23 Sep 1958
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1958
Page
1
Asian and Soviet bloc countries urged urgent U.N. action to seat Red China while the United States sought to delay the decision. The General Assembly planned a late Tuesday vote on a U.S. proposal to postpone the issue for another year.
Paris police uncovered a crude 15 pound dynamite time bomb in the public toilet on the Eiffel Tower’s top platform. The device included an alarm clock and battery set for 7 o clock. the clock stopped and it is unclear when it would have exploded.
A freighter named Tsukumi Maru overturned and sank Tuesday in Japan's Inland Sea. Twelve crew members are reported missing.
Cedar Rapids City Assessor Wendl W Kulish says an informal spring census counted 86 154 residents in the city. Including 600 Coe College students and about 250 Mt Mercy Academy out‑of‑town students would bring the total to about 87 004, with other nonresident occupants excluded. The Iowa Development Commission later estimated 86 181, based on state vital statistics and health data.
DETROIT AP Two weeks after the Cole family moved from a Metamora farm to Highland Park Buddy Leon Cole a 15 year old who preferred country life died Monday from a self inflicted bullet wound in the stomach at Highland Park General Hospital Police Chief Dewey Schultz said Buddy whispered this is the only way I couldn't be on any longer to him before he died The family moved for a city residency requirement linked to the father Bulger Cole keeping his city job
A partisan dispute over equal air time emerges as Butler arranges Adams remarks to be aired today on CBS NBC and Mutual networks from 4 35 to 4 45 pm Town time. ABC weighs the matter as Sherman announces Adams resignation while networks decide on telecast.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is recovering rapidly after being stabbed and doctors allowed him to take a short walk with assistance on Tuesday, a New York AP report states.
Renowned author Mary Roberts Rinehart died in her sleep at age 82 in her apartment Monday night. Her debut The Circular Staircase published in 1908 became a best seller and remains in print. Her wealth included a play adaptation and collaborations, generating millions as her works expanded worldwide.
Philadelphia Health Commissioner James P. Dix reports early fluoridation results show cavities cut by half and tooth extractions down 43 percent after four years. He calls the progress truly amazing while noting full benefits take years to appear.
Naples AP reports former King Farouk of Egypt has a new American sports car but lacks room in the driver seat of the Ford Thunderbird. Ansa cites space issues as the likely reason he is not driving it.
President Eisenhower aide Sherman Adams resigns amid a heated debate over favors received from Bernard Goldfine. Republicans rally to frame the move as a clearing of smears, while Democrats press corruption charges and question the timing and impact on the party. Adams remains at his post while the resignation process unfolds.
Sherman Adams, assistant to the President, defends his innocence amid a House hearing probe and widespread gossip. He explains why he did not resign, citing duty to public service and respect for the President, and notes ongoing efforts to discredit him.
Elizabeth Klaus Kirk 75 died Monday night from injuries after a Sunday collision that killed her husband Carlton Kirk 76. The Johnson County crash on a county road south of Iowa City involved Roland Eugene Rife 21 Lone Tree, who drove another car. two passengers were injured lightly. Joint services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Oathout funeral home.
General Fuad Chehab took the oath as Lebanon’s third president and pledged to remove foreign troops from the country. He promised to collect civilian arms and ease sectarian tensions while seeking unity between Muslim and Christian communities.
Capt Leonard Sims heads the highway patrols 23 county area D. He says the legislature may be asked to set a mile speed limit for day and night on secondary roads. He cites Johnson Linn and Benton counties as worst for fatalities noting Johnsons advanced secondary road system and drivers neglect caution. He calls for more patrolmen to monitor secondary roads. Sheriff Pat Murphy proposes painting white division lines on county blacktop roads.
New York stocks advanced to fresh highs with American Telephone and Telegraph rising strongly. AT&T touched 192.62 for a gain of 3.87 and the AP average climbed to 192.90 as the market boosted by strong trading volumes and an overall $1.286 billion rise in listed stocks.
Wendell Simonson and two U.S. Engineers officials tour the Coralville reservoir area to map suitable duck blind sites. A map will be prepared with blinds numbered and hunting spots assigned by draw at a later announced time.
Sources say Gov. Folsom will commute the death sentence of Jimmy Wilson to life imprisonment within days. Wilson, a Black man, was convicted for a $1.95 robbery in Montgomery Alabama.
A playful line proclaims that admission of error proves wrongness, while certainty in error proves correctness, ending with a cheeky paradox about being right when admitting fault. The quip showcases a mischievous voice and a knack for paradox.
Houston AP reports shrimp boat captain M. C. Martin of Port Isabel Texas indicted by a federal grand jury for uttering obscene indecent and profane language by radio in the Gulf of Mexico. FCC monitored transmissions from the shrimper Valley Dawn and complaints came from as far away as Mexico.
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