Illinois Central Directors To Visit in C R
A party of about 50 Illinois Central directors officers and guests will tour Cedar Rapids on Friday May 17 completing the first day of a four day trip spanning 1500 miles along Illinois Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska lines. The Cedar Rapids Country Club hosts a reception and dinner with railroad President Wayne A Johnston as speaker. Local hosts I J Gorman and John M Oliver will coordinate.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Wayne A. Johnston
Chicago
I. J. Gorman
Illinois Central
John M. Oliver
Waterloo
Rockford
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Omaha
D. B. Laurie
Quaker Oats Company
H. H. Rath
Rath Packing Company
D. P. Robinson, Jr
Massachusetts Investors Trust
Boston
R. E. Wood
H. M. Comer
Avondale Mills
Sylacauga
Ala
S. Y. Hord
Brown Brothers
Minnesota
Wisconsin
I.C
Dubuque and
ILC
Missouri River
Iowa Division
Northwest
California
Idaho
Colorado
S.C
Unique Circulation Plan To Be Tried by Library
Cedar Rapids library launches two week loan periods for all items replacing 21 day and seven day loans. Perishables like records and magazines move to two week terms with occasional two week only loans. Renewals by mail or telephone introduced. bookmobile loans remain nonrenewable. Director James C. Marvin says aim is ease of tracking due dates and reduce staff workload while experimental postcard renewals serve patrons unable to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Marvin
Kenwood
Bearded Woman Mistaken for Masked Bandit
Martinsville Virginia police raided a supermarket with a submachine gun and tear gas after a tip of a masked robbery. They found Mrs Laverne Martin of Ocala Florida, a bearded circus performer, wearing a mask to conceal her beard.
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Martinsville
Laverne Martin
Ocala
Fla
Mallard Duck Banded in 1939 Shot in Nebraska in 1955
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service reports a mallard duck banded at the La Creek refuge near here in November 1939 traveled for 16 years before being shot near Sutherland Nebraska in late November 1955. The duck was at least 17 years old.
Roosevelt High student receives letter from Hungarian pen pal refugee
Lois Gleason, Roosevelt senior, in contact with Nagyary Zoltan of Hungary for years, writes that the Yugoslav refugee camp lacks aid and has fallen hopes. He describes his escape, censorship, and longing for US freedom, urging a reply and registered delivery.
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Roosevelt
Lois Gleason
Nagyary Zoltan
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Lois
Emma Kvach
Thirteenth Street
Revolutionary Council
Zoltan
United States
Lawmaker Says Owe Money Makes You a Tycoon or Government
Rep. Cunningham says in a newsletter that debt scales from piker at $50 to business man at $50 000 tycoon at $50 million and government at $50 billion. The remark frames national debt levels as personal finance milestones.
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Washington
Cunningham
R-Neb
Annual AFROTC Inspection For Coe at 10 a.m
The Coe college Air Force ROTC unit will hold its annual inspection Monday and Tuesday led by Col. Jack R. Banks Lt. Col. Guymon Penix and Maj. Waldo Bowers representing Head Quarters Air Force ROTC. A review parade is planned at 10 a.m. Monday in Poefield with rain contingency in the Men's gym. Five awards will be presented including the Hanford Post No. 5 American Legion medal to Cadet Col. Robert J. Herculson for high proficiency in air service leadership and duty. Cadet Col. Donald W. Keyes will receive the Outstanding Squadron Commander's medal. Cadet Major John Glidden the Air Force Association medal. Cadet Major Richard J. Pettit the Chicago Tribune Gold medal. and Cadet Captain Howard Kucera the Chicago Tribune Silver medal.
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Coe College Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Jack R. Banks
Guymon Penix
Waldo Bowers
Headquarters Air Force Rotc
Maxa Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Poefield
Hanford Post No
American Legion
Robert J. Herculson
Westchester, Ill
Donald W. Keyes
Waukegan
Linn County
Reserve ‘Officers Association
Air Force Association
John Glidden
Muscatine
Richard J. Pettit
Bradley, Ill
Chicago Tribune
Howard Kucera
Cedar Rapids
Midwest Liberal Arts Colleges hold Coe campus teacher ed session
Leaders from Midwest conference colleges attend a two day meeting on May 10 11 at Coe to discuss teacher education. Deans heads of departments and English history colleagues join in sessions led by Dr Philip W Jackson Dr Stanley Heywood and Dr Willard Arnett with talks on quality standards enrollments and potential partnerships with larger institutions.
