Independence Council Cuts Route 20 Speed and Funds Summer Recreation
The Independence city council reduced highway 20 speed to 55 mph east of Peoples Memorial Hospital for about 1000 feet and asked the highway commission to review area limits. They approved 1500 dollars for the city's summer recreation program and six lifeguards plus an assistant manager for the municipal pool.
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James Kottenkamp
Donovan Harland
James Tanner
Independence Community Housing Inc
Second Avenue
Art Kitner
Northeast
Third Street
Debbie Wageman Wins JA Honor in Cedar Rapids
Debbie Wageman of Think Enterprises sponsored by IBM won the Cedar Rapids Marion Junior Achievement Best Salesman award. Her product was a wax fireplace starter. She advances to the regional sales contest in Topeka on April 13-14. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Harold Wageman of 3017 Prairie Drive NE.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Debbie Wageman
Think Enterprises
IBM
Miss Wageman
Topeka
Harold Wageman
Prairie! Drive NE
Registration for Crime Seminar Ends Monday
Registration deadline for a seminar on crimes against business is noon Monday. The seminar covers burglary shoplifting internal theft and fraudulent checks and runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Town House Cedar Rapids. Sponsors are Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Administration. To register contact Louis Stramel or Bob Kucera at Kirkwood College.
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Kirkwood Community College
The
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Small Business Administration
Louis Stramel
Bob Kucera
Churches United Eyes Reviving Oak Hill Jackson Agency
The Oak Hill Jackson housing board of Churches United will be revived to assist Hawkeye Area Housing Development Corp. in facing possible federal funding cuts. Victor Miller suggested rehabilitation of older housing as a focus and the board agreed to involve community experts to define a role for Churches United. The new president Rev James Lesher urged shared leadership and several members were appointed to key posts. Treasurer F Eugene Bender reported funds of 1462.77 with projected April expenses of 632 and a May balance around 800.
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Victor Miller
Hawkeye Area Housing Development Corp
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Churches United
Miller
Oak Hill- Jackson Housing Board
Des Moines
C. U
Oak Hill-Jackson Board
Cedar Rapids
James Lesher
Maurice Wilson
Bender
Coe Soprano Joins Sunday Recital with Coe Promenade
Coe college musician JoAnn Lanier, a soprano on the faculty, appears as soloist with the Coe Promenade Orchestra Sunday at 4 15 p m in Sinclair auditorium Cedar Rapids. She will sing Mozart and Beethovan arias with pianist Marc Taslitt and guitarist soloist Steve Armstrong. Conductor is Thomas C Slattery. The concert is free.
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Coe College Music
Coe
Sinclair
Miss Lanier
Cleveland Institute of Music
New England Conservatory
Cedar Rapids
Coe Gospel Singers
Coe Opera Workshop
Coe Promenade Orchestra
Marc Taslitt
Vivaldi
Steve Armstrong
Thomas C. Slattery
The
Recording Industries Music Per
Union Support Helps Performance Trust Fund Advance
A performance trust fund was advanced with the cooperation of Local 137 of the American Federation of Musicians, indicating strong labor backing for the initiative.
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Formance Trust Fund
The
American Federation of Musicians
Vinton Voters to Decide Four Year Council Terms
Vinton City Council moved to place a four year staggered term proposal on the upcoming ballot. The meeting also covered a 250000 gallon diesel fuel bid from Sun Oil Co with an optional number two grade fuel. Objectors challenged a mobile home ordinance and action was deferred to April 19. Councilman Charles Johnson was named vice-chairman of the Vinton county regional service agency, which plans an April 24 meeting.
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Vinton
Sun Oil Co
Charles Johnson
Vinton County
Lunokhod 2 Probes Lunar Fault but Blocked by Boulders
The unmanned Lunokhod 2 moon rover is probing a fault in the moon crust but cannot reach the rim because large boulders hinder its path, according to Tass News Agency.
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UPI
Moon
Tass
Gen R R Scott to Speak at Coe AFROTC Banquet
Air Force Brigadier General Robert R. Scott will be the featured speaker at the Coe College AFROTC Dining Out banquet at the Montrose hotel Saturday at 7 15 p m A reception on the Coe campus at 3 30 p m Saturday in Gage union precedes the event.
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Robert R. Scott
Coe College
Montrose Hotel
Gen
Scott
Coe
Gage Union
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Afb
Neb
SAC
Coe Afrotc
Leo L. Nussbaum
Delbert I. Talbott
Woodruff-Lamb
Reserve Officers Assn
David Hay
King Arrested in Birmingham Protest Breakup
Ten years ago Martin Luther King Jr. led a march into downtown Birmingham when police dispersed the protest parade, arresting several participants amid civil rights actions in Alabama.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
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