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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1960

Page

6

Touring College Choir to Give Concert in C R

Seven Coe College a cappella soloists named for a four day Midwest tour through Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. The 51 voice choir will perform in Stillwater St Paul Davenport and La Crosse with high school assemblies and church concerts. Concerts are sponsored by the Jefferson concert choir.

Cedar Rapids Coe Robert M. Larson Coe A Cappella Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Marilyn Martin Postville Wilma Cox Monticello Madeleine Szymanski Fontana Wis Jan Ellis Haverford David Roser Williamsburg Harry Moon Monona Nile Norton Davenport Minneapolis-St. Paul Larson First Presbyterian Church Stillwater Minn Hope Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis Westminster Presbyterian Church Central Presbyterian Church of Logan High School LaCrosse Postville Community Presbyterian Church Prairie du Chien Maquoketa Moon Dan Haerle Richardson Texas Jan White Haerle Miss Martin Orlene Blue Vinton Jane Anderson Roger Bear Loren Burns Marcia Butz Catharine Curtis Tim Evans Marlene Potter John Sedlacek Russ Wilkins Frank Williams Gary Kimm Albert Sperrino, Jr Marion Margery Baxter Sioux City Concordia Paul J. Christiansen Jefferson High School F. Melius Christiansen Concordia College Moorhead Norway Holland Germany Austria Vienna Jefferson Concert Choir Hillbrunner’s Music Co Taylor Music Co Armstrong’s the High School

Congress Sparks Action with Spark Plug Tribute

Rep. Chamberlain of Michigan sent a spark plug to every member of Congress hoping it would ignite the cerebral mixture and spark effective legislation. The gesture aimed to energize lawmakers and stimulate better policy making.

Washington UPI Chamberlain R-Mich Congress

Timbuktu tourism beckons with historic allure

Washington report notes Timbuktu's traditional allure for visitors after centuries of inaccessibility. The Cedar Rapids Symphony performs two student parent concerts at Coe auditorium under Henry Denecke, with 2 pm and 3:30 pm showings. Tickets priced 50 cents adults 25 cents children. box office sales.

Washington Timbuktu Sahara Cedar Rapids Symphony Coe Auditorium Henry Denecke Kiev Ssecsee Moussorgsky

Tuareg Daggers Become Popular Souvenirs In Timbuktu

Tuareg warriors sharpen daggers for infidels but the blades are selling as souvenirs to several hundred tourists who visit Timbuktu each year. City officials discuss plans to improve hotels pave streets and install lights. New industries and better schools are planned.

Timbuktu

Drive with care-don't hit a want ad reader

A brief roadside note urges cautious driving to protect readers of local want ads. The message emphasizes slowing, scanning, and avoiding distractions near bulletin boards and parked vehicles.

Traveling art shows keep university works on the road

University of Iowa art department expands its touring exhibition service lending graduate student drawings to civic groups and schools free of charge except for return transport. Exhibits travel for about a month, have reached coast to coast, and now tour the University of London and the Bahama Islands.

University of Iowa James Lechay SUI Art Faculty Lechay Thas Slade Art School University of London Bahama Islands Department of Art Iowa City

Chuckles in the News: Prankster Loses Teeth in Dallas

United Press International reports W C Jack, a harmless office joker, had all his teeth extracted by a dentist. Co workers sent him a gag haul including snacks and sandpaper labeled gum massage tissues. Manuel Vega, facing eviction in New York, married a woman and eight children in court with the landlord as best man and the judge providing a wedding ring.

Dallas W. C. Jack New York Manuel Vega Vega

Fort Worth Couple Marries as Rent Money Returned

Fort Worth reports a Mr High married a Miss Price and received $10 in rent money from the landlord. In Lincoln, 8 year old Gary Lee Towns send grew angry watching a Western movie and fired a shotgun creating a 24 inch hole in a television screen. His sister and a babysitter were unharmed. In Montgomery a so called motherly type thief swiped two dozen diapers from a backyard wash line.

Fort Worth High Price Lincoln Gary Lee Townssend Hombres Montgomery Ala

Man in Hair Oil Incident Escapes Tight Jam

In Little Falls Minnesota Daniel Bajula 25 became stuck in a tight squeeze. He stripped to his shorts smeared his body with hair oil and attempted to free himself from the jam.

Little Falls Minn Daniel Bajula Bajula

Prisoner Escapes Through Narrow Jail Passage

A inmate slipped into a 6 inch gap between his cell block and the kitchen passage at Morrison County Jail and required three hours for guards to free him.

Morrison County

See BROKEN ARROW on Television 9 Sunday Evening

A TV listing notes BROKEN ARROW airing at p m Sunday on channel 9. No further details provided.

Television 9

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