04 May 1964
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1964
Page
1
Seymour Gray Jr., 22, of Des Moines, a University of Iowa senior, was listed in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital after falling 70 feet at Palisades Park near Mt. Vernon. He suffered fractured ribs and cuts. a climbing group and a doctor aided him after the landing on a cliff ledge.
Mt. Mercy College will present a light musical titled Music in Pastels on Thursday at 8 p.m. by the College Choristers directed by Sister Mary Mildred R.S.M. Pastel gowns and spring flowers fill the scene with the chorus in full and small groups, blending with dance numbers. Choreography is by Miss Kathleen McNamara, Mt. Mercy music major from Fairfax. The concert, in McAuley auditorium, is open to the public with no charge.
Five persons injured in a two car head-on crash four miles north of Guttenberg on highway 52. William Carpenter 41 suffered leg hip and jaw fractures and internal injuries. His wife Bonnie 38 and two other passengers, Mr and Mrs William Schreiber, were injured. All but one remained in good condition at Guttenberg hospital, as did Laverne Hess 29 of Garnaville, driver of the other car.
Reme L. Wallace was honored Friday night for sixty six years of membership in Prospect Masonic Lodge. He received an engraved tie clasp in recognition during the event.
The Linn county Republican headquarters at 309 Guaranty Bank building was announced by County Chairman Tommy Tucker. It will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily except weekends and staffed by volunteers. Phone EM 3-1926. Saturdays may begin later as the June 1 primary nears.
President Johnson appointed Douglas Cater editor of Reporter magazine as a special assistant on national security issues with McGeorge Bundy. Cater, a Washington writer and author of Power in Washington, has been seen in the White House.
The Jefferson high school marching band and color guard will perform Saturday in the Veishea parade at Iowa State University Ames campus joining 30 other bands and many student-built floats. More than 100,000 people view the event annually. Veishea billed as the nation's largest student managed festival opens Thursday.
In Claremont California ten high school youths completed a 100 mile relay swim in 43 hours 43 minutes 26 seconds. Each swam 652 lengths of a 100 foot pool and totals reached 528 000 feet. Coach Eugene McCarthy supervised with meals and rest breaks as part of a youth fitness display.
A catalog of works includes poems from Best Poems vol 15 Wild Garden and Everlasting South by Linkins Bow ie, two weeks with pay 1963 64 edition by Lopez and Clark All the Best in Germany and Austria Provence, plus biographies My Happy Days in Hell Faludy Margaret Fuller American Romantic Fuller William of Orange vol 1 Robb and others.
The CR Library adds nonfiction titles covering art recreation and literature. Titles include Rodin Cranach Pissarro Milton Nesting Ground poems and other works by Langland Hughes Merwin Bach Deutsch Nicolson and Wagoner.
Virgil Kehr a 28 year old trucker from Tipton escaped serious injury when his semi crashed into a ditch on Interstate 80 a mile east of West Liberty. Four of five farm tractors on the vehicle spilled onto the highway and Kehr was treated by a West Liberty doctor for minor lacerations.
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