Daylight Saving Time Goes National This Year
A national DST law takes effect today with the last Sunday in April rule. The piece charts history from 1918 to 1965, lists states adopting or resisting DST, cites cows, trains, planes, and a Georgia stance, and notes a two time zone school compromise.
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Robert Benjamin Uebed
Congress
Georgia
George T. Smith
Committee On
Washington
Iowa
Cheryl Kohler
Groups Invited To Participate in Clean Up Week
An invitation to all organizations to join Clean Up week was issued by Mrs Delbert Miller chairwoman of Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up week. The notice notes scheduling issues for farmers feeding cows due to dewy hay and mentions regional differences over local time choices. Los Alamos plans DST to align with eastern offices and a committee will meet Tuesday noon at Bishop's catereria.
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Germany
Delaware
Illinois
Maine
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jerope
United New York
Plantylvania
States
Rhode Island
Vermont
Itington
West Virginia
Wisoff
Sen. Athene
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Hacomeback
Wali
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Delbert Miller
New Mexico
Colorado
Los Alamos
Atomic Energy Commission
Bishop’s
Civic Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Optimist John Eastman to show new film at Elks meeting
Thursday Optimists John Eastman of Cedar Rapids writer and producer of television films will screen a new film produced for the Iowa Development Commission at Thursday noon's Elks Club meeting. Ced ar Rapids News Briefs list BVM Alumni Card Party April 24 at St Patrick's Auditorium with 50c donation, plus many local club notices and events across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eastman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Development Commission
Elks Club
B.V.M
St. Patrick’s Auditorium
A Ave. NW
Hiawatha
Richard Moss
Clyde Watkins
James Lee
Gary Bell
Randy Lockwood
Scott Harvey
Mark Louk
Steve Tenfel
Ronald Lessman
Wayne Shouse
Randy’ ‘Thorne
Clayton Foreman
Kelly Jordan
Mark Kramer
Vincent Himes
Craig Trachta
Cub Pack
Mike Watkins
Eric Wittig
Williams
Kenneth Kramer
Garfield School
Benny Ekwell
Terry Pettit
Kevin Dawson
Joe Ainsworth
James Bys
Danny Abram
West
Shorewood
Grant Higgins
Craig Waite
Side Civic Club
Monbe
Robert Johnson
Don P.m
Salyer
Optimist Club
Optimist Toastmaster
William Day
Roosevelt Hotel
Linstrom
Linn
Citywide Clean Up Week Seeks Community Involvement
Observed April 30 through May 7, the citywide effort invites participation and suggestions to ensure a successful week. Robert Harper leads a subcommittee to place trash barrels at garages and service stations and provide litter bags to customers. Lions clubs plan broom and light bulb sales for the eye bank. Salvation Army assists by collecting usable material during the drive.
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Eye Bank
The
Salvation Army
No Law Against Mailing Lists Says Law Silent On Junk Mail
Washington UPI Chief Postal Inspector Henry Montague told a House appropriations subcommittee that there is no law against mailing lists and junk mail can be sold, exchanged or rented. He said mailings have become more lurid as publishers skirt the pornography line, noting most originate in Los Angeles.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Montague
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Montague
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids Choir Meets Congressman Culver in Washington
The Washington high school concert choir from Cedar Rapids visited the nation’s capital this month and spent time on the Capitol steps with Congressman John C. Culver, who appears in the accompanying photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Capitol
John C. Culver
Memo Clinic Confirms Writing Is An Unnatural Art
George Kruse recalls a National Secretaries Assn letter writing clinic at the Roosevelt hotel where Clarence Andrews, University of Iowa, disputed letter writing as natural. He notes many dislike penning notes, recounts his own childhood letters, and humorously plans to call his mother with the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kruse
National Secretaries Assn
Roosevelt Hotel
Clarence Andrews
University of Iowa
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William Willett
California
Connect
North Dakota
Texas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington, D.C
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Ohio
Aspen
Colo
Santa Fe
Hon
Hawkeye
Joseph Bevan
Armar Thors
Bishops
Bill Public
Enz Haynes
Ler's
Sykora’s Bakery
Kuba
Bob Bevenour
Bob Maresh
Janeba-Kuba
Brian Olson
Don Tooman
Zachar Realtors
Knights of Will Speak
Columbus
Christian Club
YMCA
Paul H. Stenstrom
Bethel Baptist Church
Marion
Montrose
Canopus Club
Twen
To-Seventh Street
Gazette
Adv
Gus Schrader
Montrose Hotel
Kow
Exchange Club
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Room B
Tok
Amvet Post
Y Camera Club
Sixteenth Avenue Sw
Corrine Shover
First Avenue
Modeling Assn. of America
Brass
Cohn & Sons
Gross Street
Aldv
Singer
N.Y
Howe
Jack Haney
First Credit Corporation
Third Street
Ver
Cedar Rapids, Lowa
Ters Assoc
Wan
Aades
Pnont Council
Merveaux Typewriter Company
Merveaux Typewriter Co
Third Ave
Underwood-Olivert
C.R. Singers
Prof. Andrews
University of Town
Sewton's
Ant
2Nd Ave
2Nd St
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