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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1948
Page
9
Sacramento California use orchids to reward courteous drivers aiming to cut traffic hazards. Two officers seek safe drivers and invite them to a radio broadcast where winners receive orchids. newspapers publish winners’ names and acts. The program notes some respond slowly and cites mixed reactions.
In a forgotten Macao graveyard lie Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, distant kin of Winston Churchill, and 37 Americans including seamen and diplomats. Early American figures Thomas W. Waldron and Edmund Roberts rest there, along with Cornelia Brackenridge Speer and Mary Speer. ships like the Saratoga Perry Powhatan Brandywine are named in proximity. The site, largely untended for 120 years, shows worn tombstones and overgrowth, with few burials since 1834 after the East India Company left Macao.
A San Diego couple, Mr and Mrs Aulger, toured De Leon to show that a crippled body doesn't mean a crippled life. He uses a wheelchair after a plane crash and works as a radio repairman while she, polio-stricken, makes watches.
The World staff reports Henry Wallace avoids a vote forecast but says his support will be larger than polls indicate as he campaigns for a new party. Guests note Truman’s ability to handle a long workday includes a postlunch nap.
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