Russian Art Tastes Shift As Exhorted Realism Fades
An American art teacher Edna Pierce, returning from two weeks in Soviet schools, reports Russia moving beyond strict social realism toward varied styles influenced by impressionism. She notes serious students, strict Young Pioneers, and a culture of gift exchanges, birth control discussions, and strong book interest, with Leningrad’s beauty challenging her gray image of Russia.
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Cedar Rapids
Russia
Edna Pierce
Harding
Citizens Exchange Core
New York
Moscow
Pierce
Mitage
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Young Pioneers
Miss Pierce
Ren
Kiwanis Funds Benefit Good Health and Others
Metropolitan Kiwanis of Cedar Rapids raised funds at three local liquor stores before Christmas and New Year for Camp Good Health 300 dollars Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps 500 dollars Kirkwood Community College 1500 dollars for three student loan funds and additional support for dental and eye care. Camp Good Health will close its books at month end with a final report.
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Camp Good Health
Metropolitan Kiwanis Club of
Cedar Rapids
Emerald Knights
Kirkwood Community College
Metro Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Lodge
Czechoslovak Society of America
District of Iowa
Anna A. Gordon
Philip O. Hahn
Maxine Kubovac
Assa
Rudolph Norbohm
Kathleen
Bob Gardner
Teresa Quass
Velma Miller
Temple
Effie Ellenberger
Winter Temple No. 78
K.M. Thompson
Esther Juhl
Madison Street
Kansas
Howard Jordan
Edna Messinger
Champaign, Ill
Kyles
Oscar H. Peterson
Robert Black
Winter Temple No
Charles Nove
Chad Fir Dearie
Public agency meetings in Linn and Cedar Rapids area
A dense schedule lists numerous public bodies including Linn County supervisors, Linn Health center, zoning commissions, and Cedar Rapids city council. Meetings cover regular and informal sessions at courthouses health centers libraries and city halls with times ranging from morning to evening across multiple venues.
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Linn
Linn Psychiatric Clinic Board
Linn Health Center
Third Avenue SE
Linn Zoning Commission
Swisher-Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Eastern
Iowa Area Crime Commission Standards and Goals
Sirloin N’ Brew
First Avenue SE
Courthouse
Cedar Rapids Urban Renewal Board
Cedar Rapids Library Board
Help To 14th Colony Looked Northward For Support
As patriot groups in the 13 colonies pressed resistance against England they sought a 14th colony in Canada to join them. The ill fated Quebec assault of December 1775 to January 1776 led Congress to send a delegation in 1776 headed by Ben Franklin with Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll to court Canadian officials.
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England
Canada
Quebec
Congress
World Almanac Notes
Ben Franklin
Samuel Chase
Charles Carroll
Arkansas Man Speaker For Jaycee Awards Event
Ken Coon of Conway will speak at the Longbranch supper club as Jaycee week awards are handed out. Coon, a past Arkansas Jaycee president, is noted for leadership roles within the state Jaycees and national linkage, with the movement tracing roots to 1915 and expanding to 315,000 members in 7,300 communities.
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Longbranch
Arkansas Jaycee
Ken Coon
Conway
Ark
Coon
Jaycee
Tuckerman Jaycees
Arkansas Jaycees
Henry Giessenbier
St. Louis
Long Richmond San Rafael Bridge Among World's Largest
The Richmond San Rafael bridge in Contra Costa County California spans four miles making it one of the longest in the world. It cost about 50 million dollars to build reflecting its ambitious scale and engineering.
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Richmond-San Rafael
Contra Costa County
Calif
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United States
Space Station
Here
Harding Junior High
Philadelphia
America
Pennsylvania Evening Post
Benjamin Towne
Colonies
World Almanac
New York Weekly Mercury
Patriot
Newark
N.J
Edna. Pierce
Teneenee
Health Center
Council
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
Linn Hall
Hoover Health
Mora
Ford’s
2Nd Street
S.E
Arkansas Man
U.S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Num
Ber
SHOP
Lindale Plaza
Traditi
Marion
Tyle
China
Martinsville
Finis
Tinsville
Fruitwood
Back & S
Rockers
Burlington Fruitwood
Onal
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