Kasenkina tells why she jumped to seek asylum in US
From a New York hospital bed Mrs Kasenkina recounts her life as a Russian schoolteacher who left the Soviet Union after years of surveillance and tragedy. She previews a chaptered memoir detailing her motives, the Reed Farm raid, and efforts to remain in America amid an international incident and personal losses.
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New York City
United States
The
Gazette
Soviet Russia
Diplomatic School
America
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Reed Farm
Tolstoy Foundation
Jacob Lomakin
Lomakin
Chepurnykh
Soviet Union
Denikin
NKVD
Moscow
Gorki
Leningrad Front
England
Eighty-seventh Street
Glen Cove
Long Island
Roxy Theater
Gouzenko
Canada
Guidance Program Complete In Cedar Rapids High Schools
Ruth Meeker profiles Cedar Rapids McKinley high school guidance director Harry Kelley and staff. The program operates in small groups, covers vocational, social, educational and personal guidance, uses IQ and All Iowa tests, and aims for regular individual counseling and student self direction.
Eye Bank Restores Vision For Hundreds Of Patients
A report by Alton L. Blakeslee describes a New York operation where an 18 year old girl regains sight after corneal transplant from a donor eye. The article explains cornea function, the procedure, and the promising impact of eye banking on restoring vision to many patients.
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New York
City Schools Expand Guidance Program Across Cedar Rapids
Kelley notes demand for guidance services and outlines counselors at Wilson Roosevelt and McKinley. E R Thompson Henrietta Frank oversee Wilson. Harold Myron Addie Zika Roosevelt. Kelley and Miss Hamblin McKinley. Franklin now has a girls counselor Elizabeth Burianek. Don Emery hired as supervisor of guidance and research to coordinate citywide program.
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Kelley
Maurine Hamblin
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Roosevelt
E. R. Thompson
Henrietta Frank
Harold Myron
Addie Zika
Miss Hamblin
Franklin
Elizabeth Burianek
Don Emery
Eye Bank aids cornea transplants nationwide
The Eye Bank for Light Restoration reports nearly 900 eyes collected in three years for cornea transplants. About 10 000 to 15 000 of the 250 000 blind in the nation are blind from damaged corneas. Dr R Townley Paton says 80 percent of transplants succeed and one cornea can restore sight in up to three eyes with donor age sex race and blood group irrelevant. The bank partners with 150 hospitals and has branches in Chicago New Orleans Boston and San Francisco funded by public contributions.
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Eye Bank
R. Townley Paton
Chicago
New Orleans
Boston
San Francisco
Governor Ford Touts Montana as Biggest State
Helena. Gov. Sam C. Ford declares Montana is the largest state, challenging geographers who rank Texas first and California second. He tells a Northwest Peace Officers’ Association gathering at Butte that if mountains were flattened Montana would surpass Texas and California.
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Helena
Mont
Sam C. Ford
Texas
California
Montana
Ford
Northwest Peace Officers’ Association
Butte
United Air Lines Reports Cedar Rapids Passenger Record
United Air Lines issued a report on summer operations at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport noting a new August passenger record of 1,137. The month nearly matched July and doubled August 1947, with four-month totals showing steady growth and increased flights and freight activity.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
United
Cedar Rapids Municipal
Richard V. Shrader
Shrader
Air Express
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Kasenkina
Oksana
Isaac Don Levine
Russia
Mrs. Oksana S. Kasenkina
Atwood's Coffee
Hladky
Libby
Gars OF
DIAL
U. S
Grocery
4Th Avenue
Ruth Meeker
Harry Kelley
McKinley High School
Northwestern University
Coe
Alton L. Blakeslee
Swatosh Insurance
Third St
Hallerfelt Fall Home Fashions Festival
Simmons Interspring Mattress
Bissell
Lane Cedar Chests
Emjof
Hallerfest, Inc
Rece
Surnichers
C.R
Killian
Rs Fea We
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