Fourth of July at Hawkeye Downs Promises Music Racing
The Hanford post of the American Legion sponsors an all day Fourth of July event at Hawkeye Downs with racing cars music from 400 Cedar Rapids musicians and a $1000 fireworks display. Stanley Vesely oversees Hawkeye Music festival with bands from Roosevelt Wilson McKinley and others performing from 7:30 p.m. A Rockwell Daehler Gershwin piece and soloists highlight the night show. Winners advance to Chicagoland Music festival at Soldier Field.Philip Maxwell hosts Chicago event.
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Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
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The
American Legion
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Hawkeye
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Wilson
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
Wapello
Lisbon
Atkins
Blairstown
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Rockwell Daehler
Gershwin
Roosevelt Band
R. Cedric Anderson
Coe
Standardize 20 Federal Annual Leave Systems
Washington AP brief notes a bill before Congress to standardize about 20 differing annual leave systems across federal agencies. Hearings begin this month on a bill to grant unemployment benefit rights to federal jobholders.
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Washington
Congress
Blue Law Day Brings Historic Punishment to Bethlehem NH
In Bethlehem New Hampshire a mock colonial stock and pillory will be used to enforce blue laws on Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. Police Chief Howard Sanborn says nearly all of the town’s 985 residents would face trial and public exhibition for offenses such as buying cigars swimming and golfing as part of a freedom demonstration linked to the sesquicentennial celebration.
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White Mountains
America
Allen E. Hazen
Board of Selectmen
Howard Sanborn
Sanborn
Husband Is Playboy At 72
Mrs. C Ledbetter of Decatur Georgia files for divorce from Emanuel D Ledbetter aged 72. She alleges he has repeatedly received calls from other women since their 1948 marriage and visits other women.
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Decatur
C. Ledbetter
Emanuel D. Ledbetter
Government plans gradual draft rise as mental 4 F reclassifications loom
The AP reports Selective Service will deliver mentally reclassified 4-Fs gradually to the army to avoid overloading training systems. The army warns 30,000 to 40,000 should have been rejected on mental grounds, with about 13,000 in army schools achieving notable results. Officials anticipate August 1 for amended draft rules and expect September inductions. fall draft calls may reach 50,000 monthly while summer calls drop to about 20,000.
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Selective Service
Army
Hershey
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Pre Nursing Entrance Tests Set for July 14
Pre nursing entrance tests will be given at 9 a.m. July 14 in the Old Main building at Coe college Iowa. The tests must be taken before qualification for nurse training and the July 14 date will be the last time offered Louis Blair St Luke s hospital superintendent urged interested applicants to prepare to take the tests if not already done. Those seeking to take the tests should contact the hospitals or schools of nursing where they plan to study.
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Iowa
Louis Blair
St. Luke’s Hospital
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