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Newspaper
Citizen Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1968
Page
2
Classified lines list rates of five dollars per word with a one dollar minimum, street addresses counted as two. Includes instructions for contacting Citizen Times and payment details for various ad categories. Also lists an appliance ad for a spinet piano and an unclaimed freight offer with payment options and mailing addresses.
A bathing beauty contest drawled out a playful moment as a shapely contestant strutted the runway. Two male judges reacted with astonishment and joked about measurements, quipping a 40 inch bust and a 19 inch waistline in lighthearted banter.
Reliable person from this area to service and collect from automatic vending. We establish accounts for you. Car reference and 985 to 1785 dollars cash capital necessary. 4 to 12 hours weekly nets excellent for this. full time more. Local interview write Eagle Industries 4725 Excelsior Blvd St Louis Park Minn 55416.
Printing machinery listed for sale including Linotypes presses and paper cutters of all sizes. Contact Charles W. Dunham via Deep River Record at (515) 595-2362.
For rent we can now accept a limited number of new patients at Irene's Nursing Home located at 848 2nd Ave SN Cedar Rapids. Phone 364-3743. If vacancies for elderly persons at Mt. Vernon Rest Home, call 895-8675. Also Wanted to Buy striking blocks at 221 10th St NW Cedar Rapids, phone 365-8935.
Help wanted ad seeks male or female workers for guaranteed $600 monthly salary based on retirements. 30 hour week with no soliciting. Call 366 7364 between 9 and 1 daily. Extra money offered part time for all ages. Watkins Store Cedar Rapids 363 3680.
Wolfe Sewing Machine Co invites Mt Vernon customers to repair services with 14 years experience and a Feb. special price. Reg 6.95 now 3.95. Inquire by phone 895-8765. Also selling several sewing machines with payment options for two buyers with good credit.
Al and his best friend visit a blind date. Upon seeing her, Al insults her appearance, criticizing her weight and facial features. The friend reveals the girl is deaf, adding a sharp twist to the moment.
A collection of humorous exchanges shows two mothers joking about waking teens with a cat and a dog, an artist asked about nudity with a bath reply, a flu joke about becoming a mummy, and a rural recruit miscounting age while describing his years of plowing.
A compact classified notice lists Jim's Appliance Service with phone 364-0277, locating in Cedar Rapids Iowa under Norge Sales and Service. The ad emphasizes quality service and radio-dispatched repairs.
A sentencing scene unfolds with the prisoner offering a remark about the defense lawyer, humor in jet age lines, and a string of lighthearted quips from various characters. The judge listens as the exchange mixes courtroom gravity with scattered comic snippets.
Cedar Rapids sailors Seaman Douglas D. Francik Machinest Mate Third Class David H. Stoa Wayne K. Meyers Aviator Fire Control Technician Airman Raymond K. Sayers Fireman Apprentice Clifford Montgomery Seaman Robert A. Mistele all of Cedar Rapids serve aboard the San Diego based carrier USS Constellation engaged in a third operation off North Vietnam. On Yankee Station pilots conducted air strikes against enemy supply lines destroying over 200 trucks and more than 100 barges while crippling a 16 mile petroleum pipeline forcing transports over damaged roads and bridges.
Marine Private First Class Steven W Barrette, 19, son of Mrs. Bob L McFall Sr., and husband of Linda S Stutt, serves with the First Marine Division in South Vietnam. He helps capture or destroy enemy forces during large and small scale operations and supports civic action projects for local wells and schools. Also mentioned are Army personnel and ROTC cadets serving in Vietnam and at Fort Benning, with details on assignments and training for commission.
MOUNT VERNON The appointment of Miss Karen R Gunderson 25 Racine Wisconsin as an instructor in art at Cornell college has been announced by Pres Samuel Enoch Stumpf. The appointment is effective with the fall semester. Miss Gunderson a graduate of Wisconsin State University Whitewater received her master's and master of fine arts degrees from the University of Iowa. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Gunderson.
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