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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1960

Page

13

Telephone crisis nears as all-number dialing looms

NEA reports the telephone company faces a shrinking pool of exchange names as direct distance dialing expands. Experts warn the system will rely on new area codes and eventually a full all-number calling scheme, with WY and GA style abbreviations fading into obscurity.

Witchita Falls Texas

Compromise Keeps Paintings on Display at Show

London artist Marcelle Cahn recalled that organizers debated removing her paintings at a memorial show but compromised. the works stayed and she was not harmed. The note adds that Moira Shearer stars in The Red Shoes on MOVIE 9 at 10:35 Sunday TV 9.

London UPI Marcelle Cahn Moira Shearer TV 9

Wall plan near Arlington raises national debate

President Eisenhower seeks congressional authorization for 12 million to fund half of a 24 million wall beside Arlington National Cemetery. Supporters call it a democratic monument while Arlington County, veterans groups, and local figures oppose it as a threat to the cemetery’s buffer zone.

Washington UPI Robert Frost Arlington National Cemetery Eisenhower National Capital Parks National Monument Commission Arlington, Va Arlington Area American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Arlington Cemetery Joel T. Broyhill

Note Found Inside Buckingham Sofa Traces Reign History

A palace worker discovering a note in Queen Elizabeth II era sofa stuffing reveals the piece was last repaired in the reign of William IV (1830-1837). The note states the sofa was repaired again during Elizabeth II's reign.

London UPI Queen Elizabeth Buckingham Palace William IV Elizabeth II

Real Ambition: Man On Hands Knees Cleaned Street

Patrick Cliffen aged 63 testified in Morden England that he was on his hands and knees on a busy street to tidy Britain. He told the judge his ambition is to keep Britain tidy though he offered no clear legal justification for his conduct.

Morden England UPI Patrick Cliffen Britain

Discrimination Fight Is Lost by White Men

Eleven white men lost a discrimination claim against a private club that hires only Negro waiters. A spokesman for the State Fair Employment Practices Commission said the club claimed Negro waiters were superior in performance.

Lansing, Mich UPI State Fair Employment Practices Commission

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