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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1955
Page
3
Commissioning of Cedar Rapids men into naval reserve noted
Ensign Turner and Ensign Engskow, sons of Cedar Rapids families, received commissions at Harvard and Iowa State respectively. Turner heads to San Francisco to join the radar destroyer Keiner after training in San Diego, with future service in the Pacific. Engskow departs for two years of duty after graduation. Other local service members, including members of the Army and Navy, are listed with assignments to Europe, North Africa, Hawaii, and various bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navi Reserve
Lauren Tenee
Glenn
Tie
San Diego Naval Training Center
San Francisco
Keiner
Pacific
Feet High Schour
NROTC
Ualhing
Sinsign
Iowa State College
Herbor
McKinley High School
Ty College
Cuba
Trinidad
Panama
James W. Zoller
Coc College
Grand Rapids
Air Weather Service
Washington, D.C
Kathryn
W. E. Owen
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Navy
Port
Norfolk
Long Beach
Sea Vien
Teaffic Jom Haunts a Marine Recruiter and Transit Plan
The report mentions Lt Ronald J Gillen son of Mr and Mrs Ronald B Gillen living at 1904 avenue NE recently reenlisted in the Marine Corps for six years. He was aboard the heavy mortar crew on a ship and attended Franklin High School. In Chicago Blaine resident of St Louis Public Service Co offered transit officials a solution to Chicago transit woes focusing on bus and streetcar routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fareiga Harp
Dale R. Arnold
Sibcley Arnold
Eleventh Archue SW
Seventh Army
Munich
Germany
Europe
Chicago
Manchester High School
Army
Altman
Edgar D. Clark
Edgar Clark
Eighth Avenue
Strategic Air Command
Casabianca
North Africa
Forbes Air Forvs
Topeka
Kay
Wilson High School
Ptudent
Air Force
Fourth Marine Regiment
Hawaii
Hawaiia
Ney Ura
H. R. Sevares
Twenty-first Street
Serapes
Willl
Willam P. Cosgrove
Joseph Cosgrove
Twelfth Street
Hose
Japan
St. Patrick's High
Donald P. Simon
Nanny Simah
Youth
Geant
Frankfur
Ordnance Battalion
Hig Hee
Marguerite A. Whittingtoft
E Avenue NE
Richard Slaymaker
E. Sleymaker
Sixth Street
Army Radio School
Camp Uhaffee
Ark
Charles A. Vwitd
Allen B. Hird
B Avenue
Great Laxes Naval Training Center
Ronald J. Gillen
Ronald B. Gillen
Avenue NE
Marine Corps
Macan
Cope
Bie Corps
Ansa
Franklin High School
Thea Blaine
St. Louis
Nas
jChicago Transit
Wera Bershed
Funeral director held near Muskegon in tax case
An AP report from Muskegon Michigan states a funeral director who reportedly arranged a corpse and transported blankets between cities now faces a tax issue. The case centers on whether the director’s activities fall under routine mortuary services or a taxable transfer, with officials noting potential designation matters and continuing legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Aha Raled
Muskegon
Mich
Alex M. Pederson Tye
T Altman
Bernard T.'stoncileas
Schappert
Auto laundries surge in postwar U S impact nation
Detroit report notes more than two thousand automobile laundries have emerged since World War II, with 1,400 volume operations handling up to 1,000 cars daily. Nationwide investment near 75 million dollars. The industry employs about one-seventh of the population indirectly through autos related sectors, transforming the economy and related businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Automobile Ind
New York City
Los Angeles
Ils
Woodstock Implement Association
Wades
Storks Vanishing From Their Old Haunts in Europe
A new report says storks are dwindling across Europe with no breeding pairs left in Switzerland and a drop from over six thousand nests in Swedish regions to a single bird in 1953. Causes cited include weather on migration routes, poisons, and human encroachment. the Geographic Society urges protection as these iconic birds once tied to myth and folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tts
Switzerland
Nulininsal Geographic Society
Your. Bird Preservation
