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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1978
Page
5
Cedar Rapids Public Library has shelved the first 200 handicraft books with a total to exceed 800 when complete. Elizabeth Schoenfelder says the collection covers woodcarving leatherwork ceramics tatting and weaving and includes Navajo techniques and inkle weaving. A $6 000 Iowa Library Commission grant funded the specialized addition.
The Iowa Division of the American Cancer Society seeks eight Nurses of Hope to represent ACS at community events. Open to nurses and nursing students, selections hinge on personality, intelligence, appearance, and a two minute cancer talk. Each winner gets luggage. the represented school or hospital gets a breast self examination mannequin.
The text notes Rhode Island as the smallest state with the longest official name State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It cites St. Thomas Aquinas death in 1274 and mentions Daniel D. Emmett premiering Dixie with Bryant's Minstrels at Mechanics Hall New York City on April 4 1859. It also states the Austrian klaster equals 2074 yards in the American system.
University of California researchers report laetrile users should limit foods with hydrolytic enzymes. They warn the interaction can produce hydrogen cyanide, a deadly poison, noting many fruits and vegetables such as almonds lettuce celery peaches and sprouts contain the enzymes that trigger the risk.
Superior Wisconsin seniors accepted at the University of Wisconsin Superior receive an advance welcome as 12 UW S seniors again call prospective freshmen to answer questions about the school and college life.
A 45 year postwar look at East Berlin shows the chancellery corner where Hitler ruled now a vacant lot by the Berlin Wall. Ruins of Wilhelmstrasse and Potsdamer Platz lie buried under fences and border measures, with the Brandenburg Gate reshaped as a new symbol of a divided city.
Radar locations will be checked periodically this week in four sectors. Southwest area includes Wilson and Waconia avenues along with 1 380, Hamilton and Second streets. Northeast zones cover Regis High School Kennedy High School Oakland Road and 13th 42nd streets. Southeast covers Forest Drive Country Club Parkway Third Bever avenues and Washington High School area. Northwest includes Johnson E avenues and all Cedar River bridges.
A new downtown center in East Berlin features a 1197 foot television tower and restaurant complex completed in 1969, marking a landmark for the city’s skyline and visitor attractions.
New York AP reports American youth aged 14 to 25 show 61 percent support government regulation of commerce in 1976, down from 65 percent in 1972. Seventeen percent disagree, and 21 percent say regulation hurts more than it helps.
FAA officials remind general aviation pilots that spring brings unsafe field conditions at unimproved airstrips. Wet sod rough fields mud and tall grass can hamper takeoffs and landings, leading to longer rollouts. An FAA listening session April 13 at Prairie School 401 76th Ave SW will cover safety practices and pilot weather briefings.
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