musicatine Here Dennis Jimmy Marvin McCoy McCoy

Desi Arnaz Calls Arrest a Bum Pinch in Hollywood

Hollywood police nabbed TV actor producer Desi Arnaz on a drunk charge early Saturday. The 42 year old Cuban born entertainer was held by plain clothes officers after they observed him staggering on a Hollywood street and released an hour and a half later after posting $21 bail. Arnaz, husband of Lucille Ball, disputed being drunk and was described as talking erratically and unsteady.

Hollywood Desi Arnaz Arnaz Lucille Ball R. A. Jackson

Russia Gives U S Big Play in Papers on TV

Soviet media showered praise on the United States as Premier Khrushchev’s thaw drew attention to a U S military delegation’s arrival in Tehran. The dispatch contrasted past hostile tones with a rare display of friendliness in press and broadcasts.

Russia U.S Khrushchev Tehran Bor

Budget notes and Moscow radio reports highlight 1959 civic funds

The article lists budgets and fundraising gaps totaling 8 420 88 to cover 1959 expenses including camp health and charity drives for Cedar Rapids Elks and local groups. It also describes Moscow radio broadcasting American music and literature, group reads, and a TV sports film about a Soviet American meet, noting coverage of Orlov on Russian American cooperation.

Moscow Sandy Longfellow O. Henry Mark Twain Walt Disney Leningrad van Cliburn Eer Philadelphia Lass Igor Orlov Eisen Orlov American Republic John Quincy Adams U.S

Eight-year-old injured in bicycle car collision

An 8-year-old Cedar Rapids boy Ralph Price in fair condition at St. Luke's after his bicycle was hit by a car at Third Street and Havenne NW. Driver Don Macek of 110 Outlook SW was involved. Earlier, four people injured at First Avenue and Fifth Street SE in a three-vehicle crash. Ruth Conrad and her son Billy treated at Mercy Hospital, Eva Huss of Belle Plaine also injured. Huss charged with disobeying a traffic signal.

Cedar Rapids St. Luke's Hospital Third Street H Avenne NW Ralph Price Louis Price Fifth St. NE Donald C. Macek Outlooker First Avenue Fifth Street Mercy Hospital Ruth Conrad Fifth Ave Billy Eva Huss Belle Plaine Conrad Huss Kathryn Barta Seventh Ave

Six Die in Two Car Crash Near Wytheville

A two car collision near Wytheville Virginia left six people dead and another seriously injured. Police reported bodies scattered along the roadway and ditches with immediate victim identification not possible.

Wytheville, Va Virginia

Khrushchev Enjoys Luncheon Audience Ghim with Jokes

Khrushchev entertains a Hollywood luncheon crowd by joking and urging American readers to take his mission seriously. He praises past U S aid, notes Soviet moon achievement, and predicts the Soviet Union will overtake capitalism, then contrasts workers from industry with presidents of firms.

Los Angeles Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Union Nikita S. Khrushchev United States Khrushchev Skouras

Labor Chiefs To Bear Down On Red Guest

In San Francisco a dinner with Soviet Premier Khrushchev faces a planned tough Q and A session led by union leaders James Carey Walter Reuther and other head labor chiefs. One guest, Joseph Bierne, pulled out citing a possible filibuster speech by Khrushchev.

Khrushchev James B. Carey International Union of Electrical Workers Joseph A Bierne Mikail Menshikov Bierne Carey Walter Reuther Auto Workers Union Menshikov

Eisenhower charges Congress with inflated spending

President Eisenhower assails Democratic controlled Congress over spending and other issues. He says budget actions increased federal outlays, vows to oppose extravagant proposals in the next session, and calls for continued public backing in 1960 while noting mixed gains and failures under the current Congress.

Gettysburg Eisenhower Congress

Fail to Head Off Strike at Wilson & Co

Negotiators failed to avert a threatened strike by 5700 Wilson & Co employes at midnight Saturday and could not settle a 15 day old strike at 34 Swift & Co plants. unions in seven cities including Cedar Rapids may strike Wilson plants. authorization may have no practical effect until Monday.

Wilson & Co Chicago Swift & Co United Packinghouse Workers of America Wilson Cedar Rapids

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