28 Oct 1959
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1959
Page
1
Halloween goblins call for homemade costumes to charm kids and save money. Simple flameproof crepe paper designs yield witches Jack o Lanterns and spooks with fringe capes and color coded features. For older children masks give way to face paint while mop wigs and fabric scraps provide quick costume options.
State of Iowa Linn County on the 27th day of October, 1959. Edward Ohlman and Herman Oheman named executors of Morris Ohsman late of Nassau County New York deceased. Debts owed to estate to be paid to the undersigned. Claims to be filed with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll attorneys.
Cedar Rapids executives and their wives enjoyed Richard Armour’s talk “A Satirist Looks at the World” at the Executive club. Armour, a professor and prolific writer, lampooned world wars, gender wars, and modern life with incongruity and humor, offering sharp definitions of satire and witty verse.
A promotional message touts Triumph with Allicinol as a unique acne treatment. It claims fast, thorough clearing, deep skin action, and prevention of scarring, advising use under doctor guidance and noting a $2 price and drugstore availability.
The interview quotes Armour defending satire on marriage politics and race while noting satire dangers with communism. He calls a marriage poem the most gruesome and truest thing he has written about women, and argues imperfect human traits keep life from a blob.
Cedar Rapids area employment rose 8.6 percent in September from a year earlier, reaching a September high per the Iowa Employment Security Commission. July and August showed larger gains, while September added 3,790 jobs mainly in seasonal wholesale and retail sectors. total losses this month reached 320 positions. The commission expects little year‑end change as seasonal shifts in retail offset construction declines, with post holiday layoffs potentially influenced by the steel strike.
The area heart association will host a Cedar Rapids conference on cardiac rehabilitation with a luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel at 12 15 p m next Wednesday November 4 Dr Ralph D Hunting Cedar Valley Heart Council president announced Milwaukee speaker Dr George A Helmuth Marquette University will present a session on work classification unit medical director About 700 invitations were sent to doctors industrial managers labor leaders and service agency staff The afternoon symposium features Homer V Buescher Des Moines Dr Harold Margulies Des Moines Earl Jones Des Moines Ben Henry Des Moines Warren Van Eschen Cedar Rapids and Eunice Elias Cedar Rapids The event will include a panel moderated by Dr Hunting with six speakers.
Forty four Boy Scouts and Explorers from 15 communities signed up for the national Golden Jamboree to be held next July. Nine leaders were chosen to accompany the delegation to the Three Diamond ranch near Colorado Springs Colorado. Reservations for Hawkeye Area council’s delegation are still accepted on a first come first served basis.
Sioux City police officer Norman Mackey has eight months on the force and has already delivered babies as part of his duties. Tuesday night he answered an emergency birth call at a Sioux City home and assisted, reporting that everything was fine. As a Marine corpsman he helped at 257 births elsewhere, aligning with his new role.
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