YMCA Summer Baseball and Fun Club Registration Planned
The Y will open registration Monday for a two-division YMCA summer program at Noelridge playground. Preps and cadets will join Fun club and baseball activities with fees and schedule details given by Lee Chamberlain. A separate Ellis branch “summer adventure club” also opens Monday offering archery riflery day camps and trips.
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YMCA
Lee Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Noelridge Playground
Noelridge
Forty-second
Sherman Streets
Ellis Branch
Dick Kraus
How Many Streets Did Street Sweepers Sweep
A city mystery with a prize to guess the closest answer grinds into city hall breakfast meeting lore. The mayor's report lists 1962 figures: streets swept 14 153 miles, meters 2 349, warrants 34 349, garbage cans 2 652 000. Also notes traffic plan changes on Ellis boulevard NW and Eighth Street NW.
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Ellis Boulevard
Eighth Street
Frank Bush
Ellis Park
Bosh
Library Cards Open to Cedar Rapids Ninth Graders
Cedar Rapids public library prepares student IDs for all rising ninth graders in city and parochial schools. About 1,760 cards await pickup in the adult department with over 50 claimed on the first distribution day. Cards are free for city residents. nonresidents may buy family cards at five dollars per year.
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City Health Department
Cedar Rapids
No. 1
Cincinnati
Health Department
Children’s Department
Port of Haiphong To Be Modernized Under Soviet Plan
Moscow reports North Vietnam will modernize Haiphong under a Soviet scheme. Tass says engineers completed a survey and the modernization will triple the port capacity.
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Moscow
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Tass
Reading of lab sample shows radiation and contaminants
The report lists organic matter 6.1 micrograms, beta radiation 12.8 picocuries, and inorganic materials 80.9 micrograms. During January to March beta counts ranged from 4 to 12.8 picocuries, and officials said they will announce the interpretation when ready.
X-15 Steel Skin Tested at 1100 Degrees
At Edwards Air Force Base Apollo aircraft X-15 endured eight seconds at about 90 000 feet and 3 750 mph while the steel alloy skin reached an estimated 1100 degrees Fahrenheit as heat resistant paint scorched during the desert test.
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EDWARDS AIR_ BASE
Calif
Space Agency
Joseph Walker
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City Hall Reporter
Ellis
First Avenue
Typewriter Headquarters
Featuring
Second Ave. SE
Sanford’s
3Rd Ave. S.E
Stevens
Gingham
Downtown
Lindale Fabric Departments
Fieldcrest
Lindale
Seeees
Biter
Res TM. of Chemstrend
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