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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1956

Page

9

The Bad Drivers Who Make Headlines

A discussion on teen driver safety and responsibility. It notes many young drivers are good but a few cause headlines and higher insurance rates. Driver education reduces accidents by about half. parents must teach safe habits and signals. Colonial Baking Company's traffic safety program honors long accident-free drivers with yearly awards and monthly safety meetings.

Colonial Baking Company H. M. Casey Karl Smith Ray Payne Mr. Pleasant Don Aalberg Fred Welsh Bill Coghlan Herbert Blakely la —— Proctor Cedar Rap Dan Lemon Ray Bennett Cedar Rapids Bill Graham Roger Ryan Oelwein Tom Bussert Mt. Pleasant Ezra Jones Maynard Gould Marshalltown

Mink Bow Ties Given to Lawmakers in Lansing

In Lansing Michigan AP report Gov lawmakers received mink bow ties as gifts to mark bill numbers. GOP Rep James Goulette distributed more than 100 bow ties to House members and committee clerks from his mink ranch in the Upper Peninsula. He said it required nine animals to supply the neckpieces.

Lansing Mich G.O.P James Goulette Goulette Upper Peninsula

Store Follows Up On Patron's Deal

In Mexico City a man posing as an army captain bought a coat for a general's wife and left a female companion as guarantee for payment. The captain did not return and the guarantee was jailed.

Patron's Mexico City

Bang at Blair House Sends Nervy Crowd Scattering

A loud bang near Blair House startled bystanders in front of the historic residence in Washington. Police cordoned the area as nerves ran high and witnesses reported hearing a backfire from a nearby vehicle.

Washington Blair House

Three Choruses Set for Swim Sing Massed Finale

Coe College music faculty will direct a combined chorus of more than 100 male voices for the second annual Swim Sing at Coe Auditorium on March 17. Cedar Rapids groups Collins Chorus El Kabir Shrine Chanters and Cedar Rapids Barbershop Chorus join Terry Carlson William Rinderknecht and R L Moehrmann. Proceeds go to the Jaycee pool fund. Admission is a donation of 1 or more dollars with ticketing limited to venue capacity.

Keith Broman Coe Coe Auditorium Jim Lovett Jaycee Fund Collsins Chorus Terrence Carlson el Kabir Shrine William Rinderknecht Cedar Rapids Barbershop Chorus R. L. Moehrmann Dr. Broman Lovett

Feathers Reportedly Recovered After Juvenile Task

In Lexington Kentucky two youths pledged completion of a two month court ordered task by gathering about 100000 feathers they admitted scattering when they broke into a novelty firm. The two offenders told the juvenile court they had finished the assignment and returned the last of the compacted feathers to the scene.

Lexington

Hear Cough Find Corpse Is Alive at Depot

At Racine Wisconsin bystanders heard a cough from inside a coffin crate at the railroad depot. Police opened the crate and found 40 year old Eric Dutch Herman alive. He said he had returned from a boat show in Chicago and crawled into the box as a gag.

Racine Wis Standers Eric “Dutch Herman Chicago

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