Three-way tie resolved for Coe college high school meet winner
Debaters from Muscatine Davenport and Lincoln tied at seven wins each after eight rounds. Davenport high earned the overall title with 703 individual points, Muscatine 691.5, Lincoln 690. Superior and excellent ratings were awarded to multiple Cedar Rapids Iowa City Strawberry Point Garnavillo and other area students in radio news poetry oratory and expository TV discussions.
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Muscatine
Davenport
Northeast High School of
Lincoln
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Judy Rickey
McKinley
Cedar Rapids High
Clifford Gilleland
Wilson
Joan Benesh
John Watson
Bob Bradley
Joan McAllister
Bernard Peterson
Garnavillo
Princess Margaret Sails For Antigua After Beach Scuffle
Princess Margaret departed Bridgetown aboard the royal yacht Britannia for Antigua after a Caribbean beach visit that sparked a brief clash with police and press photographers. The reporters, briefly detained and deprived of press cards, had them returned on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Margaret
Barbados
Princess Margaret
Caribbean
Bridgetown
Antigua
Queen Elizabeth
Britannia
Exclusive
Heron Bay Beach
Iowa Lawmaker Proposes Rules Cited Dagmar Incidents
Des Moines report states an Iowa legislator proposes new rules after Dagmar, a television actress, is involved in a controversy labeled incidents. The piece notes political debate and potential impact on media oversight.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dagmar
Des Moines lawmakers clash over kissing entertainer at auto show
The buxom blonde entertainer appearing at the Des Moines auto show drew cheers in the legislature before mixed reactions emerged. Rep. William Denman called the display disgusting and said he will propose new House rules to prevent such events in the future.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
William Denman
Royal Geographic Society Eyes 1956 57 Antarctic Crossing
The Royal Geographic Society backs an overland Antarctica expedition for 1956 57 with a mid pole stop. Leader is Dr Vivian Ernest Fuchs, 46, a veteran British explorer, and the project is estimated to cost about 700000 dollars.
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London
Royal Geographic Society
Antarctica
South Pole
Vivian Ernest Fuchs
Britain
Highway Courtesy Week Promoted by Pythians in Cedar Rapids
Star of the West lodge of the Knights of Pythias joins with over 3,000 lodges in a nationwide Highway Courtesy week. The program aims to reduce traffic accidents, with Cedar Rapids Mayor Milo Sedlacek set to issue a proclamation at the council meeting. A Saturday night meeting in Pythian hall features Judge Patterson on The Citizen's Role in the Solution of Traffic Problems, followed by a national radio broadcast next Sunday.
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Star of the West
The
Knights of Pythias
Herbert Ades
Milo J. Sedlacek
Ades
Cedar Rapids
Pythian Hall
Patterson
Pythians
U. S
Canada
Three School Board Seats Open for Election
Three terms of three years each will be open as of March 14. Nomination petitions are available at the board of education building with a noon March 4 filing deadline. Current directors include W. Sandoe Jordan Eliot O. Waples and Ben H. Peterson.
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Board of Education
Otto Wiedersburg
W. Sandoe Jordan
Eliot O. Waples
Ben H. Peterson
Coe College
Jordan, Waples and Peterson
Carl C. Kesler
B. A. Jensen
David W. Lehti
H. Franklin Kemp
Montreal Financier Buys Toronto Globe and Mail
R Howard Webster a young Montreal financier has purchased the Globe and Mail, Toronto's morning paper, for about 102 million dollars. The deal is announced by the executors of George McCullagh's estate, founder of the paper in 1936 through Globe and Mail and Empire.
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Toronto
R. Howard Webster
Montreal
Globe and Mail
Canada
George McCullagh
Globe
Mail
Empire
Soap project aims to ease household chores at Toronto
Two University of Toronto students, Ollie Brehovsky and Lorna Ballou, announced a soap bar project that lasts three months and eliminates bathtub rings, hoping to make housework less tiresome.
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Toronto
University of Toronto
Ollie Brehovsky
Lorna Ballou
Ellis Y Plans Party For Retarded Children
Ellis YMCA and Ellis Community Center host a children's party Monday featuring cartoons from downtown YMCA and balancing acts by Robert Dotzauer. Contact Mrs. M. B. Pope at 36143 for details. Dotzauer thanks local businesses for favors and contributions.
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Robert Dotzauer
Ellis Community Center
Ellis “Y
Dotzauer
M. B. Pope
Census finds 300 million Indians illiterate
A census analysis reports that about 300 million people in India are illiterate, representing five of every six adults unable to read or write. The finding highlights vast literacy gaps across the country.
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New Delhi
India
Convention of VEW Set for Cedar Rapids June 17
About 8 000 Iowa veterans expected to attend the state Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cedar Rapids June 17 and 18. Merton B. Trice of Mitchell South Dakota national VFW commander to be main speaker. Auxiliary will hold its state meeting concurrently.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Arnold J. Frey
Post 788
Merton B. Trice
Mitchell
S. D
VFW
James R. Lightner
YMCA
Toastmasters Club
Cottage Cheese Pack Provides High Protein Per Serving
A half cup of cottage cheese delivers as much protein as a four ounce portion of lean meat, highlighting its protein density for dietary planning and meal balance.
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Antigua Isle
Guaranty
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C. R. Pythians
E. W. Lundquist
Boven Eee
Oxfords
Boots
Connolly
Genuin
C.R
Harold van Horn
John D. Baker
Robert Holets
James Moloney
Stanley Bowers
William White
Robert A. Safely
Charles Baldock
Paul Fogarty
Keith Churchill
Emil Vohaska
Alfreda Safely
Jackie Mhdlets
Beulah Gaskill
Velma White
Florence Shanahan
Mae Frey
Robert Ford
F. W. Engberg
Iowa City
Lightner
Clinton
Memorial Union
Warren B. Bruene
Toastmasters International
YM Toastmasters Club
Walkers Drug Center
Third Avenue
Walkers
Valentine
Schrafft
Whitman
Johnston
Bunte
Valentine Candies
Absorbine JR
Eversharp
Valentine Heart Center
Smulekoff
Philco TV
Philco
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