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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1955
Page
5
A Chicago pilot tours Sky with a three month old skunk named Sweet William aboard a twin Bonanza from a Wisconsin resort to Meigs field. The open cockpit era fades as jet aircraft challenge landing speeds and range with Life magazine ideas like a 20-engine amphibian and flying runway concepts.
Izumo Japan. Children under 16 show color fondness linked to traits. Black indicates tendency to steal. Red and green signify consciousness. Orange and yellow suggest longing for love. Violet and pink imply illness. Brown associates with thieving behavior according to a survey of 7,000 students and art teachers.
Ruth Sheetz of Plymouth Wisconsin, a Cedar Rapids native crippled by arthritis, is profiled in a Wisconsin Easter Seal Society magazine. Through the society’s homebound program she learned tile painting creating personalized wedding and anniversary tiles and serves as chairman of the 1955 Easter Seal campaign.
The Netherlands will donate trees and shrubs for six 2.5 acre parks in flood damaged northeastern United States. The parks will be in New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Connecticut New Jersey and Rhode Island.
John Manczur of Passaic New Jersey held two $100 bills aloft to attract an auctioneer when a thief struck from the crowd and fled with the money in Conshohocken Pennsylvania.
Mt. Mercy College announced a November 23 concert by nationally known tenor Pruth McFarlin for faculty and students. Accompanist will be Sarah Hedrick, soloist and composer. McFarlin holds a BA from Southern University and studied at Eastman School of Music under Frank LaForge.
Cedar Rapids merchants and manufacturers will be asked to observe Veterans Day on November 11. The Cedar Rapids Council of Veterans and Patriotic Organizations adopted a resolution for broader observance and formed a planning committee led by William White of the Military Order of Cooties. Members include Harry Corot, Forrest Graham, Walter Morris, Lara Bean, Velma White, and others. next meeting is October 3 to finalize plans for the parade and celebration.
International Police Organization plans a broad crackdown on world drug traffic. Agent Charles Siragusa said a 52 nation conference in Istanbul adopted a resolution calling for sterner measures and fuller cooperation. Details were hammered out in secret sessions and he declined to reveal more.
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