Permissive Legislation Failing To Stimulate Alcoholic Treatment Aid
Iowa cities show slow adoption of funding for alcoholism programs even after permissive legislation. Des Moines leads with $290,000 of its liquor fund rebate to a detox center. Cedar Rapids and others lag. The Cedar Rapids Citizens Committee seeks local funding, while regional plans and a half way house expand treatment and rehabilitation efforts amid budget debates.
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North Central Alcoholism ‘Research Foundation
McCarthy Rally Draws 2000 In Cedar Rapids
A youthful crowd of over 2,000 helped fund Senator McCarthy’s presidential bid at a Cedar Rapids rally billed as the largest fund raising event. Allen Funt hosted Candid Camera clips while John Denver and Fred Gwynne performed. Donations topped 100 dollars for posters and tickets, with Linn County organizers noting a 4800 dollar New York broadcast cost.
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Northeast Missouri State College Grad McNiel Receives MA
Robert C. McNiel of 1600 Daniels Street NE received a Master of Arts degree on August 15 from Northeast Missouri State College in Kirksville.
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Northeast Missouri State’ College
Kirksville
Prison Inmate Bernard Doerflien Loses Habeas Bid
Bernard Doerflien, an inmate at the state penitentiary, had his habeas corpus petition denied in Cedar Rapids federal court. He challenged a speedy trial claim in Linn County district court for an aggravated robbery case from 1957. He was convicted of robbing Family Finance Co. in Cedar Rapids and given 25 years. Judge Edward McManus ruled the state courts fairly resolved the matter.
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Cedar Rapids
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Black Hawk County
Family Finance Co
Thunderbird Lounge Break-In Reported Thief Steals Cash
Police say between 800 and 1000 dollars were taken in a break-in at the Thunderbird Lounge between 2 30 and 8 30 am Thursday. The loss was not found until late in the afternoon. The cash was taken from a locked basement cupboard with seven visible signs of forced entry observed by detectives.
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Two Fined After Tama Accident
Two men pleaded guilty after a crash 10 miles southwest of Tama on a county road. Garnet D. Potts and William R. Wanatee faced intoxication charges with fines and jail terms. Potts elected jail until fines paid. Raphael Frimml injured in the rear collision. Tim Driscoll investigated.
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Photographer George W. Black Dies at 54 in St Louis
University of Iowa photographer George W. Black, a 15 year faculty member and charter Iowa Press Photographers Assn. member, died of an apparent heart attack while vacationing in St Louis. He joined UI staff in 1953 after earlier work at Iowa City Press Citizen Waterloo Courier and Montezuma Republican. Born in Durant he was a 1950 UI graduate and WWII veteran with a Distinguished Flying Cross. Survivors include his widow and two children.
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Ray urges Iowa to leave auto business and privatize leasing
Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert D. Ray argues Iowa should allow 10 cent per mile reimbursements for state employees using their own cars and lease the rest from private firms to cut the cost and abuse of the state car system. He says a state motor pool study may not fix the problem.
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Robert D. Ray
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Zwingle Driver Killed in Head-On Collision
Ronald Veach 22 of Zwingle died in a two vehicle crash on Highway 20 near Farley when his car struck a semi driven by Lewis Paul 60 of Laurel. Paul escaped injury.
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Ronald Veach
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Laurel
Bright on the move KCRG Radio signs on
KCRG Radio 1600 airs bright music all day long from sign on to sign off designed for listeners on the go. The station markets itself as music for people in motion and aims to keep traffic and travel time lively with upbeat tracks.
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KCRG
RADIO-1600
McCarthy vows platform fight for Viet coalition government
Democratic Senate candidate Eugene McCarthy pledges a peace plank calling for a Saigon coalition government that includes the NLF. He argues a new Saigon government could lead to troop and aid reductions while urging proportional representation at the convention and criticizing Johnson administration policy on Vietnam.
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Saigon
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National Liberation Front
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Services Saturday for Charles Marshall 65 Crescent Printing Co owner
Charles Marshall 65 owner of Crescent Printing Co died Thursday after a long illness in a Anamosa hospital. Born November 29 1902 in Wyoming he led the firm started by his father and served in World War II. He was married to Myrtle Garson and survived by wife a son a daughter a stepdaughter eight grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Services Saturday at 1 30 p m with military rites at the grave at Hayden funeral home.
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Ellen Marshall
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