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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1956
Page
15
A narrator proposes creating a bottled water product named Caquaqua to supply plain tap water at parties. He argues hosts resist water refills, citing a social barrier and Pavlovian quirks, imagining a bottled solution could meet a long standing need among entertainers and guests.
A collage of quotations critiques social inequities and political faults. The items include remarks from Charles E. Johnson, Walter Dibricht, and Lady Astor, along with a short AP dispatch about a Phoenix robbery where the robber mocks a clerk as a 51-cent coin drops.
Reports say a farmer found two bodies 70 miles south of Brownsville Texas near Victoria on a remote road. The victims were shot and mutilated with fingertips removed to hinder identification. Police linked the crime to a 1954 Cadillac abandoned near a city outskirts following a burglary and a fuse explosion during the getaway.
Guidance on polite phone use emphasizes brief listening before speaking on a shared line and hanging up quickly if the line is in use. The advice reflects social norms promoting courteous communication on communal telephone services.
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