Seventy-Six Years of Transit Service Ends for Walker
After 37 years with Cedar Rapids public transportation Lionel A. Walker retires. He began in 1921 with the Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway, drove street cars, then buses, on routes including Marion and Linwood. He urges courtesy to elderly riders and plans travel and painting his basement.
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FTER
Cedar Rapids
Lionel A. Walker
Ninth Avenue SW
Walker
Marion City Railway
Marion
Linwood
Fort Bliss
Texas
James L. Blin
William J. Blin
Center Point Road
Marion High School
Eva Wachal
Richard L. Tharp
Donovan Tharp
Forty-eighth Street
Franklin High School
Cres Company
C R Chapter of Tool Engineers Meets Thursday
The C R Chapter of Tool Engineers will convene at the Sheraton Montrose with social hour at 6 p.m. dinner at 6 30 and a 7 30 technical session. J F Cachat of Ohio Crankshaft Co will speak on Production Applications for Induction Heating and coil design. Reservations via EM 38 0281 ex 235.
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American Society of Tool Engineers
Sheraton-Montrose
J. F. Cachat
Tocco Division
Ohio Crankshaft Company
Cleveland
Cachat
Case Institute of Technology
Western Reserve University
Society
James 11
Ambassadors Life In Sri Lanka Shows Tougher Than Retail
Maxwell H. Gluck, New York clothing magnate and U S ambassador to Ceylon since September, adapts to a demanding schedule. He rises early, hosts and attends receptions, and oversees embassy work while his wife handles a busy social calendar and residency renovations.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Maxwell H. Gluck
New York
U.S
Florida
Kentucky
Gluck
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Press
Maxwell Gluck
Muriel
Glucks
GI conduct abroad drawn from Catholic Digest report
An analysis by Gordon Gaskill in Catholic Digest portrays U S troops overseas as well intended but imperfect. It notes friction with civilians, language barriers, and cultural differences while highlighting the GI’s goodwill and willingness to aid others, despite negative stereotypes and incidents.
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Uuy Miles
Gordon Gaskill
Young and Green
Ambar Grotto Names Snarskis As New Monarch
Ed Snarskis was installed as the 1958 monarch of Ambar Grotto with Charles Ask Marvin O Connor and others named to key posts at the Knights of Pythias hall. The Ladies Auxiliary installed officers led by Mrs Clarence Edwards and Mrs Forrest Wren. A Gay Nineties party was planned for January 17.
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Ed Snarskis
Ambar Grotto
Knights of Pythias
M. B. Geesey
J.lester Scott
Monarch
Entertainment
Max Padzewsky
Conelrad Test Prep And Civil Defense Meetings
Regional Conelrad drill in Cedar Rapids features KCRG and WMT switching to 640 for half an hour with tape from Iss Vandyke Civil Defense. Other events include CD siren tests, police auxiliary meeting, first aid training, health council talk, and state alert actions in South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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Cedar Rapids
KCRG
WMT
Iss van Dyke Civil Defense Office
Memorial Coliseum
Civil Defense
Fred Carstens
Carstens
South Dakota
Polar Bears Ride Standout Commute In Drafty Car
Fifteen commuters from Chatham known as the Polar Bears ride to Hoboken daily on a Delaware Lackawanna and Western train. They stand in the rear vestibule of a front coach to avoid a stuffy interior, braving cold weather with collars up. They have no officers or records, and memberships are open to any rider who tolerates the draft.
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Chatham
N. J
Polar Bears
Hoboken
Willard T. Shhoener
William O. Ten Eyck
Ten Eyck
Solicitations Reviewers Meet Wednesday Noon
The Cedar Rapids Solicitations Review Committee will meet at noon Wednesday at the Roosevelt hotel to consider campaign applications. Linn County Heart Campaign, Linn County American Cancer Society chapter, and Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra have submitted forms. March of Dimes may also be reviewed. Officer elections and eight three year terms on the committee will also be on the agenda.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn County Heart Committee
Linn County
American Cancer Society
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
March of Dimes
Burglary Suspect Fitted Rug Ruse Foiled in Warehouse
Miami police rounded up Freddie Wiggins after a furniture warehouse search for a prowler. He was booked for investigation of burglary after being found among rolled linoleum in a cramped hiding spot.
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Miami
Freddie Wiggins
Wiggins
Cupid Couples ER Nurse and Policeman in Cleveland
In Cleveland at St. Alexis hospital head nurse Alice Casey met policeman Richard Munley during an ER investigation. Their unlikely romance began in the emergency room. Also note a TV listing for YOU ASKED FOR IT on Channel 9 Sunday at 6:00 pm.
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Cleveland
Alice Casey
Richard Munley
Miss Casey
St. Alexis Hospital
Munley
Channel 9
Linn Doctors Lawyers Dinner at Cedar Rapids Country Club
A joint dinner of the Linn County Bar Association and Linn County Medical Association will occur Thursday at 6 30 p m at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Speaker George E Hall of Chicago associate general counselor of the American Medical Association will discuss Medical Legal Problems. Hall, former Rockford Ill lawyer, joined AMA in 1940 and is an Illinois and American Bar Association member and fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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Linn County Bar Association
Linn County Medical Association
Cedar Rapids Country Club
George E. Hall
Chicago
American Medical Association
Rockford, Ill
Hall
Illinois and
American Bar Associations
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
The
Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Marion Boulevard
Gazzette
Bob Kerns
C.R. Chapter of
Tool Engineers
Navy
Cleveland Electrical Illuminating Company
Tocco
Women's Wear Millionaire Gluck
Senate
Charles C. Lane
Solomon West Ridgway
Daiz Bandaranaike
Marian Anderson
Prince John
Garden State Race Track
Camden
Lexington
AU Murial
Bruce Fishwild
Gaskill
Together Magazine
Marine Corps
Quantico
Alan D. Phillips
Denver
Sandra S.griswold
Washington Avenue
Phillips
University of Colorado
Thomas I. Redhouse
Thomas Redhouse
C Avenue NE
Field Artillery Survey
Fort Sill
Oklo
Fort Leonard Wood
Grinnell College
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ronald D. Gammon
Richard W. Gammon
Route 3
William H. Burmeister
W. E. Burmeister
Fourth Avenue
William M. Brown
Henry Brown
Thirtieth Street
Jerome J. Wilde
Cecil Wilde
Eighteenth Street
Air Force
Manzano
N.M
Immaculate Conception High School
Richard A. Caraway
A. K. Caraway
I Avenue NW
Destroyer Rocks
Newport
R.I
Roosevelt High School
William J. Goodell
George R. Goodell
Twelfth Street
USS Ranger
Dale L. Goodall
Robert Goodall
Tenth Street
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Gilbert L. Henley
H. A. Henley
First Street
Gary W. Kluber
Wesley G. Kluber
Williams Boulevard
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
March Air Force Base
Snarskis
Laurie van Dyke
C. D
Public School Health Council
Board of Education
Embassy Club
Wisconsin
Marion Woman’s Club
Ruby Hans
Cupid
DuPont
Public Dental
Sth Street
Gordon N. Olson
Sal Lee
Paramount
Linn
Mochnick
S.E
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