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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1956

Page

8

Square Dance Festival and Clinic Planned for Cedar Rapids

The fifth annual Iowa Spring Square Dance festival and clinic will be held Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Ed Gilmore of California will lead the clinic from 2 to 5 PM, followed by a chuck wagon dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 PM and a festival dance from 8 to 11 PM. Admission is 50 cents per person per session. dinner is 135 dollars with reservations due by May 3.

Iowa Ed Gilmore Yucaipa Calif Gilmore John Reynolds T. Ray Frame Cedar Rapids

Firemen Set Abandoned Building Fire For Training

In Muncie Indiana firemen started a blaze in an abandoned coal building for training. They put it out quickly then a fresh fire broke out in the same building. It took 50 minutes to extinguish the second blaze.

Muncie, Ind Muncie

World Laughter World Laughter Briefs

Tiny runaways aged 9 and 11 were stopped by police while attempting to buy a bus ticket in Houston. In Portland thieves stole stove parts and the kitchen sink from an empty house. A stranded whale first aid tip from Britain advised keeping it upright and cool with sea water. Aihara couple reunited in jail after Isamu’s arrest and Hatsue’s skirt theft outside a department store. Irving Weiner halted at a crash scene to sell snacks to workers. Radio Bratislava in Communist Czechoslovakia launched a Red style DJ request show with limits on announcing listeners.

London Ministry of Transport Tokyo Isamu Hatsue Aihara Hatsue New York Radio Free Europe Radio Bratislava Czechoslovakia

Prisoner Kato Denies Robbery Confession In Tokyo

Sadaki chi Kato told reporters he confessed to robbery charges he was later found wholly innocent. He bowed and said he did not want to embarrass the honorable police.

Tokyo Sadakichi Kato Kato

Yale Offers Fellowships for Traffic Engineers

Yale university will offer up to 2000 fellowships in the graduate traffic engineering course starting Sept 17. Applicants must be US residents and graduates of accredited engineering schools. Applications and details are available from Director Bureau of Highway Traffic Yale Strathcona Hall New Haven Conn.

Yale Univer- New York NEA Bureau of Highway Trafficlhe Guy Miller Hattan Hari Cedar Rapids Auto Club C. C. Birr United States Iare Birr Bureau of Highway Traffic Yale University Strathcona Hall New Haven 11 Conn

Two Letters Mailed by Hoopeston Soldier Returned

Earl Benner of Hoopeston sent two letters home from Russia in 1918 and 1919 while serving with the Allied North Russian Expeditionary Force. The yellow letters arrived back in a white envelope postmarked Washington with no explanation for the slight delay.

Hoopeston, Ill Earl Benner Hoopeston Russia Kender Bender Washington

Census reveals popular pioneer names in SSA data

Social Security Administration records show 149 people named Davey Crockett and 221 named Daniel Boone, highlighting the enduring appeal of frontier era names in modern naming trends.

The Social Security Administration Davey Crockett Daniel Boone

Double Fire At Chief Whitneys Middlebury Home

Fire Chief Harry Whitney battled a rekindled blaze at his Middlebury home after first extinguishing a chimney fire. Neighbors helped by removing items from the house and wearing gloves as flames broke into the attic and roof.

Middlebury, Vt Harry Whit

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