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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1969
Page
9
SAIGON AP report describes the rise of the mod scene among Vietnamese teens and U.S. troops in Saigon during 1988. Mod girls wear miniskirts and leather, while shops and cafes in a ten-block zone attract crowds. Elders disapprove though downtown nights go quiet by 10 pm.
Miss Theresa Murray, Aug 22 bride elect of Pat Driscoll, was honored at a Cedar Falls miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. David Heiser and Miss Sandi Trachta. The couple are Upper Town college students. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Bob Murray of 1119 Twenty-first Avenue SW. Mr Driscoll is the son of Mr and Mrs William Driscott of 926 Owen Street NW.
A personal shower for Jean Marie Lynch of 2903 Otis road SE was hosted Thursday evening by Mrs. Robert Tow of 4219 Dalewood avenue SE. Attendees included Jerome Wanzek David Jenkins and Donald Ocenosak. Lynch is the May 10 bride elect of Robert Fauchier of 1300 Thirty sixth street SE.
Mrs Seiberling and Miss Kron named Outstanding Women in Iowa City for 1969 Matrix Awards. Seiberling active in city beautification board projects and campus leadership. Kron praised for long campus service, Phi Theta Sigma Phi honor, Panhellenic roles, and volunteer work at Nelson School and with Cuban children.
MT VERNON Thirty two Kippers present City Sidewalks at Cornell college in a three act aquatic show. Opening morning sequence Good Morning World leads into The Boutique The Jewelry Store and The Noy Shop in afternoon scenes. Evening numbers include Mexican Dinner and An Evening At The Theater with two performances Friday night and two Saturday. Tickets door price 73 cents. Also Celebrity Billiards on Channel 9 at 2 p.m. Saturday featuring Red Buttons vs Minnesota Fats.
A reader aged 66 seeks remarriage after amassing wealth and five homes, hoping for a 50ish wife. California reply emphasizes caution, secrecy about assets, and avoiding a new gold rush. A second letter asks whether heredity or environment shapes a wayward child, with a blunt note that parents are blamed for both. The column ends with a teen confiding distress about parental intrusion during privacy.
WIGTON England UPI reports Russians visited a bridge club in Wigton where Mrs Eva McNair Elizabeth Warren Eyman and others interacted during a half hour tour. Separate reports in Kurume Japan note 2000 pigs and a tire factory fire killing eleven women workers.
A personal note invites readers to share problems openly and asks for responses to Abby in Los Angeles. It offers Abby's booklet How To Have a Lovely Wedding for $1.00 by mailing to Box 90069.
Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher will marry Donna Axum, Miss America 1964, June 7 at University Lutheran Church near the University of Texas. Axum, 27, daughter of Hurley and Mary Axum of El Dorado Arkansas, teaches speech at Texas Tech. Their engagement was announced April 8.
Iowa City students Carol McGrew Wheeler and Jane Boeler Stick received the 1969 Myrna Sprengeler and Margaret Foster Hoff awards at the University of Iowa Home Economics spring banquet. Wheeler won the Sprengeler award, a $10 traveling pin gift, for scholastic standing and character, while Stick earned the Hoff award, a full tuition scholarship. Both were honored by officials and guests at the Iowa Memorial Union banquet.
A reader questions Abigails taste for sensational letters about unwed mothers and infidelity claiming the column now fuels lurid reading while another Albany mother urges calm and privacy as whispers of drama swirl.
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