Giant Elm in Cedar Rapids Targeted by Dutch Elm Disease
A historic elm at 432 Twenty-fourth Street NW Cedar Rapids is condemned after contracting Dutch elm disease. The tree, measured at 22 feet 1 inch in circumference at four feet high, towers over local children Kevin Kirchner 10 Jim Mayer 9 and Scott Flemming 7. City officials urge owners to remove infected trees to prevent wider elm devastation in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Miles Kirchner
Twenty-fourth Street
Kevin Kirchner
Jim Mayer
Scott Flemming
Midwest
Longest-Term Penick Employee Retires After 43 Years
George M. Newland retires as Cedar Rapids Penick and Ford labor supervisor after 43 years with the company. He began in engineering, moved through mechanical repairs, and has served in the plant safety and personnel office since 1938. He is active in civic and fraternal activities and plans to remain in Iowa with his wife.
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Eorge M. Newland
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
Newland
First Congregational Church
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Apollo Commandery
Iowa Grand Commandery
Grand Commandery
Sion
Iowa
Office Associates
Newlands
Hansen to Speak on Piggyback Rail Programs
Donald C. Hansen of the Rock Island railroad will address Delta Nu Alpha Cedar Rapids at a Friday dinner meeting. The event at the Embassey club starts 6 30 p m after a 5 30 social hour and includes a Q A session. Reservations to Bob Blinn at EM 44171 extension 331.
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Donald C. Hansen
Rock Island Railroad
Delta Nu Alpha
Cedar Rapids
Embassy Club
Hansen
Rock Island
Bob Blinn
Anti Drinking Drive in Rhodesia Prompts Moral Debate
In Rhodesia a religious and political uproar centers on heavy drinking and immorality. Archbishop Green-Wilkinson condemns beer sheds and wasteful alcohol use among whites, while Missionary groups decry gambling and brothel networks. Kenneth Kaunda voices concern as African towns gain income and liquor markets expand.
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Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
Oliver Green-Wilkinson
Northern Rhodesian
Billy Mitchells Bold Air Power Battle Recalled in 40 Years
In 1921 1923 Mitchell led biplane bombers from a Cape Hatteras airstrip to attack the New Jersey and Virginia battleships off Virginia Capes. Despite mixed results and Navy skepticism, the tests helped push for an independent air force. Mitchell faced court martial in 1925 and died in 1936, later honored by Congress.
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New Jersey
Virginia
Cape Hatteras
Mitchell
Senate
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Frankfurt
Ostfriesland
Jutland
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
Shenandoah
War and Navy Departments
New York City
Congress
Wisconsin
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Billy Mitchell
U.S
France
Japan
Atlantic
N. C
Army Air Service
Army
Seven Teams Named to United Good Neighbors Unit
General Chairman James Colbert announced the registration of seven team captains and a volunteer corps for the United Good Neighbors new commerce and industry division in Cedar Rapids and Marion. The roster lists Milford Delzell Grant Bramel Robert Chadima Robert Hahn Milton Lewers Howard McLaughlin Dean Metcalf Harold Talmadge George Dorrington Dale Phelps Donald Healy Kenneth Winston John Jameson Robert Clemens Charles Coughill Samuel Rickard Stephen Swisher John Zachar Jr Charles Mounce Thomas Redford Horace Hedges Jr Neil Montgomery Vern Pooley Hub Rice Deane Smith Hugo Struve Roger Schreder Richard Berthh Jack Elliot R J Hargitt John Kloster Ralph Waters Robert Zink Kenneth Watts Robert Bell Peter Bezanson Dr Robert Carnes Charles Hunter Dean Stauffacher Arthur Swarzentruber Edward Healey John Lutz Ross Thompson and others. The campaign aims to inform the public about 32 health welfare and character-building agencies served by UGN and to secure broad financial support.
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Plekenpol
Milford M. Delzell
Grant Bramel
Robert S. Chadima
Robert J. Hahn
Milton Lewers
Howard A. McLaughlin
Dean Metcalf
Harold Talmadge
George Dorrington
Dale Phelps
Donald Healy
Kenneth Winston
John R. Jameson
Robert Clemens
Charles Coughill
Samuel Rickard
Stephen Swisher
John Zachar, Jr
Charles Mounce
Thomas Redford
Horace Hedges, Jr
Neil Montgomery
Vern Pooley
H. F
Hub” Rice
Deane Smith
Hugo P. Struve
Roger Schreder
Richard Berthh
Jack Elliot
R. J. Hargitt
John Kloster
Ralph Waters
Robert Zink
Kenneth Watts
Robert Bell
Peter Bezanson
Robert Carnes
Charles
P. Hunter
Dean Stauffacher
Arthur Swarzentruber
Duane Hartkemeyer
Iain
William Moss
Justin
Albright
Frank R. Gilbert
Edward H. Healey
John Known
Lutz
Ross Thompson
News Final Tonight on KCRG TV 9 Wraps News
KCRG TV 9 anchors Carl Ames and Bob Brooks host a late evening wrap up of news weather and sports airing at 10 PM. The program promises complete local coverage with updates on the day’s events and notable regional stories.
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Kcrg-Tv
Carl Ames
Bob Brooks
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Explo
River Home
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Kenneth Kaunda
Kaunda
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By Richard C. Bayer
Secretary of the Navy
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Capitol Hill
Alabama
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el Paso
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Los Angeles
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Clayton Bissell
Signal Mountain, Tenn
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Early
Calvin Coolidge
Defense Department
Alaska
New United Good Neighbor Unit
United Good Neighbors
James Colbert
Commerce and Industry
Roy Plekenpol
Marion
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Olympia
Remington
ROYAL
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Mochnick Typewriter CO
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