Cedar Rapids items mix locals with world notes
A series of short items covers a failed elm tree swap, radio Moscow propaganda, a Rawalpindi mayoral plea, a career boost via Gazette clippings, a pigeon rescue on the Third avenue bridge, an Estes Park vacation tale, and Easter lilies blooming again on a 78th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio
Moscow
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
U. S
Korea
Navy
New York
United Nations
Russia
Ernest Benesh
Near Fairfax
Chuck Boegel
Radio Moscow
Boegel
Mary Herman
Second Street
Trinity Methodist Church
Clothing Tips for Girls Entering College in 1950s Plans
Practical wardrobe guidance for entering freshmen across colleges. Emphasizes skirts and sweaters, blue jeans, and casual date wear over formal attire. Advises on dorm needs, limited closet space, and regionally varied dress codes for campuses like Coe, Iowa, Cornell, Mt. Mercy, and Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Coe College
Voorhees Hall
Cornell College
Cornell
Mt. Mercy Junior College
Mt. Mercy
Iowa State College
Stephens College
Beloit College
Bride-Elect of Howard G. Quaas
The engagement of Bonnie McGrew to Howard G. Quaas is announced by her parents. The couple plan to marry September 10 at the Presbyterian church. Bonnie works for Linn County R.E.A. at Marion and Howard farms near Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard G. Quaas
Springville
Clarence A. McGrew
Bonnie
Charles Quaas
Marion
Presbyterian Church
Miss McGrew
Linn County R.E.A
Mr. Quaas
Trabu Visit Ties Tucson Native to Cedar Rapids Home
George Trabu of Tucson formerly of Cedar Rapids has arrived to visit his son Edward Trabu and daughter-in-law at 739 Thirty-sixth Street NE. Navy Mothers Club to meet at Memorial Coliseum club room Friday with executive session at 7 p.m. and regular meeting at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Sedive
Odette Langton
Rawalpindi
India
Odette
Edward A. Prochaska
Sedive
Maude Krebs
Miss Langton
Miss Krebs
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Music Corporation of America
Robert Downing
Mt. Kisco
New York
Bob
The
Troubador
Burl Ives
Star
MCA
Mr. Ives
Ives
Town Hall
George Trabu
Tuscon
Edward Trabu
Thirty-sixth Street
Navy
Mothers Club
Memorial Coliseum
Review of two novels on science and social medicine
Elizabeth North Hoyt critiques Secret by Michael Amrine for its failings as a novel, though noting its timely questions about scientists loyalties and public conscience. E N H praises Dr Katherine Bell by Evelyn Harter as a readable drama exploring socialized medicine, with Katherine and Steve debating medical ethics and government involvement, ending in mutual understanding despite disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halverson
New York
Steve Buday
Katherine
Iowa
Steve
Here Comes a Candle A Psycho thriller of Joe Bailey
A Chicago born youth, Joe Bailey, roams from crime toward an honest life under Ellie. A chilling nursery rhyme haunts him as a fatal chopper phobia tied to a childhood candle incident. The book employs flashbacks via radio and media to heighten mounting terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bailey
Joe
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Milwaukee
Mitch
Ellie
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Ahring
F. A
Bob Downing
Olney
Maryland
Trumans
Third Avenue Bridge
Arthur Luebs
Edwin Lent
Collins Radio
Colorado
Lents
Mr. Lent
Luebs
South St. Vrain Canyon
Estes Park
Lent
Mr. Lucbs
Long’s Peak
Henry Mann
Third Avenue
Carl Militzer
Joseph Staudacher
Marquette University
Staudacher
Prof. Staudacher
Mary Walsh
the Gazette
Virginia Mansfield
Iowa University
Currier
Ames
Morris Plan
the . Morris Ana
Minnesota
Carleton College
Bonnie McGrew
Trabu
Navy Mothers Meeting
Michael Amrine
Houghton Mifflin $3
Federation of American Scientists
Mr. Amrine
Benjamin Franklin Halverson
Washington
Oak Ridge
Los Alamos
Hiroshima
FBI
Senate
Elizabeth North Hoyt
Katherine Bell
Evelyn Harter
Doubleday $3
Frederick Brown
Dutton
S.U.S
Margaret McAvoy
4Th Avenue
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Russell D. Cole
Webster’s New Collegiate
Beauty
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins
First Avenue
DIAL
Mitvalsky’s
Mitralsky’s
Vowalden
5Th Ave
2Nd St
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