Linn Health Board Rejects Hog Slaughter for Profit
Linn county health officials rejected permission to slaughter hogs to raise prices, citing health risk concerns. The board also advanced proposed county rules on septic tanks housing restaurants air pollution and wells and scheduled a May 8 meeting with city officials to discuss adoption and a public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Smith
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Moon
the Gazette
Iowa
Board of Health
Linn County Deliberates on GOP Delegates for National Convention
Linn county will not fill one of the Second district seats for the 26 member Iowa GOP delegation to the national convention in Miami Beach starting August 26. B D Silliman and Gale E Allen both said they will not be candidates, favoring other counties’ nominees and noting Linn’s two high office hopefuls James Bramwell and Tom Riley. Other prospects include Ted Ellsworth, David C Shaff, and June Kraft as the caucus at Des Moines Savery hotel sets the vote time.
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Linn County
Iowa
Miami Beach
G.O.P
Jack Walters
Cedar Rapids
Walters
B. D. Silliman
Gale E. Allen
Silliman
Des Moines
Linn
James Bramwell
Tom Riley
U.S
Allen
Ted Ellsworth
Dubuque
David C. Shaff
Clinton
June Kraft
West Union
Savery Hotel
Iowans Land Passage of Housing Bill
Des Moines, AP. Civil rights leaders say the federal open housing bill strengthens local and state efforts. They note Iowa’s tougher law, but stress the federal measure guides local action, may prompt more help from the federal government, and details the overlap with state rules on housing discrimination.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Elliott Full
Iowa City
The
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Summer Youth Employment Plan Hurdle Faces Y E S Program
Chamber of Commerce endorses the Summer Youth Employment Service but faces wage rules limiting 14 to 17 year olds from casual labor. Most youths will work on public projects at $1 per hour. The 10 week program starts in June with at least 200 low income youths, funded by local contributions and state and federal funds, administered by HACAP.
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Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
Y.E.S
John Ely, Jr
Ely
Chamber
United Community Service
UCS
Hawkeye
Innocent Plea Entered in Vehicle Tampering Charge
Harold E. Akers 228 Twentieth Avenue SW entered an innocent plea in municipal court on a charge of injury or tampering with a motor vehicle. He allegedly broke the driver’s window of Steven Pelley’s car on April 3 and was released on his own recognizance.
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Harold E. Akers
Twentieth Avenue SW
Akers
Steven Pelley
Dennis The Menace Appears Daily in Classified Section
A daily Dennis The Menace item runs in the classified pages offering light humor and familiar comic strip references for readers browsing through ads and notices.
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Dennis the Menace
Decision Near On West Iowa College Location
Ames Iowa board of regents hears western Iowa college study nearly complete and expects a location proposal at the June meeting. The panel was instructed by the last legislature to begin planning for a western Iowa college and to set site criteria.
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Ames
Western Iowa
Board of Regents
Western Iowa College
Miss Davidson Heads Mt Mercy Commuters Club
Kathleen Davidson has been elected to lead the Mt Mercy Commuters club for 1968 69 with Louise Lis as vice president and Mary Cooney as secretary treasurer. The group represents nearly 300 Mt Mercy students from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas who live at home or with relatives.
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Kathleen Davidson
Twenty-fourth Street
Mt. Mercy
Louise Lis
Thirty-second Street
Mary Cooney
Staubcourt NE
Cedar Rapids
Telephone Union Sets Strike Date
The Communications Workers of America said 19,000 Northwestern Bell employees in five states will strike on April 18 if no contract is settled. D. K. Gordon reported 59 locals voted for the action, with long distance service and radio TV stations expected to face disruptions.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Northwestern Bell
D. K. Gordon
Union District 6
Nebraska
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Gordon
Boy Sells Narcotics Caps At School But They Hold Soft Drink Mix
In El Paso a 13 year old questioned by police admitted selling capsules for 25 cents to classmates. Tests showed the colored powder was a cheap soft drink mix after he confessed he had stolen the capsules from his mother and refilled them with drink powder.
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EL Paso
Texas
UPI
Weimer Says Rasmussen Reversed on Democratic Delegates
J D Weimer of Cedar Rapids praised State Chairman Rasmussen for reversing a memo that questioned March 25 caucus delegates. Rasmussen said the first memo was in error and urged unity. Weimer urged all eligible voters including former Republicans and Independents to participate and vote in the primary.
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Clark Rasmussen
West Des Moines
J. D. Weimer
Cedar Rapids
Democratic State Central Committee
Eugene McCarthy
Rasmussen
Weimer
State of
Iowa
Democratic Party of Iowa
Sinful Hound Gains His Pastor's Pardon
In Hainton England the Rev Alan Taylor saved two apologetic canines after an apparent clandestine romance between a female beagle and a local labrador. The vicar announced the hound is now forgiven in his church magazine.
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Hainton
England
UPI
Alan Taylor
Want Ads Sell Anything Big or Small
A terse appeal invites readers to place want ads to sell items large and small. It directs to dial 369 1234 for listings. The note emphasizes the reach and simplicity of using classified ads to move goods.
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Dial
Twin Brothers Split by Judge Sentencing in Denver
A Denver judge divided two 19 year old twins with police records. One twin was ordered to perform work on a Denver mountain parks project while the other received a sentence to the state reformatory.
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Denver
Denver Mountain
State Reformatory
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Linn County Board of Health
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Cedar Rapids Department of Health
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Welfare Department
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City of
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Britt
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State Commission
Trowa
Ment
Office of Economic Opportunity
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West Iowa College
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