Cedar Rapids opens eighteen summer playgrounds this year
Eighteen Cedar Rapids playgrounds open for a nine week season starting Monday under trained supervision. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except weekends, with two directors per site and Red Cross first aid training. Activities include games, crafts, story hours, hikes, excursions, and one community night weekly.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Julia McEvers
Paul Kindler
Playground and Recreation Commission
Ellis Park
Fern Bigelow
Ann Lichtenstein
Harrison
Don Holmes
Beverly Brendes
Roosevelt
Martha Hubbard
Vincel Allee
Cleveland
Bob Naughton
Janet Strang
Reed Park
Pat Spaight
Dick Powell
Wilson
Don Foth
Mary Carol Rankinen
Hayes
Don Exline
Jo Anne Petersen
Riverside Park
Laverne Knock
Barbara Stubbs
Whitlam
Norman Murfield
Carolyn Dougherty
Esther Hudson
Pete Anderson
Daniels Park
Jerry Trueblood
Barbara Nagle
Arthur
Dave Skinner
Grace Ann Keel
Kenwood
Pat Sedlacek
Frank Barvinek
Sinclair Park
Rose Marie Drums
Gerald Babbage
McKinley
Emma Allen
Fred Buchanan
Toyed with Toyless Gunmen in Tokyo Bank Heist
In Tokyo a bank robbery ended when two gunmen entered Heiwa Sogo bank at closing time. Five employees inside the vault initially cowered but attacked as one man realized the pistol was a toy. The group wrestled the hoellers and subdued them before discovering the weapon was fake.
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Tokyo
Heiwa Sogo Bank
New Hampshire Driver Targeted by Polite Pedestrian
An anonymous New Hampshire motorist in Fitchburg Massachusetts says he stopped to let a woman with a baby carriage cross. She boarded his car, punched him on the nose three times and then left.
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Fitchburg
Mass
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Thieves Steal Sink Doors Tools From Under Construction
Police report burglars hit a house under construction in Duluth Minnesota making off with five panel doors a disposal unit carpenter tools and the kitchen sink authorities say the unusual loot shows a wide ranging break in with obvious value in every item taken included the sink and plumbing components.
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Duluth
Minn
Do Not Disturb Sign Replaced by Crook Warning
A Dallas hotel guest highlighted a warning moment as a maid uncovered a theft plan after noticing a misused Do Not Disturb sign. The incident underscores security gaps in hotel rooms and prompts calls for stricter room access controls.
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Dallas, Texas
Widows' Saloon cafe in Yokohama advertises shock
In Yokohama a cafe bar named the Widows' Saloon employs only widows as waitresses and uses the bold slogan A dormant volcano can be shocked into becoming a live volcano. Police reported a call demanding they stop an ambulance siren seen outside a house.
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Yokohama
Japan
This Could Only Happen in Boston
Michael F. McDermott, 68, was arrested for vagrancy after being found leaning against a waterfront building with his cane on the ground. He was acquitted after claiming he was a capitalist and stockowner.
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Boston
Michael F. McDermott
Who Was Crazy He Was From Right Town
Fort Worth dispatch reports a jumble of local notes as five of thirteen air raid sirens are mentioned. Alexandria wire service notes indictments in a federal case involving Nelson Hamilton of Brandy. Jury action on bootlegging charges followed an extended wait of twenty minutes.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Alexandria
Nelson Hamilton
Brandy
Housewife Receives Steak Instead Of Boiled Ham
OmahA AP Mrs Joseph O Hebenstreit expected a boiled ham sandwich when she opened a meat package from the grocer. Inside she found the store’s bank deposit instead of ham. The bundle of checks and cash totaled $31.00 and was wrapped with the meat. The grocer rewarded her with two steaks for returning the money.
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Anwar
Omaha
Joseph O. Hebenstreit
Berlin Official seeks larger tax appropriation
Berlin Connecticut First Selectman John W Graham was authorized to ask the board of finance for an increased appropriation to pay taxes on land the town owns in Middletown. The board had allowed $3 for the taxes but the tax bill was $3.58.
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Berlin
Conn
Middleton
First Selectman
John W. Graham
Board of Finance
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Playground News
Bever Park
Marilyn Robinson
Mary Hickman
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Nancy Waddell
Robert Yount
the Playground Commission
Franklin
B Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Barbara Lieb
Molly Meffert
Daniels
Patricia McKee
Margaret Butterfield
Redmond Park
Grande Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Joyce Stemple
Brenda Beneke
Anderson
Fifth Avenue
Knollwood Drive
Joyce Lamb
Virginia Rohrbacher
Lincoln
Lincoln School
Five
Aures
Laurance Press
First ST. SE
Ol Tome
Acousticon
Merchants Bank
Eera
Smulekoff’s
A . Ot
Smulekoff
Simmons
Friezes
Jacquards
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