Verwoerd Seen as Africa's Most Sinister White Supremacist Leader
A profile of South Africa's Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd portrays him as the central figure in apartheid policy. It notes his rise since 1958, the Sharpeville crisis, the 1960 referendum, and his conviction that whites deserve political dominance while Africans are confined to segregated regions. The piece paints him as uncompromising and ardently pro Western alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channesburg
South Africa
Hendrik Fresch
Verwoerd
White National Party
Sharpeville
Queen Elizabeth
Germany
Britain
United States
Stellenbosch University
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Africa
National Party
Elizabeth Schoombee
Hendrik Verwoerd
Betsy
Stellenbosch
Elizabeth
Hendrik Fresch Verwoerd
Wynand
Hendrik
Christian
Betsy" Verwoerd
Downtown Cedar Rapids hosts week of hootenannies and displays
Downtown Cedar Rapids launches a week of activities from Monday to Saturday with an antique car show, hootenannies, industrial machinery exhibits, and military displays. The event includes live performances by Eastern Iowa groups, a professional hootenanny, and free downtown bus rides.
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Cedar Rapids
Dar Rapids
Central Retail Merchants Bureau
Iowa
Second Street
First
Second Avenues
Phillip de Wees
Fourth Avenue
Susie Arnold
Old
Marion Road
Douglas Mansfield
Belle Plaine
Sarah Anderson
Marengo
Barry Butters
David Wilson
Laverne McShane
Central City
Frank Kelso
University of Iowa
Chuck Durang
Judy Bright
Chicago
Armed Services
Strategic Air Command
Collins Radio Co
Coe College
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boy Scouts
Stars In My Crown to grace Kentucky Lake State Park
An outdoor drama depicts 150 years of western Kentucky life through the eyes of Alben W. Barkley, the late vice president, and will be shown at Kentucky Lake State Park this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Kentucky Lake State Park
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Beluga Fish Radar Inspires New Deep Sea System
Soviet researchers report Beluga sturgeon uses a low frequency radar like ripple signaling to sense surroundings in deep water. If modeled for human use, this could improve conventional radar beyond straight line pulses.
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Moscow
Tais
Five Bookmobile Schedule Changes Take Effect This Fall
The public library updates fall bookmobile hours at five of seventeen locations. Williams boulevard at Eighth Avenue SW moves to Mondays 2 to 8 p.m., 1 Street at Wilson Avenue SW to Mondays 1:30 to 8:30 p.m., Ninth Street at Sixteenth Avenue SW to Thursdays 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., St James Methodist Church to Thursdays 2 to 8 p.m., and Jane Boyd Community House to Thursdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. Two additional stops are added every three weeks at Home for Aged Women and Meth-Wick Manor.
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The
Public Library
Williams Boulevard
Eighth Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Ninth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
St. James Methodist Church
Jane Boyd Community House
Home For Aged Women
Twelfth Street NW
Meth-Wick Manor
Thirteenth Street NW
Meth-Wick
Jane Boyd
Ellis Boulevard NW
Western Bohemian Assn To Meet in Cedar Rapids In Sept
The 15th national convention of the Western Bohemian Fraternal Assn will be held in Cedar Rapids from September 22 to 26. Delegates from western states gather at Roosevelt Hotel with a memorial Coliseum venue and a full four day agenda including registration tours a banquet and a film screening.
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Western Bohemian Fraternal Assn
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Memorial Coliseum
Czech National
George Novak
Charles Kurka
Jerry Dra
Will Ad-Horzal
Tony
Amana
ZCBJ
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Bookmobile Schedule Across Town with Multiple Stops
A compiled schedule lists numerous bookmobile stops and times across districts. Locations include Maplewood drive, Center Point road, Paramount Pharmacy, Witwer Farm Market, Cedar Hills, church on Ellis Boulevard, East Sun Mart, West Sun Mart, Hy-Vee store, and Lincolnway Village with varied windows from 1:30 to 8:30 PM and some morning slots.
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Maplewood Drive
K Avenue
Center Point Road
Forty-second Street
Paramount Pharmacy
Vernon Road
Witwer Farm Market
Oakland Road
Thirty Second Street
East Sun Mart
Mt. Vernon Road
Rompot
West
Sun Mart
Third Avenue
Johnson Avenue NW
Lincolnway Village
Mayden Avenue
Colorado SW
New Bookmobile Service Expands City Library Access
The city library adds a new bookmobile unit next year funded by the 1964 budget. Two air conditioned bookmobiles, carrying about 6 500 books, serve main and neighborhood locations with a six member staff and two drivers. Kenwood branch schedule now includes Saturdays 9 to 4 and weekdays 12 30 to 8 30 pm.
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Kenwood
First Avenue SE
Beans Still Beans Conference Learns Social Status
Delegates at the Dry Bean Conference in Los Angeles heard that beans remain culturally undervalued despite research. Dr Horace Burr urged expansion of the market as scientists continue to improve the bean’s social standing, with loans of three weeks noted for library materials.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Horace K. Books
Burr
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By Henri Jonker
White House
Washington
Libertas
Pretoria
Emcee
Firebrand
MAICO
Paramount
Maico Hearing Aid Center
Starfire
Barkley
Fostoria
Tru
Woolworths
2Nd Ave
Lady Regal
Beluga Fish
Bohemian Assn
C.R
Gazette
C Street
First Avenue
Cedar Hills
Plainview Drive
Day
Carter
Designers
Newton's
St. S.E
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