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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1975
Page
7
Local appeal lists opportunities for volunteers in survey work, baseball and softball umpiring, theater set building and prop gathering, clerical labeling for a bicentennial mass mailing, and weekly office help. Call Voluntary Action Center or visit 712 Third Avenue SE for details and hours.
Patty Reilly, 15, was hospitalized after being hit by a car on a beach trip by bicycle. The National Safety Council projects 50,000 serious bicycle accidents this year with 1,100 deaths last year and 460,000 total injuries in 1974. The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission cites rising totals and draft safety codes. States move to bikeways, safety laws, and school programs. Suffolk County pledges 1.2 million for bikeways. federal funding supports national bikeway plans with state matching.
Nations issue sets marking the 200th anniversary of the American Revolution including Nicaragua’s 15 stamps and two souvenir sheets featuring Spirit of 76 and Washington motifs. Also highlighted are Dutch and Polish Nazi liberation stamps and U S Truman commemorative designs. British stamp notes brief yearly releases for collectors.
A brief survey notes Britain produced limited stamp sets in 1975 including a 434 pence health charity set, a four-value Turner honor set, and a five-value architectural heritage set. In Hong Kong, two stamps commemorating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s Royal Visit 1975 bear the royal portrait, coat of arms, and the inscription.
An elderly Provo man paid a $30 token tax to Utah state government marking the second year of the same amount after being told he owed no state income tax for 1974. Commissioner Milton Yorkason withheld the donor’s name while praising the state's protection of life and property.
Hominy Oklahoma. Joel Maker began drinking whisky and smoking cigars before kindergarten. Now 12 he wrote a letter to his father urging sobriety. His father Tony cried realizing the harm. Joel has since finished at Valley Hope Alcoholism Treatment Center in Cushing.
Former Montana Governor Anderson lost a half million dollar malpractice suit after alleging a hernia operation harmed his campaign for reelection in 1972. Surgeon Hill testified Anderson continued coffee use, smoking, and an active pace. Hill cited 400 prior similar surgeries with no issues.
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