Target 76 Year Later sees mixed progress in Linn County
One year into Target 76 the plan shows limited gains in health services with ten agencies sharing a single location while district mergers and metro government face resistance and dead ends. Leaders reorganize, push public outreach, and stress regional cooperation but fear rural backlash and financial limits.
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Target '76
United Community Services
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Metro
George Clifford
Linn Regional Planning Commission
Clifford
Regional Plan Commission
In Memory of Friends and Family From Local Congregations
In memory of Mrs Thomas M Armstrong from Vernon and neighbors at Theristrial club Bethany Congregational church. Also remembered Floyd Curtwright by Mr and Mrs George W Taylor. Carl E Howland on his birthday April 9 from his parents Monticello. Racine Vernier on his birthday April 7 by loving spouse and family.
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Thomas M
Alfley) Armstrong
Vernon
Theristrial Club
Bethany Congregational Church
Floyd Curtwright
George W
Eads
Gram
Ruth
Ruth Ann
Carl Howland
Eunice
Frances Prusha
Mary
Conway Wallace
Dicom
Chattie
Fielden Eer
Frances
Prusha
Alvena Janss
Kirkwood Plans Farm Tours for Young Children
Kirkwood Community College announces farm tours for Cedar Rapids area children. Tours run April 23, 30, and May 7 for kindergarten and first grade groups with a May 7 session for preschool and second and third graders. Reservations through the agricultural education department or by phone at 398-5524. Larry Statler leads tours of the college farm laboratory with a petting barnyard and lessons on conservation and agricultural careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Agricultural Education Department
Kirkwood Boulevard
Larry Statler
Kirkwood
College Farm
Death Penalty Totals and Abolition Milestones
Department of Justice records show that between 1930 and 1970 about 3859 individuals were sentenced to death in the United States. Michigan became the first state to abolish capital punishment effective March 1, 1847, per The World Almanac. By February 1972, 687 persons awaited execution as executions paused after 1967 pending a judicial ruling.
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Department of Justice
United States
Michigan
Coe History Exhibit Opens with Fran Allison Appearance
At Coe Thursday an eight pm multimedia program titled Thirteen Decades of Coe will debut in Sinclair auditorium. Fran Allison, Coe class of 1928 and Aunt Fanny on Don McNeill Breakfast Club, will receive the Alumni Award of Merit. Narrators include Eliza Kesler and Gael Hammer. alumni, students, and general public invited.
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Coe
Coe College
Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
Capital Fund Drive
Fran Allison
Miss Allison
WMT
Fanny
Don McNeill
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
Allison
Eliza Hickok Kesler
Gael Hammer
UCS and Linn Health Center Host Joint Meeting and Open House
United Community Services and Linn County Health Center announce a joint annual meeting with an open house at the Paul building on Third Avenue SE. Seminars led by Dr. Robert Anderson and Saul Cooper run Thursday and Friday with multiple sessions and no charge, open to the public with reservations for meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Community Services
UCS
Linn County Health Center
Paul Building
Third Avenue SE
American Legion Town Club
Fourth Avenue SE
Robert C. Anderson
Institute of Community Development and Services
Kellogg
Michigan State University
Saul Cooper
Washtenaw County Mental Health Center
Ann Arbor
Mich
Health Center
Citizens’ Committee On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Family Service Agency
Linn County Department of Social Services
Linn County Mental Health Center
Public Health Nursing Assn
Social Services To
Soldiers and Sailors Relief
University of Iowa School of Social Work Training Center
Halfway Houses Open Saturday
The Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse sponsors open houses for the men’s Gateway House at 1336 B avenue NE and the women’s house at 1703 First avenue SE. Gateway House, established in 1968, offers residential rehabilitation and a semi structured living setting. The women’s house opened last December and provides a structured path from institutionalization to reintegration.
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Citizens’ Committee On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Gateway House
B Avenue NE
First Avenue SE
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Target
Paul
Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Robert Bettiga
Bettiga
L. D. Burkhalter
C. C. Birr
Burkhalter
Dudley Henderson
Marion
Henderson
Birr
Supreme Court
Donald Canney
Canney
Joint County School System
John Cordes
Joint County
Iowa
Bors
U.S
Twin Pines North
PTT Hae Coe
Sat
Sun
Mens Shop
Lindale Plaza
Linn Health Center
Kenwood-Grande Ave
Forest Drive
Blake Blvd
Grande Avenue
16Th St
Second Avenue
Scotts
Hardi
Free Delivery Furniture CO
First Avenue
Bishons
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