Conrad Aiken Wins 1969 National Medal for Literature
Poet Conrad Aiken, 80, receives the National Medal for Literature at his Cape Cod home. He is honored for poetry and prose, earning $5,000 and a bronze medal. The citation calls him “the complete man of letters” in a fractured era, noting his long career and multiple major awards.
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Brewster
Mass
UPI
Conrad Aiken
Cape Cod
Harold Guinzburg
Viking Press
National Book Committee
Puller
Bollinger
Library of Congress
Aiken
Savannah
Harvard
Edmund Wilson
WH. Auden
Marianne Moore
Discontent Rose From Progress, Culver Tells Youth Group
Congressman John Culver spoke at St. Pauls United Methodist Church about discontent arising from progress in economic political and social rights. He warned against blaming the Vietnam War for domestic problems and urged national will to close social and economic gaps.
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John Culver
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Culver
Vietnam
Research Grants Cutting Doctor Numbers Warns Finch
Secretary Robert Finch warned that federal medical research grants bias funding toward laboratories, reducing support for general practitioners. He said the nation urgently needs about 2,000 more doctors, mainly family physicians, to meet basic health needs.
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Los Angeles
America
Bond Vote Opens 7 to 7 for $2 Million School Issue
Polls open from 7 AM to 7 PM Tuesday to vote on a $2 million college township bond for a new elementary school Prairie high school Ely school Swisher school Prairie elementary school and various additions and remodels in the College Community School district.
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College Community School
College Township
Prairie High School
Puttnam
Big Grove Township
Ely School
Fairfax
Florence Townships
Fairfax Town Hall
Jefferson
Monroe Township
Swisher School
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Elementary
Glenn Ilgenfritz Jailed on Three Driving Charges
Glenn D. Ilgenfrit, 58, of 21 Wighth Street SE, was charged with drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving while license suspended. He was jailed in lieu of 42,500 bond with arraignment pending. Authorities said he drove from a store at Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street SI and fled the scene.
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Glenn D. Ilgenfrit
Wighth Street
Ugenfritz
Fifth Avenue
Tenth
Library to present travel film Wednesday at 7 30 p.m
The downtown public library auditorium will host the first in a series of travel programs on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. The film Island of Pleasure chronicles a Caribbean cruise with stops in South America Jamaica and the Dutch West Indies. Moderator Kenneth Kersey of Travel and Transport Inc will lead the event. Other programs will cover Hawaii Mexico Europe and the Orient.
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Public Library
Caribbean
South America
Jamaica
Dutch West Indies
Kenneth Kersey
Travel and Transport, Inc
Hawaii
Mexico
Europe
The
Orient
Preparation 1 and Preparation H promise hemorrhoid relief
New York reports describe a medical discovery that shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves burning and itching, and reduces inflammation without narcotics or stinging agents. Tests on hundreds of patients in major cities support the claims, with Preparation 1 and Preparation H offered in ointment or suppository forms and no prescription needed.
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New York
New York City
Washington, D.C
Midwest Medical Center
Optimism Aids Recovery From Surgery, Says Doctor
New York story cites Dr Graham Clark findings from St Luke's and Columbia Presbyterian on how patient attitude affects healing after eye surgery. Patients with high acceptance speeds heal faster. those with doubt slow. Surgeons should share clear facts and foster hopeful, expectant faith before operations.
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Virginia
Journal of Religion and Health
Graham
Clark
St. Luke's Hospital Center
New York
Hanoi to permit gifts to American prisoners in Vietnam
Tokyo AP reports Hanoi central post office will accept Christmas gifts for captured Americans on December 13. The gifts will be sent by family members using the same method as previously used, though details were not elaborated.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
Kaaio
North Vietnam
Jore
Ilowa City Trio Tops Cedar Rapids Bridge Open
Ilowa City men Darrel Penrod and Michael Cannon led the two-session open pairs championship at the Cedar Rapids sectional duplicate. Frank Zeman and Mrs. John Stamy placed second. The weekend featured consolation and team events with winners from Minneapolis Waterloo Ottumwa Manchester Gedar Rapids and Moline among others.
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Darrel Penrod
Michael Cannon
Iowa City
Cedar
Moline
Til
Milton Henderson
Ethelyn Smith
Manchester
I. W. Water
E. J. Hanna
Gedar Rapids
E. Gorman
Cedar Rapids
R.stephan
Walteriff
John Holt
Lloyd Amling
Richard Wageman
Cedar Rapids, Y
Bostonite Holds Wake for Living
Four Cedar Rapids youths aged 14 and under were arrested after driving a stolen car near Willis and staging a wake like event at a club in Boston. A patrolman fired a warning shot as the group attempted to flee. the youths were released to parents and face youths bureau actions.
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Boston
Charley Willis
Willis
Bar Ely
Friend
Peacock Club
Ken
King
Donald Chesmore, Jr
Eighteenth Street
John W. Henderson
Mallory Street
Wedding Party Merges With Funeral Crowd In Odd Scene
Candles lit a dim hall as a dirge played and Willis quipped about a wedding party mixing with a funeral crowd. Guests downstairs curious about bouquets and breaths drifted upstairs where two parties merged. Willis added plans for another event next year.
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Willis
Lord Willing
C R Was Second in AID Contracts to Iowa Firms
Cedar Rapids manufacturers lead in ALD contracts with total state value around 778 thousand dollars. Terra Chemicals International received the largest order at 732,909 dollars, with Linn and Woodbury counties among the top performers. Collins Radio Co and Link-Belt Speeder also posted substantial orders. A separate obituary notes Vernon Weath, 63, head of Heath and Sons, died after a brief illness.
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Cedar Rapids
Burrell
Town
Kilborn
Iowa Com Phato
J& Ford
Turner Co
U.S
Universal Engineering
Iowa
Welly Way Pro
Agency For Inducts
Lernational Development
A.D
U. S
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Woodbury County
Terra Chemicals International
Lin
A.ld
Agency For Foreign Assistance
Linn
Collins Radio Co
Speeder
Cedar Rapids Engineering
Chevy
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Pat
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Columbia-Presbyterian
Yanoi
Ilowa City
Bostonite
C.R
A.I.D
Ottumwa
Wapello County
Deere & Co
Jasper County
Winpower Manufacturing Co
Clinton Engines Co
Maquoketa
Amata
ALD
Black Hawk
Boone
Bremer
Buena Vista
Dickinson
Dubuque
Ployd
Kossuth
Lee
Marstall
Montgomery
Muscatine
Plymouth
Polk
Scott
Story
Taylor
Webster
Robinson
Vernon Weath
L. $. Heath and Sons
Heath
Wee Orilar Tara’ de
Dale's
Center Pr
4Th St
Iso
Dale Carnegie
Y.W.C.A
Sth Street
Pshemasville
Mont 1
Hilltop House
Thomasville
Hilltop House Furniture
Helllop House
Budget Farms
Mt Vernon Rd
Ilten & Taege
Danrom
Durale
Daza
Second Ave
Iiten & Taege, Inc
Second Avenue
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