Two C R Bands Will Play for Bandmasters
The Kennedy high school and McKinley junior high school bands are among 14 selected to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Association convention May 25 to 27 at the Roosevelt hotel. Dr. Thomas Slattery announced the selections after reviewing taped performances from across the state. The Kennedy band directed by Frank Kluesner performs May 27 at 10 10 a m and the McKinley band led by Robert Sadilek at 9 a m May 26. The Mt Vernon high school band conducts a 4 30 p m May 25 opening day. The Cedar Rapids honor band a 100 piece ensemble from public and parochial schools in Cedar Rapids Marion College Community and Linn-Mar districts performs May 26 at 4 p m. Other bands listed include Wheatland August Knoll Fort Dodge John Groethe Mason City Newman Jim Crowder St Ansgar Richard J Barta LeMars Mason City Joseph M Brice and junior high Dav enport Ludlow Dav enport Williams and elementary Ottumwa all city band directed by Nancy Hamilton.
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Kennedy High School
McKinley Junior High
Iowa Bandmasters Assn
Roosevelt Hotel
Thomas Slattery
Coe College
Iowa Bandmasters
Kennedy
Frank Kluesner
McKinley
Robert Sadilek
Cedar Rapids
Marion
College Community
Linn-Mar
Iowa
Wheatland
August Knoll
Fort Dodge
John Groethe
Mason City Newman
Jim Crowder
St. Ansgar
Richard J. Barta
LeMars
Joseph M. Brice
Mason City
Robert W. Dean
Clarinda
Thomas M. Witherow
Davenport Ludlow
Jack King
Davenport Williams
Robert Bosco
Ottumwa
All-City
Nancy Hamilton
Honor Student Banquet Wednesday at Roosevelt
The 22nd annual honor student banquet sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Inter-Service club council is set for Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel with about 700 expected attendance for 334 invited students from eight area high schools. Dr. Joseph McCabe will speak on Is There Still an American Dream with Barbara Trachta delivering the student response and Donald Nau giving a parents salute.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph McCabe
Coe College
Tom Murphy
McCabe
Donald G. Nau
Washington High School
Barbara Trachta
LaSalle
U N Dinner Set at Coe Union Cedar Rapids UNA Meet
Cedar Rapids chapter of the United Nations Association USA hosts its annual meeting at Gage Memorial Union Coe College with Dr Morris A Greene as speaker on the Family of the United Nations. Dinner precedes at 6 30 p m. reservations via Lucile Colony.
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Morris A. Greene
Food and Agriculture Organization Liaison Office
United Nations
Cedar Rapids
United Nations Assn.usa
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Greene
Australian Foreign Service
Washington, D.C
Rio de Janeiro
George Washington University
American University
Food and Agriculture Organization
Columbia City College of New York
Donald M. Typer
UNA
Roller skating ape stolen from Rome circus trainer
Animal trainer Armando Caso reported the theft of a roller skating ape from its cage in Rome. Police urged caution as the animal, trained for acts on skates bicycles and a tight rope, could pose a danger if misused.
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Rome
UPI
Armando Caso
Gwen the 8-foot avocado wins 1972 plant contest
New York reports Gwen the 8-foot avocado plant won the Great National Avocado Pit Growers contest at Gramercy Park Flower Show, beating 34 entrants including a 9-foot nameless plant and an Edward. Gwen’s owner rode with the plant to the show to avoid trauma. Edward, 10 inches, four months old, inspired the nickname Edward after the man who ate the fruit.
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New York
Gwen
Edward
Gramercy Park
New York Times
John Canaday
Anne Pascal
Alaskan Mainland Close to Russia Across Bearing Strait
At its westernmost point the Alaskan mainland lies 51 miles from Russia. Little Diomede island in the Bering Strait sits about 2 percent of the mile from Big Diomede, marking the near approach between North America and Asia. This proximity makes Alaska the closest North American land to Asia.
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Alaskan
Russia
Alaska
Little Diomede Island
Bering Strait
Big Diomede Island
North America
Asia
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Mt. Vernon High School
Don Stine
Roosevelt
Murphy
Altrusa
Canopus
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Metro Kiwanis
Lions
Pilot
Quota
Rotary
Soroptimist
Zonta
U.N
Coe Union
Smulekoff
Smulekoff's
Night Stand
Hutch
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