Santa Receives Cedar Rapids Letters to Santa
Cedar Rapids children pen varied requests to Santa including food for the world, talking dolls, toys, a boyfriend, and peace and quiet for mothers. Several note concerns about Santa’s welfare, money for gifts, and even practical items like a broken watch, a horse or a hand brake bike, reflecting holiday hopes and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nick
Marion
C.R
Cedar Rapids
Santa
Chimeny
Spring in Britain Heady Season Inspires Quips
London The British Travel Association touts spring as a heady season that inspires giddy odes and frightful cliches in its campaign to lure American tourists. The slogan highlights the annual mood of blooming landscapes and mild weather.
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London
UPI
Britain
Thirty-Four New Jersey Residents Turn Tax Pledge To U.N.
Thirty four Princeton area residents presented a $1,100 check to the United Nations as 1 percent of their 1959 taxable incomes. The donors argued the U.N. is the only political body freely joined by most of mankind. The check was given to Deputy Comptroller General William McCaw by Rutgers assistant Mrs. Cary Peebles and Princeton emeritus Dr. Taylor Thom. The funds were directed to the U.N. general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
U. N
World Organization
Princeton
N. J
William McCaw
Cary Peebles
Rutgers University
Taylor Thom
Princeton University
U. N. General Fund
The Way of the Week: Amory’s Pep In Holiday Gossip
Cleveland Amory surveys Christmas whimsy from witty notes and TV quips to absurd holiday pranks. He cites Quinn Ryan’s gift of nothing for The Man Who Has Everything, a Dwight Eisenhower joke card, and a chorus of letters and witticisms from public life, theater, and literature.
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York
Chicago
Quinn Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anne and
Denny Slater
International Letters
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Montana
Washington
Ohio
Massachusetts
Wintergreen
Barbara Baxley
Cedar Rapids Opens Twelve Skating Rinks for Public Use
Cedar Rapids residents gain access to twelve rinks operated by the Playground and Recreation Commission. Nine rinks offer supervised heated warming houses and eleven are lit for evening use. A full schedule covers Saturdays Sundays and vacation periods with weekday hours posted.
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Cedar Rapids
Playground and Recreation Commission
Manhattan
Boy Scouts To Camp This Week At Camp Waubeek
Hawk eye Area Council announces its annual winter camp from Wednesday to Saturday at Camp Waubeek. 140 Scouts and Scouters registered with Tom Neenan of Center Point as camp director. Leaders include Dave Young Phil Yanaway Allan Rouse Joe Harding Mike Hampton. Forestry merit badge sessions led by Bill Jensen William Ritter Ray Hatcher and G D Marshall with support from Everett Joslin Donald Kelly David Ayres and James Fry. Administrative staff features Austin Shipe Bob Otto Larry Hernen George Brunscheen Russell Coleman Steven Henderson Stanley Caldwell Gary McCright Marc Ferreter and Randy Shackelford.
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Boy Scouts of the
Everett Joslin
Anamosa
Donald Kelly
Cedar Rapids
David Ayres
Iowa City
James Fry
Garrison
Austin Shipe
Bob Otto
Larry Herren
George Brunscheen
Wyoming
Russell Coleman
Steven Henderson
Stanley Caldwell
Gary McCright
Marc Ferreter
Randy Shackelford
Coggon
Bull Strolls Through Rome Chaotic City Streets
A bull escaped from a slaughterhouse and wandered downtown Rome last week. It trotted along the Imperial Forums and Via del Corso amid panic as shoppers fled and shutters closed. Eiremen rope-tied the animal and returned it to the slaughterhouse.
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Rome
Imperial Forums
Via Dei Fori Imperiali
Piazza Venezia
Mussolini
Via del Corso
Eiremen
Want Ads Offer Quick Gift Ideas and Suggestions
Readers can browse local want ads for gift ideas and shopping ideas. The listings suggest possible presents and services from area merchants and individuals.
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First Avenue
Fourth Street
Clifton
Allison
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad
Rock Island
Southern Hotel
First Street
George M. Schmidt
Bave
The
Gazette
Clifton IN
Clifton Hotel
Santa Claus
Bruce Fishwild
P.S
Kim
Dr. Dunn's
Daddy
Egar
Egghead
Christer
Chirster
Central City
U.N
By Cleveland Amory
Amory
Edward Brand
Mount Kisco
N. Y
International Business Machines
H. Winston Kellogg
Birmingham
Mich
Times Department
Stork Club
Paul Anka
Diana
Mike Wallace
Anka
Time Magazine
Jackie Kennedy
Time
Rex Harrison
Alan Jay Lerner
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Miss Keyes
Dwight Macdonald
Paraguay
Uruguay
Arlene Francis
Jerome Weisner
MIT
Electronic Laboratory
Cambridge
Dore Schary
Kidney Disease Foundation
Arthur—C Ave
27Th St
Dick Hartman
Larry Patterson
Alandale
21St Ave
13Th St
Joe Hadrava
Bever
Bever Park
Anthony Deeb
Jack Kaplan
Daniels—Have
14Th St
Robert Zold
Hayes
19Th Ave
Hayes St
Vernal Moore
Ronald Carpenter
Jones—Lagoon
Don Nemec
Dick Nemec
Ellis Park
Robbins Rd
Noelridge
Council St
42Nd St
Elmo Bramow
Louis McDaniel
Roosevelt
E Ave
Don Wink
Ed Vizal
Reed Park
7Th Ave
7Th St
Sinclair Park
16Th Ave
8Th St
Erskine—Dalewood Ave
36Th St
Jones Park
Jones
Bever and
Boy Scouts
Consolidated Credit CO
Bull
St. SE Cascio
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