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Coe
Midwest Conference of Liberal Arts Colleges
Stanley Heywood
Heywood
Philip W. Jackson
University of Chicago
Willard Arnett
Voorhees Hall
Amana
Herbert Weise
Coe Teacher Education Committee
Harry M. Gage
Cat Causes City Power Outage in Lakeland
A yellow Persian cat got caught in a 12 000 volt transformer causing $2 000 damage and a city wide dimming. The cat lost most of its hair and one leg but survived as Lakeland’s power system suffered a short circuit.
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Lakeland, Fla
Good Pay Bright Future Seen for College Graduate
Washington The Kiplinger Magazine editors say this year’s college graduates can expect good pay and smooth transitions to office work. Engineers lead demand with starting pay around 433 a month. women see lower salaries but broad opportunities in business, sales, and secretarial roles. A master’s may lift engineer pay by about 100 monthly and a PhD by 150.
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Washington, D.C
Changing Times
Kiplinger Magazine
Foreign Economic Aid Called Potent Weapon
Eric Johnston, chairman of Eisenhower's International Development Advisory Board, called foreign economic assistance America's most potent single weapon in the cold war. He warned the United States would face defeat if it abandons or significantly cuts foreign development programs, speaking in New York to the International Advertising Association.
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New York
INS
America
Eric Johnston
Eisenhower
International Development Advisory Board
International Advertising Association
U.S
Shrine Horse Show Adds New Features in Cedar Rapids
The Shrine committee announces the sixth annual show to be held June 7 8 and 9 at Hawkeye Downs with seven Shetland pony hitch classes a lady drivers hitch a Shetland pony stake and a junior five gaited stake the first in Iowa and perhaps the upper Midwest. A junior Tennessee Walking horse class and a draft horse series are added entry blanks are available from Russ Davis Cedar Rapids. Wilson hitch of Clydesdales will perform at performances though not competing in Cedar Rapids.
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Shrine Committee
Hawkeye Downs
Shriners
Iowa
Upper Midwest
Tennessee
Russ Davis
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Wilson «Hitch of
Clydesdales
Wilson and Company
ZCBJ Dramatic Circle Presents Play Tonight
The ZCBJ Dramatic Circle stages Slib Z Fronty A Promise from the Front at 7:30 in the ZCBJ hall. Cast includes Jerry Drahovzal Rose Kysilka Josef Chytry Mirko Stohl Vlasta Fajmon Milo Naxera and Rose Dryml directed by M L Hromadka.
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ZCBJ
Zcbj Dramatic Circle
Slib Z Fronty
Jerry Drahovzal
Rose Kysilka
Josef Chytry
Mirko Stohl
Vlasta Fajmon
Milo Naxera
Rose Dryml
M. L. Hromadka
Delaware Banquet Speaker on Wise Farming Decisions
L. J. Boden Steiner, district extension economist, will speak on Wise Decisions in Farming at the Delaware county farm and home management banquet. The event is set for March 13 at the extension office.
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Manchester
L. J. Bodensteiner
Delaware County Farm and Home Management
Lextension
Optional at extra cost V8 engine upgrade offered
The notice states a 270 horsepower high performance V8 engine is available at an additional charge, alongside standard options. It highlights the engine as an optional upgrade for buyers seeking enhanced power and performance.
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Tive
Gaylord Container Corporation
St. Louis
E. W. Stetson
Illinois Central Executive Committee
E. S. S. Sunderland
Davis, Polk, Wardwell
Sunderland and Kiendl
S. B. Turman
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company
New Orleans
Louis Ware
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
T. E. Wilson
D. E. Sharp
Guaranty Trust Company
L. P. Stack
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Marvin
Cedar Rapids System
Frong
R. Girl
Pen Pal
Red Cross
Janos Kadar
Liberty
United States of America
Budapest
Perpetual's
Perpetual
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
South Side News
Zcbj Dramatic Circle Presents
Delaware
Fisher
Chevrolet
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