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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1969
Page
18
Cedar Rapids Symphony Assn outlines a drive to raise 23500 dollars and sell 1100 season tickets at its annual meeting led by president Vernon Hudek. Last year’s drive brought 18000 dollars and 804 tickets, with new business manager Mrs Hadley Nesbitt and several new and reelected directors elected for three year terms.
Five Eastern Iowans pledged social sororities for the spring term at Upper Iowa. Cheryl Jackson from Earlville joined Chi Delta Epsilon, Patricia Ahrens of Oelwein joined Kappa Eta Beta, Janet Lubben of Anamosa joined Sigma Nu Sigma, Judy Munger of Traer joined the same group, and Linda Luvendusky of Fairbank joined Sigma Nu Sigma.
Raleigh police stop about 45 teen drivers not for tickets but to obtain names and addresses so free movie tickets can be sent. The citywide effort praises careful and courteous driving as part of a safety campaign targeting teen motorists.
Chicago AP report quotes Clare Boothe Luce at the Woman's Athletic Club anniversary. She cites the contraceptive revolution and psychoanalysis as reshaping women's roles, arguing today’s woman is less essential to men and more a consumer. She advocates super sexiness as the path to marriage.
Duplicate bridge winners by movement include first place Mrs. Robert Smoker and Mrs. Charles Leipold with second to Mrs. Howard Green and Mrs. J. H. Allen. In Mitchell movement north-south, first went to Mrs. Ruth Helm and Mrs. Richard Golembiewski, with second to Roger Welty and Joe Verbird. East-west first were Mrs. Don King and Mrs. George Tschetschot, second to Miss Elizabeth Splinter and Mrs. Grant Collins. Mrs. Ralph Smith and Mrs. David Willer won Mitchell movement first place with second to Mrs. Robert Widger and Miss Marilyn Ladd.
Mrs. Eugene Christensen was elected president of Triangle 64 chapter at the Roosevelt hotel. Others installed include Mrs. James Bruner as vice president Mrs. James Puryear recording secretary Mrs. Ordean Tonderum as corresponding secretary and Mrs. Frank Koutny as treasurer.
University of Chicago hosts research funded by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn Foundation to assess the relationship between drug intake and chromosome damage using animal models. The project aims to establish an experimental system for future drug testing and reports progress in a concise, outcome-focused manner.
Horizon Corp sponsors a Glamor Grandmother of the Year contest inviting grandmothers of any age to compete for trips and prizes with no commercial tie in. Entry blanks are available at the Playboy Building in Chicago or nominations may be made by relatives or friends.
A compact recipe for Bulrogi top sirloin marinated in sesame oil soy sauce and spices, broiled to taste, with notes on serving portions and a spinach side. Includes anecdotes about Johannesburg mini skirts and upcoming performances by Molly and Mick Erdman in Carnegie Hall and a Cedar Rapids student addition at St Catherine’s College.
A historical note highlights that the Bible served as the source of names for twenty one U.S. Presidents, reflecting naming practices amid early American leadership. The detail underscores how religious texts influenced political nomenclature in the nation’s formative era.
North Carolina state Senator Geraldine Nielson proposes a graduated movie tax to curb perceived moral decline. Under the bill, X rated films would pay 50 cents per person, R rated 20 cents with parental attendance, M films 15 cents, and G or undesignated pre November 1 1968 releases five cents.
Dr. M. E. Vartanjan, a Soviet scientist on a WHO group studying mental illness biochemistry, theorizes that the stable one percent incidence of schizophrenia points to a genetic defect. He notes the phenomenon is seen only in genetic diseases.
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