27 Sep 1954
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1954
Page
1
AP reports a massive typhoon struck northern Japan causing about 1500 deaths, including 1252 aboard the Toya Maru ferry that capsized in Hakodate harbor. Rescue efforts ended with hundreds missing and widespread destruction across Hokkaido.
Tokyo reports government-initiated inquiry into typhoon warnings possibly criminally ignored after the Toya Maru disaster. Investigators point to captain Hiroichi Kondo and weather services for belittling or failing to heed warnings. Weather officials defend warnings and note the typhoon’s rapid intensification near Hokkaido.
American Pfc. Frank Goodken 21 of Dubuque Iowa survived the Toya Maru disaster after a suspected exit through a porthole. He was rescued at Hakodate with a slashed arm and injured finger and remained in good condition. Another survivor Shirokichi Yamazaki recounted chaos in the dining room as passengers surged for exits in darkness.
Three meat packing unions announced a new contract with Swift & Company providing a general wage increase of 5 cents an hour. The agreement covers about 38 000 Swift employees and is retroactive to Sept 1920, expiring Sept 1 1956. The unions note minimum rates of 1.55 for men and 1.51 for women, with benefits including four weeks paid vacation after 25 years, improved hospitalization, more holiday and Sunday pay, and other concessions. The deal may set industry patterns across Armour Cudahy and Wilson as they negotiate with other employers.
The United States and Canada will build a distant early warning dew line across the northernmost North American frontier to detect enemy bombers. The defense department announced the plan and said the line will extend on both seaward flanks by airborne and sea-borne radar.
Iowa Highway Commission ordered four-way stops at the no. 30 218 junction south of Cedar Rapids and the 30 261 junction south of Mt. Vernon. Chief Engineer John Butters said signs would go up Monday afternoon and patrol notified. Public demand and safety records prompted the action amid prior crashes.
A Cedar Rapids couple, Earl A. Garber and Ada May Garber, 62 and 59, were found shot to death in their Huntington Park apartment. Police deem it homicide and suicide. They had moved to California after Mr. Garber’s Rock Island Railroad retirement. Their son Eugene reported the husband ill and mentally troubled. A daughter, Lt Ruth, serves at Shaw AFB. Another son Richard died in a German army hospital in June 1945.
Police say Lynn Ann Smith a 14 year old babysitter and four year old Stephen Goldberg were stabbed at least 62 times and beaten with a hammer in Springfield. A neighbor saw a tall man in a felt hat near the home before the killings and police believe the teen knew the assailant.
On the eve of the first anniversary of the Greenlease kidnapping the missing half of the $600000 ransom remains unaccounted for. Police link the funds to Carl Hall Bonnie Heady and the captors with bills possibly spread nationwide.
More than 700 firefighters aided by calmer winds slowed a San Bernardino National Forest blaze to a walk, three-quarters of a mile from Cedar Pines Resort. About 500 weekend visitors evacuated, with 71 parents and children evacuated from a crippled children’s camp in Devil's Canyon.
Pvt. Charles A. Walsh 19, on emergency leave from Fort Ord, was beaten and robbed by two men in San Bruno en route to Boston to see his dying mother. He was forced to perform a drill and had his nose fractured before the assailants stole money, leave papers, and his airline ticket.
Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee urged expanding the South East Asia Treaty Organization to include Red China. He also called for admitting Communist China to the United Nations and retiring Chiang Kai-shek, while advocating co existence with Russia and Red China.
Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell charged Vice President Nixon with telling an outright lie when he said thousands of Communists were fired from the government. Mitchell cited Civil Service Commission figures showing 2 468 separations or resignations with only 429 involving any subversive information.
Samuel Bobjack, a Ukrainian-born poultry farmer near Phoenixville, was critically burned when a stranger poured gasoline on him and his clothes ignited from a lit cigarette. He said he knows who did it but fears telling.
UN Commander Gen. John E. Hull arrived in Korea for a showdown meeting with President Syngman Rhee over American economic and military aid. He said he would discuss completing details from Washington and warned the U.S. may withhold funds if the ROK government does not cooperate.
A special senate committee unanimously recommended censuring Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on two grounds contempt of the senate and abusing an army general. The six man Watkins panel concluded after nine days of hearings that two charges stood. The full senate will reconvene November 8 to decide on censure or non-censure.
The White House would not comment on a special committee action seeking censure of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Acting White House News Secretary Murray Snyder said the issue is senate business and there will be no comment.
A 68 page report finds McCarthy censurable for contempt toward the 1951 52 elections subcommittee and for abusing Brig. Gen. Ralph W Zwicker while not endorsing three other charges. The panel says he acted improperly inviting federal employees to supply secret information and using such data. It notes his remarks about Sen Ralph Flanders were highly improper. The senate last censured a member in 1929 Sen Hiram W Bingham.
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