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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1956
Page
3
Fraser Colorado report notes experimental overhead cable logging on Fraser forest yields 128000 board feet in seven weeks. Slopes ranged 30 to 80 percent with average 50 percent. Costs estimated at 13.06 dollars per thousand feet, not including equipment.
The New York State Tax Department reports a quirky trend as a taxpayer sent five white shirt buttons with a note saying the shirt is needed, a contrast to the usual assortment of strange item gifts.
A Detroit gas company concluded a three year search for a former customer now in Tucson. The company presented him with a refund check for 40 cents after he began work as a newspaperman 37 months ago.
Dr. L. L. Dunnington of Iowa City will speak at the Cedar Rapids Education Association dinner honoring future teachers Tuesday at 6 15 p m in the Johnson school cafeteria. His talk titled The Palestine Puzzle will draw on a Holy Land visit. The event honors Future Teachers of America seniors from Cedar Rapids public high schools.
The police department announced a Saturday only bicycle registration program at Cedar Rapids schools during the school term. A 50 cent fee plus 15 cents for transfers applies, with registrations set by school dates from April 30 through May 18 at designated locations and times.
Richmond undertaker Burton Roberts said he sold a 1909 model horse drawn hearse for use in Bristol Tennessee's centennial celebration. The sale price was 225 dollars.
Cedar Rapids author William E. Henning will release The Haycott Album on May 9 through J B Lippincott Company. The novel follows a widow with three children as she considers remarriage and the Haycott family navigates its trials while seeking normal life. Also noted is Henning’s early art interests and later fame with Britannica.
New York INS reports Harold W. Metz and Neil MacNeil condensed Hoover Commission material into The Hoover Report 1953 1955 What it Means to You as Citizen and Taxpayer to publish Tuesday. The book explains agency reorganization proposals and aims to illuminate federal functions for the public.
The Czech group centennial committee plans a meeting at 7 30 p m to arrange housing for guests. A color film on show horse teams is slated for June 16 in Cedar Rapids as part of centennial events, with details at the Montrose hotel service.
The schedule lists locations in Linn county and Cedar Rapids for Monday with times for Roosevelt school 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wilson school 1 to 4 p.m. Troy Mills 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Walker 10 a.m. to noon. Center Point 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
A study finds 73 percent of retirees earning over 5000 dollars yearly approve of retirement while only 38 percent of those earning under 1000 dollars share the sentiment, highlighting income-based satisfaction differences.
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