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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1962
Page
7
Cedar Rapids Mayor Bob Johnson presses for better efficiency with a $10 million city as a model, launching a monthly employee bulletin and monthly breakfast sessions for department heads to discuss common issues. The program focuses on performance ratings, pay steps, and closer management communication.
Readers sent in Christmas notes from Cedar Rapids area detailing unusual requests from children. One toddler asked Santa for a rifle to protect a ranch and a Pomeranian dog for Mama, while others begged for dolls ponies cats and even Elvis Presley.
A collection of youngster notes to Santa expressing Christmas desires such as a puppy, printing press, microscope, and globe. Several children warn of not being missed or threaten mischief, with quirky requests like a sploding tank and a space ship. One girl pleads for Santa not to miss her letter.
Paris AP Gauguin objected to Van Gogh influence in a September 1902 letter to Fontain, art critic for the Mercury of France. The manuscript was refused by a Paris newspaper but the protest letter sold for 7 000 new francs at auction, fetching about 1400 dollars.
Pravda reports a freedom monument toppled by Stalin in the 1930s will be rebuilt in central Moscow from original plans. The Obelisk of Freedom in Honor of the Soviet Constitution was first unveiled November 7, 1918 before Moscow City Hall.
Local newspaper highlights today's want ads emphasizing valuable offerings across jobs housing and services. Readers are urged to scan listings for bargains opportunities and notable prices.
Ninety trial jurors are named for the January term of Linn district court. They report January 14 at 9 a.m. at the courthouse. Jurors include Thelma Alexander John Anderson Stanley Austin Donald Austin Dorothy Benson Sam Becker Gene Bell John Bell Charles Berry Faye Bronner Lyle Bruere Glenwood Crist Clarice Day Richard Dvorak Phyllis Everts Naomi Freese Donald Hahn Verne Hammond Eldora Hazlett Esther Hendryx Cecelia Hickman Lester Johnson Curtis Jones Harley Kephart Anna Klima Grace Lintz Everett Lovelace Dale McRoberts Louise Martin Kathleen Murphy Alice Niles Paul Novak Carl Oakley Eugene Owens Frank Pokorney Bernice Raddatz John Roberts Dean Busley Wilma Sadilek Esther Scriven Charles Sebern Delbert Skow Royal Sommers Irene Sova Glenn Techau Rosemarie Tode Arnold Vavroch William Womacka Gladys Welch Milo Wiele Eugene Williams Isabelle Winkrantz Vincent Wroblewski John Zachar Jr Marion Paul Bauer Laurene Bowman Olin DeWald Ray Harrison T N Johnson Sally Luse Carl Oakley Harry Robson Forrest Brown Jerry Clark W C Harrison Helen Hess Howard Kamberling Kenneth Litts Paul Ortmann Bernard Van Etten George Wallick Vernon Costal Fred Haley Ed Klima Dale Jones
The Linn County Heart Association will meet at Mercy hospital at 7 30 p m Thursday with Clarence Morrill executive director of the Iowa Heart Association as speaker. Richard Merchant named vice chairman and other committee chairs listed, plus Kansas Katz and Dr Kopecky named to advisory and program groups.
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