Cedar Rapids Barber Shop Chorus to compete at international songfest
The Cedar Rapids Barber Shop Chorus travels on United Air Lines Flight 215 to Los Angeles for the SPEBSQSA international competition. The 32-voice group earned entry by winning the seven-state Central States Regional contest in Topeka. The trip includes sightseeing in LA and a series of quartet and chorus events with the host LA chapter setting the schedule.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Topeka
Kan
Crows
SPEB
Cliff Jordan
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
West Coast
Statler Hotel
Len Biella
Barbershoppers
Willard Pickard
Alexander
Pickard
Iowa
Dick Hansen
Cedar Rapids Barber Shop Chorus
Spebsqsa
Carl Franks
Barber Shop Quartet
Bob Davis
al Boughton
Dean Sather
Merle Hamad
Skeleton Found In Philippines Wasn't Giant
A Filipino anthropologist called reports of a 1714-foot tall giant skeleton in Cagayan Province absurd. Dr Maddela and other scientists say the bones belong to a dwarf species of elephant, a find with potential implications for the Philippines' past connection to the Asian mainland.
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Philippines
Manila
Cagayan Province
Tnocencio B. Maddela
Philippine Anthropological Society
United Press
Maddela
Driver’s License Was Not Standard in Barber Shop Pick
Houston police court case reports George Willis, 24, fined $65 after presenting a counterfeit license to Traffic Judge Wallace P. Kelley. Willis, who cannot read, claimed he obtained the license from a barber shop and was charged with driving without a valid license. The document jokingly certified nervousness testing and back seat driving rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
George Willis
Wallace P. Kelley
Willis
Kelley
St Luke's Will Graduate Forty-One Seniors Today
Dr J Richard Palmer of Morningside College will address 41 St Luke's hospital school of nursing seniors at commencement Sunday at 8 p m in St Paul's church. Diplomas will be presented by Louis B Blair after baccalaureate and a reception follows.
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St. Luke's
J. Richard Palmer
Morningside College
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Roosevelt Hotel
W. R. Ehlert
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Ehlert
E. L. Lindley
St. Luke’s Medical Staff
Louis B. Blair
Moonshiners Serve Prison Terms After Hiring Agent
Six moonshiners started serving federal prison terms after attempting to pay protection money to a deputy sheriff and hiring a federal revenue agent as a still hand. The case centers on their illicit operation in Greensboro North Carolina.
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Greensboro
N.C
Federal
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Wings of Song
C.R. Barbershoppers
Hermes
Olympia
Remington
Royal
Smith-Corona
Underwood
First Avenue
Empire
Fata
Pepsi-Cola
William Tehel Bottling Company
Sixth Avenue
S.E
St. Luke’s
Manchester
JoAnn _ Billick
Brooklyn
Marilyn Ann _ Batz Bone
Lytton
Deborah Joan Brenneman
Keota
Barbara Ann _ Butterfield
Englewood
Colo
Lois Darlene Coffman
South English
Sharon Kay Davenport
Claudia Jean Odegaard
DeLores Esther Tribby
Marshalltown
Edna May Dewey
Blairstown
Doris Kay Drake
Newton
Karen Lee Engle
Washington
Helen Stark
Felsing
Miona Marie Mumm
Amana
Barbara Jean Osmundson
Clinton
Marilyn Joann Dougherty Paul
Gilman
Doris Peshek
Walford
Doris Elaine Pratt
Rowley
Lillian Leota Rawson
Castalia
Marilyn Ann Severe
Nora Springs
Maria _ Jane Swearingen
Burlington
Lillian Joan Thornton
Decorah
Bonnie Jean Wayman
Elberon
J. R. Palmer
TELEX
Guaranty
Bras
Rio
Armstrong Associates
Armstrong Boys' Store
UCT Lha
Rig
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