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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1964

Page

14

Security at Fair Job For 3 000

Pinkerton's assigns 3000 security for the 1964 65 New York World's Fair. Half will guard money and operate shifts. 1500 form a general force with an on site hospital and dedicated sections. John J. Manning and Alfred B. Novak lead a Far reaching operation spanning crowds of up to 750000 daily.

National Detective Agency Public Safety and Service John J. Manning Alfred B. Novak FBI Pinkerton Fair New York World's Fair Fred Miller Harris

Downtown Assn Board to Meet and Hear Mayor Johnson

The Downtown Cedar Rapids Association holds a noon luncheon at the Sheraton-Montrose with Mayor Bob Johnson speaking on City and Downtown Interests. Members are urged to attend as color slides on U S downtown restoration projects are shown, presented by the Central Assn of Seattle.

Bob Johnson Board of Greater Downtown Cedar Rapids Assn Sheraton-Montrose Central Assn Seattle

Graduation for 15 Gray Ladies And Gray Man

Fifteen Red Cross Gray Ladies and one Gray Man will be capped in a ceremony Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Linn County Red Cross headquarters. The group includes Mr and Mrs H B Elston and others who have trained in Red Cross and in specialized areas at six institutions.

Red Cross Linn County H. B. Elston Elstons James Bridgers Chris Fedde Ida Manville Robert Olson Maye Thompson James Wallace Eric Koch Bruce Merrifield Paul Stockberger Charles Weinrich Chris Peterson Helen DeWees Jinny Suffin Viola Kenny Frank Brejcha Gray Lady James Vaughan Mary Radcliffe Office of Volunteers Howard White Records Archie Thompson United Cerebral Palsy Center Charles Thulin

Bethel AME Plans 35th Annual Banquet At Bethel Church

Bethel AME church hosts the 35th anniversary banquet honoring Richard Allen, Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. The event at First Presbyterian Church will feature Dr. Francis Pritchard as after dinner speaker with a 5 30 p m start and about 300 attendees. Proceeds benefit AME church activities. Reservations at EM 4 1927 or EM 2 3044. Bethel plans include music by Mt Zion Inspirational Gospelaires and others. Walter Brennan film God Is My Partner screens after.

Bethel Ame Church Sixth Street SE First Presbyterian Church Fifth Street SE Richard Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church Lincoln Frederick Douglas John Thomas Francis Pritchard First Presbyterian John W. Collins Eighth Street Emmett Collins Carlisle Street B. G. Taylor Fourth Street Collins AME Mt. Zion Walter Brennan God Is My Partner Channel 9

Washington Notebook Calories Not Much Lunch For LBJ

The Washington Notebook recalls President Johnson choosing an orange noncarbonated drink to keep calories in check as he jokes about skipping lunch. It also notes Don and Del Clawson mix ups at events with Romney and Rockefeller appearances, Webb’s nonstop talking habit, and Roche’s Civil Disobedience questions at a Democratic Action press conference.

Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Ashington U.S White House Johnson Don Clausen del Clawson California Don Michigan Del Romney Press Club Bryson Bush New York Nelson Rockefeller Rash Congressman Clawson John P. Roche Americans For Democratic Action

Brandeis Professor Refuses to Teach Without Tuition

Roche, Brandeis University political science professor, declines to continue lectures on Henry Thoreau theories, citing unpaid tuition. The exchange shows campus friction over funding and academic commitments.

Boss Night Set by Cedar Rapids Jaycees

Dr. Kenneth McFarland will speak at the Bosses Night banquet of the Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce at 6 15 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel with a 5 30 social hour. The program includes the Distinguished Service Award to Cedar Rapids’ outstanding young man of 1963 four local men honored for fitness contributions and the Boss of the Year announcement.

Kenneth McFarland Junior Chamber of Commerce Roosevelt Hotel Cedar Rapids Frank J. Tvrdik Rudolph Novak C. C. Birr F. J. Gilchrist Jaycees Dr. McFarland General

Two Will Float in Bay To Test Space Capsule

Two astronauts will spend 36 hours floating in Galveston bay aboard a Gemini capsule to test life support heating cooling waste disposal radio oxygen supply and seaworthiness as part of a February or March program. The exercise aims to verify astronaut comfort and capsule recovery under emergency conditions ahead of water landings and future land based endings.

Houston UPS Galveston Bay Manned Space Center

Mexican Park Plans Largest Roller Coaster

Officials at Chapultepec amusement park in Mexico City plan a new coaster reaching 99 feet in height with more than a mile of swoops and swirls.

Mexican Park Mexico City Chapultepec Amusement Park Mexico

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