Skateboarders Borrow Lingo From Surfing
A New York area report on the rising skateboard craze with Southern California roots. Youths showcase boards priced up to 125 dollars and slang terms like Wheelie, Hanging Five, Toe Tap, and Wedel learned from surfers and skiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
New York Metropolitan Area
Riverside Park
Manhattan
Jeremy Bauman
Mitchell Kunikoff
Adam Phillips
Mitchell
Robert
Skateboard Tricks Across Riverside Park Youths
A skateboarding scene in Riverside Park features tricks such as Jumping up and landing backward, Slalom weaving, Catamaran two riders on boards, Airplane four boards in a square, Buddy-buddy many riders arms linked, Shoefly Christie one leg bent. Kids describe California headliners and note low fears of theft. Eric Richman jokes that baths are dangerous too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoefly Christie
California
Riverside Park
Eric Richman
In memory and tribute notices slide through Camp Good Health
A jumble of memorial lines mentions Mrs. John Hutchins, Raymond Goodwater, Fred A. Winter, Oliver D. Stucker, and others from families and associations. The text also lists marriage fees paid to Judge William Eads and a Cedar Rapids Bowling club memorial, with various donor names and scattered monetary figures such as 3.00 and 23,100.00 in a 1976 budget.
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John Hutchins
Harry Yates
Bill Yates
Robert Kieck
Melvin Thompson
Camp Good Health
William Eads
Raymond Goodwater
Fred A. Winter
Dick Lucore
Oliver D. Stucker
Gary
Mardel
Jan
Greg
Jeff
Brad
Lauri
Amy
Danny
Cedar Rapids Women’s
Clarence “Mule” Harrelson
Max
Seianne Hite
Carl E. Howland
Eumice
Carl W. Calvert
Charles D. Nolan
Mary A. Roney
George and BoerelCe Zavolm
C. Isabelle Keenan
Marion
Trev Sedlacek
Bill
PAG
BING
Preschool Gym and Swim Classes Start Next Week
Central YMCA offers three preschool programs for ages three to five open to all families. Two five week sessions run Tuesdays and Thursdays from April 20, 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 10 to 11:30 a.m., and a weekly session on Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m. Fees are 10 dollars for members and 20 dollars for non members. Peggy Brock invites interested parents to call 366-6421 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ymca
Peggy Brock
Y Aquatics
Central Y
Brock
UNA meeting returns to Cedar Rapids after 15 years
The Iowa division of UNA USA holds its annual meeting in Cedar Rapids May 1 at Town House convention hall. National UNA USA President James F. Leonard will speak on Conciliation and Confrontation Can We Have Both following a 12:30 p.m. luncheon. Awards include the Scroll of Honor for Lauren K. Soth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United Nations Assn. of the
United States of America
Una-Usa
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Town House Convention Hall
First Avenue SE
Donald M. Typer
Vernon
James F. Leonard
New York City
Lauren K. Soth
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Leonard
U.S. Foreign Service
Department of State
U.S. del
Damascus
Moscow
NATO
Paris
Taipei
Washington
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Soth
Des Moines Register and Tribune
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Skateboard
Hawaii
Florida
Allen Brill
mid-Manhattan
Duane
Tim Winters
Evan Winters
Mosswood Lane
E.P. Lansing
Kenneth Lansing
Northbrook Drive
Enene
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UNA
U.N
Nikita Khrushchev
America
Coon Rapids
Typer
William R. Shuttleworth
Ann Gramer
Drake University
Stanley C. Kennedy
Waterloo
Jeanne Johnson
Burlington
A. Weldon Walsh
Ames
Raymond Walton
Davenport
Richard Gage
Des Moines
David M. Paul
Iowa City
Wiley Mayne
Sioux City
Melvina Svee
Shuttleworth
James
Military Museum
Pomona
Calif
Esther Hospital
Dale's Fruit Market
Esse
Holley’s Shop For
Lindale Plaza
Czechoslovakia
FTD Florist
Anna Lee
Mt. Vernon Road
S.E
DB Florida Shop
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