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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1969
Page
11
The Cunard Lines liner Queen Elizabeth hosted a lavish party in New York for 950 guests to mark her arrival after maiden voyage. Guests toured the seven decks while entertainment, dining and champagne flowed, though the ship remained docked at the Hudson pier.
Elizabeth Erickson, 85, tours a recently completed elderly housing tower in Milwaukee, marveling at 24 stories up. The QE2 gala dinner features a butter Churchill bust and guests like John Volpe I M Pei Steve McQueen Skitch Henderson as black ice and bold fashions set the scene.
The National Council of the Women’s National Republican Club presented Mrs. Richard M. Nixon a 50 pound gilt elephant heads painted on marble. Artist Nan Lee Roberts of Princeton noted Mrs. Nixon plans to place the gift in the library alongside the president’s elephant collection. Dorothy A. Elston sworn in as Treasurer of the United States succeeding Kathryn O. Hay.
Washington report notes preliminary data from Roy Hertz of NIH suggesting a possible link between oral contraceptives and breast cancer. He urges long term controlled observation of 11 000 women on the pills five years or more, followed 7 10 years, while acknowledging substantial knowledge limits and alternative methods.
Soprano Sylvia Hain a Coe college senior will present a Sunday recital at 3 in the Daehler Kitchin auditorium. The program opens with Cavelli Peri and Buxtehude selections, features Brahms and Strauss works and Massenet’s Salome aria. Accompanists include instructor Rachel Butsler Ruth Siemer cellist and Michael Tiswannart nanict.
The Squaw Creek event names 11 hole medalists and flight winners including Mrs. Leland Burns and Mrs. James Frazee. Other matches report 16 and nine hole medalists, with hostesses and signups for guest day on May 22. A separate charity event notes Mrs. William Happel and Mrs. Robert Glotfelty as medalists, plus prize winners and approach shots by several members. A later item mentions a factory flea strike in Bristol England affecting Rolls Royce workers and local music teachers.
Patty Gibbons of Inglewood demonstrates with her guide dog Marge in San Diego. Eric Renner of the Eye Dog Foundation explains training methods and eligibility for receiving a guide dog. The foundation trains about 60 dogs a year using only female German Shepherds.
Winners were Mrs. Warren Eyman and Mrs. Karl Henrikson first and Joc Verbick with Jay Helger second in Thursday night play at Welly-Way. A game is set for Sunday at 8 30.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters Lynda and Luci arrive in Washington for the first time since leaving the White House in January. They return with their husbands Maj. Charles Robb and Patrick Nugent who have just come back from Vietnam and are expected to attend a party at the White House.
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