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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1950
Page
11
Cedar Rapids public schools host English for the Foreign Born class party in the Great Wood room at MacKinley. Members share talks on homeland figures like Masaryk and Washington, showing earnest progress and mutual support despite varied backgrounds.
Seattle based report notes two University of Washington professors assess pinball playing as habit forming. Dr C R Strother compares it to alcoholism, saying some play casually while others develop an addiction. He does not advocate a pinball anonymous group.
The article notes Polish refugees and other newcomers learning English at McKinley with two teachers, Mrs. Rosche and Mrs. Thorne, meeting twice weekly. It lists students from Poland, Syria, Greece, Czechoslovakia, France, Russia, Mexico, Lithuania, and more, showing gratitude for American opportunity and the high standard of living. It also discusses views on pinball machine addiction and calls for psychotherapeutic treatment rather than outright bans, with contrasting opinions from Dr. Strother and Dr. Ripley.
The quote emphasizes addressing each specific issue by first identifying the unique problem and then crafting a distinct solution for it. It stresses methodical problem solving through individualized steps.
In a normal year the Illinois veneer industry requires over fifteen million board feet of raw materials, most of which are purchased in the form of logs.
Baker John Naughton recalls a peculiar order from a 22 year old customer who asked for a cake inscribed My true love lies bleeding to honor an estranged friend. Three weeks later the cake is stale and uncollected.
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