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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1962

Page

17

Radar station in Iowa cornfield guides Chicago airways

A $1.75 million FAA radar station near West Branch Iowa becomes part of a national surveillance network. The West Branch facility will track flights within 200 miles and relay data to Chicago for air traffic control. Technicians monitor systems while Chicago controllers handle actual traffic direction.

Cedar Rapids West Branch Fred Beierman Chicago West Pink Federal Aviation Agency Martyn Cohen Hollywood Boulevard Robert F. Seger Minneapolis Cohen FAA Iowa Kansas City Beierman

Eastern Iowa Science Fair Adds Four Year Scholarship

More than 300 entry blanks mailed from the Eastern Iowa Science Fair to Dubuque and Clinton. The fair adds a four year tuition scholarship to the State College of Iowa and four $250 educational grants. First place in biological and physical sciences earns an expense paid trip to Seattle for the National Science Fair. A new scientific papers section for senior high students will allow scholarships but not other awards.

Dubuque and Clinton Walter DeKock State College of Iowa DeKock Box 441 Cedar Rapids Seattle Wash Avenue NE

Yugoslav East German Trade Pact Signed

In Belgrade the Yugoslav and East German governments signed a protocol boosting bilateral trade by up to 12 percent, according to the official news agency Tanjug.

Belgrade UPI Yugoslavia East Germany Tanjug

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