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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1969

Page

2

Open Air Variety Show At 1969 All Iowa Fair

The 1969 All-Iowa fair adds modern exhibits but keeps variety, offering 18 free grandstand shows over eight days. Acts include trained animals, aerialists, drivers, and paratroopers led by the Golden Knights for a Fourth of July jump at high noon. The day features two Children's Day grandstands and performances by Joie Chitwood, Bobby Vinton, the Sandpipers, the King Family, and the Cowsills. The celebration closes with stock car racing and fireworks.

Golden Knights Army Billy Greiner Cedar Rapids St. Louis Marine’ Drum and Bugle Corps Memphis, Tenn Naval Air Station Marine Corps Reserve Waterloo Clarence Cross - Eyed Lion Judy Chimp Jimmy Nelson Bobby Vinton Sandpipers King Family Cowsills King and Cowsill Greiner Knights

Solovetsky Island Proposed as Soviet Tourist Spot

Soviet writer Y A Golovanov urged turning Solovetsky island, site of early prison camps, into a tourist and historical center on a White Sea archipelago near Archangel. He notes modest current tourism and cites monastery origins, later fortress use, and the prison camp era ending in 1940 with WWII naval use.

Moscow Solovetsky Island Komsomolskaya Pravda Young Communists Y. A. Golovanov Solovetsky Islands White Sea Arctic Circle Archangel Golovanov

Indian Mountaineering Foundation Signals Everest Legacy

New Delhi AP report outlines the Indian Mountaineering Foundation founded ten years ago sponsoring eighty expeditions to 18 000 to 19 000 foot peaks. The drive traces to Tenzing Norgay’s Everest ascent in 1953, with Nawang Gombu later climbing Everest twice on consecutive days, a standing record.

New Delhi Indian Mountaineering Foundation Tenzing ‘Norgay Everest Nawang Gombu

Lenoir jailed for motel robbery vows marriage before prison

James Lenoir, 35, pled guilty to robbing a motel of about 200 dollars and was sentenced to 10 years in Indiana state prison by Judge Robert Kinsey. He obtained permission to marry Shirley Woodard in a brief Wednesday ceremony in the courtroom, waived the license waiting period, and then returned to his cell before departing for prison.

Kokomo Ind Robert Kinsey James Lenoir Lenoir Kinsey Indiana State Prison Shirley Woodard Justice of the Bernard

Oregon Wolf Study Sees Biology Professor Tame Wild Pair

University of Oregon biologist John Fentress spends about ten hours weekly observing his two timber wolves Lupey and Sylva. The 120 and 80 pound captives provide insight into instinctive behavior, as the couple leash-train them and even serenade with clarinet.

Eugene, Ore UPI University of Oregon Wolfgang Mozart John Fentress Fentress Little Red Riding Hood Lon Chaney Washington, D.C University of Cambridge England Lupey Sylva Jan Syracuse, N.Y University North America

Area Ten sees enrollment push ahead of last summer

Area Ten Community college reports 962 applications as of last Monday, up from 726 a year earlier. Vocational technical programs account for 658 and arts and sciences 304. Officials expect peak filings in August and total enrollment near 2,400 this fall including 1,200 full time vocational technical and 1,200 arts and sciences students. Admissions in Hawkeye Plaza at 4401 Sixth Street Road SW urge early applications.

Area Ten Community College Donald Page Area Ten Page Hawkeye Plaza Sixth Street Road

Dispute Delays Use of System for Six Years

NEW DELHI Instru ment landing equipment imported six years ago for Madras International airport remains unused as the public accounts committee in formed parliament cites a land transfer dispute between government agencies as the cause of the delay.

New Delhi Madras International Public Accounts Committee

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