Sunshine Mission Closes After 72 Years in Cedar Rapids
The Sunshine Mission ended its 72 year run by housing and feeding its last transients Friday night. Started in 1895 to aid indigents before Social Security, it operated quietly from First Street and First Avenue and later 121 Second Street NE. Urban Renewal will repurpose the site with a foundation planned to support charitable work.
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Sunshine Mission
Cedar Rapids
Henry Mensinger
Mensinger
Dale Kueter
America
Francis K. Ward
YMCA
Hillbrunner Music Co
First Street
First Avenue SE
Doc
Surrey
Granddad
Ward
Daddy Ward
Pleune
Pleane
United Good Neighbors
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Tenth Street NW
Roger Patton
Frank H. Ward
Harold Ward
Walter Pierce
Chicago
Skid Row
Wheaton
Minneapolis
Russians Finding Freedom from Wives
In Moscow's Sverdlovskii People's Court a 28 year old lab technician husband faces a divorce petition from his 28 year old wife, Lebedovskaya Tatyana Mikhaylovna, filed on paper citing the 1964 marriage registration and grounds for dissolution. The scene unfolds in a yellow two story court building with Lenin statue as the backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nino Lo Bello
Gazette
Moscow
Moscow People’s Court
Sverdnovskii
Lenin
Stalin
Central Politechnical Library
Timiryazev Biological Musem
People’s Court of
Sverdlovskii
Lebedovskaya
Tatyana Mikhaylovna
Kutuzovsky Prospekt
Leonov
Boris Danilin
Bureau of Official Statistics
Tatyana
Tatyana Mikhaylovna Lebedovskaya
Samaritan Thwarts Suicide Bid Then Receives Help
Paris report details a Yugoslav sculptor Julien Borissa Vilief who jumped into the Seine to prevent a woman from drowning. Police later replaced his stolen pants and wallet with 50 francs from Prefect Maurice Grimau, and a brief courtroom scene describes a Soviet divorce handled with dignity.
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Paris
Julien Borissa Vilief
Seine
Maurice Grimaud
Double Deals Legally By Alvin 8 Benn
Alvin Benn profiles gambling detective Michael MacDougall a 20 year veteran who exposes cheating methods in casinos and card rooms. He discusses loaded dice corner cutting and quick glance tricks used in blackjack and conventions to swindle up to ten thousand dollars per game. He cites Nevada as largely honest due to strict state controls.
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Alvin
Benn
Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Michael MacDougall
MacDougall
Phenix City
Bessemer Cutoff
Alabama
Nevada
Calipatria High Stands as Demolition Wins Battle
In Calipatria California the 44 year old high school deemed unsafe by state engineers was ordered abandoned. Residents rejected a 1.3 million bond for new buildings and endured months in tents before a June 6 election approved the bonds. Demolition began but the central core resisted until a final blaze left the building in ruins. State inspector James Lee questioned how the structure ever stood.
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Calipatria
Calif
Calipatria High
Imperial Valley
Bill Sorenson
State Building
James Lee
Lee
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Mission
Anthony T. Pleune
Mission Board
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Hiawatha
Samaritan
Cables
Maria Alexandrovna Kartashova
West
Showa
Soviet Union
Russia
Ihildren
Karta
Las Vegas
New Orleans
Bettee
Jerry Donovan
National Prescription Footwear Association
Ball State Teachers College
Townstarr
Orion
Ars A
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