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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1975
Page
11
The month posted rainfall of .38 inches versus the 3.96 inch normal, marking July as the second driest since 1933. Temperatures reached 90 or higher on 12 days at the airport, with a record low of 47 on July 11, breaking the 1917 record of 53.
Three special events for senior citizens are planned this month. A golf tournament will be held Wednesday Aug 13 at Jones Park. Kirkwood Community College recreation department and the Office of Retirement Education sponsor. Open to players over 60. nine holes starting at 9 a.m. Entry $2. Harold Roberts, coordinator.
Kirkwood Community College receives a 25790 grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to buy air monitoring devices noise meters and supplies for training programs in occupational safety health and environmental education. The grant funds will be used in the 1975 76 school year and teaching materials from prior grants will be used in industrial education.
A compiled letter section asks for help on genealogies and local history. Questions seek birth and death dates, spouses, children, church histories, family reunions, and obituaries related to Linn County and nearby Iowa areas. Respondents are urged to include names and addresses.
The corncob pipe business is booming with 15 million pipes produced in the United States last year. Smokers returned to the corncob pipe in large numbers after the 1964 surgeon general report on smoking and cancer. Henry Tibbe crafted the first corncob pipe in his Washington Missouri woodworking shop in 1869.
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