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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
2
New collection by designer Peter Max blends his cosmic motifs with hosiery designs placed from knee to toe. Max, a former poster artist turned fashion innovator, promotes bold geometric patterns on stockings and legwear aimed at modern, young women.
Patterns include long-stemmed roses on gingham aprons. Each yard of fabric yields one apron. Pattern 45 provides charts and directions. Cost is fifty cents plus fourteen cents for first class mailing. Send name address and pattern number to Laura Wheeler at The Cedar Rapids Gazelle Needlecraft Dept New York address.
Mrs. Obie Ogene gave birth to her second set of twins on Christmas day. Her first twins arrived on Thanksgiving day 1968. Each holiday produced a girl and a boy, and the obstetrician quipped that next time they should aim for Easter.
A group of 58 mothers and 94 children from 162 American families flew to Paris seeking information on missing U S captives in North Vietnam. Hanoi officials rebuffed them but agreed to share names with private American friends, promising gradual release. The trip funded by H Mark Perot aimed to pressure a broader peace settlement. The women returned somber after a disappointing mission with little detail on timing.
A Christmas Eve wedding in Providence Rhode Island joined Albert Antonelli and Melanie Madic as UPI reports a Hanoi delegation altered plans to witness the ceremony. The couple wed at midnight in the Rhode Island state house with Judge Sandal officiating as snow and prayer filled the scene.
Pilot Mel Cain lands amid blizzard, rescuing Helen Spiers and Suzanne Spiers after 344 days stranded in subzero cold. The sisters, clad in heavy gear with food, were exhausted but in good health. Their climb was halted by storm and zero temperatures.
Mary Phillips, 25, bled after a minor operation and blood transfusions failed. A NASA Ames modified pressure suit, used at Stanford Hospital for 10 hours, halted the hemorrhage and she recovered at home in Sunnyvale. The case links G-suit pressure to stabilized coagulation and reduced arterial pressure.
Mr and Mrs George Walther 836 Oakland Road MS celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary with an open house this Sunday from 2 to 4 Hostesses are Mrs Max Dumke and Mrs Adalbert Bender Former Minnie Johnson and Mr Walther were wed The note mentions Abraham Lincoln taking office in 1861 and December 29 1908.
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