Cedar Rapids playgrounds set for summer season
Twenty nine supervised playgrounds under Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission will open Monday 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. daily for a 9 week period ending August 14 Activities include weekly themes Blast Off registration name tags ladder tournaments and various games and crafts Seven citywide events follow including track meet July 1 kite derby July 8 softball July 22 23 craft display July 28 29 lantern parade Aug 6 playday and swim meet Aug 1 22 The program also includes a junior playground program for ages 6 7 and 8 supervised by Loretta Yeates. Registration is by visiting the playgrounds.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Darey
Kingston Stadium
Ellis Park
Riverside Recreation Center
Daniels Park
Loretta Yeates
Community schedule of school and park visitation times
Locations across the city list visit slots from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m. at sites including Daniels park Franklin area Noelridge Wright Redmond park Kenwood NW Seventh St. and various schools with named attendees such as Nancy Nichols Lela Jones Ben Paxton Barbara Wallace Jane Scott Betsy Yeates Jo McConnell and others.
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Kenwood
Eave
Robert Welsh
Gretchen Weber
Noelridge
Golf St
John Markham
Nancy Gaunt
Wright
Council Street
Hollwood
Sharon Lamb l
Carl Herkner
Whitlam
de von Schlegel
Patricia Kucera
Bever
Bever Park
le Roy Hall
Phyllis Slinkard
Buchanan
Mt. Vern
Son Ave
Ed Drahozal
Nancy Werner
Grant Wood
Twentysixth
Sue Wagley
Jan Schwank
Erskine
Clark
Thirtysixth
Nancy Freeberg
Karen Anderson
Johnson
Washington and
iEighteenth
James Sullivan
Leanne Ward
McKinley
Tenth St
Seventh Ave
Duane Popenhagen
Sue Salisbury
Rompot
Joe Miller
Susan Melt- Zeer
Lson Ave
Sixth St
Nancy Nichols
Lela Jones
Benny Paxton
Daniels Park
North Edge
Cedar Hills
Jocelyn
Gordon
Barbara Wallace
Jane Scott
Franklin, Bave
Twenty-second St
Lincoln School
Eighteenth Ave
Ninth St
Regent St
He Needed His Prison Uniform Acquitted in Georgia
James Gordon aged 43 who recently escaped from Savannah city prison was acquitted of stealing his prison uniform. Judge George Oliver ruled you couldn't expect him to walk on the streets without clothes on.
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Savannah
James Gordon
George Oliver
Janitors Suspended To Ease Congestion In Chicago
City Architect Paul Gerhardt suspended 10 city janitors at the municipal central office building to reduce congestion in the fifth floor men's lounge. The action followed his review of overtime lounging and aimed to improve flow for workers.
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Chicago
UPI
Paul Gerhardt
Municipal Central
Milk Man Links Milk to Heart Health in Worcester
In Worcester Massachusetts 83 year old milk man Anders Anderson argues that higher milk consumption would reduce heart trouble. Anderson has spent 57 years in the milk business and asserts milk benefits health.
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Worcester
Mass
UPI
Anders Anderson
Anderson
Homeowners urged to reapply for 1959 tax relief
About 300 Cedar Rapids homeowners must reapply by July 1 to qualify for homestead credit up to 62.50 and veterans exemption for 1960 taxes. City Assessor Kulish notes orange and green reminder cards sent to past applicants remain unreturned and urges prompt action at City Hall, 5th floor, 8 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Wendl W. Kulish
Kulish
City Hall
Disneyland '59 Television Event Opens Tonight
A 90 minute entertainment special titled Disneyland ’59 airs at 6 30 P M Monday on Channel 9. The program promises wonder filled family viewing and showcases Disney storytelling and music.
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Channel 9
Cedar Rapids Band Opens Summer Season at Ellis Park
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band launches 19 summer concerts tonight at 8 in Ellis Park. Performances continue Sundays at Ellis Park and Wednesdays at Bever Park, each lasting about an hour. Conductor Roland Moehlmann says intermissions are omitted this year. Tonight’s program features Iowa Band Saw Overture and a suite of marches, polkas, waltzes, and overtures from composers including Romberg Farrar Reinecke and Yoder.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Bever Park
Roland Moehlmann
Iowa Band
Gazette
Joe Stoddard
Kiahile Baird
Franklin School
Animal Discoveries in Red China Announced
Communist Radio Peiping reports two animals long thought extinct in China the elephant and the rhinoceros have been found near the Burmese border, according to UPI from Tokyo.
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Red
China
Tokyo
UPI
Peiping
What Lack I Sermon Ends With Missing Motorcycle
In Wisbech England Rev Colin Hayes preached on What Lack I after a church service. He found his motorcycle missing from its outside parking spot, sparking a local mystery.
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Wisbech
England
UPI
Colin Hayes
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Johnson Ave
Maple Drive
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