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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1950

Page

4

Young scout tops sales at Cedar Rapids Scout Circus

Eleven year old Robert Dame won a ten dollar prize for selling more tickets than any other scout at Cedar Rapids annual Scout circus. He raised eighty five dollars in admissions selling to downtown buildings including the Merchants National Bank and Security Building. He says the method is friendly sales and meeting people, though some were unfriendly. The event runs February 22 and 23 at the Memorial Coliseum.

Robert Dame Robert Cedar Rapids Eleventh Street NE Bill McNeil Eddie Daniels Polk School Merchants National Bank Memorial Coliseum Mullin Dame Hurdle Russia United States

New Type Glass Serves as Stove

CORNING N Y AP A new electrically conductive glass functions as a transparent stove heating air or boiling water. A 16 millionth inch oxide skin carries current, with tests at a Westinghouse forum in Uniontown Pa. Field use includes brooders dry textile yarns and coffee percolators within 50 seconds.

Corning N. Y Corning Glass Works

Gas Cloud Explosion Kills One Burns Two in Martinez

A gas cloud explosion over a highway near Oleum, Martinez, Calif, killed a woman and burned two men seriously. The blast, likely sparked by exhaust or ignition sparks, occurred when gas escaped from an overhead refinery waste pipe and ignited in traffic.

Martinez Calif San Francisco Bay Oleum Gordon Campbell Thee

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