They’re Going Around the World in a Motor Home
Vic and Vi White of Melbourne Australia have circled six continents in a self contained motor coach, completing a second global run. Their trip faces political risk and memory loss after a 1961 fire destroyed their vehicle and 350000 slides, leaving only 800 usable memories.
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Vic
Vi White
Melbourne
Australia
Toronto
Africa
Asia
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Coliseum
Rome
Cedar Rapids
Whites' motor coach trip fuels charity and travel tales
Vic and Vi White, touring with their motor coach named Happy Wanderer II, funded by 63 chapters of the United States and other donors, plan a year of thanking supporters. They travel slowly, living largely off investment income, with no fixed route, sharing stories at rallies and in a forthcoming book.
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John Evans
Evans
Twenty-fifth Street
Australia
Vic
Miles
Chain letters and the lure of luck explained by historians
Postal inspectors warn against chain letters as modern variants of the old schemes. Historians trace chain letter origins to 200 years ago in England and describe why readers believe promises of profit and protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
Peter
Paul
Tom Goodrich
Goodrich
Flanders
London
England
America
Howard
Evans
Charles G. Wellso
Cedar Rapids
Wellso
Ralph Hancock
Henry Chafetz
Robert Rosefsky
Treasury of
Claudia DeLyr
Stimpson
Kirkwood Scholarships Offer Two $600 Awards
Kirkwood Community College announces July deadlines for two Kirkwood Scholar awards of $600 yearly. Open to arts and sciences or vocational technical students enrolled or accepted for fall, with winners named by August 19. Apply by July 22 to W J Graichen in Linn Hall Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
W.J. Graichen
Linnhall
Cedar Rapids
Graichen
Area Ten
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington
Ranney Directs Camp Orchestra at Wisconsin Oshkosh
Coe's Ranney leads the Cedar Rapids Community School District and Coe College in directing a summer camp orchestra at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The program features two bands, symphony orchestra, chorus and a piano workshop with four conductors and 15 clinicians guiding students from Wisconsin and the Midwest. The camp orchestra will perform in a concert on Saturday.
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Jack G. Ranney
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Wis
Ranney
Wisconsin
Midwest
Area Graduates Earn Prized Degrees From Pratt Purdue
Douglas Geiger of Cedar Rapids earned a BFA in fine arts with highest honors from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York. Thomas J McManus of Cedar Rapids earned a BFA in fine arts with honors from Pratt. Gregory A Smith of Vin ton Route One earned a BS in pharmacy from Purdue University. Francis S Gilbert of 2000 Hamilton Street SW earned a PhD in psychology from Purdue University.
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Douglas Geiger
Cedar Rapids
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Thomas J. McManus
Gregory A. Smith
Route One
Vinton
Purdue University
Francis S. Gilbert
Hamilton Street
Public meeting on kidney donations in Cedar Rapids
A June 29 public meeting at the Village Inn will address the growing need for kidney donations for transplantation. Duane Buchheit Barb Schaubacher and Chris Smith will discuss donation, designation procedures, and Iowa recovery efforts alongside Iowa City doctors and nurses.
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Village Inn
Duane Buchheit
Cedar Rapids
Kidney Foundation of Iowa
Barb Schaubacher
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Chris Smith
Des Moines
Robert J. Corry
Iowa Transplantation Services
U.S. and Soviet Agree on Washington Moscow Hot Line
On this date in 1963 the United States and Russia agreed on a direct hot line communications link between Washington and Moscow to improve crisis communication and reduce risk of miscalculation.
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United States
Russia
Washington
Moscow
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Ann Schrader
U.S
Harriett Beecher Stowe
Florida
White House
Roosevelt
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Coe’s Ranney
Malloy Jewelers
Amy
Lindale Plaza
RAPT
Eaverne
Ofsd Control Data Corporation
Center Point Road
N.E
Fit Life Insulation
Avanielibe
He Country Stores
Dairy Maid
First Ave
Center Pt. Dr
Edgewood Rd
Sixth St
Mt. Vernon Rd
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