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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1950
Page
2
Hal Boyle reports a growing postwar religious revival among U.S. youth. A reader shares a heartfelt Lent sermon urging others to become Christians, stressing faith over worldly worries and service to God, with calls to repent, confess, and trust in Christ.
R ALEXANDER LIPPISCH, 55, famed for the Me 163 rocket jet, now works as a Collins Radio Company research engineer in the United States. He arrived in 1946 with nearly a lifetime of gliding and jet design, and urges faster air travel and greater soaring to inspire U S youth while noting Soviet progress.
United Nations officials report receiving about 750 letters weekly from non officials worldwide over four years. Many requests seek information or proposals on problems, some are cranky, some reflect hopes for human rights. A Buffalo high schooler asks for Abomb and H bomb images, while Nigerians request posters for huts.
Correspondents send poems songs and new flag designs as gifts to the United Nations. The flood of mail includes art and furniture for the Manhattan skyscraper and stamps from users worldwide. Stamps are distributed among U N Stamp club members.
A Masaryk centennial concert is set for 7:30 p.m. at the C S P S auditorium under the Federation of Czech Groups. The Coe College band directed by Dr. Stanley Vesely performs a 30 minute program with Dvorak's New World Symphony finale, followed by Prof. Felix Vondracek on Masaryk's life. The CSA male choir of Chicago closes with classical and folk songs, including Smetana Dedication and Dvorak Largo. Reserved seats remain via Mrs J J Hervert.
East German Communist officials at a recent conference chose not to wear party badges. Neues Deutschland reported that more than 80 percent of attendees did not display their membership, prompting questions from fellow party comrades about their openness.
City public high schools stage a festival March 25 in the McKinley auditorium with “Strange Road” and three more plays. On March 24 Wilson and Roosevelt auditoriums host performances including “The Pot Boiler” and “Nobody Sleeps” plus “The Marriage Proposal.” Roosevelt also presents three plays that night including “A Young Man's Fancy” and “From Paradise to Butte.”
In Northampton Massachusetts a gems and precious stones class taught by Prof B M Shaub trains students to distinguish authentic diamonds from fakes, highlighting the quality and value of engagement rings.
Campaign chairman A L Killian voiced strong confidence in the Hawkeye Downs capital improvement drive in Cedar Rapids. He urged broad support and noted the venue's entertainment and educational value, calling Hawkeye Downs a cornerstone of community life and a potential amusement park future.
J L Dalton special agent of the FBI will speak at Cedar Rapids NACA seventh regular dinner at the Montrose hotel. Dalton heads the Omaha office and has 16 years in the bureau with prior postings in Hartford Des Moines Huntington and Indianapolis. A technical session follows the dinner and a directors meeting precedes the social hour.
Authorities move to stop a plan to kill 1,000 dogs this summer after a letter signed by shift workers was received by the Tri City Herald. The note claimed intent to poison dogs and referenced a council resolution on controlling poaches, with no action taken by county commissioners.
Jane Shingleton, 65, is one of the nation's oldest paper carriers. She delivers a two mile Hampstead route for the Wilmington Star-News, walking about two miles daily with papers and also delivering mail for an additional five miles.
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