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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1968

Page

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Grading Starts Wednesday On Cedar Valley Apartments

Mass grading for a 186 unit Cedar Valley apartments project costing 2.8 million dollars begins Wednesday at the northwest corner of Thirty third and J streets SW. The project uses FHA backing under Sec 221 D-3 with 40 year financing through the Federal National Mortgage Assn. Rental rates range from 98 to 132 dollars monthly with income limits from 6,850 to 9,250 dollars, and all tenants pay own utilities while owner covers water and grounds.

Cedar Valley Thirty-third Federal Housing Administration R. D. Monroe Prairie Village Kan Des Moines FHA Monroe Federal National Mortgage Assn National Mortgage Assa R. D. Monroe Construction Co., Inc Topeka H. R. McBride

Marion Company Seeks Bankruptcy Filing in Cedar Rapids

The Marion based V and R Blackton Co. owner Verle L. Ralston presides over the asphalt business and seeks more time to file bankruptcy schedules in federal court. Debtors Lonnie E. Baker and Max and Janet Dyson report combined debts of over 25 thousand dollars with modest assets, while Leslie and Shirley House list substantial debts relative to assets.

V and R Blackton Co Tenth Avenue Marion Cedar Rapids Verle L. Ralston Ralston Lonnie E. Baker Second Street Max and Janet Dyson Sixteenth Street NW Leslie and Shirley House Blairs Ferry Road

Timely quotes on errors and folly from editor Haley and Pazhwak

Sir William Haley, newly named editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, says life is about finding holes and plugging them with as few new ones as possible. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak warns that if fools rule, the end of man may come as a rude shock, yet not be a surprise.

Sir William Haley Encyclopaedia Britannica Abdul ,Rahman Pazhwak Afghanistan United Nations General Assembly

Wounded Vietnam veteran Lt Dennis Healy listed

Lt Dennis Healy son of Mr and Mrs Don Healy 3600 Elmwood Ct NE recuperates from wounds suffered March 27 in the Mekong Delta area South Vietnam. Healy 27 is hospitalized at the 249th General Hospital Tokyo and expected to be moved to the U S in weeks. He is a 1958 Washington high graduate.

Dennis Healy Don Healy Elmwood Court Mekong Delta South Vietnam Healy Cedar Rapids 249Th General Hospital Tokyo States Washington High School Freeman L. Forsythe F.W. Forsythe Eighteenth Street Hawaii Terry N. Marks Richard F. Marks Highland Drive Ft. Benning Thomas Jost V. V. Jost Thirteenth Street Walter Reed Hospital Washington Max T. Hahn Max Hahn Maplewood Drive Pearl Harbor David C. Moore Mildred Moore Dorothy Goettle Iowa City Vietnam

Court Orders Bond Paid to Me Ville Bank

Iowa Supreme Court orders Hawkeye Security Insurance Co to pay Mechanicsville Trust & Savings $120,000 plus interest for embezzlement by bank officer Laverne Paulson starting in 1958. Paulson stole $141,909, repaid $26,458, net loss $115,451. Interest set at 5 percent on $120,000 from Sept 10, 1965.

DES Moines UPI Iowa Supreme Court Hawkeye Security Insurance Co Mechanicsville Trust & Savings Bank of Mechanicsville Laverne Paulson Paulson High Court Cedar County District Court Supreme Court Bonding Company Hawkeye

McCabe Challenges Christians On Race And Charity

Dr Joseph McCabe spoke at First Presbyterian during Holy Week urging Christians to act for the cause of Christianity by working with Black people and accepting Black neighbors. He tied Jesus love to action after the death of Martin Luther King Jr and pressed believers to join the effort for racial equality.

Joseph McCabe First Presbyterian Church Martin Luther King, Jr McCabe Memphis Atlanta

Dr King Last Sermon Played At King Funeral

A UPS report notes a recording of Martin Luther King Jr last sermon played at his funeral services in Atlanta. The preacher urges simplicity in eulogies and emphasizes love over awards or schools. The crowd listened as the sermon conveyed King moral message and resolve.

Dr. King Atlanta UPS Martin Luther King King Martin Luther King, Jr

City Briefs Hiawatha Optimists and local notices

Community items note Hiawatha Optimists youth center work planned for Wednesday night with no dinner. Also upcoming events include Coin Club meeting at the YWCA to discuss Silver Dollars and a preschool Story Hour at the public library. Reports of thefts and a death in Des Moines are listed among local notices.

Hiawatha Coin Club The YWCA Public Library

Cedar Rapids Students Cut Capitol Visit and Head to New York

Eighty two Cedar Rapids Washington High students shorten their trip to Washington and depart for New York City due to funeral closures. Jefferson High pupils remain for two days with plans to visit the White House FBI and Mt. Vernon before returning by bus. Kennedy High students also arrive, touring the Capitol and bureau of aging with Rep. John Culver and planning Mt. Vernon visit.

Gazette Washington Cedar Rapids Washington High School New York City Jefferson High School White House Federal Bureau of Investigation Mt. Vernon Jefferson National Airport Martin Luther King New York United Nations Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Bureau of Aging Capitol Hill John Culver

KCRG TV News Notes Monday to Friday Schedule

Dave Carter presents the 10 o clock news on KCRG TV covering sports and Channel 9 weather weekday updates. The bulletin previews local sports results and forecast details for the week.

Channel 9 Kcrg-Tv Dave Carter

Widow of Author Phil Stong Dies

Mrs. Phil Stong, 69, widow of the author of State Fair, died Sunday after years of illness. Stong, who died in 1957, wrote the Iowa life novel later turned into three films. The couple worked as Des Moines reporters in the 1920s and moved to Connecticut about 35 years ago.

Washington, Conn Phil Stong Iowa Stong Stongs Des Moines Connecticut

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