20 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Citizen Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1967
Page
1
A later column reflects on Christmas memories from childhood to adulthood and questions the myth that gifts go only to well behaved children, noting Christmas survives through generosity and shared joy across generations.
Congressman John C Culver announced that the National Science Foundation awarded $165,710 to Coe College Cedar Rapids for summer science training projects. Funds go to the Mathematics Department to train 36 secondary students in chemistry computers mathematics and physics under project director Charles M Lindsey. Admission based on qualifications, not financial need, with applications available at Coe College.
Vegetable gardeners in Albert City report bountiful harvests of sweet potatoes this season. Oliver Aronson weighs a batch for the crop, noting a first basket and another weighing about pounds.
Congressman John Culver announced a $4.00 nursing educational opportunity grant from the U S Health Service to St Lukes Methodist Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funds will fund scholarship grants for financially deprived women studying nursing in 1967 68 under the Allied Health Profession Personnel Training Act of 1966. Applicants should contact St Lukes for more information and application blanks.
SAN ANTONIO Airman Thomas W Heitzman son of Paul L Heitman of Hills completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas Heitzman has been assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Chanute AFB Illinois for specialized schooling as an aircraft equipment repairman A 1966 graduate of Regina High School Iowa City He attended the State University of Iowa
Forecasts list score predictions for multiple college games including Mississippi, Bradley, George Washington, Colorado, Arizona State, Dayton, Drake, Kansas, Texas A and M, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Miami Florida, Niagara, LaSalle, North Carolina State, Indiana, Oklahoma City, TCU, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, San Jose State, Princeton, and North Carolina with expected winners and margins. Specific pairings include Mississippi vs. Bradley and North Carolina vs. Indiana among others.
A Vogue critique by Arthur Schlesinger argues John Huston’s The Bible ambitiously adapts Genesis up to Abraham and Isaac. The piece contrasts restrained vision with DeMille style excess, praising the Ark and Tower of Babel sequences while noting deviations like Fry’s Abraham and Isaac. It weighs religious reverence against cinematic spectacle and questions whether biblical films should be limited to agnostic directors.
An article notes a range with self cleaning oven and electric oven selling under 1000 dollars. It reviews microwave use for one dish at a time, warming and thawing, with meat turning tough in large cuts but vegetables and casseroles good. It covers pros and cons, plus recipe ideas and nutrition notes.
A hearty salad combines fruit with cooked turkey or chicken for a satisfying meal. A hot soup or hot bread completes the menu. Serve both if not counting calories. No dessert needed, exotic dressing provides liberal flavors.
A vintage fudge recipe combines evaporated milk butter and sugar then simmers five minutes before folding in chocolate chips marshmallow creme vanilla and chopped nuts. The mixture is poured into a buttered 9x4 pan to cool and set.
A larger-than-average woman steps on a faulty scale and lands at seventy five pounds. A boy remarks she is hollow as an elevator operator contemplates a broken cable and the fate of a ride if it fails. Demonology is touched briefly as a study of evil spirits.
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