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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1971
Page
2
Robert N. Meyer Jr. is blind since childhood and bids at the Chicago Board of Trade. He can recognize the voices of about 90 percent of regular traders, though unable to see hand signals. Meyer has traded for 19 years and has succeeded in one of the most demanding areas of the commodity business.
Telephone expert Josef C. Engressia, 22, begins work with a Memphis area telephone company after being fined for whistling into telephones to bypass auto switching and make long distance calls for free. He says his fascination with phones makes this legal job welcome.
Ken Barrett of 2909 E avenue NE was elected president at the close of the Great Lakes promenade of 40 and 8 in Cedar Rapids Sunday. Left to right Barrett and Robert Yohnke of Kalamazoo, Mich., vice president, and Jack D. Wilson of Milwaukee elected secretary for 11th consecutive year with LaVerne Leece of Jackson, Mich., as treasurer.
Medal of Honor recipient Peter Lemon, 21, from Tawas City Michigan, said he was stoned on marijuana the night he fought off two waves of Viet Cong and earned America's highest military honor. He added that being stoned made him more alert during combat.
In a humorous 1971 piece Art Buchwald imagines a father explaining life lessons to his son. The talk covers neckties, suits with matching jackets and creased pants, shoes, and socks, with the son skeptical yet gradually acknowledging social expectations.
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