Amateur Short Wave Radio Keeps Cedar Rapids Family Connected
Ray Weeks an electrical engineer for Collins Radio Company and his wife Barbara lead a busy Cedar Rapids home powered by amateur radio. Their son Paul 13 and younger children study for licenses while the family builds a radio room addition and juggles licenses, music, weaving, and Civil Defense duty. Ray has talks with operators overseas though some countries restrict contact, and the Weeks avoid television in favor of radio.
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Lauris van Dyke
Gazetta
Ray Weeks
Ray
Collins Radio Company
Barbara
Paul
Mrs. Weeks
Esch
Hay
Reveranue SE
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Icter
Bell Raymoud
Paul Phiy
Andarbara
Tie
Ras
Fran
Ham 'N Bees
Redio Communications
Nivy
Jay
Craire
Cade
Ring
Thath Barak
Theol
Cedar Rapids
Collins
St. Indy
Argonne National Laboratory
Western Springs
Phyllis Fought For Chance to Ride Fire Truck
Detroit woman Phyllis Lawson, 20, was sentenced to zero jail days after a feud with the fire department over a desire to ride a big red engine. She damaged a window, vandalized a police station, then tore a radio from a firefighter’s car before pleading guilty to destruction of property.
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Phyllis
Detroit
Fire Department
Dixie Lawson
Potice Headquarters
Correc- Hou
Finice
Charles W. Kod
Terhashettis
Chase Manhattan Earnings Climb in 1956 Report
Chase Manhattan Bank reported net operating earnings in 1956 of $49,000,000, equal to $4.23 a share, with deposits reaching a record level. The results show strong bank performance despite challenging market conditions and reflect substantial growth in earnings per share.
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New York
Chase
Manhattan Bank
Sir Per Comenen
Book Bound in Indian Skin From Avenger Sells a History
Denver AP reports a book titled History of Christianity bound with the skin of an Indian killed by General Morgan during the Revolutionary era. The inscribed provenance traces to Morgantown West Virginia and a line of heirs, with the volume now kept in a glass cabinet at Ilff School of Theology in Denver.
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Denver
Ilff School of Theology
Morgan
Morgantown
West Virginia
William Burns
Hey. R
Barns
Colorada
Lind
Canon City
Horace M. Barns
Daniel Morgun
Indinus
William Travns
Western
Virginia
Ie Key, IL. A. Barts
Theology School
University of Denver
Wait Until He Finds That Guy
Charleston man Thomas Sword reported his car was rammed from a side street by a fleeing driver who then thumbed his nose and sped away. Damage to the Sworg auto was about 350 dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Sword
Sword
Sworg
Rise in Metalworking Sales Expected in 1957
Cleveland report says metalworking sales in 1957 likely to rise above seven billion dollars, with total about 13 billion. Forecasters based on a survey of U S metalworking managers, predicting half the gain from higher physical volume and prices. Second half may exceed the first six months by small margin.
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Cleveland
Tost
S Rel
U.S
Spicy calendars spark uproar in London shops
London officials confront a controversy as saucy pinup calendars circulated bearing the addresses of the Lord's Day Observance Society and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Officials blame a prankster and deny any organizational endorsement.
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London
Society For the Propagation of the Gosoel
Technicians Rise in Importance as U.S. Faces Shortage
Everett Baker, an optical instrument technician, embodies the rising need for skilled technicians who bridge artisans and engineers. Experts note the U.S. trains about 20,000 technicians annually, far fewer than needed to keep pace with Russia and growing scientific work.
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Hy Hernan BR
Allen
Washington
Everett Baker
Army
Ordnance
Baker
Sli~ver Spring
U.S. Bureau of Standards
America
Russia
Trytien
National Research Council
Endcmecg
United States
Shirley Swate
Carol Ormas
Mitror
Silver Spring
Iwata
Miss Ormes
Montgomery Junior College
Tacoma Park
Army MPs Use Mirrors to Catch Speeders at Camp Zama
In Tokyo area Camp Zama, U S Army police use car mirrors to pace speeding motorists. MPs place mirrors along the road and clock vehicles with stopwatches, tracking reflections as cars pass between mirrors.
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Tokyo
Camp Zama
Mps
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