Cedar Rapids Memorial Day Honors Vietnam War Dead
Cedar Rapids residents gathered at Oak Hill cemetery to remember fallen service members. Capt. Richard Head, a Mason City native and A-1E Skyraider pilot, spoke of duty and freedom in Vietnam while reflecting on peace and national resolve. The ceremony featured VFW and American Legion bands, firing squads, taps, and flagline salutes as mourners honored 100 Yanks lost weekly in Vietnam.
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Cedar Rapids
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Arizona
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Greene Square
Waterloo Arts Carnival Opens June 18 in City Park
The seventh annual Carnival of Arts runs June 18 19 in the Waterloo Recreation Center and adjacent William Reed Park. Highlights include Waterloo Chevaliers Ona Spencer Orchestra Rochester Civic Theater drama and symphony performances plus theater, puppet shows, dance and a Legion band concert with photographs and art displays sponsored by the Waterloo Arts Council.
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Waterloo Recreation Center
William Reed Park
Waterloo Chevaliers
Ona Spencer
Rochester Civic Theater
Waterloo Symphony
Legion Band
Glamour TV debut with Jack La Lanne on KCRG Channel 9
A new glamour program hosted by Jack La Lanne airs weekdays at 9 30 AM on KCRG TV Channel 9. The daily show promises celebrity interviews fashion segments and fitness tips for morning audiences.
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Jack LA Lanne
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Harmony Hawks Plan Fundraiser for Logopedics Institute
Harmony Hawks announce a program to raise funds for the Logopedics Institute at Wichita as a national project of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. The event Thursday at 8 0 p.m. at Lovely Lane Methodist church features the Harmony Hawks chorus directed by Len Biella, with the Vigortones and Tagalongs quartets performing.
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Logopedics Institute
Wichita
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet
America
Harmony Hawks
Lovely Lane Methodist Church
Forty-second Street
Weing Road
Len Biella
Vigortones
Loot from Vault Didn't Come Easy
Burglars escaped with an estimated 29000 from the Tri City Savings and Loan in Hapeville after a complicated entry. They scaled a wall climbed to the roof removed a vent over a bathroom entered a closet ripped wall board and chipped a hole in the cement block vault well. They carried out four strongboxes.
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Atlanta
Tri-City Savings and Loan Association
Hapeville
Central College Alumni Award to John Kooreman
John A. Kooreman, industry manager of food and allied fields for Penick and Ford, Ltd., is one of five men honored with Distinguished Alumni awards at Central College’s annual alumni banquet. He joined Penick and Ford in 1939 after graduating Central in 1935 and earning a chemical engineering degree from Iowa State University in 1939. He sits on multiple professional boards including the Institute of Food Technologists, the Corn Industries Research Foundation, the National Preserves Association, and leads the American Association of Candy Technologists. He resides at 1114 Twenty Fifth Street SE.
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John A. Kooreman
Penick and Ford, Ltd
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Ford
Central
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Institute of Food Technologists
Corn Industries Research Foundation
National Preserves Assn
American Assn. of
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Twentyfifth Street
Clement Again Runs for Senate
Nashville Tennessee Governor Frank Clement announces he again seeks the U.S. Senate seat, opposing Democrat rival Sen. Ross Bass who defeated him in 1964. Both are Democrats and the race centers on the two years remaining of the Kefauver term.
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Nashville
Frank Clement
U.S. Senate
Ross Bass
Bass
Estes Kefauver
What's in a Name Edward F Sheriff seeks Democratic sheriff nomination
Edward F Sheriff filed a petition to seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff in Ely Nevada. The action was filed as part of the party nomination process.
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ELY, Nev
UPI
Edward F Sheriff
Sheriff
Wash Senior Appointed To West Point
James C. Vernon son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Vernon 1809 Second Avenue SE has been selected for appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point NY He is a Washington high school senior and reports July 1 as a member of the class of 1970 Vernon 17 submitted his West Point application about a year ago He was one of six candidates at large nominated by Sen B B Hickenlooper Notice of acceptance was made May 13 He is considering a career in the military service.
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Robert D. Vernon
Second Avenue SE
United States Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Washington High School
Vernon
B. B. Hickenlooper
Browa
Two Named to Sociology Staff At Coe College
Expansion of the sociology department at Coe College was announced by Dean Paul W. Pixler. The new instructors joining in September are Mrs. Alan Davenport and David Fabianic. Davenport teaches marriage and the family and currently is at Cornell College. Fabianic specializes in criminology and is a research assistant at the Iowa Urban Community Research Center.
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Coe
Paul W. Pixler
Alan S. Davenport
Cornell College
David Fabianic
Iowa Urban Community Research Center
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cornell
University of Florida
Iowa
Florida
Fabianic
Knox
Barbara Stanwyck Stars in Crime of Passion on Channel 9
Emmy winner Barbara Stanwyck stars in Crime of Passion airing on KCRG TV Channel 9 Movie at 10 25 PM Tuesday.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Big Valley
Kcrg-Tv
Rhode Island Philharmonic reports first ever seasonal profit
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra posted a net gain of 5440 dollars for last season, marking its first profitable year in its 20 year history.
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Providence
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
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