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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1958
Page
8
John Reynolds comments on a budget as a reminder of limits in living, arguing most budgets fail because households refuse to follow them. He notes personal discipline, not miracles, determine effectiveness and shares a humorous view of his wife’s strict financial rule in their family.
A narrator laments funds not entered in bank records, claiming unrecorded money moves to building or vacation funds. The piece blends a reflective aside with a baking recipe for a cinnamon nut loaf, detailing ingredients and steps and noting specifics like oven temperatures and bake times.
Army recruiters in Cedar Rapids announced five local men enlisted for service and sent to Fort Carson for basic training. Darrell L. Davis age 19 signed for military police duty. Albert Hartwig age 17 joined the transportation corps. Michael F. Cunningham age 21 from Albion City signed for X-ray school at Fort Sam Houston. John J. O’Rourke age 21 from North Engish enlisted.
A narrator outlines a self evident vacation fund and a Building fund used for home improvements. The Domestic fund covers a wide range of expenses from furniture to grass seed while inter fund borrowing occurs. A joke about prunes and movies budgets appears, then camp fire election news notes Sally Nemec becoming president with officers listed.
Soprano Merrie Edmund will be guest soloist for the Promenade concert Sunday at Coe auditorium sponsored by Coe and Local 137 of the American Federation of Musicians. The program includes folk songs and Victor Herbert works, with pianist Jeanne Cloud. Dallas Tjaden conducts the orchestra with Miles Adams as trumpet soloist.
May 8 at 8 pm in Hickok hall Coe College hosts the Whipple Extemporaneous Speaking contest under the Coe department of speech and theater The annual event established by William Whipple offers three prizes 25 15 and 10 for first to third place Contestants must answer questions under the South Dakota Plan of Extempore Speaking devised by George McCarty prior to the main contest four class contests precede the event
Notice is given that on the first day of May, 1880, James J. Benishen was appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Nettie A. Ben, deceased, of Linn County Iowa. All persons indebted to said estate must pay promptly to the undersigned, and those with claims against the estate must file them with the Clerk of Linn County District Court, Iowa, duly authenticated. James J. Benishen, Executor. Fuitz, Suteleworia and Gersoll, Attorneys.
Iowa Governor Herschel Loveless and Republican State Chairman Jurgemeyer clashed over tax plans in separate news conferences. Loveless outlined possible state income and sales tax changes, while Jurgemeyer accused him of avoiding calls for real tax increases. The dispute centers on capital improvements funding and broader fiscal policy.
G O P precinct caucuses are scheduled for Monday May 12 at 8 p m. In Linn County the call was issued by county chairman B D Silliman. Each precinct committeeman will designate a caucus place to select names of Republican men and women to be candidates for delegates to the county convention on June 27. A total of 225 delegates are to be chosen. Also reported a jury awards $5 916 20 in a damages suit from an auto crash northwest of Wellman in October 1956.
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