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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1936

Page

5

Aviator Fear Chiefs at 102 Stories Up at Empire State

Pete McGuire, longtime observatory guide, says aviators are the most scared at 102 stories high while parents endanger children by letting them roam balcony walls. He blames misidentifications by native New Yorkers who mislabel Brooklyn as Jersey and the Statue of Liberty as Central Park’s obelisk.

New York Peter Edward Sebastian Aloysius Call Pete” McGuire Empire State Building Pete Alfred E. Smith Husband Golly Brooklyn Jersey East River Hudson George Washington Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Central Park

Monday's Astrological Forecast for Sudden Visitation

The forecast predicts a sudden visitation that upends plans and prompts new contacts and interests. Those with a birthday may face a year of unforeseen change with opportunities in a new field or associations. Notable nativity: Harrison Fisher, illustrator.

Cedar Rapids Airhawks Foster Youth Flight Skills

The Cedar Rapids playground commission sponsors the Airhawks a model airplane club with over fifty members meeting Fridays at city hall. The group runs contests indoor and outdoor each season awarding model kits as prizes and progressing through ranks kiwi cadet and pilot by building planes flying longer times and defining aviation terms.

Cedar Rapids Airhawks The Playground Commission Philip Reames Orville Spurgeon Harlan Endsley Edward Pfiffner Frank Burlingame Cedar Park Shrine Temple Thompson Model Aircraft Club Robert Ratner Richard Pfiffner Francis Camizzi Connie Andersen Nevin Nichols Caius Thomas Ed Pfiffner Carl Fliermans Clarence Brockman A. C. Ambroz

Courthouse Parade Plans Technical Aviation Achievements

The piece outlines a club competition with six aviation tasks from building ace grade planes to loops and an original model, plus club room decorations using aviation pictures and a large participant chart. It also includes a lengthy column of local anecdotes about divorce records and oddities from Linn county and nearby officials.

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