Czech Hall Sold as Service Press Buys CSA Building
Cedar Rapids sold the CSPS Hall at 1105 Third Street SE to Service Press and Litho Co. Inc. The hall once hosted Czech fraternal, cultural and social events from 1900 to the 1960s and was a hub for performances dances and celebrations. The deal leaves Sokol Hall as the remaining Czech fraternal building in town. terms were not released.
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Cedar Rapids
Service Press and Litho Co., Inc
CSA
Third Street
CSPS
Czechoslovak Benevolent Association
Cesko-Slovanska Podporujki Spolka
Czechoslovak Society of America
T.B. Hlubucek
Thirty-seventh Street
CSA Lodge
Czech Dramatic Assa
T.G. Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Hlubacek
Sokol
17 Year Old Restores Vintage Stearman Plane
Susan Dacy a 17 year old high school senior in Harvard Illinois has spent about two years restoring a Stearman bi plane last built in 1943. Her aviation family includes a father who is an airplane mechanic and three brothers with planes plus a nine year old sister who plans a Sopwith Camel project. Dacy has 10 hours in the Stearman and 135 solo flight hours. On this date in 1952 Britain tested its first atomic bomb off Australia.
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Harvard
Ill
Susan Dacy
Stearman
Miss Dacy
Detroit Officer Earns Philosophy Doctorate
Commander James Bannon of the Detroit Police Department’s Second Precinct earned a PhD in philosophy from Wayne State University. His dissertation is titled Assault Upon Police Officers. At 47, he is the department’s only doctorate holder with a 26 year career and 38 citations including a Distinguished Medal of Valor and two Medals of Honor.
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Detroit (Ap
James Bannon
Detroit Police
Wayne State University
Fewer Custom Stops Between U S and Mexico Announced
Mexico ends roadside customs inspections on highways from the U S border. All visitors will face inspection only at ports of entry moving forward.
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Mexico City
UPS
United States
Mexico
Cedar Rapids writer nurtures kids' creative writing
Indian author Dilip Chitre works with Cedar Rapids elementary students across six schools to run writing workshops. He guides 300 to 400 children each year toward expressive writing, poetry, stories, and even potential school magazines and theater entries.
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Dilip Chitre
Ellen Goodwin
Glenn Goodwin
Camburncourt SE
Chitre
India
Cedar Rapids
Ellen
Tyler
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ethiopia
Yugoslavia
South Africa
Johnson
Erskine
Grant Wood
Polk
Squaw Creek
Tyler School
Creative America
Missouri Education Emphasis Highlights History
The report notes Missouri's long focus on education reflecting quality of life. It cites St Louis University receiving the first charter west of the Mississippi in 1832 and Columbia's founding of the first state university seven years later, alongside the earliest U.S. kindergarten.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Missouri
St. Louis University
Mississippi
the Mississippi
Columbia
U.S
Gold in Lead Mine Powers Western Hemisphere Output
Lead South Dakota hosts the hemisphere's most productive gold mine yielding about 600000 ounces yearly since its 1873 opening. The state now has 70 colleges and universities.
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