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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1969
Page
14
Mt Mercy college student volunteers carve pumpkins in McAuley hall cafeteria. Winners are chosen by student votes, each vote a UNICEF donation. Jan Heman from Des Moines represents Realna fifth floor with Sister Kathleen Sullivan supervising.
Prince Philip plans a White House breakfast with Spiro Agnew on November 4 then a New York reception at the Waldorf Astoria hosted by Pilgrims of the United States. Gov. Rockefeller to accompany him. events include a matinee and cocktail receptions, plus a Sardinia holiday gala at Costa Smeralda.
PUMPKIN TOWN W Yu AP Sessie Hancock grows a giant pumpkin weighing 210 pounds amid a town dispute over pumpkin rights and tax law. The tale centers on who owns the pumpkin and who bears taxes as residents debate agricultural and legal claims, with a sought after verdict undetermined.
Princess Anne of Britain is named colonel in chief of a Hussars regiment in Germany. Also reported are Vivien Kellen's critique of a tax reform bill favoring high earners, a secret marriage announcement in Keystone, and Sigma Kappa sorority pledges at Northeastern Missouri State College.
In Richland Washington Timmie Toark ten and Lillian Tarville eighty two were married Thursday at the Heather House nursing home. Dr Roark presided and vows to cure her husband of bad habits. About seventy five guests attended the ceremony at the nursing home.
In Baltimore, Carolyn Ontishka, a 30 year old mother of five, dresses as a green faced witch with a hooded cape and a black cat each Halloween to brighten trick or treaters lives. Neighbors report no incidents this year, despite past trouble in California where masked costumes led police to threaten arrest for wearing masks in stores. Local lore notes Maryland tolerates witches, citing 284 years since a gallows march.
In Moscow a slang filled debate splits Russians over miniskirts. Proposals include fines up to 88.93 for wearing them while opponents warn against administrative controls. Writers like A Raskin defend modesty yet oppose punitive measures, noting risqué fashion sparks letters from cities like Ufa and Riga.
The article notes identical twins Eva Me contest winning with four legs and four arms in a novelty beauty contest at Welty Way. Winners included Eva Me, Nair and Royce McCray, with Tamara and Samantha, and Keith Read Mallet earning notable placements.
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