Radio Bikini transmitter recalls atomic test era at Bikini Atoll
Cedar Rapids workers assembled Old 1704, nicknamed Radio Bikini, a Collins transmitter used at Kwajalein during Operations Crossroads. Installed at Bikini in a tent near the officers club, it relayed network broadcasts for sailors and troops and operated from June 1946 until the tests concluded in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arey Bikiini
Collins Radio Company
Collins
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
U. S. Navy
Bikini Atoll
Marshalls
Officers’ Club
Radio
Bikini
NICO-1
Collins Radio Pliant
Cedar Rapids
Ted Hunter
Radio Bikini
Clyde Hendrix
Clinton
Kentucky seeks bears for stocking in mountains
E. R. Starkweather of Minnesota reports Kentucky game authorities asked for five or six pairs of black bears to stock the Kentucky mountains, aiming to ease climate-related burden on bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Kentucky
E. R. Starkweather
State Game and Fish Division
Kentucky and Illinois vie in 1947 political battlegrounds
In 1947 elections Kentucky and Illinois shape up as main battlegrounds with gubernatorial contests in Kentucky and mayoral races in Chicago. The piece outlines primaries in Kentucky and Mississippi, state races in Wisconsin Michigan and Illinois, and maps local elections across major cities. It notes GOP efforts to rout Mayor Kelly and hints at looming 1948 presidential implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Ashington
Kentucky
Illinois
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Willis Supman
U. S
John M. Robsion
Kenneth Tuggle
Robsion
Willis
Oene Dewees
Earle O.ts
Harry Lee Waterfield
House of Representatives
Mississippi
Fielding L. Wright
Wright
Thomas L. Bailey
Cook County
Kelly
Dwight H. Green
Green
GOP
Peoria
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Gary
Indianapolis
South Bend
Kansas
Kansas City
Wichita
Louisville
Michigan
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Minnesota — Duluth
Minneapolis
Missouri
St. Louis
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
It Must Be Fun to Serve on Cedar Rapids School Board
A 1940s Cedar Rapids report critiques seven school board members for unpaid positions while detailing their ages, terms, and roles. It notes long meetings, late nights, and a history of budget concerns as it invites new candidates to file for March elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Re Cera
Ed Lundquist
Carl C. Kesler
Penick and Ford Research
Dwight Krumholtz
J. K. von Lackum
J. C. Blodgett
Blodgett
Cedar Rapids Tribune
von Lackum
Moorman
Universal Engineering Company
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Jack Ferring
Radio Broadcasting
Secretary of the Navy
Segmarg
Collins Radio
FLACK
Filter Supply Company
Third Avenue SE
Census Bureau
Simeon S. Willis
J. Luter Donaldson
Martin H. Kennelly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Co County
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Penningroth
Penningroth
Douglas Grant
WMT
Myron Koenig
Supt
Clyde Parker
Parker
Lundquist
Sima
Osco Drugs
May
Druz
General Motors
Pontiac
Henry J. Taylor
Comrat
Fisher
Clear Vision
Culver Motors
McLaughlin Pontiac Co
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Street
Monticello
Iowa
Ken P. Quinn
C. M. Boland
Walter Fry
Don Kensinger
Yoy R. Orr
Occidental Life Insurance Company of
California
Smulekoff
Sparton
Appliance
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