Tim and Tom Seek Ground Observer Corps Service
Cedar Rapids youngsters Tim O’Hare and Tom Barry, both 10, petition Civil Defense for GOC duty inspired by history books. They plan home protection drills and may visit the Kingston stadium post during duty hours while awaiting official guidance from Mrs. George Newland.
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Civil Defence City Hall
T.V
Great Ground Observer Corps
G.O.C
America
Army
Navy
God Save America
Tim Ohare
Tom Barry
Tim
J. Lawrence O’hare
Henderson Avenue
Tom
Jack) Barry
Acar
George Newland
Civil Defense Director
Ground Observer Corps
Civil Defense Office
Kingston Stadium
Dallas Zoo to Diet Fat Animals This Summer
Dallas AP reports that hoofed animals at the Dallas zoo will undergo a diet this summer to shed excess pounds gained during pampered isolation. Zoo Director Pierre Fountaine notes the animals are fat and sassy and needs trimming. Excess weight may have cost the zoo hundreds of dollars due to reduced breeding.
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Dallas
Dallas Zoo
Zoo
Pierre Fountaine
Constance Bennett and Joe McCrea Star in Bed of Roses
Constance Bennett and Joe McCrea headline the Channel 9 Theater presentation Bed of Roses airing Sunday at 10 00 PM. The program highlights a romantic drama featuring Bennett and McCrea in leading roles.
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Constance Bennett
Joe McCrea
Channel 9
On Guard Against Communism
INS Writer Jack Lotto surveys communist efforts to push for a new Big Four summit to sway U S policy, pressuring for halting H bomb tests and neutralizing West Germany while courting Middle East influence. The Daily Worker links the campaign to the Einstein estate contempt ruling and defends civil liberties amid the inquisition.
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Jack Lotto
INS
Eisenhower
Geneva
Reds
Middle East
West Germany
Communist Party
Bulganin
Washington
Daily Worker
Otto Nathan
Albert Einstein
Glass House Fire Prevention Demonstration
In Chula Vista the Burnem family will move into a glass house built to show fire hazards. Fire Marshal William Smithey and Fireman Allen Haynes crafted the 30 by 14 inch structure to display stove oven, sofa, wiring and rug fire risks. The exhibit includes a hot oil coil and a control panel to ignite fires for demonstrations in schools and public gatherings.
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Chula Vista, Calif
Burnem
Pontaneous) C
Ambustion
Incendiary
Willburn
Burnice
Red Hot Lane
William Smithey
Smithey
Allen Haynes
Community Leaders Named For Golden Deed Crusade
Fourteen eastern Iowa community chairmen were listed Saturday for the Golden Deed Crusade. Roy E. Eblen Jr. will assist at the United Cerebral Palsy center while pursuing a PhD at the University of Iowa. Eblen will aid cerebral palsied children this summer and continue part time after September. Chairmen include Donald Dearborn Anamosa Jaycees. Howard Hicks Monticello Lions. Eugene Moore Tipton Mayor. Richard Kemmann Clarence Boy Scouts. plus Mrs Clyde Taylor Olin. Mrs Glen Thumma Stanwood. Mrs Mildred Kessler Solon. Lumir Biderman Ely. Robert Smahe Swisher. Mrs Dean Clark Lisbon. Mrs F E Woods Mechanicsville. Mrs Lester Buresh Mr Vernon. Mrs Clayton Murfield Martelle. Mrs Lee Milota London. The Eblen family has moved to Forest Grove farm east of Cedar Rapids.
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Eastern Iowa
William B. Cormack
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Roy E. Eblen, Jr
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita, Kan
UCP
Eblen
University of Wichita
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Eugene Moore
Tipton
Lions Club
Richard Kemmann
Clarence
Clyde Taylor
Olin
Glen Thumma
Stanwood
Mildred Kessler
Solon
Lumir Biderman
Ely
Robert Smahe
Swisher
Dean Clark
Lisbon
F. E. Woods
Mechanicsville
Lester Buresh
Vernon
Clayton Murfield
Martelle
Lee Milota
London
Berkeley liquor store holdup ends when clerk thwarts theft
Two men attempted a holdup at Peter Galen’s Berkeley liquor store. They left a $10 bill on the counter and demanded a half pint. Galen avoided danger by shouting for an accomplice, causing the thieves to flee with the bottle but leaving the ten dollars behind.
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Berkeley
Calif
Peter Galen
Galen
Joe
Steel Industry Celebrates Its Centennial Year
New York marks a centennial for U S steel, tracing the Kelly and Bessemer inventions and noting a three billionth ton produced last fall. A centennial exhibit at Pennsylvania Station highlights steel’s history while current capacity stands at 183.5 million tons with $12 billion in plant investments and 675000 workers.
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New York
U. S. Steel Industry
U. S
Sir Henry Bessemer
William Kelly
Kelly and
Bessemer
Pennsylvania Station
Powerless Flight Tangles With High Tension Wires
Tom Riff, 16, a gliding club member, escaped injury after his aircraft tangled in high tension wires in Richmond Indiana. The crash caused power outages affecting thousands of homes. Emergency crews secured the scene and restored service as investigators examined the incident.
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Richmond
Ind
Tom Riff
Dream of One With Same Name Stirs Brighton Estate Twist
Charlotte Stoner, 73, dreamed of death and awakening to calm nerves, then found a letter for the executors of the late Mrs. Cc. E. Stoner. The missive concerned the estate of another woman of the same name and age who had indeed died, creating a mix up in executorship.
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Brighton
England
Charlotte Stoner
Cc. E. Stoner
Peace Within as Sanctuary in Psalm Ninety First
The text urges men to seek inner peace through true understanding of God before it appears in the world. It identifies this inner state as the secret place of Psalm ninety one where no evil shall befall thee.
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God
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