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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1961

Page

15

Playground News highlights fourth week of circus themed activities

Cedar Rapids playgrounds run a summer program with the theme Trained Wild Animals. Winners from last week's tether ball tournament are listed, with multiple age groups and grounds noted. This week features the tournament kalah and quadrant events at designated grounds, with dramatics, family nights, and special events across grounds.

Cedar Rapids Ist Greg Witt Riverside Gary Bannick Roosevelt Jo Ann Martin Erskine Barbara Rosenberg Daniels Tom Heck Bobby Peal Karen Burmeister Linda King Coe Frank Watson McKinley Alan Kitts Donna Hardenbrook Arthur Cheryl Thiersch Grant Wood Kalah Nw—Harrison SW -Wilson Ne—Arthur Se— McKinley Eastside Riverside Group Reed Whitlam Eastside Dramatics Cleveland Jones Wilson Pakistan Cedar Valley Johnson and Kenwood Sinclair United States Playground and Recreation Commission Kenwood van Buren Franklin and Lincoln Noelridge Gazette Denny Rehder Denice Brooks Fourth Ave Roosevelt Junior High School West Side Franklin School Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission

Mao Retreat To Be Shrine

The mountain hideout once used by Chinese Communist Chief Mao Tse-tung over 30 years ago is being converted into a national shrine according to the Communist New China News Agency in Tokyo.

Tokyo UPI Communist New China News Agency Mao Tsetung

Boy Found Sleeping on Sidewalk Explains Reason

NORFOLK AP report describes officers rushing to an emergency call to find a small boy unconscious on the sidewalk. When lifted up the boy explained he slept there because he was tired and asked why he was on the sidewalk.

Norfolk

Night Newsdesk Preview

Night Newsdesk covers stories from all places with prime time broadcast tonight at 10 on KCRG TV 9.

Kcrg-Tv

Seismic report questions January tremor near Murmansk

Finnish seismologist M T Porkka confirms Swedish reports of a tremor near Murmansk on January 31 but cannot determine if it was a natural quake or man made blast. The epicenter lies near the Finnish border with prior large tremor earlier, prompting speculation of a border area blast.

Helsinki UPI Murmansk M. T. Porkka Helsinki University Arctic Sea Porkka Finland Stockholm Dagens Nyheter

Diary Entry Reveals Early Morning Home Burglary

London resident Janet Winn opened her diary at lunch and read a note about a burglary at 5 a.m. The thief stole 67 dollars and 20 cents from her purse while she slept.

London UPI Janet Winn

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Playground News Don Briggs St. SW B. J. Trickey St. NW Wright Harrison Ellis Jones Park Tim Bolvant Eleventh Ave. SW Mao KOTOR First National's Motor Bank Marion First National First National Bank Manion Penney’s TOY China Penney
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