Mamie Eisenhower’s Cedar Rapids Roots Remembered
The 82 year old former first lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower died soon after her 82nd birthday. Her Iowa childhood included Cedar Rapids roots, a 1907 move to Denver with John Sheldon Doud and daughters, and affection from locals who honored her later with a Boone cottage memorial and the Iowa Award in 1970.
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Edith
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Cedar Rapids
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Doud
Mamie Doud
Fourth Ave
Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
White House
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Iowa
Robert Ray
James van Allen
University of Iowa
Henry Wallace
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower Visits Cedar Rapids School
Mamie Eisenhower toured Jackson School at 1052 Fourth Ave SE in Cedar Rapids greeting pupils and presenting a portrait of her kindergarten class dated May 13 1903. She spoke with 5 year old Susan Kamberling and received an orchid corsage from students. The visit drew about a thousand onlookers as her husband spoke at a national event nearby.
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the Gazette
Mamie
Cedar Rapids
Jackson
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Jackson School
Marion
John F. Kennedy
Fourth Ave
Jack Grunewald
Susan Kamberling
Susie
Sandra Welsh
Douglas Barr
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Douglas
Gazette
Gazette Classified Spotlight for New Residents
If you are new in town Gazette Classified proves a terrific spot to find essentials for settling in. It highlights housing listings services movers and local shops to help newcomers establish themselves quickly.
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Gazette Classified
Theaters Schedule for Thursday Across Iowa
The listings show movies at multiple venues. Titles include Halloween and Monty Python’s Life of Brian with showings across 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. Stage runs include Time After Time and When a Stranger Calls with various ratings and times.
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Brian
U.S.A.” Plaza
Eastown I
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Justice For Press
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AL Certer
Parade Magazine
Gary Willey & His
Gayla
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Independence
Jack Douglas
Ken Paulsen
Orch
Et Ana
Walford, Iowa
Winkie’s
A Avenue NW
Isher
St. Marion
Vic Screen
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16Th Avenue
Kentucky
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Edgewood Rd
1St Ave
Center Point Rd
7Th Ave
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Frank
3Rd Ave
Marc
Big Boy
Mamie Eisenhower
Joel Carlson
Evangelical Free Church
Mrs. Eisenhower
Theater Times
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K-Mart
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