Parachute stunts mark Milford graduate’s aviation play
Ronald Kumzak, a Milford High School graduate, performed a midair parachute jump as part of a local celebration. Despite a faulty connection and missteps, his chute deployed and he landed safely at Donaldson Field. He later worked on survival equipment for the Navy and was last heard from at Alameda in 1966.
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Ronald Kumzsk
Schon
Clem Soht
Lansing
Michigan
Clem Sohn
Ron Milford
Hy Spencer
Clem Sehr
Kumzak
Stanley Puller
Travel Aire
Towa Airways
Fort Dodge
Milford
Terris
Donaldson
West Coast
Navy
Alameda Air Base
Expanded holiday display enhances Pella community pride
Ed Lamson of the Pella Chamber highlights a larger festive display installed by the Pella Municipal Light Dept REC and Van Gorp Manufacturing Co with City Electric Committee support. He notes the new Chases Calendar of Annual Events lists Tulip Time from May 11 and other holidays while stressing cooperative effort, cultural value, and ongoing water shortage planning.
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Pella Municipal Light Dept
REC
van Gorp Manufacturing Co
City Electric Committee
Editorial on Communist Activities and 1960s candidates
The letter from Henry Winston, national chairman of the Communist Party USA, pitches funding and comments on Vietnam and public confidence. It notes party nominees Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner, with Tyner’s early labor activism and Hall’s leadership, while critiquing the party’s stance and the era’s political actions.
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Henry Winston
Communist Party
U.S.A
U.S
Southeast Asia
Gus Hall
Jarvis Tyner
United States
Tyner
Hall
World Communist Movement
Letter to the editor warns of communism influence in unions
A Pella Chronicle-Advertiser letter argues that labor unions harbor communist influence fueling strikes and inflationary demands. The writer condemns the Communist Party for promoting violence and treason, citing J Edgar Hoover’s wartime stance and urging vigilance against subversive actions.
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U.S
Communist Party
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