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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1977

Page

11

Dodge City man carves life with chain saws at home

Walt Housman a 54 year old records keeper for the Dodge City police and part time machine repairman builds wood figures from logs on Sundays. He has carved pig heads and a mounted pig bust and now undertakes a six foot cigar store Indian using a 24 inch chain saw and a 16 inch blade for detail. He says he enjoys the craft and sees it as a creative outlet shaped by a mental image of each subject.

Dodge City Kan Walt Housman Housman Dodge City Police Department

Nuclear plant security goes into science fiction range

A massive security buildup at U S nuclear facilities includes vehicle barriers, tiger teeth steel spikes, derailers, microwave sensors, cameras, and enhanced guard forces. The plan uses electronically encoded access, search rooms, vapors detectors, metal detectors, X ray checks, and armed guards to thwart sabotage.

Minneapolis America James Bond George S. Rye Honeywell Fire and Security Systems Section Rye

Polish Social Security Recipients in Poland Live Comfortably

In Czarny Dunajec Poland Joseph Kipta 69 who worked in Chicago for seven years earns 248 monthly from U S social security and a 36 monthly factory pension with his wife living modestly yet comfortably They paid off mortgages raised four Chicago kids and now live on 212 monthly social security plus 36 pension while prices stay low and exchange rates high The piece notes 3490 Poles in Poland receive U S social security averaging 200 monthly and explains the exchange dynamics and cost of living considerations

Czarny Dunajec Poland Joseph Kipta Chicago U.S Kipta Alexandra Kwak Warsaw Anna United States Kazimerz Mitoraj Cooperative Bank

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