Five Days Left to Enter Yale Light Contest
Cedar Rapids sponsors urge private homes to join the annual Christmas lighting contest with four city districts competing for merchandise prizes. Displays must be visible from the street 6 to 10 p.m. from Christmas Eve to Jan 1 1957, with judges visiting and 12 winners chosen.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
First Avenue
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
General Electric
Sokol Gymnast Groups Elect Officers for 1957
Theodore B Hlubacek elected president of the Sokol Gymnastic Association succeeding M L Hromadka who remains on the advisory board Rudolph Novak named first vice president Charles Kriz second vice president Joseph Pazour recording secretary and chief instructor Karel Jares financial secretary Blanche Polehna elected president of Sbor Sokolice organization with Marie Kopecky Beals Martha Kralik as first and second vice presidents Elsie Hrbek Turner recording secretary Helen Kopecek financial secretary Mary Machacek treasurer Officers to be installed January 7 Prokop Velky Lodge Prokop Velky 137 CSA to elect officers at its annual meeting Friday at 730 pm in CSA assembly room Second clothing shipment to Czech Slovak refugees in Berlin to be reported at Federation of Czech Groups session 730 pm Friday December 27.
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Theodore B. Hlubacek
Sokol Gymnastic Association
M. L. Hromadka
Rudolph Novak
Charles Kriz
Joseph Pazour
Karel Jares
Charles Bartunek
Sbor Sokolice
Blanche Polehna
Bessie Naxera
Marie Kopecky-Beals
Martha Kralik
Elsie Hrbek-Turner
Helen Kopecek
Mary Machacek
Sokol
Geese Joins Family Flock For Mrs Kildare
Mrs. Lette Kildare of Geneva New York reports two gray wild geese joined her nine tame geese, forming an unusual mixed flock after a chance encounter with wild birds.
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Geneva
Lette Kildare
1956 Christmas Home Lighting Contest Entry
Entry form for the 1956 Christmas Home Lighting Contest requests name and address from the entrant. The page reads “ENTRY BLANK eee eee perenne 1956 I have read the rules and wish to enter the 1956 Christmas Home Lighting Contest. Name Address.”
Ideas and Suggestions For Home Decoration Competition
The Playground and Recreation Commission invites entries and offers guidance from its offices and the sales floor of the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company. Participants can mail the coupon to 601 City Hall or call EM 4812 for information on or before December 21.
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Recreation Commission
City Hall
Empire
Playground and Recreation Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Two Political Parties Used Airlines a Lot
The 1956 campaign saw record air travel by Republicans and Democrats. Pldnes, the Aircraft Industries Association publication, reports 220,000 air miles logged by presidential and vice presidential candidates and their truth squads, exceeding 1952’s 178,275 miles.
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Pldnes
The
Aircraft Industries Association
On Guard Against Communism By Jack Lotto
INS writer discusses the American Communist party last week huckstered a phony new look. The Red pitchmen proclaimed their revolutionary ideas out of style and displayed a no violence stance amid a shifting political climate.
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American Communist Party
Red
Be Sure and Watch Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes and New Talent
Viewers are urged to tune in Monday at 8 30 for Lawrence Welk’s Top Tunes and New Talent on Channel 9. The program highlights musical performances and emerging acts.
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Lawrence Welkh
Channel 9
Communist Party in U S Plans for Power via Conspiracy
The document outlines a 5000 word party constitution announced for February that masks its aims with a peaceful path yet seeks to overthrow the American government by force. It cites Marx Engels and Lenin and notes Lenin’s call for loyal adherence paired with practical compromise to seize power.
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Moscow
Communist Party
U.S
Karl Marx
Frederick Engels
V. I. Lenin
Marx
Engels
Lenin
Communist Party Rebrands in Kremlin Shift Toward Legitimacy
A New Deal era analysis notes the Communist Party reshaping its identity under pressure from Moscow. It argues the party will appear as a working class political organization to win recruits and ally with nonviolent left groups, potentially changing its name at the convention to remove stigma and gain legitimacy.
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Ce Lening
Kremlin
Reds
American Communist Party
Hole in Rubber Glove Proved Fatal in Ice Storm
In Alton Illinois Frank Bennett aged 54 died after a tiny hole in a rubber glove exposed him to the ice storm injuries. The incident followed Bennett observing damage from the freezing weather. Authorities investigated the death as a weather related hazard.
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Yale
South Side News
Prokop Velky — Lodge
Prokop Velky 137
CSA
Berlin
Federation of Czech Groups
Gibson
Barney’s
First Ave
Taylor Music Co
King Band Instruments
Perenne
Jack Lotto
INS
Ro” A
Brentwood
Penney
Penney Plus Factors
Santa
Sonotone
T. A. Carlin
Mgr
Guaranty Building
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Mochnick
Org
Coro
Misses
Orion
Glamour Gaymodes
Denier
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