G I Bill Fails To Pay Off For Cedar Rapids Marine Bomb Expert
Lt Carl E Coutts of Cedar Rapids relies on his history degree but notes UI does not offer postgrad bomb disposal courses. A WWII and Korea veteran, he serves with the Third Marine Division's 5 000-man combat team at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. His GI Bill training may begin after six months of amphibious and air ground training in Hawaii.
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Jack Lewis
Marine Corps Air Station
Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii
Cedar Rapids
G. I
Carl E. Courts
Fort S. Eves
Eighth Street NW
Marine Corps
Pacific
Korea
First Marine
United Nations
States
Third Marine Division
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Oahu
Maui
Coutts
Roy Olund
SSMC
Carl Courts
SUI
Provisional Marine Air-Ground Task Force
Moslem Prayer Minaret to Ring Across Washington
The capital will hear the call to prayer five times daily from a 160 foot aluminum minaret atop a new Washington mosque. The mosque and educational center serve over 1,000 Muslims and are funded by a foundation supported by 11 Muslim diplomatic missions. Donations include King Farouk prior to his reign end, plus contributions from the Nizam of Hyderabad, American Arabian Oil, the king of Iraq, the prince of Kuwait, and Saudi royals.
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Washington
Allah
Mohammed
Joseph Howar
Cairo
Embassy
Massachusetts Avenue
Mecca
Farouk
Hyderabad
King
Iraq
Prince
Kuwait
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Moslems Attend Prayer at Ornate Washington Mosque
About 200 to 300 worshippers visited the white limestone mosque in Washington for regular prayer services. The Friday afternoon start marks Islam's day of rest as services begin in the first minute of the afternoon.
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Washington
Berwick Bank Anniversary Candle Burn Contest
Mrs elo Magrone correctly guessed the burn time of a giant candle at 138 hours five minutes. The event marked the Berwick bank’s fiftieth anniversary and tested how long the candle would burn.
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Berwick
Elo Magrone
Berwick Bank
Career previews help teens choose local jobs in Youngstown
In Youngstown and the Mahoning and Shenango valleys, the Industrial Information Institute offers career previews for high school students. The program, backed by steel firms utilities banks and railroads, presents job charts and required aptitudes helping teens gauge fit and see how industry contributes to the community.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning
Shenango
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Industrial Information Institute
Institute
Australia may host atomic power plant by 1960
South Australian Premier Thomas Playford forecasts an atomic operated power plant by 1960. He stated plans were discussed for installation at Port Augusta during a conference in London with British scientists.
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Adelaide
Australia
Thomas Playford
Port Augusta
London
Exhibit for Iowa Artists Set At All Iowa Fair
The All Iowa fair adds an art and photo show from Aug 16 to 23 with cash prizes. Two walls in the exhibition hall will host amateurs and Cedar Rapids Art Association works. E J Bruns, fair fine arts chief, notes locals have long sought a venue to display their paintings.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Art Association
E. J. Bruns
Linn County
All Iowa Fair Announces Art Exhibit and Prizes
The All Iowa fair invites residents to enter painting categories oil watercolor drawing and photography with cash prizes of 15 10 and 5 in each class and a 50 sweepstakes prize for best in show. Entry blanks from All Iowa Fair Secretary Andrew C Hanson Cedar Rapids deadline Aug 10. entries due Aug 15.
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All
Iowa Fair
Andrew C. Hanson
Chamber of Commerce Building
Cedar Rapids
Fine Arts Division
French Law Blocks Aga Khan from Sea Water Pool
The Aga Khan, elderly and advised to bathe in sea water, faces a medieval French law that prohibits transporting sea water to private property. His pool lies 300 feet above sea level at the villa behind Cannes, complicating the bathwater plan.
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France
Aga Khan
Cannes
Eisenhower receives a record salmon reminder in New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire officials remind President Eisenhower of the state’s 60 golf courses as a landlocked salmon weighing about 11 pounds is sent to him as a potential world record. The note hints at a Summer White House in the state.
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Ike Brit
Concord, N. H
Eisenhower
White House
New Hampshire
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Lt. Coutts
University of Iowa
Capital
Clarke Beach
Golden Leisure
Freezer Beauty
Happel & Sons, Inc
Third Avenue SW
Victor
Iowa
First Ave
Kresge's
Atomic Power Plant
Bruns
Williiams
RCA
RCA Victor
Deauville
KCA
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
First Street
RIAL
Craemer
Craemer's Drapery Department
Bamboo
Craemer's
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