Coe-YMC A program builds Cedar Rapids boy gangs
Fourteen Coe College-YMCA leaders train through Y.M.C.A. and four underwriters to run 25 youth clubs in Cedar Rapids. About 250 boys participate in nontraditional groups, with weekend activities, plant tours, sports, and special camps. The program aims to reach at risk youths through gangs, open to all races, and backed by social agencies and schools.
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Coe
Y.M.C.A
Community Chest
Ed Zeller
Byron S. Hollinshead
Council of Social Planning
Council
Public Welfare Bureau
Ellis Park
Cee-Y.m.c.a
Pioneer Woman Travels East in Covered Wagon
A weathered 60 year old woman from Montana to Minnesota in a covered wagon continues a 1000 mile trek after a highway collision. Jesse Anna Lacinah, who sold her ranch and cattle, rests in Jamestown North Dakota after a wagon and truck crash. Destination is Lakefield Minnesota to stay with sister Mary Chlario. The journey persists with goat My Pal Eliza dead. She plans roughly 400 miles more toward the east.
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Montana
Minnesota
Jesse Anna Lacinah
Big Sandy
Mont
Pick
Jesse Anna
Lakefield
Minn
Mary Chlario
Eliza
Bismarck
Brighter Navigation Lights For 500 mph Jets Tested
The CAA conducts tests at Indianapolis on brighter navigation lights for high speed jets. Adaptable Annie hosts red yellow lunar white and clear fuselage lights plus sweep beam high intensity lamps visible at 20 to 30 miles. Recommendations include flashing wing tip and fuselage lights at 80 per minute and 40 per minute tail lights.
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CAA
Indianapolis
Boeing
Breuer
Air Force
Air Line Pilots Association
Relics Spur Rivalries In Canada's Old West
Portage La Prairie Manitoba museum official laments loss of valuable relics to Saskatchewan. Ben Richardson notes Manitoba's wait and see policy has led to carloads of artifacts being taken for rival museums.
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Canada
West
Portage LA Prairie
Man
Ben Richardson
Chaiman
Bowler Hat Turns 100 In British Style History
London marks a century of the bowler hat with origins in 19th century hunting field use. William Bowler designed the dome-shaped protective hat for Squire Williams of Norfolk, later dubbed Billycock by racegoers. Saville Row hosts Bowler Cocktail as passion for the enduring headgear grows among bankers lawyers and civil servants.
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London
INL
William Bowler
Squire Williams
Billy Coke
Saville Row
The
Hatters’ Information Center
Britain
The Adventures of a Hearing Aid Wearer
A man who has worn a hearing aid for 15 years describes the reactions of strangers especially children and the curious looks of pretty girls. He recalls comical misunderstandings with police and mechanics and recalls how hearing aids evolved from carbon transmitters to modern devices. He notes the boost in attention from others and the difference in hearing music.
National Geographic Reports Saf Flower Seed Crop Starts
The National Geographic Society notes commercial production of saf flower seed has begun in Nebraska Colorado Montana and North Dakota. Centered on expanding seed supplies, the effort signals growing agricultural activity across multiple western states.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
National Geographic Society
Sculptor To Erect a Statue in Madagascar
Paris AP reports Lawson Mooney a 28 year old American sculptor and Paris art student is chosen to create a seven foot bronze Madonna and Child statue for a Jesuit church in Ampasimenijeva near Fianarantsoa Madagascar. Five French planters funded the project.
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Madagascar
Lawson Mooney
Ampasimenijeva
Fianarantsoa
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