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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1969
Page
2
Iowa attorney general seeks an injunction in Polk County District Court to stop P. F. Collier Inc. from selling encyclopedias in Iowa and to restore funds alleged to be obtained by illegal selling practices. The suit accuses the company of lacking a secretary of state business permit and using misleading sales tactics.
President Nixon criticized Congress for adding 1.1 billion to the fiscal 1970 budget and pledged to keep total outlays at 192.9 billion. He urged fiscal discipline to curb inflation and protect the poor while acknowledging education, housing, health care, and social program needs. He said Congress should live up to its commitments to financial responsibility.
Virgil A. Henley 29 of 1717 Center Point road NE secured nomination papers for Cedar Rapids mayor becoming the fifth potential candidate. Haynes Hutchinson will not seek the office. Filing deadline is Oct. 7 with a city primary Oct. 21 and general election Nov. 4.
Four hundred laymen and teachers from United Presbyterian and United Church of Christ attend the 1969 Iowa Synod School at Coe College through Saturday. Sessions cover Christian education leadership theology and ethics with evening talks by University of Iowa religion professors and other church leaders.
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College Community School board awarded the milk supply contract for next year after identical bids from Sanitary and Bindler dairies at 6.2 cents per half pint, noting a 0.3 cent saving versus two weeks prior and an estimated $1,500 yearly total. The board also moved to study an asphalt mat for a playground and met in executive session on land needs. Superintendent Bayne urged summer movers to register children promptly as space may be needed if late registration rises.
In Phnom Penh the Cambodian parliament elected Gen. Lon Nol as president forming a new government by a unanimous 72-0 vote. The move does not alter Prince Sihanouk’s status as chief of state.
A 17 year old girl was treated at Mercy hospital with bruises after she and another 17 year old girl leaped from a moving car while walking home from downtown. They said a young man offered a ride near Taylor school and exposed himself. One girl jumped at Fifteenth avenue and Sixth street SW, the other escaped uninjured. Police have a partial description of the man and his car.
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