United State Bank Opens New $100000 Building
United State Bank unveils a brick concrete steel facility at 129 Sixteenth Ave SW with drive in banking after hours depository and 10-car parking. The new building doubles space from the old site 99 Sixteenth Ave SW with safety deposit boxes and upgraded furnishings under president J L Prohaska and architect contractor F M Design and Construction Co of Chicago.
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United State Bank
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Sixteenth Avenue
Bank
J. L. Prohaska
United States Bank
The
F. M. Design and Construction Company of
Chicago
New
Gazette
Johnny Melver
Cedar Rapids
IRE To Hear of Air Navigation Wednesday Night
L. R. Chapman Jr of Pleasantville N Y will speak before Cedar Rapids Institute of Radio Engineers on Airborne Doppler Navigation Systems His talk highlights the history and nature of the system A film on Engineering a Career for Tomorrow will also be shown Colophon details Chapman leads General Precision Lab avionics division and has a background in flight test and navigation equipment development Tonight Bret Maverick features Ghost Rider on Channel 9 at 8 30.
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Towan
L. R. Chapman, Jr
Pleasantville
N.Y
Cedar Rapids
Institute of Radio Engineers
Iowa
IRE
Collins Radio Company
Chapman
Eta Kappa Nu
College of Engineering
University of Illinois
General Precision Laboratory, Inc
General Precision
On Guard Against Communism Week In Red Propaganda
The Gazette presents a weekly roundup of Communist party line aims from official Red publications. It cites Sputnik as a leverage tool to press for disarmament on Soviet terms and a softer U.S. policy, while praising socialism over capitalism as scientifically superior.
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Communist Party
Kremlin
America
Reds
Russia
The
Daily Worker
Sputnik
Free World
William Z. Foster
U.S
Ussr
Cancer Research Called Biggest and Costliest Historical Effort
Des Moines hosts the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society convention as reports cite cancer research as the greatest and most expensive medical undertaking. Delegates from Eastern Iowa join the state meeting at Hotel Savery, noting improved survival rates and over 50 million dollars spent on cancer research last year.
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Iowa
American Cancer Society
Des Moines
Hotel Savery
John J. Locher, Jr
Linn County Society
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Seniors Take Part in Wheelchair Race Outing
Salt Lake City report notes about 5000 senior residents joining an old folks outing. The event featured a wheelchair race with the winner receiving a prize awarded to the contestant who finished last.
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Salt Lake City
Iowa Y Secretary Meeting At Camp Wapsie This Week
Iowa Association of Y Secretaries gathers at Camp Wapsie Y with about 60 men from across the state. Leslie Tompkins and W. F. Meyer Jr. head two national council staffers. sessions run Monday through Wednesday with workshops on recruiting and sectional groups on boys work physical education and membership.
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Ymca National Council
Iowa
Iowa Association of Secretaries
Camp Wapsie Y
Leslie Tompkins
North American Association of Secretaries
W. F. Meyer, Jr
National Council
Harley van Akkeren
Wapsie
Bill Porter
Clinton
State Association
Keith Holland
Cedar Rapids
Newton
YMCA
Thurmond Injured In Golf Cart Mishap
Hopkinsville Kentucky AP report says Mike Thurmond suffered a broken collarbone when an electrically driven golf cart rolled over after hitting an embankment during play.
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Hopkinsville
Mike Thurmond
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Maverick
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Smulekoff
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Armstrong Associates
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Peac
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Armstrong Boys’ Store
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