Survival kits and civil defense basics at Fillmore PTA
Laurie Van Dyke reports on a Fillmore PTA program where Fire Chief Jesse Hunter demonstrates a model “house of hazards” and family exit drills. Bishop mocks survival gear with a bicycle pump ice skates and hangers while highlighting simple items like soup and fruit juice. The Civil Defense Council meets Thursday at 4 p.m. and the Kenwood Methodist church Men’s club dinner program follows at 6 p.m. with Robert Jones in charge.
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Jack Bishop
Jesse Hunter
Fillmore
PTA
Bishop
PTA Council CD
Vandyke
Hunter
Kenwood Methodist Church Men’s Club
Robert Jones
Cozzens Finds Fame Without Publicity for By Love Possessed
James Gould Cozzens spent eight years writing By Love Possessed and its blockbuster sales in under two weeks defy publicity. He avoided press, tours, autographs, and teas, while critics increasingly hail him among America’s top writers, with film rights and magazine serialization fueling the surge.
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Cozzens
New York
INS
James Gould Cozzens
Jim
Sylvia Bernice Baumgarten
America
Pennsylvania Doctor Wins Lasker Award
Dr. Isaac Starr of the University of Pennsylvania medical school won the 1957 Albert Lasker award of the American Heart Association for fundamental contributions to heart science. His work on congestive heart failure and the development of the first practical ballistocardiograph are cited. He is 62 and will receive the prize at the Chicago meeting October 27.
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New York
INS
Isaac Starr
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
American Heart Association
Starr
Penn Medical School
Lasker
The
Heart Association
Chicago
Icates
Iowa
Harrington
Swartzendruber
Horological Institute of America
Bradley University School of Watchmaking
United Horological Association of America
Jerry
Swartzendruber Jewelers
Beard and barber styles cross borders in old world fashion
The piece notes how beards and mustaches project authority in government and Communist circles, with barbers using curved scissors to trim facial hair. It compares Soviet barber shops to 25 years ago in the United States and recalls 25 cent haircuts from that era.
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Russia
United States
Bearded Moscow: Female Barbers Trim Stalin Era Whiskers
MOSCOW AP reports on Cozzens and the Moscow beard scene. Lady barbers trim beards for 20 cents with meticulous care while writers ponder when to start writing. The piece notes Lenin era mustaches and a nuclear scientist with long chin whiskers.
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Moscow
Cleveland Mayor Sparks Unlikely Chess Championship Link
Cleveland Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze drew attention by attending the opening day of the Fifty-eighth annual U.S. Open Chess Championship, a move described as unusual politicking amid the season’s start. The event showcased ongoing interest in strategic games alongside political activity.
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Cleveland
Anthony J. Celebrezze
U.S
Penniless Woman Had 4000 Hoard Found in Blue Earth
Blue Earth Minnesota AP A near penniless former school teacher Miss Edith S Thompson died leaving an estate found with a sugar sack hoard near 4000 dollars. Cleaning women discovered 1940 dollars in cash and deposit papers totaling about 2000 at the rear of a first floor closet during pre sale preparations. A brother in Blue Earth is listed no will found and Thompson taught in the Bricelyn area.
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Blue Earth
Minn
Edith S. Thompson
Thompson
Bricelyn
Newest Offstreet Parking Lot To Open on Monday
Safety Commissioner Bob Johnson announced the city will open a new offstreet lot on the Limback Lumber site Monday morning offering three hour metered parking for about 127 cars at A avenue and Third street NE. Left turns will be prohibited leaving the lot to ease traffic on the A avenue viaduct.
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Limback
A Avenue
Third Street
Bob Johnson
Johnson
B Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Vodka Fear Shifts From Satellite to People in Charge
Boston reports Reverend John D. Erb of the Copley Methodist Church tells a state Women's Christian Temperance Union convention that Russia's vodka, not its satellite, poses America's real danger. He warns that a leader drinking vodka could trigger a world catastrophe.
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Boston
Russia
America
John D. “Erb
Copley Methodist Church
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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World
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Lenin
Mautz
Barney’s
First Avenue N.E
Cedar Rapids
Royal Portable
Merveaux Typewriter Exchange
Third Ave
Roar
Ee “Swartzendruber
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Gerald D. Harrington
G. Y. Swartzendruber Jewelers
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McKinley High School
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