Cedar Rapids Art Show draws strong Iowa amateur entries
The Cedar Rapids Art Association reports over 200 entry requests as it prepares a second Iowa Amateur Art Show with $400 in Grant Wood awards. Entries open March 6 at the city library gallery, judged by Iowa professors Adams Longman and Smith, and prizes total $275 plus four honorable mentions.
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Cedar Rapids Art Association
Iowa
Peter Stamats
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Boone
Ft. Dodge
Mt. Pleasant
Ft. Madison
Davenport
Adel
Clear Lake
Keokuk
Richard Cervene
Ciation
Harriet Adams
Iowa State College
Lester D. Longman
University of Iowa
Paul R. Smith
Iowa State Teachers College
Adams
Longman
The
Art Association
Mario Manaure
Mario Abreu
Jean Sage
Wilson John Hamilton
Lou Doellinger
Waterloo
Diamond merchant robbed of gems after late departure
Morris I. Krischer of Brooklyn was robbed of 20 000 to 30 000 in gems and severely beaten after leaving his office on New York's diamond row too late to deposit jewels in a bank vault. He was attacked from behind and woke to find the leather pouch missing.
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New York
INS
Morris I. Krischer
Brooklyn
Case Will Hit Close to Home
Henry W. Clancy was sued for 558 in back child support by his former wife Merele. Clancy works to track down fathers who fail to support their children.
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Sacramento, Calif
Henry W. Clancy
Merele
Clancy
Pratt Library in Baltimore Offers Unusual Services
The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore stands out with 12 display windows like a department store and a mission driven staff. It trains librarians nationwide and runs 26 branches plus a bookmobile while offering lectures, forums, and diverse media on a million plus books and thousands of slides and films.
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Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Library
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Queens
Kansas City
Springfield
Mass
Norfolk
Manchester
N. H
Garbage Jam In Dumbwaiter Traps Man For Hours
East Orange New Jersey police and a neighbor rescued 35 year old Charles Knapp after he and a load of garbage became stuck in a dumbwaiter for about four hours. He admitted after bowling and drinking he placed the trash in the shaft and somehow became trapped. Knapp was not injured.
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East Orange
N.J
Charles Knapp
Knapp
City Meters Removed After Merchants Complain
Galva council orders removal of 250 parking meters after merchants say they hurt business. The council advised merchants to fill free spaces with customer cars, not merchant vehicles, before meters are reinstated.
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Galva, II
Chicago Weather Phone Number Reflects Historical Shift
In 1955 Chicago’s top telephone listing shifted away from a blonde joke to the weather oriented service. The piece notes the first regular milk shipment by rail in 1841 from Orange County to New York, while the weather report was heard via a phonograph record. The reference ties Weather 4-1212 to regional call patterns and city life.
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Chicago
Orange
Tojcounty
New York
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