Cedar Rapids swim program starts Jan 4 for 5th and 6th graders
The Cedar Rapids Community School District announces Saturday junior lifesaving swimming classes for fifth and sixth graders and junior high students. Open to public and non public students, sessions run Saturdays at Washington Jefferson and Kennedy high schools with ten weekly lessons for a $2 registration fee, ending March 2.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington, Jefferson and Kennedy High
British Charter Plane Crash Killed 83 After CO Gas Exposure
An official report says a chartered British DC-4 Skymaster carrying 83 people crashed into four French mountains after the crew inhaled carbon monoxide from a faulty heating system. The pilots were intoxicated and their judgment impaired in the final minutes before the collision near Perpignan. The flight was bound for Costa Brava, Spain.
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London
French Transport Ministry
Perpignan
Costa Brava
Spain
Collins Announces New Distance Measuring Unit For Jets
Collins plans an advanced DME system for Boeing 747 and DC-10 aircraft used by Trans World Airlines United Air Lines Pan American World Airways Japan Air Lines and National Airlines. The unit measures aircraft distance from ground stations by timing coded radio signals round trip.
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Pari
Cimierys
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eVienen
Elettrones Equipmec
Ware Airlines
Craers
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Pan American World Avways
Japan Air Lines
National Airlines
Brown Elected Head of Penick Union
Clyde A. Brown has been elected president of Grain Millers Local 100 of Penick and Ford for the coming year. Landon Spicer was named vice president Elza Yates recording secretary and Louis Funke financial secretary. They will take office Jan 1.
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Clyde A. Brown
Grain Millers Local
Penick and
Ford
Landon Spicer
Elza Yates
Louis Funke
Phyllis Fleming to Attend Press Institute
Phyllis Fleming will participate in a Press Institute with participants from The Gazette and other papers. The program covers news selection, training of staff, reporting and copy editing, headline writing, page makeup, and future newspaper operations. Fleming has served The Gazette for 11 years and is a Town University graduate.
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Robert de Plante
Il “Astrations Editer
World Boos Encyclopedia Science Service
Sidt
Texas
James Davie
Provence
Jornal
Eveing
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Sphisher
State
Columbia
Ronald A. White
Scripps Howard Newspapers
New York
Clarence Deas
American Press Institute
City Desk
Miss Fleming
The
Gazette
University of Town
Jones Proposes Turning Jackson School Into Youth Center
Cedar Rapids discussion centers on converting Jackson school built in 1880s into a youth center and museum. Proposals include housing youth counseling programs and a living facility for minor offenders, with a push to preserve the playground and local history. Members plan hearings before the school board to consider uses and proposals from Interested Youth and historical groups.
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Jackson
James
Joames
Ving
Ira Larson
R. A. Zmoos
Jackson School
Cedar Rapids
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Mamie Eisenhower
Grant Wood
State Historical Society
Propassis
Don A. Erland Charged With Striking Street Fixtures
Don A. Erland, 21, of Newhall, arrested Friday for allegedly knocking down 21 parking and stop signs and 30 mailboxes with his car on Wilson avenue SW and Mallory street SW. He signed a promise to appear on a charge of striking fixtures adjacent to the street and was released. other charges are pending.
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Don A. Erland
Newhall
Wilson Avenue
Mallory Street
Erland
Suggestions for Future Use of Schools Sought
The Citizens Advisory Committee for the Public Schools invites all suggestions for pure use of Jackson and old Fillmore schools. Proposals mailed to the Jackson Fillmore Committee in care of the board of education will be reviewed in January. Buildings being abandoned as part of a Cedar Rapids district building program.
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Mittee
Jackson
Old Fillmore
Jackson-Fillmore
Citizens Advisory Committee For
Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
Wild boars overturn car injure driver in France
A pack of wild boars collided with a moving automobile in Fougeres France at night overturning the vehicle and injuring the driver Renee Badelet a 20 year old woman.
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Fougeres
France
UPI
Renee: Badelet
Hiawatha Public Zoning Hearing Reports No Objections
City council hearings on zoning page approve minor wording changes and schedule first readings for December 18. Ordinance sets minimum residential lot sizes of 6 000 square feet and 4 900 square feet for mobile homes. zoning map shows west side of Highway 14 as residential, business district remains, Robins Road area zoned light industrial. Preliminary 1969 paving program discussed.
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Teascey
Robins Road
Window Plunges Three Stories Misses Shoppers
Christmas shoppers were spared as gusting winds toppled a large pane from United Fire s and Casualty Co. at 117 Second avenue SE, shattering onto the sidewalk below. Glass remained dangling for two hours while repair crews and police kept the area safe.
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Second Avenue SE
United Fires and Casualty Co
Jaffrey Home Headquarters Destroyed in Fire
A fire Thursday destroyed the Jaffrey Home, headquarters of the American delegation during ongoing peace talks. No injuries reported as investigators assess the scene and determine a cause.
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New Castle
N. H
Jaffrey Home
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