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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1968
Page
5
Shirt fashions bring excitement since Gibson Girl days with trim shapes and romantic blouses. Made from today’s wash and wear fabrics, most require only touch up ironing. Magic spray sizing adds body, eases ironing, and keeps fabrics soft yet fresh.
Michigan State University agricultural economist Robert D. Stevens says new wheat and rice varieties could end world famine. He notes the varieties share yield increases from 50 to 100 percent, signaling a potential dramatic boost for food supplies globally.
Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey admits it is awfully hard to tell if her campaigning helps her husband but she will continue. She stresses a wife’s view matters and has made two solo trips with plans for one campaign run weekly until election day.
The Soviet Union faces a shrinking labor pool as birth rates fall and pension rolls grow. Authorities seek to raise birth rates and bring older workers back to work, while new high yield grain varieties aim to curb food shortages amid broader economic pressure.
Chicago hosted 1733 Air Force and Naval Academy cadets and midshipmen for the fourth annual Navy Air Force football game at Soldier Field where Air Force won 26 to 20. Afterward, officer candidates socialized with 6 000 volunteers' picks as dates, many from Chicago, before rides home and final farewells.
Danny Jacoby a 6 year old grade school student attends a New York university course in computers designed for college professors His father Ron actor and director notes he spoke at age one read at two and does math at a ninth grade level He also enjoys baseball and warms up for class with cartwheels.
Lauren Bacall attended the Norman Norell night at Bonwit Teller on Fifth Avenue with about 350 guests. Designers and social figures filled the store as Norell unveiled new scents and dresses while Bacall relaxed on crutches. Led by Joel Schumacher, guests included the Whitney and Lyle families, Cary Donovan, Chessy Rayner, and Earl of Lichfield among others in a vivid fashion panorama.
Mrs F C Grimes of Remington Washington was honored at a family dinner at the Essen House. Her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs David Drotning of Arlington Heights Ill attended. She plans to return to Washington Wednesday and is staying with her sister Mrs Byron McGuire and Mrs Maurice.
Elaine Onsager daughter of the Arnold Onsagers wed Robert Ward son of the Lawrence Wards in St Patrick's Catholic church at 11. The ceremony was followed by a reception for 125 at the Allamakee hotel. The couple will reside in Waukon where Ward works for Frank Jones Construction Co and serves on the police force. he is a Vietnam veteran.
In the Howell movement at the YWCA the Saturday night club event crowned Keith Hanson and Mrs. Raymond Matthews as first place. The pair of Mrs. Clyde Nowlin and Mrs. L. W. Busby finished in second.
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