Help a Child Tutor and Volunteer Opportunities List
A collection of requests and opportunities for volunteers in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Includes Math tutoring for a 6th grade boy with Erv Graber, transportation for a four year old to preschool, visits for care center patients with Kimm Harris, and various volunteer roles through Grant Wood area office American Red Cross YMCA Big Brothers program and others.
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Erv Graber
Social Services
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Schuman
Grant Wood
Gladys Pike
American Red Cross
Canasta
Kitty Winfurter
Americana Healthcare Center
Young At Heart
Swan Ries cigar shop uses freezers to sell cigars
Chicago store Swan Ries & Co. uses freezers and a microwave to sell cigars described as frigid fresh. Elaine Levi promotes direct-from-freezer trials, with cigars from Canary Islands and Jamaica priced around 1.10 dollars. The family firm, 120 years old, features mail catalogs and a pipe workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPS
Swan Ries & Co
Canary Islands
Jamaica
Stanley Levi
Iwan Ries
South Wabash Avenue
Elaine Levi
Swan Reis
Harold Wilson
Illinois
James Thompson
Milton Berle
John McDonald
Arthur Fiedler
Levi- Ries
Stan
Garcia
H. Upmann Cigars
Havana
Iwan Reis
Mrs. Levi
Flor de Canarias
Ivan Reis
Swan Ries
Revolutionary Super Slurper Gains Thirstier Absorption
In Peoria Illinois a new absorbent material called super slurper blends starch with acrylonitrile to create a gel forming substance. It holds up to 5300 times its weight in water and is touted for agriculture diapers and medical uses. Development began in 1973 by five chemists for the USDA with potential markets from seeds to wipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria, Ill
U.S. Agriculture Department
Research Service
William Doane
Doane
USDA
Roger Eisenhauer
Inter Seeding Co
Arcola
Jim Hall
Edward Kirkland
North Carolina
Kirkland
Northern Research Laboratory
Peoria
Association For the Advancement of Invention and Innovation
Arlington
KKK Leader Charged in Kentuckys Teen Party Raid
Sherman Adams 55, Grand Drag of the United Klans of America, indicted with 12 others on armed robbery and conspiracy charges for a February 11 raid on a private teenage party in Bullitt County near Louisville. Adams says prosecutors seek to “bust the Klan.”
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Shepherdsville
UPI
Kentucky
Ku Klux Klan
Bullitt County
Sherman Adams
The
United Klans of America
Here
Adams
Bullitt
Louisville
Cancer Deaths Are Solvable Says NCI Report
The National Cancer Institute reports cancer death rates are declining for those under 35 and says cancer has never been more solvable. During hearings on the $819 million budget, officials credit improved treatment for acute leukemia brain kidney and bone cancers in children and Hodgkin’s disease and lymphomas in ages 15 to 34, while mortality in 35 to 59 holds steady and rises slightly in older adults due to smoking and other factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Stamps Celebrate U S Roles Across the Globe
Foreign issuances honor the United States with stamps from Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sri Lanka depicts the Statue of Liberty as ties with the U S are recalled, while the Maldives issues Viking Mars mission stamps. The Minkus catalogs note rising prices in Europe and colonies, and Barbados marks a 10th anniversary of independence with four new stamps. Harry L Lindquist receives a 50 year medal from the American Philatelic Society.
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United States
U.S
Sri Lanka
New England
Ceylon
New York Harbor
Maldives
Mars
Minkus
Europe
British Commonwealth
Ireland
Barbados
Coast Guard
Harry L. Lindquist
American Philatelic Society
Lindquist
Bottle Reply Took Its Time
Diana Carrigan sent a note in a bottle into the Rainy river near International Falls. An elderly fisherman found it the same year near Lake of the Woods about 100 miles downriver. It took Fred Clark, 81, of Flint Michigan, 13 years to answer.
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International Falls
Minn
Diana Carrigan
Rainy River
Lake of the Woods
Fred Clark
Flint
Mich
Rardin
West Germany Coal Mine Disaster Kills 31
On this date in 1962 a coal mine explosion in West Germany killed 31 workers. Rescue teams searched the pit as authorities investigated causes and the impact on the mining community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
Graham Receives 1822 Patent for Artificial Teeth
In 1822 Charles Graham of New York City is granted the first patent for artificial teeth marking a milestone in dental prosthetics. The invention signals early 19th century advances in restorative dentistry and dental technology.
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Charles Graham
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Luke’s Hospital
Edna McMurray
Family Service Agency
c/o
Iowa Heart Assn., Inc
Steve Hatfield
YMCA
Levi
Elaine
KKK
Ines
King's College
NY City
YALE
Princeton
Belle Boyd
Confederacy
Sam W. Hardinge
Senior Citizen
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Germany
Greece
Norway
Spain
Yugoslavia
Vatican City
St. Francis of
Assisi
Gregory XI
Avignon
Rome
Pontifical Museums
I.B.E.W. Union Hall
Iowa Humanities Board
National Endowment For the Humanities
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Privacy Project
John Cain
Smulekoffs
Smulekoff
Full
Queen
King
Nancy
U.S.D.A. Choice
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