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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1968

Page

12

College Community to study district growth and facilities

Superintendent James Bayne will ask the school board to authorize a professional study and master plan for a ten year facilities program. A St Louis consultant will present at the regular meeting at Prairie Intermediate School to project population and enrollment and evaluate site needs and financing.

College Community James Bayne St. Louis the Prairie Intermediate School Bayne Board of Education the Prairie High School Prairie Cedar Rapids Ely Swisher Walford College Community District

Youth arraigned on larceny of motorcycle

Lavern Winchip, 18, of 1500 Second Avenue SE, was arraigned Monday on a larceny charge involving a motorcycle taken from Virgil Barnhart of 1925 Mt. Vernon Road SE between March 23 and 25. He was held on a $1,000 bond and given until April 11 to plead or move. Police say the motorcycle was later taken to Monticello for work.

Lavern Winchip Second Avenue SE Winchip Virgil Barnhart Mt. Vernon Road Barnhart Monticello

Minor traffic crashes injure several in Cedar Rapids

Three youths, Craig D. Ritchie 16, Andrew Kessell 15, and Brian Doyle 15, suffered facial injuries when their car left a Thirteenth Street bridge and rolled into a drainage ditch. Ritchie and Beverly A. Vredenburg of Oxford faced charges for failing to keep their vehicles under control. James C. Doty 40 and John W. Anderson 40 were treated at Mercy hospital for neck and back injuries after a rear-end collision at Sixteenth Avenue and Ninth Street SW.

Cedar Rapids Thirteenth Street E Avenue NW Craig D. Ritchie Leroy Street NW Andrew Kessell Twenty-fourth- Avenue Brian Doyle Eighth Street Beverly A. Vredenburg Oxford John W. Anderson Second Avenue Sixteenth Avenue Ninth Street Anderson James C. Doty Ninth Avenue Mercy Hospital Vredenburg

Rights Chairwoman Seeks Repeal of Housing Bond Provision

Iowa Civil Rights Commission chairwoman labeled the 500 dollar bond requirement in the fair housing law a symbol of injustice and urged repeal. She also proposed 1969 legislation to halt house sales when discrimination complaints exist and called for stronger civil rights laws. Representative June Franklin urged Congress to declare Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday.

DES Moines Iowa Civil Rights Commission Eliott Full Iowa City Commission Full June Franklin D-Des Moines Iowa Martin Luther King

First Holy Week Service Held at First Presbyterian

Dr Joseph E McCabe presided at the first Holy Week service at First Presbyterian Church on Monday He spoke of weeping for humanity not for Jesus noting the world’s turmoil while urging faith in a sustaining power Greater is He who holds us than all things that shatter us.

Joseph E. McCabe First Presbyterian Church Jesus

New York Waterways Area Totals Highlight Vast Network

The state hosts 3.5 million acres of ponds and lakes and 70 000 miles of rivers and streams, underscoring a substantial freshwater system.

New York State

Silent March Remains Calm After Dr King Tribute

A peaceful gathering at Mt Zion Church honors Dr. Martin Luther King with sermons and prayers. Speakers include Rev Milota and Viola Gibson as choirs perform spirituals and parish leaders urge nonviolence, unity, and societal action.

Mt. Zion Church Dr. King Charles ‘McMillan Jane Boyd John I. Thomas Bethel Ame Church Viola Gibson James C. Milota St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Reid Motley David Watters

Court narrows 1870 conspiracy law in civil rights case

The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that 1870 federal conspiracy law can prosecute individuals who attack Negroes exercising rights under the 1964 civil rights act. The decision allows reindictment of four white men accused of conspiring to beat three Black travelers in Braselton Georgia. Justice Douglas stated hoodlums can be charged under the old statute when targeting civil rights.

Justice Department Braselton

Mrs John Kennedy to Attend King Funeral in Atlanta

Mrs John F Kennedy will attend the funeral services for Dr Martin Luther King in Atlanta on Tuesday. The announcement was made in New York.

John Kennedy King New York UPI John F. Kennedy Martin Luther King Atlanta

All but 2000 Copper Workers Back on the Job

Washington sources say about 2,000 copper industry workers remain off the job as most workers return to work in copper operations across the nation. The status reflects a near-complete reopening of copper production following a shutdown.

Washington UPI

Want ads offer the greatest selection of home offerings

Local want ads highlight a wide range of home offerings including furnishings appliances and real estate options. Shoppers are urged to browse listings for affordable prices and diverse choices from area sellers and dealers.

Jefferson High Band Visited Capitol As Riots Loom

Forty seven Cedar Rapids Jefferson Heritage students and two chaperones arrived in a curfew-quiet Washington for a tour of national shrines. Rep John Culver urged total commitment to eradicating ghettoes as a path to national survival.

Washington Cedar Rapids John Culver Jefferson Williamsburg

Columnists Featured by William S White and Others

A page listing columnists today including William S White Lou Harris Rick Du Brow Leonard Lyons Florabel Muir and Art Buchwald spans columns and the picture page.

William S. White Lou Harris Poll Rick du Brow Leonard Lyons Florabel Muir Art Buchwald

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C.R Rights Chairman Assairs McCabe James Gundrum St. Michael's Episcopal Church Isaac Neuman J. Robert McDonald St. Patrick's Catholic Church Francis Pritchard Pritchard William R. Eads Paul America Lord Milota Gandhi Hammarskjold Kennedy Father Milota Francis Camizzi Church Women United Cedar Rapids-Marion Gilead Leroy White James Milota William Douglas MNB Merchants National Bank Capital Quiet C.R. Jeff Dorothy Williams Washington High School Capitol Building U.S. House of Representatives Culver Lincoln Memorial Smithsonian Institute Congress Editorial Daeoener Suzy Knickerbocker Abby Inez Robb Mother Wae Jacobys Wlan Emer Ema Sam Shulsky Jack Ogden Res Walton Ween Eenees Ford Mustang Cook DuPont Bissell Breeze Cook Paint 2Nd Ave. SE
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