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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1955

Page

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Where Do I Go From Here A Foreign View Of America

A foreign guest questions American direction and prompts self reflection on national and personal goals. The speaker notes Americans’ pride yet suggests slowing down to evaluate where they are headed and what truly matters beyond wealth and status.

America

Postmaster Dorothy Peterson of Pilot Mound Dies at 49

Dorothy Peterson, postmaster at Pilot Mound since 1945, died Saturday in a Fort Dodge hospital. Services will be held Tuesday at Pilot Mound. Also reports say Davenport resident Captain Joseph Callahan was killed Sunday in a bomber crash near Tokyo, Japan.

Dorothy Peterson Pilot Mound Fort Dodge Japan Joseph Callahan Tokyo

Scout Finance Seminars Held in Hawkeye Area Council

General Chairman John Tuthill announced seminars across three districts of the Hawkeye Area Boy Scout council as the Friends of Scouting fund drive begins. Final district meetings wrapped up with Wapsi-Keta led by Buster Davenport, while Wauhawk and Benjolin districts completed initial community chair assignments. New community chairmen include Vernon Rutger, John Elliott, Arnold Vavra, and Guy McKee, with a dawn to dusk campaign planned for Oct. 25.

Friends of Scouting Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council John Tuthill Wapsi-Keta Buster Davenport Anamosa Jones County Linn Wauhawk Johnson Washington Iowa Benjolin Benton Linn Counties Big Gifts Tuthill Vernon Rutger North Liberty John W. Elliott Ainsworth Arnold C. Vavra Ely Guy McKee Springville

Army develops smoke screens to filter deadly heat rays

The Army Chemical Corps has created smoke screens capable of filtering up to 90 percent of the heat rays from an atomic blast, aiming to reduce immediate thermal damage.

Army Chemical Corps

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