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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1969
Page
12
Hawthorne Hills dedicates 202 low rent apartments marking a new housing milestone. Officials announced the project during a ceremony attended by city leaders and residents, highlighting affordable housing progress in the neighborhood.
The Cedar Rapids project Hawthorne Hills delivers 202 rental units for low income seniors with rents from 10 to 40 dollars monthly plus utilities. Construction began last October under Kinderknecht Construction Co Cedar Rapids with consultant Robert Wickman of Omaha. Average new home prices rose to 35000 and used homes to 28000 while conventional mortgage rates climbed to 7.75 and 7.78 percent. Federal rent supplements will aid qualifying residents as occupancy progresses toward an August date.
The June 1968 report shows an increase in mortgage rates from 7.03 percent to above, with used homes rising from 7.12 to 7.78 percent over the year, indicating broader upward pressure in the housing finance market.
AP reports that the Government Accounting Office accuses Goodrich of falsifying brake test data used on A-7D attack planes. Sen. Proxmire calls the deviations a grave risk to life amid questions on government quality controls in defense contracts. In April Goodrich won a 90246 dollar contract to build 267 brake assemblies at its Troy Ohio plant, subcontracted from Ling-Temco-Vought.
MANCHESTER Willard Cowan 20 of Rockford was charged with improper passing and failure to yield after a two car crash on highway 20 west of Coffins Grove park. Cowan’s wife Brenda hospitalized with facial cuts. Hempsteadt’s children Cindy and Mike treated and released.
UPI report states U S command will stop releasing names of offensive operations in Vietnam. Officials say the move aims to reduce public focus on ongoing fighting while Paris talks center on de-escalation. Briefings will still report contacts with enemy, without naming the operation.
David Munson 28 of Williamsburg and his daughter Sheila 6 were injured in a bicycle fall Sunday around 10 p.m. Munson remained in good condition at the hospital with head and leg injuries. Sheila was treated and released.
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