Freedom Amplified for UCS Agency Boards in Budget Policy
United Community Service board adopts Budgeting Principles giving agencies more leeway to manage funds within total budgets. Key changes allow routine budget transfers and spending within limits while preserving board review for actions with future costs or inter-agency impact. Additional items approve air conditioning for a treatment center, start-up computer accounting costs, and office equipment. a park project and several staff salary adjustments are referred to allocations for action.
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United Community Service Board of Directors
UCS
UCS Board
Crippled Children Treatment
YMCA
Crippled Children’s Society
United Good Neighbors
Public Health Nursing Assn
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Family Service Agency
Ymca and
Avenue NE
Red Cross Offers Free First Aid Course on Northeast Side
The Linn County Red Cross announces a free standard first aid course in northeast Cedar Rapids. Instructor Irwin Nelson will lead five Thursday evening sessions from 7 to 9 pm, starting at Noelridge Park Christian Church. Open to the public 14 and older with no preregistration.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Robert Tow
Linn County Red Cross
Two Elected to Memorial Unit
Keith Churchill of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ernest Rejsa of the American Legion were elected to the Cedar Rapids Memorial commission. Churchill is the current commission chairman and Rejsa will replace Abraham Pilkcer who did not seek reelection. The commission oversees memorial buildings and monuments. Kenneth Barrett was elected permanent chairman and James Johnson permanent secretary. The convention included three delegates from each veterans organization.
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Keith Churchill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ernest Rejsa
American Legion
Cedar Rapids Memorial Commission
Churchill
Rejsa
Abraham Pilkcer
Kenneth Barrett
James Johnson
UCS Committees To Meet This Week
Meetings of three United Community Service committees have been scheduled for the remainder of the week. The Community relations committee meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the UCS office. Subcommittees for Camp Fire Girl will meet Thursday at the UCS office, with Membership at noon and Public relations at 12 30. The Conference of executives is set for noon Friday at the YWCA.
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United Community Service Committees
UCS
YWCA
Ousley Award Day Ends With Surprise at White House
Elmon Ousley of Bellevue Washington was named 1963 National Teacher of the Year and received a tie clasp and framed certificate from President Kennedy. The clasp disappeared during the ceremony and a party member briefly entered the president's washroom before Kennedy escorted her out.
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Washington
Elmon Ousley
Bellevue
Wash
White House
Ousley
Kennedy
Coe Students Sweep Superior Awards In Speech Contests
Virginia Horak, a Coe freshman from Cedar Rapids, won a superior award at the University of Illinois novice tournament in Champaign. She placed third among 64 contestants from four states. In another event, Lyle Jons of Coggan tied for first in the WCTU state oratorical contest in Des Moines.
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Virginia Horak
Coe
Cedar Rapids
University of Illinois
Champaign
Lynn Engdahl
Miss Horak
Lyle ‘Jons
Coggan
WCTU
Des Moines
Want Ads Put Your Message Where Readers Look
Readers scan the classified pages for opportunities and notices. The want ads offer a quick path to buyers, sellers, and job seekers.
Price Retreat for Wheeling Steel
Wheeling Steel, a small regional producer, rescinded some price increases and trimmed others to align with U S Steel. Despite originally posting higher prices, Wheeling lagged behind larger firms like Republic, National, Jones & Laughlin, and Armco, and faced potential underselling and loss of orders.
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New York
Wheeling Steel
U.S. Steel
Wheeling
Republic
National
Jones & Laughlin
Armco
Two Mass Graves of Nazi Victims Found in Poland
WARSAW (UPI) Two mass graves of Nazi victims, estimated in the thousands, were found in Poland according to PAP on Tuesday.
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Warsaw
UPI
Poland
PAP
Live Better in a Home of Your Own
Classified Want Ad 50 invites readers to consider owning a home with practical steps and signals a living-well lifestyle.
Rain Eases Fire Danger Across Northeast
Rain spread from New England to the District of Columbia providing limited relief to weeks of forest and brush fires. Showers wetted central and southern New Jersey with at least .15 inch while New York’s Staten Island received rain, easing tinderbox conditions.
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New York
New England
District of Columbia
New Jersey
Staten Island
Unsafe Car Tires Forbidden in New York
Gov. Rockefeller signed a measure requiring that all vehicles on New York highways carry tires in safe operating condition starting January 1. The motor vehicles commissioner will set tire standards and vehicles with unsafe tires may be removed from the road. Penalties include fines up to $50 and up to 30 days in jail.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Rockefeller
Ben-Zvi Dies. Israel’s President Since 1952
Jerusalem AP report says Izhak Ben-Zvi, 78, Zionist pioneer and Israel’s president since 1952, died Tuesday of stomach cancer that spread to his liver and other organs. He helped build the state with David Ben-Gurion and later served a low profile in office. He lost a son in the 1948 Arab Israeli war and was re-elected to a third five year term last October.
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Jerusalem
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Israel
David Ben- Gurion
Cedar Rapids Look-See Tour Route Set for May 8
The Cedar Rapids Chamber announces the Look-See tour will run May 8 with 596 capacity and two small out of town groups. Buses depart Third Avenue Bridge at 9 20 AM and return at 2 45 PM with walks at Jane Boyd Community House Mt Mercy College and Madison Elementary and lunch at Roosevelt Hotel.
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Chamber
Cedar Rapids
Garrison
Delta
Third Avenue Bridge
Jane Boyd Community House
Mt. Mercy College
Madison Elementary School
Roosevelt Hotel
Gems stolen in Cannes jewelry store robbery
Three masked gunmen robbed a jewelry store in the Hotel Majestic Cannes taking gems valued around $220,000. The same store was robbed of about $170,000 in gems last December.
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Cannes
France
UPI
Hotel Majestic
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Hiawatha
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8Th Ave
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