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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1964
Page
2
In Chicago AP coverage Dr John Rock advocates pills against “ridiculous bugaboos” raised by some anti pill doctors. He says fears of condom like action and abortion mechanisms lack foundation and that pills resemble a mild pregnancy with common side effects.
Two U.S. Information Service employees from Asia will tour Cedar Rapids this week under the chamber of commerce. Khwaja Mohammad Saleem, a radio motion picture supervisor in Lahore, Pakistan, arrives Tuesday and tours Collins Radio and other plants with Harold Ewoldt, then departs Saturday for Fresno on an Aug 20 to Nov 6 training tour. Chik Sitaram Gopal, head of the photographic section in Bombay, India, arrives Thursday morning.
Rates for subscriptions are listed by carrier and mail. Night edition offers 6 issues monthly at 1.25 dollars or 13 per year. afternoon and Sunday 7 issues monthly at 1.354 dollars or 14 per year. Mexico and U S territories priced at 23.40 per year. Limited to carrier towns. AP retains republication rights.
Information agency reports Gopal will visit Collins Radio Co on Thursday afternoon and Gazette Farm Editor Rex Conn on Friday at Eastern Iowa farms. That evening he attends a musical revue at Coe College auditorium with Mr. and Mrs. Ewoldt. Saturday features a city tour and Cedar Rapids transportation executive's fall dinner dance before Gopal travels to Minneapolis Sunday. The will of Marx, filed for probate, names Susan Fleming as sole beneficiary with a $4,000 monthly trust income for Mrs. Marx and their adopted children William 27 Alexander 21 Minnie and James 20. Marx resided in Cathedral City.
Indio California AP reports comedian Harpo Marx left an estate exceeding one million dollars. Marx silent harpist of the Marx brothers died September 28 at age 75. The amount of his estate was not fully disclosed.
Proceeds from a student and open horse show and gymkhana held Sunday by Beaver Dam Riding School will be sent to Boston for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. The Ely event at Upmier's Stables raised nearly $50 for the library fund. Mrs. Peter Stamats of Cedar Rapids judged, with Mrs. Haven E. Simmons as ringmaster. Eight classes featured riders.
Dr. Ben F. Knight, a 50 year Mason, receives a life membership and a 50 year certificate at Mizpah Lodge Cedar Rapids. The 7:30 p.m. meeting, 9 p.m. refreshments, marks a rare milestone with about 12 in a thousand reaching 50 years. Knight joined in 1914 at Hebron Oelwein and moved to Mizpah in 1922. he holds multiple York Rite and Shriners memberships.
A grenade exploded at a crowded Saigon intersection injuring 51 and killing three. The government said two Vietnamese soldiers threw a smoke grenade and a high explosive fragmentation grenade during an argument with street vendors. The soldiers were arrested.
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