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Newspaper
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1955
Page
1
Publication boilerplate with misread OCR. Details include publication city Council Bluffs Iowa, publisher since 1857, biweekly and weekly pricing, and Associated Press membership. Notes outdated typography and garbled words from the issue.
The article argues France cannot be relied on as an ally despite a narrow General Assembly vote approving German rearmament. It notes political instability, Communist influence in government and unions, and a fear of Russia versus Germany. It contends France may collapse under future crisis and warns Berlin could gain Western leverage.
In four years Council Bluffs built 7,134 new homes, with 1954 peaking at 403 homes valued at 4,128,279 dollars. The boom began in 1931 and continued with rising construction totals and a steady rise in gas costs after Northern Natural Gas filed its fifth rate increase since 1950.
Council Bluffs Gas Company plans to raise gas rates by 1 dollar per hundred cubic feet after September. It has resisted Federal Power Commission rulings and court challenges, aims to keep domestic rates unchanged for now, and expects refunds if the higher charges are disallowed. Local officials urged citizens to back the company's fight to block the increase.
City Manager MicConnell backs limiting outside calls to fires endangering city property or lives. Council Bluffs now contracts with 372 country property owners for paid rural runs, seven this year and five past years. Fire chief discretion has left city properties less protected. forming a suburban district with outside towns could supply needed equipment and shared funding.
Pottawattamie County schools received 241428 in general state aid for 1953 54. Council Bluffs Independent School District got 21134668 of the total with state aid statewide at 12 million, about 80 of requests met. Districts submitted further claims for supplemental aid. Legislature limited funding to 3 million for supplement aid.
The Business Mirror surveys looming tensions across labor, rail, auto, and aviation sectors as proxies and wage demands press firms and unions into the new year. It notes potential proxy fights by stockholders, rail consolidation hopes among Young, McGinnis, and White, and a booming aviation market with new models. It also flags highway spending battles in Congress, farm price support program woes, and the risk of record farm surpluses and losses.
Fragmentary text mentions the Fed and fiscal year framing, with garbled phrases about trends and reactions. No clear persons, dates, or organizations beyond Fed appear. The readable seed hints at a monetary policy note, but specifics are missing.
30 Years Ago Thursday Jan 1 1925 Din. was featured as most of the nation welcomed the New Year. Economic forecasters predicted a better business year for 1824. Council briefs note area registrations closed today. One car per 622 persons in the U S. Harry Stewart named secretary of Retail Merchants Assn succeeding Aten Fiupp who moves to Omaha. Lt Gov Cem F Kimbail leaves for Des Moines. Sophronia F Nelson wife of Uncle Henry DeLons died this morning a pioneer resident arriving about 1850 from Canada.
The Census Bureau estimated the U S population would start the new year at 163 900 000, counting armed forces abroad. The figure shows a rise of about 2 704 000 since 194,0 and over 12.4 million since the April 1950 census.
Horst Fanger's novel follows Martin Dahlmann who hunts down war criminal Erich Kuehnel in the Soviet zone with Victor Braunmacht and Schubert. The narrative blends vengeance, memory, and a clever plot twist as the trio confronts the killer amid Reds. The author draws on naval intelligence and POW camp experiences to frame a stark postwar moral circle.
A current catalog of best selling books across fiction and nonfiction. Notable titles include Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone Katherine by Anya Seton The View from Pompeys Head by Hamilton Basse Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale The Tumult and the Shouting by Graniland Rice Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sand The Saturday Evening Postury by Roger P. Butterfield Cry Tomorrow by Lilian.
Atherton surveys Indiana and neighboring states to reveal small town life and cultural forces. He notes churches, temperance, Grange, and social orders shaping daily routines while contrasting hopeful progress with persistent provincial limits.
Crocker portrays Denis Diderot as more than a philosopher and encyclopedist. The study navigates his Paris years, romantic life, and editing of the Encyclopedie, highlighting clashes with Rousseau and authorities while tracing his impact on Enlightenment thought.
A Caribbean island reels after hurricanes as tourism lags. Jacques de Robst, a lone survivor, vanishes amid shifting powers. Paris photographers and Brash leaders scramble for leverage while Saint Roser stabilizes under a tense, evolving claim to praise and status.
Seiman Waksman's My Life with the Mieres wins the fifth annual Tamiment Institute book award for the most significant American biography of 1934. Elmer Davis receives a special award for But We Were Born Free. Each award includes a citation. Drug analysis notes 80 percent of prescriptions from 20 years ago would not have been filled due to unavailable drugs.
Public library use in 1954 in Council Bluffs rose to 181,523 total circulations with main library loans reaching 159,202 and school circulation 32,327. Over 18,000 patrons held library cards, a 1,200 gain, and the Mark Twain Room set a single day borrowing record with 662 items. The year earned the John Cotton Dana Publicity Award. 9,787 children heard stories. reference librarians answered about 10,80 questions, while do it yourself projects surged.
Retired Adm. Deit Ramsey of the Aircraft Industries Association predicts the coming year will bring appreciable improvements in the combat ability of the union’s air arms, with the United States Air Force expected to be more than 95 percent modern by year’s end. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran offers support and trust, hoping that honest dialogue and friendship will prevail with Eisenhower.
A catalog of new library acquisitions across varied subjects and authors. Notable entries include Christian ethics works by Dietrich von Hildebrand and John Phillips, historical analyses by Horton Davies, and travel and adventure titles by Raymond Maufrais and Roy Chapman Andrews, among others.
New York columnist Hal Boyle notes the 1955 push to advance, praising Vincent Sullivan's book To Sell Your War Into the Big Money as a sharp business guide. The piece blends Horatio Alger grit with modern sales hustle, outlining Sullivan’s controversial tips on an ideal wife and social strategy.
Biography by Harry Barnard traces Rutherford B. Hayes from his Connecticut Valley roots to Ohio politics and the 1877 Hayes win, noting family ties, Byronic affection for sister Fanny, marriage to Lucy Webb, Civil War rise, and the Hayes Tilden disputed presidency amid Grant scandals and Republican splits.
The Burlington Failroad Co authorized to discontinue passenger trains 2 and 31 on Sundays between Creston and St. Joseph Missouri effective February 33. Weekday runs continue. Commissioner John M. Ropes said the delay allows contract for star routes to carry the Sunday mail. A Creson hearing was held.
The Coast Guard directed its forces to board all LST ships entering port and revoke certificates allowing their use in ocean and coastal traffic. The rule follows the loss of the Southern Diswis, a 3337 ton converted LST with a 27 man crew that sailed December 2 from Port Sulphur Louisiana with sulphur for Buckport Maine.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Illinois Central Railroad Co. to retire all noncumulative convertible preferred stock via a debenture issue. It may sell 38 million dollars of 2 year 3.75 percent sinking fund debentures to redeem the 6 percent series A preferred on March 1, 1956, at 37.50 per share plus 0.50 interest for the first two months of the year.
The Boone County sheriff's office reported that two hardware stores in Madrid were broken into during the night. Thieves took a 22 caliber rifle and 3,000 to 4,000 rounds of ammunition, plus five boxes of other ammunition from the Madrid Hardware Store. Lucas Hardware Co. reported nothing missing.
An old tanker smashed into a bridge blocking the Suez Canal. Seventy ships were jammed at both ends of the waterway. Suez Canal Co engineers warned it could take days to resume navigation.
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