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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1952
Page
8
The text presents a staff glossary explaining turbojet afterburner ramjet rocket sweptback wings and other jargon. It defines terms like Mach speed wall pancake flameout and pattern altitude and notes the origin of terms from aviation and Russian usage.
The passage argues that many species vanished not from deliberate killing but from humans altering ecosystems through deforestation and farming. It emphasizes how lumbering and development removed habitats, leaving unadapted life unable to survive.
Council Bluffs officials led by City Manager L M McConnell met Chicago and North Western railroad leaders to address blocked Broadway and Fifth Avenue crossings. A report will outline possible violations as trains continue long drags hindering traffic while city plans a Broadway viaduct and rights of way.
After years of debate the St. Mark's square lighting problem is solved. Eighteenth century lamps will be used with electricity and neon lights atop the lamps. Officials say the result will be romantic night lighting without marring the scenery.
Cincinnati AP reports the Doepke brothers make hundreds of thousands of toys including road graders and fire trucks for worldwide sale. The idea began in 1945 from a Christmas shopping trip aiming to give children constructive activity through purposeful toys.
The Doepke brothers Charles and Frederick ran a small machine shop making war goods. They shifted to toy replicas of modern machinery. Their line started with two earth movers and grew to five active models at a time. An assembly line with a quarter mile of production turns out miniature machines every 30 seconds. Martin Luther nailed his protest to the door in 1527, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
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