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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
10
Virginia H. Knauer, White House consumer affairs adviser, told the Senate consumers subcommittee in Washington that the administration agrees with a Senate bill to make product warranties more honest but opposes government setting warranty standards.
Cedar Rapids Marion League of Women Voters votes to continue two study and action items from prior years at the annual meeting held at the Longbranch supper club. New officers include Betty Anderson as president and Lt. Louis Stepanek of the Cedar Rapids youth bureau warns of rising heroin use and crime linked to drugs and urges parental discussion with children.
On Ascension Island, where bachelors outnumber single women by 200 to 1, Cable and Wireless reports all offered nursing jobs turned down. The island, home to a satellite earth station, sought a state registered nurse and qualified midwife for a year. A spokesman noted no applicants so far despite past vacancies attracting large numbers.
Using muffin tins to bake potatoes reduces cooking time and prevents burned fingers by keeping each potato portion separated and evenly heated in the oven.
Cheryl Kay Knight and Ronald Wayne Comried exchanged nuptial vows at Kingswood United Methodist church in Clovis New Mexico. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert E. Harrison at 2 with a reception at the bride’s parents home at 3. The couple resides at Cannon Air Force Base where Comried serves in the Air Force.
Carrie Davis, 92, married Arthur Clark, 76, in Heckington England on Friday. Mrs. Clark recalled meeting him when she asked for a walk while confined to a wheelchair and noted it was her first marriage.
In Chippingham England five girls from the College of Further Education threaded 2 827 needles in two hours claiming a world record.
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Women’s Committee announced two winners of the annual Symphony scholarship auditions. Violinist Christy Moore, 15, earns the Lor raine Thompson award of 100 dollars, while clarinetist Debbie Berntsen, 16, receives a second 100 dollar award. Both sophomores attend local high schools and hold top or notable positions in school ensembles. Fourteen auditioning musicians faced judges Peggy Andrix, Andrew Duckwall, Phyllis Moershel, and Barbara Korbelik as chairmen Mrs. Arthur Wulfsberg and Mrs. Harris Stover oversaw proceedings. The cash awards fund further musical study.
Mr and Mrs Ora R Hines of Chelsea will be honored at an open house from 2 to 4 Sunday marking their 60th wedding anniversary They wed March 22 1911 The couple have three children Ray Chelsea Clyde Belle Plaine and Mrs Vic tor Snyder Ossian plus nine grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren
Mrs Edward Lawrence hosted a kitchen bridal shower for Miss Diane Ferreter at her home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Betty Johnston and Mrs Nick Stoffel assisted, with seventeen guests attending. Ferreter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Ferreter, is the June 19 bride elect of Lt Theron Weimer son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Weimer of Palo.
Mrs. Constance West refuses to pay rent on a town owned house over a garden hole that appeared last October and has grown to six by six feet and three feet deep. She says the council told her not to approach it while a National Coal Board spokesman investigates the hole.
Miss Margaret Robertson of Chicago and national YWCA board member arrives in Cedar Rapids for two days of consultations on Linn county YWCA program development and services. She is regional field consultant for Central Iowa and Minnesota with past roles in Sierre Leone and Cleveland.
Monday morning results show first prize to Mrs William Jacobson and Mrs James Larsson with Mrs Theodore Adkins and Mrs R L Christensen second. A game is planned next Monday at 9.
Miss Carol Haack and Rev. Richard Melin wed in Grace Lutheran church with 150 guests. The ceremony featured an Empire satin gown and pink bouquets. After a California trip they will live in Kimball Nebraska where Melin pastors First United Presbyterian Church.
New York visit on Dinah Shore show features Tennessee Ernie Ford sharing a corn muffin recipe. He lists corn meal flour salt baking powder soda oil egg and buttermilk with steps to mix and bake at 450 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
In Garden City Kansas 12 year old Diane Jones who has been blind since birth is flag bearer for the Garden City Blue Bells mounted precision drill team and competes in Kansas Western Horseman's contests. She maintains mostly A grades in sixth grade while braille typing and singing in the junior choir.
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