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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1958
Page
8
Mary Olson and other women operate post office trucks taxi cabs and delivery vans in Cedar Rapids. They earned respect from customers and husbands while facing light taunts and long hours. Several female drivers describe strengthening service and weathering fear of stereotypes.
Albert Pick Jr the U S delegate at an international hotel congress in Brussels urged close hotel cooperation between Free World and Iron Curtain countries. He said true friendship begins in the hotel lobby and Russian tourists must be welcomed in Western hotels for an accurate view of life.
John Hancock impersonation keeps surfacing for Hancock of Malden Massachusetts. Clerks refuse to accept his signature and he signs as John Smith to avoid trouble. Only checks with his imprinted name cash. Army enlistment in 1943 required an hour to prove identity. He works for the state department of public works and receives mail for a local insurance office with the same name.
Konosuke Matsushita, an electric machinery magnate from Osaka, posted the highest taxable income in Japan last year at 210,110,000 yen. He will pay about half as direct income tax. The tax bureau noted other miners had larger net incomes but new coal mine operators are tax exempt for three years.
Mary Hagerman a Jefferson Senior 17 receives a General Motors four year scholarship to Drake University Des Moines for the Drake fine arts program with an annual stipend tied to need. She is senior class vice president at North Jefferson a member of Outlook staff Aristotelian society and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs M O Hagerman 1120 Jaye NW.
In Denver a bucket of green paint spilled at the zoo after a monkey grabbed it. Ike the spider monkey and a dozen others smeared paint on themselves and their cages. Keepers say the color will wear off in time.
The Las Vegas crash revived calls for an air collision warning system with Collins Radio and Aerojet General pursuing infrared proximity devices. Aerojet plans flight tests with airlines and military input while station KABC uses a helicopter to report live traffic from the air. Fairey Aviation new VIOL aircraft touted as a game changer. John Davidson reports a knife incident in Steubenville theaters. Sears catalogs archived for patent records spanning 1892 to 1956.
Cincinnati AP report from a food chain foundation outlines how space meals must be light and compact, often mashed or packed in tubes or cans for 10 travelers under pressure. It cites the need for eye appeal to maintain appetite, noting prior bomber crew studies show nutrition matters but taste and appearance influence eating.
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