Greece
Playground Week Plans Show District Activities Across Cities
A full schedule of activities across twenty supervised playgrounds marks the Fourth of July closure. Weekly inter playground softball, youth divisions, and a tie dye and painting theme anchor a week featuring new equipment games and district bicycle field events on Wednesday. Directors swap posts, junior programs expand, and daily themes cover Arthur to Wilson with a Red White and Blue week and Flag Flair days for mothers and kids alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitclair Park
Theslidiamy
Cleveland
Reed
Grant Wand
Arthur
Daniels
Ruth
Cinuraday
Grant Wood
Harrison
United States
Thuaday Hayes
Sins Industriel
Jomnson
Treasure Hent. Finight, Kenwood
Ilavy
Mckinley
Riverside
Nature Mike
Tuesda
Pridiy
Roosevelt
Nature Nike
Industria Tour
Sinclair
Luis Lagicai
Public Library
Industris
Wilson
M Avenue
Fifth
Tandy
Fillmore School
Ericttae Livin Mies
Lois Teldachade
Ares
Kenwoon
Yan BU
Kepmond
Feldvy
Lincoln
Franklin and Clover
Art Booth Draws Crowds At Cedar Rapids Fair
At the Allen Street Fair Munsterpiere Mart showed works by focal artists selling at low prices. Booth receipts outpaced others as many buyers requested more space to browse. The piece discusses plans for a city art center with galleries and rental programs similar to Omaha’s Jason Gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Ty Als
Ofhey
Cedar Rapids
Genery
Stone Guiding Hall
Tex
Foatlighters
Geveral Museums
jiu/Theater
Symphony Orchestrix
Walker Art Cehler
Minneapol
Des Moines Art Center
Jaslyn Art Museum
Omaha
Omaha World-Herald
Jaselyn Gallery Watch
Museu
Wellery
Thermidity: A Weather Factor Shaping Feelings Across Cities
Psychologist Dr. Richard Page coins thermidity to quantify how temperature and humidity combine to affect comfort. He cites a 21 year Weather Bureau study and past engineering experiments to map how people feel in heat. The guide lists cities by ranges from cool to warm and notes comfort varies with humidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmicago
UPI
Richard Page
Page
Ancle Tbu
American Society of Heating and Ventilnling Engineers
Fage
U. S. Weather Bureau
Italy
Independence Institute outlines mental health training program
In Independence an extensive psychiatric training program operates with student nurses, residents, and other professionals from Iowa. It features two full time instructors, aides in training, seminars, and interdisciplinary teaching across departments. Medical staff supervise ongoing courses, outpatient sessions, and resident seminars, with visiting medical students and touring groups observing and learning through case discussions and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Iowa
Uerane
Institute Af
Win Ittmors
Department of
Vesythrotugg
University of Towa
School Board Meeting Notes For Local Districts
Karla Musarky techne will meet to CSES WWM Wednesday at 8 p.m. The church school board will meet in Sokol ual Thursday at 7 39 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karla
Manaryh
CSA
Karla Musarky Techne
CSES
Curch
Sokol Ual
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
GI. Gazette
Bruce Fishwild
Naval Reserve
Sherman B. Watson
Asassiant
Densal Istecon
Kirtland Pir Force Base
Spd
Cedar Raunds
Walterocd General Hospital
Anterjenn Dental Association
Miami
Wayland
Cer Raplis
Stalenide
Ceral Rapids
Gerald W. Bolgren
E. K. Bolgren
Tenth Street
Bruce L. Phitner
Leon Philner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Griffiss Air Force Base
N.Y
Laurence L. Turner
John B. Engskow
Jutland
Frederik of Denez
Fredensborz Castle
Copenhagen
Reston
Lementary
Playground News
Date Harmon
Kenwood Playground
Barbara Nagle
Abts
Clee Rapids
Donald Key
Tits Areca
Donale
Jostyn
Rystrom Eng
Go. Marton, Ial Thong Hoe
Vasulions
Aruay
Kansas City
Springfield
Fresno
Calif
Neb
Knoxville
Atlanta
Traffe
William
Hetheld
Kyer
Iowa City
Listiuin
Teo
South Side News
Gedur Rapids Gazette
Garette
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