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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1955
Page
6
A four part Associated Press series outlines advances in heart disease treatment and recovery. It notes improved survival after heart attacks, new drugs for high blood pressure, heart surgery, and heart-lung machines enabling longer rest and repair for patients, including optimistic outlooks from specialists.
Washington AP Scotty McLeod state department security chief told a Senate subcommittee the administration aims to prevent subversion rather than catch Communists. He called Eisenhower’s program the best ever but admitted refinement is possible and declined to discuss specific investigations.
Cedar Rapids adjustment board approved three requests to deviate from city zoning rules for construction. Kenneth Horschel can build a house with an attached garage at 2324 Lauren Drive SW with side yards totaling 12 feet. Borschellas may place a garage one foot from the east lot line at 1093 Thirty-first Street NE. Dietz Nowland may have a carport six feet from the lot line at 1245 Center Street NE.
Major discount chains raised prices on private-label coffees Tuesday. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company boosted Red Circle to 87 cents per pound, Bokar to 89, and A. and FP vacuum packed to 95, while 8 O’clock stayed at 79. Safeway lifted Nob Hill roasts to 7 cents per pound, Airway remaining 72. Wholesale roasters had earlier boosted by four cents to cover green coffee costs.
A high flying Air Force test ended with an F-84 Sabrejet shot down during a towing exercise near Nellis Air Force Base. Lt. Col. Walter E. Williams Jr. fired a .50 caliber burst that ricocheted off the target’s nylon streamer, striking the Sabrejet in the nose and forcing a force landing.
Notre Dame art director said a painting bought for 450 in New York was identified as a million dollar Da Vinci work by Europe’s four top experts. The Madonna and Child piece, found by Chicago dealer Hanns Teichert, shows restoration but is deemed an original Da Vinci. Goldblatt showed the work in Europe, where scholars agreed.
Washington AP reports conflicting details emerged about the span between President Eisenhower’s heart attack and hospital admission. Questions focus on timing of cardiograph, transport to hospital, and whether he walked from his home to an ambulance amid conflicting medical and political explanations. Authorities note earlier reports described a digestive upset, later called a mild coronary thrombosis, with some sources hinting at possible political framing of the information.
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