Clown Alley Theme Graces Cedar Rapids Playground Week
Cedar Rapids playgrounds host clown themed activities across five sites with contests from clown dress up to bubble gum blowing and gunny sack races. Weather shifts delay several events as older children join driving permit simulations and mock events.
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Joeys
P. T. Barnum
Johnson
Miss Johnson
Roosevelt
Grant
Adams
Cedar Valley
Cleveland Park
Erskine
Cherry Hill
Jones
Shawnee
Polk
Wright
Monroe
Bever
Franklin
Pierce
Alandale
McKinley
Cleveland School
Hayes
Riverside
Ellis
Arthur
Jocelyn
Lincolnway
Noelridge
Grant Wood
Harrison
Sinclair
Kenwood
Hoover
Apache
Daniels
Reed
Madison
Climax
Jacelyn
Emmett Kelly
New Community Playgrounds Event Brings Hula Hoops to Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids introduces a week of new activities for playgrounds featuring hula hoops and frisbees. Local east and west side contests select city finalists to vie for state and regional titles in Kansas City, with ribbons, trophies, and Kansas City trips for top performers. Local police and fire units visit 30 tot lots under the Community Helpers theme, coordinating safety and education as 13 teenage junior leaders assist across 30 areas.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
California
Kansas City
Franklin Athletic Field
Mays Island
Jesse G. Hunter
Lincolnway
Jones
Buchanan
Apache
Roosevelt
Harrison
Monroe
Erskine
Anderson
Linwood
Lincoln
Jefferson
Pierce
Eisenhower
Noelridge
Kenwood
van Buren
Franklin
Daniels
Redmond
Bowman Woods
Wright
Adams
Cherry Hill
Jacolyn
Truman
George J. Matias
John T. Kuhn
Kuhn
Red Cross
Youth Employment Service
Tot Lot
Kris McCauley
Karla Kohl
Pierce-Wright
Diane Vajert
Anita Atkinson
Day Camp for Retarded Children Plans Summer Activities
High river waters keep day campers from Robbins Lake home grounds, meeting in Bever Park until normal. The week’s theme People in the Community features milkman postman stewardess nurse doctor and ship’s captain with hikes zoo visit cookout and scavenger hunt. Directors Holly Brisbin Cathy Rummels assisted daily by five girls. Treva Griggs Betty Causer work four days weekly. Patty Rehak Paula Doyle Carol Maliis are summer volunteers.
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Robbins Lake
Bever Park
Holly Brisbin
Cathy Rummels
Treva Griggs
Betty Causer
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Patty Rehak
Paula Doyle
Carol Maliis
Center For Retarded Children
IBPOE Regional Speech Contest Sunday
Fidelity lodge of Elks will host a regional oratorical contest next Sunday at 2 30 p m in Mt Zion Baptist church. The winner will represent the Sixth region at the Grand lodge meeting Aug 25 in Washington D C and the Iowa Missouri winner earns a $1000 scholarship. Nineteen Elks scholars graduated from colleges in 1969 and Elks have raised over $4 million aiding more than 2 000 college students nationwide. Viola Winston of Ottumwa, an Elks scholarship winner, graduated from Grinnell College in June.
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Fidelity Lodge of Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Grand Lodge
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Missouri
Elks
The
Viola Winston
Ottumwa
Grinnell College
Poor heating blamed for Britain death toll rise
London AP reports medical expert Dr Geoffrey Taylor estimates up to 90 000 deaths yearly result from cold homes. He cites six cold months of 1964 67 showing about 60 000 excess deaths versus warm months and suggests warmer housing could extend life by up to five years.
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Britain
Geoffrey Taylor
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Crystal Beaman
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Bata
Bali
Wm. Rogers
Hamilton Beach Blender
China
Oneidacraft
Wintersong
Community Stainless
Venetia
Paul Revere
Woodmere
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