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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1995
Page
13
Readers respond to the question arguing whether Barbie sets a good example for children. Opinions split, with supporters citing creativity and empowerment while critics warn of unrealistic beauty standards and gender stereotypes.
Listings show the Benton County Board of Supervisors meet at 9 a.m. in Vinton while several City Councils gather at 7 p.m. for Independence, Cascade, Epworth, Monticello, Newhall, and Postville. Christmas displays run at Kersten Farm and Brucemore Mansion tours. Recycling truck accepts glass, paper, metals, plastics. guide available. Cityline contact numbers provided.
Dec 24 to Dec 25 reports multiple births at Mercy and St. Luke's. Jennifer and David Dutton announce a son at 606 Fifth Ave SE. Jennifer and Glenn Hosford welcome a son at 5255 Johnson Ave SW apt 2. Chris and Bruce Wilcox report a son at 1248 13th St Marion. Reta and Michael Wilkins announce a son in Atkins.
Cedar Rapids police tie four southwest quadrant burglaries to one suspect or group. Hupp Electric Motors and Big A Auto Parts at 33rd Ave SW, plus Rapid Resource and Buesing's Iowa Generator Co., were entered by window breakage with cash stolen. No suspects named.
East Iowa accident in Swisher left Steven Pudil 50 upgraded from critical to serious after ejection from a truck on the I-380 on ramp from I-80. Andrew Chaly, 31, also Swisher, was injured and has been discharged from University Hospitals in Iowa City.
Eighth graders at Wilson School use a $75,000 multimedia lab with 30 Macintosh computers to create multimedia history books on Cedar Rapids and Czech history. Students research online and in person, interview locals, and exchange emails with the Czech Republic as they learn digital skills and project teamwork.
Agnes Hembera recalls Brucemore history through scenes photographed by Jeanie White and by memory. The estate’s swans known as the Old Man chased cars. the night garden with white flowers is gone, as are elm trees. Archie White left Brucemore after 1937. he died in 1941 and rarely vacationed.
Rusnak outlines a layered restoration approach for Brucemore grounds to revive Prairie Style from the Douglas era while keeping the site accessible for art festivals tours and other events. The plan notes the pond remnants and the swimming pool added in the 1920s reflecting social customs of the era.
Cindy Hadisn writes that landscape preservation has emerged in the last two decades as a key historical research area. At Brucemore in Cedar Rapids, the grounds are being studied to guide an earlier era restoration, alongside similar work at Lyndhurst Chesterwood and Shadows on the Teche.
Andrew L. Gillam, 31, is charged with terrorism and attempted murder after firing at a car carrying two women. A hour long standoff ended with his surrender at his Waterloo residence. Police recovered weapons and ammunition. motive remains under investigation.
Samuel Proctor, pastor emeritus of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, will deliver a free public lecture at Cornell College in King Chapel on January 18 at 11 a.m. The talk covers his civil rights work with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. King spoke at Cornell in 1962. Proctor has long served as pastor and in academic roles since 1943 and has published six books.
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