Dear Genie Editor's Note Clarifies Genealogy Help Scope
Linn County Heritage Society outlines Dear Genie submissions limits Iowa connections 50 words max and need for typed or printed questions with names and addresses. Readers may forward genealogical requests including Goodyear and Ferguson lines via provided addresses from Cedar Rapids Iowa to assist in locating descendants and ancestors.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Emma G. Goodyear
Goodyear
Linn County
Sibyl M. Nissen
Alvarado Drive
Albuquerque
New Mexico
William S. Ferguson
Pennsylvania
Wayne W. Ferguson
Monroe Street
Iowa City
Henry F. Bird
Ella McCollister
Verona Gilbert
Greenfield
Rider (Ryder
Virginia
Illinois
Bill Decoursey
Fillmore Street
Minneapolis
Minn
Tanquary
United States
Patrick G. Tanquary
Commercial Street
Danville
Payton
Keokuk County
Jacob
Catherine Payton
Mason
Nancy
John
Daniel
George
Henry
Sarah
Whistler
Ellen
Marilyn Walsh
Sixth Street
Anna
Mary Flynn
Downey
St. John’s Catholic School
Victor
Margaret van Dee Wagner
Twelfth Avenue
Educare Conference Promotes Universal Education Plan
Educare, proposed by the American Federation of Teachers, would make universal free education available to all, modeled after Medicare for the body. The Iowa federation of Teachers and AFT will host a Saturday public meeting at the IBEW hall to discuss universal early childhood education, lifelong learning, and teacher internships, with advocates arguing for federal backing and public school administration.
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American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Ibew Hall
Wiley Boulevard
Iowa Federation of Teachers
IFT
H. Johann Eschbach
Cedar Rapids
Educare
Eschbach
Nixon
Ford
Defense
Norman Hanson
The
Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers
CRFT
Hanson
Jackie Vaughn
Chicago
AFT National
Robert Healey
Chicago Teachers’ Union
Barry Noack
Si Beagle
Execu
Salmon Reappearance in Thames Highlights Pollution Clean Up
London reports show the Thames, once a sewer, now hosts 83 fish species after a long pollution cleanup. A 141 year gap ended with a salmon sighting, and a second fish was found this summer. Thames Authority officials credit sewage-treatment improvements for reviving aquatic life.
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London
UPI
Thames
Leslie Wood
Thames River Authority
Wood
Audubon Film Series Opens With Exploring Big Bend
The Audubon film series begins Monday with Charles Hotchkiss narrating Exploring Big Bend from the 1940s landscape of Texas national park scenes. The program at 7:30 p.m. in Coe auditorium features desert and river environments, wildlife, and rare birds, with tickets and season passes available from Armstrong's service desk and the box office.
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United States
U.S
Audubon Wildlife Film
Big Bend
Coe Auditorium
Audubon Film Series
Charles Hotchkiss
Texas’ National Park
Chisos
Chihuahuan
Rio Grande
Coe
New Guinea
Bahamas
Armstrong
Salvation Army offers youth after school program and adult gym access
Salvation Army Corps Community Center will host after school recreation for fourth to seventh graders on Mondays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 30 p m. The gym opens 6 30 to 8 p m for eighth to twelfth graders and day use is available for adults. Captain Robert Arthur invites adults to use the gym during noon breaks or night shifts. contact 364 9131. An ongoing interdenominational church women’s recreation league meets Tuesdays at 8 30 a m, mainly volleyball, with other activities available.
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Salvation Army Corps
Robert Arthur
Mike Wallace
Salvation Army
Capt
Arthur
Women Pilots Make Up About Ten Percent In U S
LOCK HAVEN Pa AP fewer than 4 percent of the nations 750000 licensed pilots work for commercial airlines Private flyers account for about half the pool the rest split between airline transport pilots and students Women pilots total almost one tenth of the group highlighting gender gaps in aviation status and training avenues.
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Lock Haven
Piper Aircraft Corp
Farmer's Lung On the Increase in Midwest Farmlands
In Racine Wisconsin doctors report a rising form of lung disease among farmers caused by inhaling mold from wet hay. The illness called farmer's lung affects about 15 percent of Midwest farmers and mirrors pneumonia bronchitis in symptoms. Without treatment it can cause irreversible lung damage and emphysema.
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Racine
Wis
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Midwest
Washington Receives Alert on British Fleet Movement
CAMBRIDGE MASS Oct 5 Gen Washington received an intelligence report that a British fleet of war ships and 600 men had left Boston to threaten towns and ports along the New England coast. The warning urges heightened coastal watch and readiness.
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Cambridge
Mass
Washington
Boston
New England
1769 Complaints Over Atlantic Mail Delivery
The World Almanac notes that in 1769 American colonists grumbled about mail crossing the Atlantic with westbound letters taking two weeks longer than eastbound. Benjamin Franklin, deputy postmaster, blamed the Gulf Stream and advised captains to ride the current, drawing a guiding chart for westbound packets.
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Benjamin Franklin
The
New World
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C.R
Organized Labor
Tive
al Meyers
Iowa Federation of Labor
Rep
Michael Blouin
John Culver
Dick Clark
Public Instruction
Robert Benton
Hotchkiss
Julie
Audubon Nauralist Society of
Salvation Army States Youth Program
J Avenue N.E
Roland E. Pierson
Martha
Florence Klontz
Charles Mills
Marsh de Martiniere
Hedvika Staryan
Henry L. Feiereisen
Arlene Kacher
Alburnett Modern Book Club
Plottet Way
Center Pt
Teeter
Pierson
Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Flowershop
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
16Th Ave. S.W
Holley’s Shop For
Lindale Plaza
Damor
Lord Jeff
Revere and
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