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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1948
Page
3
Chief Rising Cloud an Indian child psychologist launches a theory that Manhattan was mispriced at $24 when Minuit bought it in 1626 and seeks to reclaim a Midtown block for a 10 story Red Man Memorial Museum. The piece riffs on historic land deals, politics, and modern tax burdens as it weighs the legal hurdles and potential outcomes.
Tokyo AP reports a dozen Japanese goldfish will be flown to the United States in sealed glass balls to prevent seasickness. The fish are enclosed in globes for ocean voyages.
Ernest Rolfe parked on a hill in High Wycombe and walked behind his car. The vehicle rolled backward, pinning him under the wheels and breaking several ribs.
Cedar Rapids city council formally approved buying a 750 gallon pumping engine for 13926.50 from Mack Fire Engine Company of Long Island NY. The council also accepted Leonard R Wilsons resignation from the City Plan Commission. Wilson, now in Amherst MA, had been with Coe College and later UMass staff, leaving Cedar Rapids in 1946. Other actions include final plat approval for land north east Cedar Rapids, portions of land bounded by Center Point road Ozark street Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets, and six numbered lots plus three larger ones. The Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co received permission to lay 246 feet of steel main in northeast Cedar Rapids, running west from a current main at Thirty-eighth street and E avenue NE, then north for 170 feet along EB avenue east parking. The Highway Equipment Company was denied to bury a 2000 gallon fuel oil tank behind its plant at 616 0 avenue NW. denial due to sewer maintenance concerns, later changed to placement on its own property. City approved a 2000 gallon tank on company property is unnecessary. A class B beer permit was issued to R K Perkins and George A Skalsky for use at 301 First street SW.
On September 13 1948 Bessie Svec was duly appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of John Sveg late of Linn County Iowa deceased All persons indebted to said estate are asked to pay immediately Those having claims should present them duly authenticated to the Clerk of Linn County District Court Chas Penningroth Attorney Bessie Svec Executrix
The U S Atomic Energy Commission announced that limited quantities of hydrogen-3 and helium-3 have been added to isotopes distributed to U S scientists. Tritium is a radioactive gas used as a tracer in medical and chemical research, while helium-3 is a rare stable isotope.
The commission notes ordinary helium like nature may reveal clues to the helium nucleus while Argonne National Laboratory director Dr. Walter Zinn says the production and release of two new isotopes marks a milestone in applying atomic energy to peacetime uses. He adds these isotopes are important and will aid research in medicine biology chemistry physics and various industrial studies.
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