One Protest as C R Council Approves Its Budget for 1971
Cedar Rapids approves a $19.61 million city budget for 1971 with a 45.551 mill levy. Walter Shadle questions urban renewal tax rolls and property seizures. His son C F Shadle critiques land sales at loss and Midtowne Mall financing delays. Mayor Canney defends renewal aims and tax base growth.
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C.R. Council
Cedar Rapids
Walter Shadle
Shadle
Meadowbrook Drive
C. F. Shadle
Thirty-fifth Street
Second Street
Roosevelt Hotel
Donald Canney
Buchanan OKs 1971 Expenditures of $2.38 Million
Independence Iowa reports the Buchanan county board of supervisors approved the 1971 estimated expenditures at 2,380,411 dollars after a public hearing with no objections. The budget shows a 331,174 dollar increase over 1970 and reflects 1,225,339 dollars expected in county taxes. An emergency fund of 52,250 dollars was added and will move to the general fund later per Auditor Helen McCullon.
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Shank
Trust and Agency
Iowa
Independence
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Buchanan County
Helen McCullon
Registration Orientation Set In C R Schools
Cedar Rapids Community school district schedules new student registration for fall enrollment. Grades 10 11 12 register Aug 18 9 a.m. or Aug 20 1 p.m. Grades 7 8 9 register Aug 19 1 30 p.m. or Aug 21 9 a.m. Orientation for tenth graders Aug 28 9 a.m. at senior high. seventh graders orientation at junior high.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Cedar Rapids
Pollution Symposium Opens in Dubuque
A three day symposium on oil spill and pollution prevention in the upper Mississippi River opened in Dubuque. Sponsored by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee the event cites rising barge traffic as a factor. Keynote speaker was Dr. Lyle St Amant assistant director of the Louisiana Wildlife Fisheries Commission. Theodore Rogowski interior department legal advisor on water quality also spoke.
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Dubuque
Upper Mississippi River
Upper
West Germany and Soviet Union sign mutual peace treaty
Soviet leader Kosygin and West German Chancellor Brandt signed a mutual nonaggression pact in Moscow after eight months of talks. The ceremony, attended by Brezhnev and top Soviet officials, followed a wreath laying at a Soviet WWII memorial.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
West Germany
Brandt
Kosygin
St. Catherine’s Hall
Konrad Adenauer
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Walter Scheel
Andrei Gromyko
Brezhnev
Policeman and painter charged in Burlington break-in
Leroy Hauswirth 38 a Burlington police lieutenant and Duane Burgess 42 a sign painter were jailed on charges of breaking and entering after a year long investigation into Burlington home burglaries. Police recovered some antique guns and Hauswirth faces suspension pending disposition.
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Burlington (Ap
Leroy Hauswirth
Burlington
Duane Burgess
Des Moines
Robert Dunham
Hauswirth
Dunham
City Briefs Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting Tonight
A guest from California will address an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at 115 Fifth Street SE. The item list includes local ads for services and sales such as Scientific Diaper Service and Powder Puff Beauty Salon.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
California
Fifth Street
Sherman NE
Apt
First Presbyterian
Rezoning Plea For Office Gets Final Reading
Cedar Rapids city council gave the third reading to an ordinance changing property from R-2 and R-4 to RT to allow a medical general office building at the 2700 block between First and Second avenues SE. Petitions supported by Dr. Gerald Eganhouse and John Heldt faced opposition from Frank G. Dvorak, 2708 Second avenue SE, who noted 41 signers objected. The council voted 4 to 1 with Mayor Donald Canney voting no while on vacation.
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Cedar Rapids
First
Second Avenues
Gerald Eganhouse
John Heldt
Frank G. Dvorak
Second Avenue
Donald Canney
Canney
Woman Charged In Drunk Driving Incident
Dorthy Elaine Okland, 35, of 1626 Texas avenue NE, was arrested by the highway patrol Tuesday evening and charged with drunk driving. The near head‑on collision occurred on Oakland road NE near Hollywood boulevard at 6 30 p m. She is jailed in Linn county awaiting bond.
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Dorthy
Elaine Okland
Texas Avenue NE
Highway Patrol
Oakland Road
Hollywood Boulevard
Linn County
Motorist Injured In One Car Crash
Joseph G. Moravec twenty two of 1721 Hillside Drive NW suffered a left leg injury in a one car crash at Forty second Street and Pineview Drive NE. His vehicle left the road struck a fire hydrant and light pole. No charges were filed. Moravec treated at Mercy Hospital and released.
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Joseph G. Moravec
Hillside Drive
Forty-second Street
Pineview Drive
Moravec
Mercy Hospital
Prairie School Construction Ahead Of Schedule
The College Community school board learns the Prairie elementary and junior high construction are three to four months ahead, with finishing target moved up to late June 1971. The $2 million project may beat the mid-September to early October deadline.
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Prairie
College Community School Board
Tom Popa
Bowdler’s Expurgated Shakespeare Origin Explored
In 1818 Thomas Bowdler published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare, giving rise to the verb bowdlerize meaning to censor or sanitize a text. The term reflects Bowdler's intention to remove content deemed inappropriate.
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Thomas Bowdler
Shakespeare
Bowdlerize
Cigarette Heist Hits Merchants Cash and Carry
Detectives report an overnight burglary at 928 Second Street SE where 900 to 1,000 cartons of cigarets were stolen. The cigarets were valued at $3.13 per carton. Merchants Cash and Carry is a Nash Finch, Inc. division.
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Merchants Cash and Carry
Second Street SE
Nash Finch, Inc
Cedar Rapids Men Take Second in Bridge Tourney
Two Cedar Rapids residents, Royce McCray and John Butcher, finished second overall in the 42nd summer national tournament of the American Contract Bridge League in Boston. The pair also posted the highest point total in their section of the event.
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Cedar Rapids
Boston
Royce McCray
Wilder Drive
John Butcher
D Avenue NW
FASTER Denture Adhesive Ad Claims Firmer Teeth
Advertisement for FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder promising dentures hold firmer longer. Claims easy use no acid non gummy taste and improved eating comfort with regular dental visits and availability at drug counters.
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Stewart Shank
Devel
Bjornsen Enterprises
Buchanan
C.R
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Bass
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2Nd Street
Madelines
3Rd St. SE
Berger Furrier
Marion
Adv
Dubuque and
Galena
Travel & Transport
Peg
Jerome
William Cotton
Human Rights Commission
Bishop’s
Cedar Rapids Cardinals
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Cedar Rapid
DuPont Zepel
Lindale Plaza
Sun Oil Co
Bindler’s Dairy
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Zeb’s Oil Company
White Sale
Fieldcrest
Tifton
Mercedes
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