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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1948
Page
2
Hal Boyle profiles Giovanni Illa of Palermo who was legally declared dead in 1944 and has spent years fighting red tape. He remains alive yet unregistered for his daughter, pays taxes, and contemplates a heroic gesture against government babble.
Franklin high school student Robert Swaney spoke to Cedar Rapids Lions Club about his New York weekend. He described meeting Deems Taylor during a New York Philharmonic intermission interview and Taylor's nervousness before air time. He also recounted a Tiffany's bracelet souvenir donated by Standard Oil of New Jersey and tested in physics class for its silver content.
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