Cedar Rapids man featured for fearless shark work in Miami exhibit
E Wayne Woodford, a Cedar Rapids native and former Seaquarium crew member, is profiled in the Saturday Evening Post for a year of shark collecting aboard Captain Bill Gray’s team. The article recalls his perilous dives, including freeing a propeller from a tiger shark, and notes his later return to Cedar Rapids with his family.
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Cedar Rapids
Seaquarium
Miami
E. Wayne
Woody” Woodford
Saturday Evening Post
Woodford
Bill Gray
Post
Capt. Gray
Florida
Wayne Alexander
Universal Screw Company
J. R. Woodford
M Street
Submarine Service
Woody" Woodford
Woody
Miami Seaquarium
Pair Sentenced in Abandoning Child
In Tucumcari New Mexico District Judge J W Gallegos sentenced a Delaware couple Carl Trout 26 and Sarah 19 to up to five years in prison for abandoning their mentally disabled son Jimmy age 2 during a trip to California He was found freezing outside a service station on February 20 The case initially raised speculation he might be Steven Damman 3 son of Jerry and Mrs Damman of Newton Iowa kidnapped October 31 in East Meadow New York while his father was stationed at Mitchel Air Force Base.
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Tucumcari
N.M
J. W. Gallegos
Here
Carl Trout
Sarah
Jimmy
California
Steven Damman
Jerry Damman
Newton
East Meadow
N.Y
Mitchel Air Force Use
Woman Kidnaper Gets Year Term
Betty Jean Benedicto, 31, was sentenced in San Francisco to one year in county jail for kidnapping an infant boy on September 19. She received five years probation. Judge John B. Molinari noted the child was not harmed, and he was placed with a priest nine days later.
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San Francisco
Betty Jean Benedicto
John B. Molinari
Bank bandit captured after $66,000 theft
John Watts, 21, of Williamsport, held up a local bank Thursday and fled with $66,000. He was captured six hours later in Lock Haven after a chase across railroad yards and a parking lot. The money, stored in a cloth overnight bag, was recovered by state police.
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Williamsport
John Watts
Lock Haven
Watts
Strike Ended at Morocco Bases
Nearly 10,000 Muslim laborers at U S strategic air command bases in Morocco returned to work Friday, ending a four day strike.
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Casablanca
Morocco
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Notice of Appointing Executrices in Various Estates
Fragmented notices report appointments of executrices in several estates with names and attorney firms listed. The text includes references to M Kets late of Ling County, legal representatives, and dates in 1966, with multiple law offices named and unclear, partially garbled details.
Home Improvement Racketeers Target Homeowners Says Sylvia Porter
Sylvia Porter warns in New York that Operation Home Improvement attracts racketeers cheating hundreds of thousands this spring and summer. Many con men pose as legitimate contractors exploiting eager homeowners seeking repairs, with the Better Business Bureaus noting rising inquiries and swindles.
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New York
Operation Home Improvement
Sylvia Porter
Areaus
Protect yourself against home repair rackets and frauds
A warning to homeowners about bad contractors and common scams. Itinerant builders, underquoting, overpricing, and incomplete work are outlined, with advice to choose established local merchants who have proven reliability. The column promises future tips on how to beat these swindlers as they increase in coming months.
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C.R. Mann
Ellis Boulevard NW
Gulf Stream
Caduarium
Bandit
Pravda
Moscow
INS
Eisenhower
Middle East
Seth
Marat Eee Anp Executrices, O'Rieley & O'Rieley, Attorneys
Arch
Adge M
DU Precatrix
Holmes & Holmes, Attorneys
Doris Allen
Franken, Keyes & Crawford
OHI
Gyp
Association of Better Business Bureaus
Dacron & Wool
Cedar Rapids First Avenue
Donegal
Bostonians
First Avenue
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