Coe Alumni Plan 50 Year Fete June 8
Eighteen members of the 1913 Coe college graduating class and four 1913 Leander Clark graduates will return for a 50 year anniversary reunion during Alumni day activities at the Coe commencement next week. The alumni will receive golden jubilee certificates at a June 8 banquet. Alumni live in nine states and Ontario with several Cedar Rapids residents among the returnees. Reservations for the banquet can be made through the Coe alumni office.
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Coe College
Leander Clark College
Coe
Harris Lamb
Leaner Clark
Cedar Rapids
Leslie Mills
Thirty-third Streets
Thomas H. McKinley
Eighteenth Street
Inez Patterson
D Avenue
Ruby Taylor
Henderson Avenue
Carl Thomas
Terry Drive
Julius Lauderdale
J. Earl Kneeland
Marshalltown
Roy L. Repp
Clear Lake
Wis
Lamb
Echo I Satellite Remains in Orbit After 378 Million Miles
Echo I the balloon satellite continues to circle the Earth more than 378 million miles from launch. NASA and Collins Radio note its reduced height yet active role in passive communications between Dallas and Cedar Rapids. Echo I, launched August 12, 1960, may outlive initial estimates with no clear end in sight. Echo II is planned later this year with a larger rigidized 135 foot diameter structure.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Richardson
Texas
Dallas
Collins
U.S
Europe
Breathitt defeats Chandler in Kentucky Democratic primary
Ed Breathitt, Hopkinsville attorney, wins 299621 votes to 239784 for Happy Chandler as 2,696 of 3,005 precincts report. Breathitt will face Louie Nunn in November for Kentucky governor. The race closes a long political arc for Chandler who sought a third term after terms starting in 1935.
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Louiseville
Edward Breathitt
Happy
Chandler
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Tician
Breathitt
U.S
Alben
Barkley
Roosevelt
Louie Nunn
Nunn
Bert Combs
Camp Wapsie-Y Camp Sees 45 Percent Registration Boost
Camp director Jim Springer announced a 45 percent rise in registrations for Camp Wapsie-Y with 758 boys enrolled for the summer, up from 522 the prior year. He noted openings remain in five of eight periods and welcomed all boys regardless of YMCA membership. Registrations continue for June periods.
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Camp Wapsie-Y
Jim Springer
Breathitt’s Kentucky Era Highlighted in Torn Rhetoric and Reform
The piece portrays Breathitt as versatile and controversial, criticizing his tax stance and administration. It notes his television image as a soft spoken reformer and his colorful courthouse persona. It also mentions his aggressive push to win over young voters and his prior service under Combs.
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Cine
Breathitt
Kentucky
Chandler
Combs
Summer Festival Opens with Chamber Music I
The Cedar Rapids Summer Festival opens June 25 in Greene Square with the Chamber Music Society presenting Don Phillips pieces Two for Three and Four Little Pieces performed by Anne Nuechterlein Pat Moehlmann and Phillips plus oboe players Jan Thulin and Ellen Neuchterlein. Additional acts include Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps Children Theater Coe Promenade Orchestra Sokols gymnastic group Civic Chorus and Jazz One.
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Don Phillips
The
Chamber Music Society
Cedar Rapids
Greene ‘Square
Phillips
Anne Nuechterlein
Pat Moehlmann
Children’s Theater
Coe-Promenade
Sokols Gymnastic
Civic Chorus
James D. Welch
Honors Awarded At Mt Mercy College
Mt Mercy college honored students at a Tuesday convocation in the college auditorium. Patricia Lindsley and Mrs Dean Sutliff received Florentine Craemer speech awards and Sister Mary Slone English award, with other winners Joanne Murphy Patricia Larkin and Karen Moet also noted for achievements in business education co curriculars chemistry and honors society pledging Anne Ward joined Kappa Gamma Pi.
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Mt. Mercy College
Mary Augustine
Florentine Craemer
Mary Sldephonse English
Patricia Lindsley
Cedar Falls
Dean Sutliff
Mallory Street
Joanne Murphy
West Branch
Patricia Larkin
Second Avenue SE
Karen Moet
Maquoketa
Mound Builder
POAU Chapter Formed Here Officers Elected
Dr. Marion H. Williams was elected temporary president of Cedar Rapids POAU chapter. Mer I Wilmer J. Robison and Lucille Delaney named as officers. About 30 attended. 224 invitations sent. next meeting June 24 to set up a permanent chapter. Gaston Cogdell spoke on church state separation. Baird King announced plans to establish Cedar Rapids HQ and become field representative.
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Marion H. Williams
Cedar Rapids
POAU
Washington
Wilmer J. Robison
Lucille Delaney
Gaston Cogdell
Cincinnati
PCAU
United States
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Baird King
Air Force
St. Paul
King
Murphy Martin News Teases Weeknight Top Stories
The station promotes daily top stories aired at 10 15 each weekday night on KCRG TV 9. The message features Murphy Martin presenting quick headlines and film highlights of the day’s events.
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Murphy Martin
Kcrg-Tv
Kennedy Posts Small Illness Absences And Weight Change
Washington AP Kennedy has missed only two days of presidential duties due to illness. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger says his health is excellent and his back is improving. Salinger notes weight loss about seven pounds since 1961 and a persistent blemish on his left cheek described as thickening of the skin. He also cites daily strenuous exercises to strengthen his back.
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Kennedy
Washington
White House
Salinger
Mr. Kennedy
Gazette Subscription Rates 1883 Edition
The notice lists subscription options for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Carrier 45 cents weekly, night edition 6 issues $1.25 monthly, $13 yearly. afternoon and Sunday 7 issues $1.35 monthly, $14 yearly. out of state and territories $23.40 yearly. No mail subscriptions where local carrier service exists.
Bromwell Rejoins Cedar Rapids for Speaking Tour
U S Representative James E. Bromwell returns to Cedar Rapids for a series of engagements. He attends a 10 30 p m panel on KCRG Alliance for Progress, Memorial Day service in Anamosa, a Coe College political science Q A, then spends Friday and Saturday in his Cedar Rapids office before leaving Sunday. Fellow Representative Fred Schwengel will visit Iowa City and Davenport Friday and Saturday.
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The
Washington
U. S
James E. Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Alliance For Progress
KCRG
Anamosa Cemetery
Coe College
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Iowa
Iowa City
Polio Vaccine Drive Reaches Seven Thousand Total
Oral polio vaccine was given to 1,774 children at Center Point High School on Sunday, bringing the series total to 6,203. Public health workers completed the session as part of the ongoing immunization campaign.
Blended Whiskey Distillery Listing from New York Charter
An archival note lists ERS CO New York City offering a blended whiskey at 86 proof with 60 percent grain neutral spirits. The entry appears in product licensing records and outlines basic composition and production details.
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ERS CO
N.Y.C
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