Space Travel The Cedar Rapids Reading Program Soars
Judy Haworth leads Cedar Rapids fifth graders in a library summer program themed around space travel. Over 1,500 youngsters signed up for Passports to Space with five books advancing to the moon and up to nine planets. Special ceramic awards mark progress as Hayden Planetarium and authors bolster enthusiasm. The program ends August 21 with a drawing for an autographed Rocket Away copy and posters on display at the children's library.
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C.R. Library
Judy Haworth
Grant Wood School
Cedar Rapids
Public Library
Judy
Evelyn Zerzanek
Mildred Hutchins
John X. Waters
Haworth
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Milton Lesson
America
Flushing
Hayden Planetarium
New York
Hayden
Carl L. Biemiller
Holiday, Magazine
Franklyn Branley
Mars
Gazette
Laurie van Dyke
Moon
Pluto
Milky Way
Don Winter
Library Children's Division
Paul Reichle
Twenty-eighth Street Court SE
Betty
Patricia Ann Smith
Seventh Street SE
Judy Hagen
A Avenue NW
Municipal Band Concert Tonight in Ellis Park
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band will perform tonight at 8 in Ellis Park, honoring last Sunday's rainout. Guest SPEBSQSA chorus will join for two numbers, then three unaccompanied pieces in the second half, under director Roland Moehlmann.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Spebsqsa
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet
Iowa Band Law
Aene Berghiem
Franck Tea
Youmans
Fort Worth water dept urged to show diplomacy after complaint
City council pressed Water Superintendent Vel Stephens to soften a response after a resident complained of low water pressure. An employee reportedly told the woman to fill buckets to tide her over, prompting the call for more professional handling.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Vel Stephens
Water Department
Islands Key in China Struggle Draw Sides Near Formosa
Washington reports a protracted clash between Chinese Reds and Nationalists along the east China coast. The fighting centers on the Tachen archipelago 220 miles north of Formosa with main prizes in a 500 mile island chain off Fukien and Chekdang. Nationalists hold an estimated 25 to 30 islands including Quemoy Little Quemoy and Matsu Tao near Amoy and Linhai approaches, while Traders Island hosts a cross frontier barter of goods for fish under both sides’ approval.
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Washington
East China
Red
Tachen Archipelago
Formosa
Fukien
Chekdang
China
Swatow
Britain
Hong Kong
Hangchow
Shanghai
Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Amoy
Matsu Tao
Minhow
Tachen
Linhai
Tachens
Red Mainland
Scissors Through Time From Babies To Bankers
In over twenty centuries scissors makers designed tools for many trades from barbers to bankers. A US firm catalogues 72 types including pinking, kitchen, ladies, and specialized shears for sail makers electricians and surgeons. Production peaked 1948 at 18.6 million dollars, then rebounded in 1953. Early designs date to Iron Age Europe with Egyptian bronze examples and Roman fortex tools. Distinctions exist by size and form with shears over six inches and two-handled scissors.
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Washington—L
United States
Europe
France
Switzerland
Well Bet the Prof Changed the Test at NC State
In Raleigh North Carolina a broken window in a final exams room at North Carolina State College yielded one missing chemistry 102 exam one dollar bill and a note stating the student would keep the test and that the dollar would pay for the window.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina State College
TV acts headline Hawkeye Downs Legion Fourth of July show
Rosa Patine famed for The Greatest Show on Earth joins Capt. Leslie and his sea lions from Zoo Parade as headliners for the 1954 American Legion Fourth of July circus at Hawkeye Downs. Other acts include elephants, theater and night club performers, and Voilan the master of mystery. Advance tickets are $1 for adults and free tickets for some children. day-of-show admission is $1.25, with children 50 cents.
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Hawkeye Downs
Rosa Patine
Don Augustine
Legion
Rosa
Betty Hutton
Capt
Leslie
Chicago
Voilan
Bob Buresh
American Legion
Iin
Memorial Coliseum
The
Hollywood
Bargain Package Safely Returned in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE UP story: store clerk Jeannine Wolgemuth mistakenly packed a dress with a customer’s bag containing $700 in cash and $159 in checks. The customer, Alice Diefendorf, called back to report she had found and turned over the money and checks, ensuring the package was returned honestly.
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Milwaukee
Jeannine Wolgemuth
Jeannine
Alice Diefendorf
Missouri River Model By Sam Johnson
VICKSBURG Miss AP two years ago the Missouri river dammed floods tested a 200acre miniature basin. The model helped deter mine levee strength and land stability saving about 6 million dollars in damage. It will cost about 10 million when finished and supports ongoing flood, dam and runway research at the waterways experiment station celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Missouri River
Omaha
Missouri
Mississippi River
H. C. McGee
Waterways Experiment Station
Sioux City
Ohio
Red
Arkansas
Mississippi
No Small Change In A Busy Downtown Cafe
A 70 year old woman attempted to buy a 10 cent beer with a $100 bill at a downtown cafe. A waitress alerted police, who discovered she had 49 of the large denomination notes in her bulging purse.
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ST. Paul
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Moonlight Bay
Madden
Miss Hutton
Augustine
Gazette Entertainment Section
Sam Johnson
Soil Mechanics
W. J. Turnbull
Black River
Philco
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