Black markets thrive worldwide amid scarcity and risk
An AP Newsfeatures report by Charles Stafford details how scarcity drives thriving black markets from Istanbul to Manila, Taipei and Buenos Aires. It shows how U S cigarettes, cars, and dollars fuel illicit trade, with examples from post exchanges to opium rackets in Indo-China and Laos, shaping economies and crime.
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Charles Stafford
Istanbul
Manila
Taipei
Buenos Aires
United States
U.S
Post Exchange
Phong Savang
Laos
Foutu
Leading Lady speaker to address Cedar Rapids Chamber dinner
Muriel Mansell, a seasoned actress in radio cinema and theater, will headline the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau dinner on Wednesday at 6 15 in the Chamber building. Altorfer Machinery Co. will be honored during the program.
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Cedar Rapids
Altorfer Machinery Co
Miss Monsell
Ward Belmont School
University of Oklahoma
Pasadena Playhouse
Maurice Evans
Judith Evelyn
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tandy
Donald Cook
Robert Young
Scout Hero Helps Two Tulsa Boys In Ice Rescue
Howard White used Boy Scout training to save Douglas Poplin and David Staley who fell through ice on a city park pond. He dragged himself onto the ice with a pole while bystanders pulled them to safety with a rope. White’s father is a Scout master.
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Tulsa
Howard White
Douglas Poplin
David Staley
White
Chuckles in The News United Press story roundup
News briefs from Knoxville London New York Royce City and Appley England. In Knoxville Clarence King faces drunken driving charges but his attorney asks him to testify. judge fines him 150 dollars. In London the Strand plans a Smith free benefit for refugees with many Smiths expected. In Brooklyn a corps cadet bridge demo sinks during training. In Royce City the cemetery association kicks off 1960 homecoming. In Apperley a pub owner ferries customers across floodwater to stay dry.
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United Press International
Knoxville
Tenn
Clarence
King
New York
Apperley
England
Tom Parker
Subliminal Noise May Enter Thoughts In Dreams
AP report details Dr. Fred Pine's U.S. Public Health Service experiment with 24 college students. A distracting tape paragraph influenced later stories, shaping relations, characters, and themes without conscious recall. The study suggests subliminal input enters the unconscious and colors primary process thinking.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Fred Pine
New York University
Dr. Pine
Freud
Public invited to color slide show Our Colorful Capital
Cedar Rapids Camera Club invites the public to a color slide show Our Colorful Capital at 7 30 pm Thursday Feb 11 in the Keen Teen room YMCA. John Fish of the Photographic Society of America will narrate with sound on tape showing cherry blossoms in Washington and government buildings along with restaurant scenes. Mrs Fish also appears with a camera.
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Cedar Rapids
John Fish
Photographic Society of America
Washington
Fish
United States
Canada
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