Miss America Duties Seeking Scholarships
Atlantic City AP report on the 1956 Miss America pageant notes contestants prize incentives beyond fame. Most seek scholarships, with a $5,000 top prize and nearly $25,000 total in scholarships this year, alongside runner up and special prizes. The event features a four factor judging system including swimsuit, gown, talent, and personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Tomlinson
Atlantic City
N. G
Wogy
Mass America
Jimes
Jeanine Parris
Cedar Rapids Czech festival art sale at city market
More than 100 works by Cedar Rapids and surrounding artists will be sold at the Czech festival at the city market on Sept. 9. The sales gallery, set up in front of the public library and the Sherwin Williams store, is hosted by the Cedar Rapids Art Symphony Association with the women’s committee assisting. Prices range from $1 to about $20, with eleven booths for the gallery and an auction area at 7:30 8:30 and 9:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timetic Dhv
Carl Franks
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Cedar Rapids
Richard Seeger
William DuVall
Dorothy Houts
5. M. Morrison
Robert Martin
Sherwingain Willams
Il J
William Donald Key DuVall
Arthur Jones
Frank
Inney
Doc
Coe
Max Daehler
Dieman-Bennett Ballet
Gold
Fizdale
Joyce Fissler
Coe College
Iftar
Art Association
Association
Women's Committee
Teacher Buck Sentenced For Forest Fire
Bernard Buck a 26 year old PE instructor at Pacific College Los Angeles pled guilty to violating county fire ordinances and caused a three day fire in Angeles National Forest. He was fined 100 dollars and the judge suspended six months jail. Buck must give 20 talks on fire safety as probation. The fire burned 420 acres of watershed in the Angeles forest and was started by a camp stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cali
U. S. Forest Service
Bernard C. Filden
Bernard V. Buck
Buck
Carl Wilson
Angeles National Forest
Pacific College
Los Angeles
This Fan Dancer Won't Act Under a Spotlight
London, UP. Frances Grayson walked off her job after management required a spotlight for her strip tease. She complained it was demeaning to dance without clothes and in spotlights. The club hired another dancer with fewer inhibitions.
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London
Frances Grayson
Surgeon Dr J Dewey Bisgard Addresses Linn County Medical Society
Dr J Dewey Bisgard professor of surgery at University of Nebraska College of Medicine will speak to Linn County Medical Society Thursday at 6 30 pm at the Montrose hotel. His topic The Cancer Ulcer Problem of the Stomach and methods of handling the problem will be shown by illustrated case reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dewey Bisgard
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Linn County Medical Society
Montrose Hotel
Office Managers Hear McBroom At Cedar Rapids Meet
Claude V. McBroom of Des Moines director of manufacturing for the Meredith Publishing Company will address the Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Office Management Association at the Montrose hotel. The fall meeting opens with a 5 PM social hour and 6 30 PM talk on Self-Improvement by the former international NOMA president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude V. McBroom
Des Moines
Meredith Punishing Company
Cedar Rapids
National Office Management Association
Montrose Hotel
McBroom
the Association
NOMA
Women Cops Hit With Ticket Surge in Champaign
Five women hired to enforce traffic laws issued so many parking tickets that fines went unpaid in one week. The collection system broke down as motorists rejected the penalties, forcing city leaders to cut fines from one dollar to fifty cents to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Safety First Gets A Traffic Ticket
Oklahoma trooper A H Freeney cited a driver identified as Safety First of Tulsa after spotting a vehicle without lights on US 69 two miles south of Checotah. The patrol warned that motorists who follow Safety First procedures will not be ticketed.
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Checotah
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Navy Seaman Rescues Cat Beside Five Day Tree Sit
Kaleopa Tavai, a U S Navy seaman, climbed a 40 foot palm tree barefooted to rescue a cat trapped during a five day protest. Others failed to end the sit before his daring rescue in Chula Vista California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Rescue
Chuia Vista
U.S. Navy
Kaleopa Tavai
Samoa
Four Foreign Students in C R Schools
Four exchange students will attend Cedar Rapids public high schools this year the smallest number in recent years under the American Field Service program. Three have arrived and will start classes Tuesday. the fourth joins Sept. 19. Students include a German boy Welgard Wiegand and a German boy Martin Zipfel, a Swiss girl Eva Marie Zubec, and a Dutch boy William de Pagter. Hosts include the Walter Greiner family, Dr J C Landenberger, Clarke Van Meter family, and the Zeman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
iFeld Service
Germany
Irl Ram
Switzerland
Fom
Netherlands
Welgard Wiegand
Walter Greiner
Williams Boulevard
Roosevelt School
Martin Zirpel
Wilson
W. C. Zeman
Wilson Avenue
Verne Marshall
AFL
Marshall
Marian
AFS
John Westberg
Sweden
Dr. R. A. Hender
Russia Navy Nears Par With U S, Says Retired Admiral
In the United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Rear Admiral E. M. Eller reports postwar growth of the Soviet fleet from seventh to third then to near the United States. He notes Russia now has over 25 cruisers, 135–150 destroyers and destroyer escorts, 370–400 submarines, and a growing jet aircraft force ready for large amphibious assaults with fleet air support and guided missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis, Md
Nea
America
E. M. Eller
United States Naval Instituts Proceedings
Ussr
Britain
Sea of Japan
East China Sea
el Sea
Baltic
White Seas
North Sea
Persian Gulf
Russia
Officers Build Air Academy Tradition
Denver AP report on the new U S Air Force Academy at Lowry. Seventy Air Training Officers guide 246 cadets in their first year, enforcing drills and meals, inspecting rooms, and shaping a tradition despite hazing norms. The Tiger squadron leads with a playful yet disciplined culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pitman
Denver
New
Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Force
Jar Force Academy
Na- Hons
Aim
Academy
ATO
Atos
U.S
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Air Force
Col
B. B. Cassiday
Cassiday
81St
England
Smith
AD News
Anthony Austin
New Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Fore Base
Austin
No Wonder This Jail Station Wagon Was Acting Balky
Paterson New Jersey AP Passa County Sheriff Norman Tattersall had a mechanic inspect the county jail wagon used to haul inmates to the courthouse. The gas tank contained marbles lifesavers soap scraps steel wool and other debris. The sheriff said the tank will be kept locked while prisoners are transported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Passa County
Norman Tattersall
Tattersall
State Wins
Alberta Woerner a clerk in Indianapolis furniture store frightened a bandit with a stare. The robber tried to take $40 from the cash register as she was fixing a bill owed. He dropped the money and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
Alberta Woerner
Nwt
Ilea
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Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
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Canada
Puerto Rico
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Moscow
Ellingford Messer
Gedie Rapids
Donald Key
Anna Armstrong
W. J. Brown
Richard Chacima
Lorene Chehak
W Darling
Ruth Bryan
Marian Harting
PP. W. iShive
Richard Moon
Horace Hedges
S. Eli Killinger
William Hosie
Arthur Collins
Floyd Nordstrom
William DuVal
the Joneses
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Third Street
S.E
Iowa
Bystrom Engineering CO
28Th Street
Marion
C.R
John Monaghan
Merchants Bank
DIAL
Air Academy
Takeort
Mr. Smith
Justis
Sur
West Point
Col. Cassiday
Wurlitzer Piano
Wurltzer Pianos
Adkins Plano & Orgay CO
First Ave
Wurlitzer
Ednesday and
Besday
Tip
W. W. Rattora
3Rd Ave. SE
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