Airman Kittinger Makes Record Balloon Ascent
Airman Captain J W Kittinger described his 96 000 foot balloon ascent as nothing dangerous after breaking the 76 000 foot record set by Navy men last year. He flew from Flemingfield Minnesota to Weaver Minnesota in a seventy three foot gondola reaching the maximum height at 7 41 a m and landed at 12 50 p m after almost two hours aloft.
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ST. Paul
Air Force
J. W. Kittinger
South Dakota
Kittinger
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Flemingfield
South St. Paul
Weaver
Minn
Farm Phrase Puzzle Across and Down
A compact word puzzle listing many farm themed clues. Across and down entries include terms for farm tools soil animals and related items with several retired or archaic word forms. The puzzle blends agricultural language with general vocabulary.
Employer Shifts Social Time From Water Cooler To Coffee
The article notes a workplace trend where employees replaced water cooler chats with coffee breaks. Management shifts focus to efficiency as conversations move from casual downtime to brief, structured coffee sessions.
Record of high altitude capsule tests by Kittinger
Kittinger conducted a series of tests in a pressurized capsule reaching maximum altitude while Michigan’s shoreline lay about 300 miles away toward Lake Michigan. He spent about 12 hours in the capsule beginning at 1 a.m. for instrument checks as part of air regeneration and oxygen supply systems in the research effort.
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Michigan
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Kittinger
SUI Student Injured In Route 30 Slide
Vern Dodd Jr a 20 year old University of Iowa student from Des Moines was injured when the car he rode in slid off old highway 30 at the junction with highway 94 between Cedar Rapids and Mt. Vernon. He suffered facial cuts and bruises and was treated at St Luke's hospital. The driver Virginia Stallman 19 was not hurt. Patrolman Maurice Jacobs said Stallman was westbound and failed to make the sharp curve, sending the car into a concrete wall guarding a house on the curve.
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Vern Dodd, Jr
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Dodd
St. Luke’s Hospital
Virginia Stallman
Maurice Jacobs
Absolute Divorce Petition Filed in Linn County Iowa
In the District Court of Iowa Linn County Richard P. Huber plaintiff seeks an absolute divorce from Bonnie G. Huber on grounds of desertion for more than two years. The defendant must appear by June 25 1957 in Cedar Rapids, otherwise default will be entered. Plaintiff's attorney James C. Cloud Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Iowa
Richard P. Huber
Bonnie G. Huber
Cedar Rapids
James C. Cloud
Plauintiff's
Third Avenue SW
Empire
Indian Land Dispute Moves to Cedar Rapids Federal Court
U S government sues Oli ver Lincoln over Tama Indian land held in trust for the Sac and Fox tribes. The complaint seeks an injunction to stop trespass and protect a March 1 crop share lease with Darwin O McCoy. Lincoln counters that tribal council permission authorized farming 25 acres last Dec. 1 and asks dismissal with no costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal District Court
U.S
Oliver Lincoln
Darwin O. McCoy
McCoy
Lincoln
Two Olin Youths Enlist in Navy
Two 17 year old residents of Olin Ronald O Hefflefinger and Linn O Babcock enlisted in the navy. They were sent to the Great Lakes training center for recruit training after auditioning as musicians. Navy recruiters report high demand for musicians and list clarinet saxophone piano accordion and cornet as needed instruments.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ronald O. Hefflefinger
Linn O. Babcock
Olin
New Education and Youth Building Hosts Daylong Activities
The church opened its education and youth building with Rev. E. H. Widmann hosting the day. Hubert M. Fairchild and Elmer H. Jaster led a building tour. Visitors saw Bible school classes, heard a review of Fools for Christ by Jaroslav Pelikan, and clergy played a volleyball contest in the new gym while wives enjoyed an afternoon social.
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E. H. Widmann
Hubert M. Fairchild
Elmer H. Jaster
Christ
Jaroslav Pelikan
It’s Polka Time Presents Modern and Traditional Dances
It’s Polka Time offers dances Tuesday at 9 00 PM on Channel Chan nel with a mix of modern and traditional polka styles for fans.
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Chaninel
Lutheran Clergy Tour Trinity's New School
About fifty Lutheran clergymen and their wives from Cedar Rapids area synods visited Trinity Lutheran for a Monday inspection tour of the new school building.
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Trinity
Cedar Rapids
Trinity Lutheran
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