Radar Net and Cedar Rapids Area Air Traffic Control
The article details maintenance crew duties at Municipal airport including instrument landing system VORTAC high intensity lights and radio gear for local traffic. It explains Radar Net with Chicago center monitoring Cedar Rapids area and cross-border handoffs among Kansas City Minneapolis and Chicago centers. It also reports New York City's real estate valuations hitting a record 27 678 596 000 with Chase Manhattan Bank Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center noted.
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Tenance
Municipal
Ann Ag
West Branch
Chicago
M. Y
New York
U City
City Tax Commission
Chase Manhattan Bank
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
FAA to install new direction finding at Municipal airport
The FAA adds direction finding equipment at Municipal airport as part of a federal program to modernize air navigation. Carl Hatfield says operation should start by August and describes a radio compass with VHF and UHF receivers. The Cedar Rapids setup, plus outlying stations, will form an interlocking network across Iowa, aiding pilots with electronic bearings and radar controlled airways.
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FAA
Municipal
Marshall Turner
Carl Hatfield
Hatfield
Cedar Rapids
West Branch
Russell Kothenbeutel
Burlington
Des Moines
Mason City
Cedar Rapids to Enter Jet Age Soon With Expansion Plans
Cedar Rapids, a hub on busy air lanes, is poised for jet-age operations within two years. The runway expansion project, set for completion next year, accompanies upgraded navigational aids for a smooth transition and closer in-flight operations supervised by traffic controllers monitoring radar signals.
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Cedar Rapids
Saint-Tropez to Replace Bikini at Rio Carnival
Rio de Janeiro AP reports MayConceicav Rian forecasts Saint-Tropez will be the outfit for carnival as police bans on bikinis and shorts persist during pre Lenten celebrations.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Conceicav Rian
Rio
Grace Episcopal Plans To Bring Back Old Look
Grace Episcopal church members voted to restore the nave to its 1850s appearance and add a new education building. Rector Rev Thomas Hulme will lead remodeling. architects Kohlmann and Remainder of the $186,000 project funded by gifts. Construction to begin this spring with completion by late October.
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Grace Episcopal
Grace Episcopal Church
Ranids
Thomas Hulme
Kohlmann
William P. Ellwood
Grace Church
Lille Old Lady
Educationiiring Bank
Kcrg-Tv
Grace Church Plans Nave Remodeling In Cedar Rapids
The project will raise seating from about 25 to accommodate changes. A two story Christian education wing extends behind the current building to form an L shape with six new classrooms on the ground floor. The plan is part of a 1954 long range program by Rev. A T B Haines and James D Bever.
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Kennedy
Council On Youth Fitness
PLA
Christian Education
A. T. B. Haines
James D. Bever Jaf Marion
Grace Circuit
Grace Church
Celar Rapids
Average Married Man Three Percent Older Than Wife
Washington AP report notes that married men average about 3 percent older than their wives. Census data show a median age of 44.6 for men and 41.1 for women in March 1961, slightly up from 1950. Men at first marriage averaged 28, women 20.2, with no change since 1950.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
Ihnise
Fallout Shelter Book Covers Birth to Death Care
Washington AP reports a civil defense and health care booklet expanding a government fallout guide to cover births, injuries, illnesses, and death in shelters. It notes emergency births, care for newborns, and no burial outside the shelter for 48 hours after a nuclear attack due to fallout exposure.
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Fallout Shelter
Washington
Ués
American Medical Assn
Defense and Health Departments
Labrador Birth With One Green-Colored Puppy
Bathgate Scotland reports that a 23 year old Labrador named Judy gave birth on Christmas Eve to six golden retrievers and one green pup. A veterinarian said the green puppy will fade to gold within weeks.
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Bathgate
Scotland
UPE
David Moran
Judy
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