Doubleheader Parade Launches Cancer Education Drive
Cedar Rapids hosts a four day symbol city project starting next Saturday with a 10 a.m. parade featuring 1 500 Iowa Future Farmers of America and a cancer parade of seven knights bands and floats. The event ends April 22 with a cancer thanksgiving dinner for cured patients. Television crews will film for See It Now.
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Cedar Rapids
American Cancer Society
Iowa Future Farmers of America
Knights In Armor
FFA
Linn County Cancer Society
Iowa
ACS
Linn County Medical Society
Edward R. Murrow
Federal Ballot for Servicemen Drafted
The defense department proposed a bill to let servicemen vote in November on a federal ballot printed by the government. Sen. Green is expected to introduce the measure, which would require the service member to qualify under state law and vote for national and home state officials. The ballot would be mailed upon request.
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Washington
Defense Department
White House
Sen. Green
D-R.i
Congress
Cancer’s picture improves with early diagnosis and treatment
Statistics show one in five Americans will face cancer but survival stands at one in four. Early detection and prompt treatment could double those odds. Ongoing research aims to find scientific and medical means to stamp out the illness.
Linn's Cancer Drive Sets $20,000 Goal In Linn County
Two kickoff meetings are planned at the Peoples church in Linn County to launch the Cancer Crusade raising twenty thousand dollars for research education and service. The residential division with 600 volunteer workers will handle most solicitations with no employee calls.
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Jopen
Linn County
Cancer Crusade
Peoples Church
Third Avenue SE
Cancer Toll on Iowa Children and Nationwide Losses
The report notes leukemia as a leading killer of Iowa children and flags about 10 000 Iowa youngsters under 18 who have lost at least one parent to cancer. Nationally over 60 000 American children under 18 lose a parent each year, with about 500 becoming orphans. It projects 300 000 Iowans dead by century's end if mortality rates persist, but cites progress by the American Cancer Society.
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Iowa
House Passes Bill to Drop Five Star Aides
The bill would strip five star officers of military aides who are not on presidential or defense department assignments. Generals MacArthur and Marshall and several inactive admirals would lose their aides if enacted, though the measure targets all inactive five star officers.
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House
Washington
MacArthur
Marshall
Defense Department
Col Nelson to Attend Cedar Rapids Old-Timers Reunion
Col Elmer Swede Nelson will be in Cedar Rapids for the Camp Wapsie Old-Timers reunion at the YMCA on April 21. Reunion Chairman Chuck Filipi said Nelson, now at the Pentagon, requested leave to join the gathering and reminisce with former campers and Cedar Rapids citizens.
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Elmer
Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Camp Wapsie
Filipi
Harley van Akkeren
Wapsie
Wapsipinicon
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Chuck Filipi
Easter Faith and Eternal Life in Daily Living
A devotional reflection on Jesus teaching eternal life through faith and conduct. Easter morning validates his teachings, with living fire touching believers and promising immortality for those who follow him. Prayer asks God to manifest Easter faith as daily goodness, love, and obedience to Christ.
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Jesus
God
Mrs Raudenbush to Speak on Latest Broadway Plays at Coe
Mrs George King Raudenbush of Harrisburg Pa a veteran of over 100 leading Broadway roles will lecture on Latest Broadway Plays in Coe auditorium Saturday evening May 17 as part of the Coe Centennial Fine Arts Festival. The talk is free to the public.
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George King Raudenbush
Harrisburg
Coe Auditorium
Marguerite Verni
Mont
Raudenbush
Coe
Civic Club of
Theater Guild
Maharden Players
Ruth St. Denis
Martha Graham
Cee
Glee Club
McGill University
Montreal
Federated Women’s Clubs of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Art Association
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Pan- Hellenic
Living Benefits Surpass Beneficiary Payouts In Insurance
Washington reports that living policyholders received more money from life insurance than beneficiaries after deaths. Last year living benefits totaled over $2.25 billion, with ownership of life insurance exceeding other savings forms and more than two thirds of all...
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Washington
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