Rights Unit sees surge in Cedar Rapids complaints in 1971
The Cedar Rapids human rights commission reports 45 formal complaints in the first seven months of 1971, surpassing all of 1970's 38. Employment and housing lead, with sex discrimination rising sharply. Commission staff cite greater public awareness and outreach as key factors while noting ongoing investigations and conciliation in many cases.
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The
Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission
Commission
Ralph Coty
Mary Lincoln Home Moved to Waveland Museum
The state bought the Mary Todd Lincoln home in Lexington for 12000 dollars. It will be dismantled brick by brick, numbered, and moved to Waveland state museum near Lexington for reconstruction.
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Mary Lincoln
Waveland
Frankfort
Mary Todd Lincoln
Lexington
Otting Named UCS Division Four Chairman in Cedar Rapids
Dennis B. Otting of 5900 First Avenue NW was named chairman of UCS fund drive small business unit four. Otting, vice-president and mortgage division manager at Mor America Financial Corp in Cedar Rapids, will lead UCS campaigns across about 700 small firms in northeast and west Cedar Rapids. He is a St Ambrose College graduate and active Mortgage Banking Association member. He attends St Jude’s Catholic church.
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Dennis B. Otting
First Avenue NW
United Community Services
UCS
Otting
Mor America Financial Corp
Cedar Rapids
St. Ambrose College
Mortgage Banking Assn
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Undersea Peak Taller Than Whitney Found north of Rarotonga
Scientists aboard the Soviet research vessel Dmitry Mendeleyev report an undersea mountain rising about 14 760 feet above the equatorial Pacific floor north of the Rarotonga atoll. The peak surpasses California's Mt. Whitney by about 260 feet.
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Whitney Moscow
Dmitry Mendeleyev
Pacific Ocean
Rarotonga Atoll
Tass
California
Mt. Whitney
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Aileen
Joe
Green
Berry
Armstrong Girls' Store
Donmoor
Billy the Kid
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