UCP Open House Highlights Cerebral Palsy Progress
Eastern Iowa center showcases how children with cerebral palsy can learn to walk talk and attend regular schools. Demonstrations planned at Cedar Rapids facility 1201 Eighth Street NW with therapists coordinating intensive therapy and a fundraising drive called Golden Deed Crusade underway across eight counties.
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Iowa
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Eighth Street NW
Cedar Rapids
Ar Rapids
Kathy Schmidt
UCP
Kathy
Mike Plummer
Walter Dresselhaus
Christine Murphy
Christine
Mee
Motor Mail Service Begun In N E Sector Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids post office launched a saturations motorized mail delivery test in the northeast sector, the first of four planned cities. Seventeen to eighteen Mailsters replace many parcel routes, with fewer carrier runs and new looping stops, aiming for faster daily mail but requiring staged operations and staff adjustments.
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Cedar Rapids
Cottage Grove Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Gazette
Carl Franke
Jim Curry
L Avenue
Center Point Road
Mitchells and CAB findings shape aviation history debate
The push to reopen General Billy Mitchells court martial continues at the request of his son while the Civil Aeronautics Board releases its Grand Canyon collision report. The CAB pins blame on pilots failing to see each other amid clouds and busy cockpit duties, with factors like visibility limits and air traffic control gaps cited as contributing.
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Washington
Air Force
Billy Mitchell
Mitchell
Vlu Luitalou
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Civil Aeronautics Board
Grand Canyon
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
TWA
New Turbo Prop Airliner Herald Promises Economy
London In an official announcement Handley Paige Aircraft Company introduces the Herald turbo prop airliner described as the world's most economical. The craft cruises at 275 mph with 43 passengers or freight up to 660 miles and is powered by two Rolls Royce Viscount engines at a price of 490000 dollars.
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London
Britain
Handley-Paige Aircraft Company
Herald
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Pamela Hoye
Maryann Friedrichsen
N.E
Bruce Fishwild
Bob Arp
Smith-Corona
Portable Typewriter
Mochnick Typewriter CO
2Nd Ave
Seem
Lou Breuer
CAB
United
Constellation
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