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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1957
Page
5
Experimental radar neon system at Portsmouth Air Force Base halts speeders by flashing a warning sign and recording speed, time, date and license with optional camera. Studebaker-Packard unveils Scotsman economy model with price 1776 to 1995 and three body styles, promising 29 mpg.
Next Saturday Cedar Rapids hosts Poppy Day with American Legion auxiliary members selling memorial poppies on city streets. Proceeds aid disabled veterans and their families through child welfare and rehabilitation programs.
Automotive editor notes glamour in exterior lines and interior finishes as a major factor in 1957 sales. Expect 1958 models to push further with lower heights, longer wheelbases, and new design shifts from GM Ford Chrysler and Chevrolet amid ongoing secrecy. Air cushion suspension is anticipated by several makes at the start of the model year.
Margarett Atherton of the Cedar Rapids Auto Club urges pre trip reading to enhance vacation value. She notes families benefit when children gain knowledge ahead of travel and reading sources include travel sections, magazines, the WPA State Guide series, AAA Tour Books, and guides to Mexico Canada and the National Parks.
Frederick Gehlman an industrial psychologist with A. T. Kearney and Company of Chicago will address the Cedar Rapids Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants at the Sheraton-Montrose Tuesday. His talk titled The cost Accountant and the Industrial Psychologist outlines psychology in evaluations, surveys, organization studies, compensation, incentives, and training program installations. He was named a diplomat in industrial psychology by the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology about a year ago.
Philadelphia AP notes Temple University runs separate men and women glee clubs. An accompanist role crosses gender lines, as a woman backs the men's group and a man backs the women's group, a practice noted without explanation.
Wilson High stages Harvey a fantasy comedy at 8 p m Thursday. The Pulitzer prize winning play features Elwood P Dowd and his invisible rabbit with a large cast led by Leslie Jones and Sandra Brown.
Franklin high school presents the comedy Room Service at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Leigh Tracy stars as Gordon Miller a theatrical producer who risks eviction of his associates from a hotel. Bill Carr contributes to the play and Jack Bright plays another role.
The cast includes Jim Miller Garth Phillips Mike Griffith Dave Little Jim McIntosh Jim Buss Carlton Woods Herschel Katz John Strain Mollie Houser and Nancy Humbert with Margaret Meyer directing and serving as dramatic instructor at Franklin.
The Cedar Valley subsection of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers designates its annual meeting for Thursday. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and Dr. John D. Leitch of Square D Company speaks on testing higher interrupting capacity controllers and fault currents. Meeting at 8 p.m. in Collins Radio cafeteria invites members to bring at least one guest and students interested in engineering.
Benjamin Franklin imported Swiss barley and Scotch kale and turnips to showcase mineral fertilizers in the United States. He demonstrated soil enrichment and crop improvement through these exotic imports and a new farming technique.
LOS ANGELES UP Alvin W Balzer 72 convicted of driving too slow 20 miles an hour on a freeway argued the speed was just about right for his Model T.
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