Ten-Year Growth Shown in Cedar Rapids Chamber Report
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce research shows 1964 to 1974 growth across population households and income. Population rose 16 percent to 118 500. households up 20 percent. families increased from 33 000 to 39 500. incomes over 10 000 rose from 23.2 percent to 57.2 percent. per household income climbed from 90017 to 13399. per capita income from 2883 to 4570. disposable income up 75 percent to 529.2 million. manufacturing wages and employment rose. unemployment up to 2.7 percent. utility and energy use surged. retail and export sales expanded. new families moving in rose from 1 433 to 2 270.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Cedar Rapids
Hard Luck Joe Fails To Tie Bridge Contract
In a bridge hand, Hard Luck Joe won the club lead and played trumps with a failing plan. After East discarded a spade, Joe claimed no break and later failed to gain the full potential when a misfired sequence left him with 100 points for the opponents.
Play by Play Commentary and Dean's List Honor
North on the second club Joe should have led nine of trumps to dummy's jack. West would have played singleton ten giving Joe an extra entry to dummy. A sequence of club ruffs and trumps leads follows with dummy's cards and spades. Thomas Blomme of Ladora an elementary education major at Iowa State University named to the dean's list for winter quarter with a 3.5 GPA or better.
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Joe
West
Dummy
Ladora
Thomas Blomme
Iowa State University
Magistrate Hears Two Linn Cases
Richard Weaver of 388 Eighteenth Street SE waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a possession of a controlled substance charge. John Schmitt of 701 Tama Street Marion pled guilty to an amended speeding charge and paid a $100 fine plus costs after a drunk driving arrest on April 12.
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Richard Weaver
Eighteenth Street
John Schmitt
Tama Street
Marion
Bridge bidding puzzle with two clubs over Pass
The auction starts 30 West North East South to Pass INT. Pass You, South, hold KQ985 YA2 K4 A987. With a weak hand you might bid two clubs hoping partner bids again. If partner responds two spades after your two club bid, what is the correct next move.
Iowa City Man Arrested for Robbery in Cedar Rapids
Willie Love 21 of Iowa City was charged with robbery with aggravation after turning himself in Tuesday. He allegedly robbed Patty Maddox at gunpoint Sunday in a friend's home at 1049 Fifth Avenue SE, taking 70 dollars with a shotgun-wielding accomplice still at large. Bond set at 50,000. he is in county jail.
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Willie Love
Iowa City
Love
Patty Maddox
Fifth Avenue SE
Chandler to receive national journalism award at KU
Otis Chandler publisher of the Los Angeles Times is named the 1975 National Award for Journalistic Merit recipient by the William Allen White Foundation at the University of Kansas.
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Lawrence, Kan
UPI
Otis Chandler
The
Los Angeles Times
William Allen White
University of Kansas
UN Tour Group Returns to Cedar Rapids Thursday
Thirty four Linn county high school students and four adult chaperons will return to Cedar Rapids Thursday after a six day bus tour to New York. They left Saturday with students from Jefferson La Salle Kennedy and Regis high schools in Cedar Rapids and Alburnett Center Point Central City and Marion. In New York they attended seminars led by U N delegates and saw a Broadway play. The Cedar Rapids area chapter of the United Nations Assn sponsors the trip with partial funding from the UNA House Tour.
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Linn County High School
Cedar Rapids
New York
Rosevelt Royale Hotel
Kcrg Radio
Jefferson
la Salle
Kennedy and Regis
Alburnett
Center Point
Central City
Marion
U.N
Cedar Rapids Area
United Nations Assn
UNA House
Merit Scholars Named From Iowa High Schools
Four Eastern Iowa seniors earned National Merit four year college sponsored scholarships in the 20th annual competition. Sponsored colleges Coe Grinnell and Luther plus the University of Chicago and Cornell College award renewables up to four years. Recipients include Denise Gray Elkader Jon F Feller Marion Lucy Gamon Washington and Eric Rexstad Wyoming.
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Eastern Iowa
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Iowa
Coe
Grinnell
Luther Colleges
Elkader
Denise S. Gray
Central Community High School
Luther College
Marion
Jon F. Feller
Route One
Kennedy High School
University of Chicago
Washington
Lucy J. Gamon
Washington High School
Cornell College
Wyoming
Eric A. Rexstad
Midland
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Onup
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