Ape-hangers Take Cedar Rapids By Storm On Bicycles
In Cedar Rapids the ape-hanger craze grips teens and some adults racing to buy high handlebars. Local shops Morgan Brothers Bicycles and Hall Bicycle Co report nearly 1,000 ape-hangers sold this year with demand roaring from Iowa to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Alan Carter
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Clift
Ely Avenue
Jerry Swore
C Avenue
Dennis
Dor Morgan
Morgan Brothers Bicycles
Third Avenue SE
Midwest
Morgan
California
Moscrip
Marengo
Norway
Amana
Keystone
Whistling at Girls Made a Crime in Italy
Italy's Supreme Court ruled whistling at girls and loud comments about their appearance as a punishable misdemeanor. The incident occurred in Bari in October 1958 when two youths were jailed, but amnesty covers minor crimes since then.
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Rome
Italy
Supreme Court
Bari
Court of Cassation
Palermo women blockade streets with line of bathtubs
In Palermo Sicily women protested chronic water pressure by placing a line of bathtubs across main streets, stopping traffic for two hours. City officials promised to investigate the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palermo
Sicily
Mailing lists and the drive behind direct mail fortunes
A wide examination of mail list brokers shows how personal data from licenses, memberships, and public records becomes targeted advertising. Firms like Dunhill and Donnelley assemble millions of names for campaigns, with doctors and alumni lists among top sources, fueling a $20 billion industry.
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York
Ford
Daily Mail
Congress
Hugo Dunhill
Dunhill International List Co
Dunhill
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SESS
By Bill Nelson
Hall Bicycle Co
Second Avenue SE
Hoop
Northeast Side
Bever Park
Bruce Haglund
Park Terrace
Tom Walters
Hillcrest Drive
Hoods
Smokey
ABC
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Baby
Ryos Second Avenue
By Roger Lane
Moscow
UPI
Long
U.S
Khrushchev
Janos Kadar
Europe
Asia
North America
Pravda
Harvard
Cornell
American Express
American Medical Assu
O. E. McIintyre Co
Westbury
N.Y
Reuben H. Donnelley ‘Corp
Chicago
Pension-Welfare Fund
Children’s Aid Society
St. Louis
OWA Typewriter CO
Olympia
Iowa Typewriter CO
First Avenue
Louie
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