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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1957

Page

3

Steady Progress Toward Ending Church Segregation Reported

AP dispatch from St. Louis notes slow but steady progress toward ending racial segregation in American churches. About 30,864 of 308,647 U S churches are interracial, with most becoming so in the last decade, while southern voices warn of deteriorating relations and redouble calls to preserve segregation.

George W. Cornell ST. Louis National Council of Churches Liston Pope Yale Divinity School New Haven Francis Pickens Miller Charlottesville Virginia Deep South South Pope Martin Luther King, Jr Montgomery Ala America Assembly Council Episcopal Everett H. Jones San Antonio Texas Francis P. Miller Blake Smith Austin Dr. Pope North South Africa Singapore

Drunkenness Worries Communist Satellites

AP report from Vienna notes Communist media in East European satellites warn alcoholism harms production. In Czechoslovakia youth drinking rose, first aid stations for alcoholics were opened, and drunks are recorded for possible medical treatment, with similar concerns raised in Poland and Hungary about factory accidents.

Vienna Russia Czechoslovakia Prace

Library Adds Social Science Titles to General Collection

The public library released a new list of social science books for general circulation. Notable entries span adolescence to finance and governance, including American Teen-ager, Money and Banking, Government and Administration of Iowa, The New Class, an Analysis of the Communist System, and Principles of School Administration.

The Public Library Remmers Radler Prather Iowa Ross U.S Turner Simpson Kafka Swartz Frank Woodring United States Kneier McCann Larsen MacGregor Colberg Djilas Louisville Carmichael Lloyds of

The Poet Edgar A Guest Encourages Hard Work

Edgar A. Guest urges readers to face tough tasks with resolve. He says to buckle to the job, work steadily, and ignore worries or sighs. By staying focused and trying, difficulties fade and character is proven as effort pays off.

St Paul Winter Carnival Bridge Contest Lead

Oswald Jacoby presents a sample hand from the St Paul 1958 winter carnival bridge tournament with local favorite Mrs Norman Grue among the top contenders. The article previews strategic play and decision making for the contest.

St. Paul Norman Grue

Bridge hand leads to overtrick for Mrs. Grue

In a North South game, Mrs. Grue navigates a risky bid and a diamond finesse. West blocks with the ace of hearts, East holds the king, and after careful play dummy’s diamonds all fall, yielding an overtrick. The article notes the meaning of the name Jesse as wealth.

North West Dummy East Mrs. Grue

Rocket Explodes in Texas Class Killing Teacher Injuring Seven

In Floydada Texas a pipe made rocket exploded during a high school chemistry class. Teacher Garland Foster 40 died. Students Keith Hollums 18 and Jerry Crawford 17 seriously injured. Seven pupils injured total. The school closed for two days.

Floydada Keith Hollums Jerry Crawford Hollums Crawford Lubbock

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