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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1957
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band’s annual Thanksgiving concert at Memorial Coliseum draws weak crowds, despite the band’s 19 to 20 summer concerts with audience reach. Rol Moehlmann conducts the program featuring the Collins Men’s Chorus next Sunday at Coe Auditorium, as attendance improves.
James E. Liek, longtime Cedar Rapids figure in real estate finance, has joined a Wisconsin corporation as mortgage officer. Liek, formerly with the Midwest Investment Company and Skogman Construction, will relocate with his family to Milwaukee after helping keep local paintings on loan in Cedar Rapids during a civic appeal.
The Iowa chapter of the American Society of Training Engineers holds a two day fall conference in Cedar Rapids at the Roosevelt hotel with a Wednesday reception. Sylvester Petro of NYU will speak on Working Men and Trade Unions and at the banquet. Other speakers cover topics from visual aids to electronics data processing and vocational education. Open to members and non members, advance registration via Milton Waite is requested.
The Paul Gregory presentation of The Rivalry starring Raymond Massey Agnes Moorehead and Martin Gabel depicts Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858 debates. The production, directed with Gregory’s stark minimalism, tours after a West Coast start.
New York reports the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association estimates a $60 million value for the flowers shipped this year. The industry shows a rise in demand and growth in deliveries as producers and sellers anticipate strong sales nationwide.
Detroit AP report says Richard Sargeson a 26 year old convict from Cornwall Ontario claimed a paralyzed leg to avoid custody. He was brought to Receiving hospital from Detroit House of Corrections and escaped when unguarded briefly as guards failed to restrain him.
German Roentgen Congress delegates report new cancer therapies and equipment strengthen physicians in fighting the disease. Innovations include methods addressing lung and breast cancer and improved patient care in West Germany. Tickets for a related performance sale list varied seating options and prices.
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