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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1976

Page

5

Toy Workshop Replaces Booze In South Oklahoma Town

In Hugo Oklahoma a shy girl helps Don Hitt run a toy workshop born from a friendship and his retirement from drinking. The workshop grew from birdhouses to toys after a lumber mill donated scraps, turning Hitt toward rebuilding a home and aiding hundreds of local children.

Hugo, Okla Oklahoma Don Hitt California Robin Hitt Uncle Bud

China Envoy Named Ambassador to China and New Duties

Banker Thomas Gates received the ambassadorship to the People's Republic of China in a Rose Garden ceremony. He becomes the third American representative to China and will pursue normalization with Pekin. In New Mexico four young whooping cranes begin wintering in the Rio Grande valley as a second wild flock forms.

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