Veteran City Market Merchants Ready for New Season
By Beverley Duffy Cedar Rapids market opens Saturday signaling another season of fresh fruits vegetables and flowers. Vendors John Flidr and Viola Vantalge long time participants reflect on changes from open stalls to Riverside booths note rising prices and enduring customer ties. They describe market as a social hub and essential income source with adjustments to fees and layout since 1923. The market once raw and street bound now features a canopy and central walkway shaping today’s experience.
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Beverley Duffy
Cedar Rapids
John Flidr
Viola Vantalge
Flick
Mrs. Vantalge
Flidr
Riverside
First Street
First Avenue
E Avenue
John Flick
Johnson Avenue
Press Club Has Mobile Clubroom In Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Press club unveils a mobile clubroom using an old Norfolk and Western passenger-baggage car nicknamed the monster.
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Las Vegas
Norfolk and Western Railway
Moscow boosts Chinese language broadcasts amid propaganda war
The Soviet Union expands its main international outlet with a third more Chinese programs aimed at Peking, increasing from 42 to 66 14 hours weekly. A 30 minute Romanian program was added while Spanish to Cuba was cut back. Western European services and the English East Coast feed saw notable reductions to accommodate the shift.
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London
Moscow Radio
Peking
Soviet Union
Romania
Moscow
Cuba
China
Europe
U.S
World Radio Schedules Expanded Across Asia
A new one hour service to Malaysia was added. The India beam was boosted by a quarter hour and the Nepal service increased by 45 minutes.
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Asia
Malaysia
India
Nepal
Humane Way to Curb Pet Overpopulation
Bill Moon urges humane action at the shelter urging spaying female pets and avoiding passing unwanted litters to friends. He notes the flood of homeless dogs and cats overwhelms humane societies, causing admissions burdens and potential cruelty. One female kitten can multiply to hundreds in two years.
Protectors of Andorra Named by De Gaulle and Bishop
Paris AP reports that President de Gaulle and the bishop of Seo de Urgel in Spain are the personal protectors of Andorra. The Pyrenean republic has enjoyed uninterrupted sovereignty since 1278.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Seo de Urgel
Spain
Andorra
Pyrenees
Daily Korea Transmission Extended by Half Hour
A half hour was added to the daily transmission to Korea extending broadcasting service. Additional time aims to improve coverage and ensure more complete program delivery to the region.
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Korea
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