Barnes as New York traffic chief faces the old jammed lanes
Francis Suilley profiles Henry A Barnes New Yorks new traffic commissioner who aims to solve city gridlock with bold schemes like halting cars at intersections while pedestrians cross. The piece jokes about historic parallels from Julius Caesar to Lycurgus and cites Cowart of Allied Chemical on past traffic limits.
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Francis Suilley
New York
Julius Caesar
Sennacherib
Nineveh
Lycurius
Antient Pompeii
Henry A. Barnes
N.Y
Barnes
Baltimore
Barnes Danes
Approve Shift Of 2nd Negro in Florida School
Tampa AP report notes the county board voted to transfer Robert W. Saunders Jr a second grader to a white school. Saunders is the son of the NAACP field secretary and requested the move because the white school is closer than the Negro school. Earlier, A Leon Lowry’s son was admitted to a white school for handicapped children.
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Tampa
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert W. Saunders
NAACP
Saunders
A. Leon Lowry
Florida
The
Eartier
Computers Write Poetry Prompts New AI Debate
In Laton California AP report on Libra Scope and General Precision discuss RPC 4,000 and RPC 4,900 teaching machines to compose English verse. Bristow explains aim to converse with computers in ordinary language to boost business use and remove need for math experts.
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Librastope
General Precision, Inc
Librascope
RPC
Bristow
Great Decisions Program Starts This Week in Cedar Rapids
The Great Decisions discussion series kicks off this week in Cedar Rapids at 7:30 p.m. in the public library with sessions led by local groups. Participants will review world issues, complete ballots to share with Iowa officials, and obtain packets for $1.50 from the Foreign Policy Association.
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Great Decisions
C.R
Cedar Rapids
Dir Rapids
Iowa
the Foreign Policy’ ‘Assn
Liberian School Year Expanded Under Tubman Decree
Liberia moves to a longer academic year from March 1 1962 to June 1963 by decree of President William Tubman. The change shifts from February to November and aims to boost education with more teaching hours and expanded teacher training.
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Monrovia
Liberia
William Tubman
Pepsi-Cola Appoints Harvey Russell Vice President
Harvey Russell, a Negro, is named vice president for special markets at Pepsi-Cola, making him one of the few African Americans to reach such a level in a major firm. Russell, 43, will oversee all specialized markets, coordinating 500 bottlers and handling international assignments, with a salary near $20,000. He notes postwar opportunity for Blacks has improved and cites merit as his basis for ascent, reflecting broader shifts in corporate attitudes. He lives in Yonkers with wife Jacqueline Denison and two adopted sons.
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New York
Harveyt
Russell
Pepsi
Africa
Yonkers
Jacqueline Denison
Chicago
Special Markets
Louisville
West Kentucky State College
Kentucky
Newcond
Polack Circus to Visit Cedar Rapids February Showings
Polack Brothers circus comes to Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum February 24 and 25 under Elks Lodge 251. Four shows feature bareback riders high wire acts and animal acts including dogs monkeys horses ponies and Besa snow elephants with Pat Anthony and his trained lions and tigers Zavatta bareback riders Aero Stylites Miss Liane the Flying Valentines Seven Staneks Florida Trio Jungones and clowns Jerry Bangs Johnny Cirillino Harry Ann and Al Ackerman. Show times Saturday 1 5 and 7 pm Sunday 1 45 and 8 pm.
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Polack Brothers’ Circus
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial
Elks Lodge No
Hon‘ors
Pat Anthony
Zavatta
Miss Liane
Flying Valentines
Seven Staneks
Florida
Jungones
Europe
Clown Brigade
Jerry Bangs
Johnny Cirillino
Harryann
al Ackerman
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Tonfort
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Cowart
Barrett
Allied Chemical Corp
Rome
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Assyria
Greece
Lycurgus
Athens
Charles Maher
Lendale
Calif
United States
AOL Beng
Robert Prost
Frank Belstow
Beatnik
Venice West
Prjythe
Glife
Towa
Johny M. Ely. Jr
Council On World Questions
W. R. Haworth
Linn County Extension Service
Vietnam
China
Nigeria
Middle East
Berlin
United Nations
Gazette
lowa-Illinois
Iowa-Illinois
America
Iowa — Illinois
Cus and & Electric Company
Pepsi-Cola
John J. Cunnlff
Polack Circus
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