Retiring Officer Hlavacek Reflects on Long Police Career
The Gazette notes John Hlavacek, 56, retires from the Cedar Rapids police force after 22 years with a shift from patrol to investigations. He recalls multilingual work, a notable burglar interception, and earlier life as a factory worker before joining the force in 1943. He and wife Eleanor live at 500 Sixteenth Avenue SW with son John Jr., a fisheries student in Alabama.
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Cedar Rapids
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South Ama
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Felix Bartathief
Minee
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Federal Fisheries Research School
Marion
Ala
AA Founder Frank Belford Amos dies at 83
Chesterfield Indiana obituary reports Frank Belford Amos aged 83 one of AA's five original founders and longtime newspaper man died Sunday in the town. He helped establish Alcoholics Anonymous and spent decades in journalism.
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Chesterfield
Ind
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Newspa
United States to Issue Four-Cent Christmas Stamp
The 1940s stamp plan includes a four-cent Christmas card featuring a quaint American scene. It goes on sale August 12 in Cristobal Panama and Balboa Heights area through the Philadelphia Agency.
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United States
Ameron Sale
Cristobal
Kana
Wal Lock
Philastelic
Balboa Heights
India to issue Christmas stamp in 1966 series
India announces the latest in its International Cooperation Year stamps. The design shows a handclasp with laurel wreaths and a weather vane motif linked to Gabriel blowing his horn. The stamp, based on a National Gallery watercolor, will be printed in three colors on the Giori press with a 1.2 billion print run. First day sale planned for November. The issue notes Archangel Gabriel appears in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian literature.
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England
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National Gallery of Art
Washington
Boston
Canada
LaSalle
Post Office
Archangel Gabriel
Birth of His First Child Ends 19-Year Marriage
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that after 19 years of marriage, a man witnesses the birth of his first child a daughter. The article notes that various charges were dismissed in connection with the case.
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