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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1955

Page

3

Guest Night at the Wright Home Keeps Family Dining Open

Dr Wayne Wright and his wife host weekly guest nights where one of their four children invites a friend or even a teacher to dinner. Kenny 11 invites Mike Hall from Little League while Beth 6 performs a one woman art show. Lynn 8 and Beth 6 also invite guests, with dinner planning and table setting shared by the children.

Laurie van Dyke Gazette Dr. Wayne Wright Mrs. Wright Wright Kenny Franklin Mike Hall Mike Lynn Polk Beth Polk and Lee Center Point Road Coe College Wrights Dr. Wright D Avenue NE Lee Cedar Rapids Fifteenth Street A. A. Anderson

Cyprus Dispute Deepens As Harding Named Governor

Britain names Field Marshal Sir John Harding as Cyprus governor while Archbishop Makarios calls for passive resistance. The moves raise fears of unrest and a Balkan spillover, with potential mass resignations and local administration chaos on the island.

Cyprus Britain Sir John Harding Akarios Her Majesty Harding Makarios London Greece Turkey Balkan NATO Enosis

Cedar Rapids Pet Casket Maker Explains Busy Niche

Leo Burrell of Cedar Rapids crafts miniature human style caskets for pets. Three sizes cover cats and dogs with options for parrots and parakeets, interior pink lining, and a personalized lid inscription Our Pal or occupant name. Burrell ships to multiple states including Florida.

Leo Burrell Fifth Avenue SE Burrell Peoria Cedar Rapids Florida Walther Carstens

Night and Day Work At Sharp's Drugstore

Tom Day works nights and Clarence Knight works days at Sharp's drugstore in Knoxville Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tenn Tom Day Clarence Knight Sharp

McCook man fined for reckless driving after wreck near junkyard

A Mc Cook man received a $100 fine for reckless driving after a car accident that left a new car badly wrecked. Officers noted the vehicle spun off the highway and rolled into a junkyard, suggesting little better place could have been found.

McCook Neb

Safer in a steel mill than in the average home

A safety supervisor at an Ohio steel plant outlines a program that makes a mill safer than a typical home. The approach changes worker attitudes toward risk, eliminates hazards, and uses weekly safety reviews to correct unsafe practices, citing 42 lost time accidents with only five from conditions and 37 from worker actions.

New York Ohio Steel ‘Company Steelways American Iron and Steel Institute

Maine Relies on Steel To Spur Potato Industry

New York reports Maine’s potato sector depends on steel to boost output and quality. In Aroostook County 672 major steel farm machines per 100 farms, with 24 acre farms averaging 445 bushels per acre in 1951. Steel washers dry 250 bushels per hour and over 100 operate in the county.

Maine New York Aroostock Steelways American Iron and Steel Institute

Pileup In Duluth Sees Six Cars Involved No Drivers Charged

In Duluth six cars were involved in a pileup with no drivers charged for reckless driving as a parked car rolled and bumped another triggering a chain reaction damaging three more vehicles. In Santa Fe health officials report midge fly larvae in Gallup water but say chlorination is adequate.

Duluth Minn Santa Fe, N. M Gallup Health Department Charles Caldwell

Real Dummy Turns Real. Chicago Robbery Case Unfolds

Chicago police arrested Raymond Dondino for armed robbery after his dummy tale failed under lie test. He admitted the story was a dream with Donald Palmer, 15, as an accomplice. Palmer faced robbery charges as police called him a dummy in the case.

Chicago INS Raymond Dondino Dondino Donald Palmer Palmer Pon Patrick Coughlin Donlino

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