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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1962

Page

5

Community notes from Marion and area events

Local readers are updated on church and civic happenings. The Rev Frederick McKee and family returned from Philadelphia after attending the Baptist convention and dedicating the new headquarters at Valley Forge. The event included Mrs Blanche Bowersox of Rochester and Mrs McKee, plus Lt Block’s family. Nearby, YMCA schedule details for Marion hours include girls and boys gym classes and estate tax savings topics. Also listed are a Gold Star Mothers tea, Teen-Kan-Teen activities, a campus queen crowning at Hannibal La Grange College, a Spring festival by the Marion Women’s Club, a Masonic lodge meeting, and announcements for new arrivals night group and record shop promos.

Frederick William A. McKee Block

Jesse Crawford Lives, Visits Rhode Island Bank

In Providence on Thursday, organist Jesse T. Crawford walked into the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. office to state his reason for visiting was to make a notable statement. Authorities and witnesses noted the encounter as unusual but nonthreatening.

Cumberland Jesse T. Crawford Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co Providence

Man Claims He Is Not Jesse Crawford Organist Impostor

Cumberland man in his early 80s confesses he is not Jesse Crawford, NBC organist famed as The Poet of the Organ who died at 66. The case centers on a trust fund left to Brown University for a scholar ship and a quest for a share of planters’ sums.

Jesse Crawford Jesse NBC Cumberland Man Parker Edison Brown University Providence National Broadcasting Co California Cumberland Meteor Oxmantown Princess Margaret's Hus J Court Tor Amey ‘Fopgitt

Warrant Issued for Tony's Half Brother

London AP reports a warrant issued for the arrest of Tony's half brother, a high profile figure tied to ongoing legal proceedings. The development follows prior indictments and adds pressure on associated parties as authorities pursue extradition and formal charges.

Tony London

Carpenter Film Usable for Engineering Study

Eastman Kodak reports water damaged footage of Malcolm Scott Carpenter’s May 24 orbital flight yields usable prints for engineering evaluations though not publishable study. The film, shot inside the capsule, was water-damaged in the Atlantic before recovery.

Rochester N.Y Eastman Kodak Co Malcolm Scott Carpenter Kodak Carpenter Atlantic

Owl in Glendale Chimney Becomes Pet Oswald

Firefighters freed an owl stuck in a Glendale chimney for ten days. Dale Morgan, a fireman, named the bird Oswald the Owl and brought it home as a pet, though the owl showed no interest.

Glendale Ariz Carl Short Dale Morgan Oswald the Oswald

U A R Receives $20 Million U S Loan Aid

An agreement signed in Cairo allocates a $20 million U S loan to the United Arab Republic to import designated American commodities. The loan will be repayable over seven years at 24 percent interest. United Nations reports Lebanon pledges to purchase $8,000 of the $200 million U N emergency bond issue.

Cairo U.S Tnsted Ministry of Economy United Nations UPI Lebanon U.N

Jacoby on Bridge Advises Think First in Hearts Trap

The column recounts a bridge hand where South misplayed the ace of hearts and a deuce, facing a clever defense by East. North’s dummy holds the ace of spades and hearts are unsettled. South’s initial heart ace was correct but the deuce cost the hand. a queen drop and different trump and diamond plays could have beaten the contract.

Dummy Brick One East South South B Id South

Decaying facilities and student hoodlums investigated

Fragments report a Friday pm probe at KCRG TY S’¢ target The Cor Corrupters involving deteriorating facilities and disruptive students amid a campus incident.

Kcrg-Tys

Summer Recess For Arms Talks Inched Into July

The Western Powers and the Soviet Union agreed to a neutralist summer recess of the disarmament talks. The 17-nation conference will pause in mid June and reconvene on Monday July 16 after initially opening March 14. Delegates from eight nonaligned nations pressed for the break, with both sides noting the input of other delegations.

Geneva Soviet Union U.S Charles Stelle E. L. M. Burns Canada Valerian Zorin

Cadet John Fagan Tops West Point 1962 Class Merit List

Cadet John Fagan aged 21 from Northampton Massachusetts named the No 1 man in General Order of Merit for the U S Military Academy 1962 graduating class at West Point. He led the list ahead of his peers with high academic and military performance.

West Point N.Y John Fagan Northampton Mass U.S. Military Academy

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