Cedar Rapids council weighs surfacing and zoning moves
The Cedar Rapids city council discussed water main upgrades along the Cedar River, stop sign changes at intersections, and zoning changes from R1 to R2 and R4 to B at several sites. It also approved beer permits, construction bills, and waivers while awaiting Iowa Natural Resources Council approval for underground work in flood plain areas.
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Cedar Rapids
E & F Cement
Bank of Asphaltic Concrete Co
Cedar River
Franklin Avenue
Council Street
Ozark’ ‘Street
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Zimmerman
Zimmerman Shaver Road
Pumping Star
Quaker Time. Oats
Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Johnson
West Post
Leonard J. Hayes
Louis Seaton
Marvin
Maxine Sedlacek
O Avenue NW
Bjornsen Construction
Glass Roads
Edward C. Machacek
Sixth Street
Richard
P. Myers
Center Point
Ahroad
Douglas Exey
Twenty-seventh Street
D Avenue
Ninth Street
118 Second Street
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Edgewood Road
D Avenue NW
Ninth
Compromise on Defense Funds Reach in Senate House Panel
A senate house conference committee reached a compromise on the $70 billion defense bill on Wednesday night. The agreement limits the Navy to purchasing high test models of the controversial F-111 jet for $147.9 million. Sen. McClellan of Arkansas touted the victory after a five year probe into Defense Secretary McNamara’s plan for a single new supersonic jet for multi service use, amid McNamara’s initial request of $287 million for 20 more jets and related production items.
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Washington
Senate
McNamara
Navy
Classified Ad Offer to Sell Items by Phone
A short classified notice invites readers to call 369-1234 to discuss buying items. The fragment promises buyers for “you name it” and urges contact for a sale.
Arms Gifts Replace Money in Canton In News
AP reports from Hong Kong that Canton residents ask relatives to send arms instead of money or clothes to protect themselves amid attacks by Mao supporters and opponents looting the southern metropolis. A traveler notes mainland Chinese receive only half of money sent via banks, with the rest paid in installments.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Mao Tse-tung
Your Money's Worth Stock Gambling Cautions
Sylvia Porter warns readers about rampant stock speculation on Wall Street and the risks of glamor stocks. She notes institutional trading, high turnover, and rising margins while urging caution, research, and risk-awareness to avoid harming individual investors and the market overall.
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New York
Wall Street
House of Si Repute
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Shearson Hammill
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Paine ,Webber
Merrill,Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Stock Exchanges
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Tenth Avenue
Weing Road
Glass Road
Donna E. Hamman
Second Avenue
Arista Foods of Iowa, Inc
Williams Boulevard
George K. Haddy
First Avenue
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Hy Vee Food
Thirty Second Street
Mt.Vernon Road
Albert F. Briles
Second Street
Craig E. Seeley
Ellis ‘Boulevard
May’s Drug
Twenty-ninth
Thirty
Petitioner
Midwest Development
Gayle Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Wilmar
Collins Road
Eitel F
Nettie A. Petrusch
Gilbert E
Mary R. Titler
Broderick Industrial Park
UAW
Edward
Cecilia Rehak
Helen Whitney
Donald E. Klein
Charles G. Schmitt
Gordon R. Scott
Iowa Supreme, Penick & Ford, Ltd
Fourth Avenue
Mary Pierrot
Lal
Westinghouse
E&s Electric
By Sylvia Porter
Westclox
Dunbar
Contessa
Branford
Lindale Plaza
Masquerader
Flexsteel
Contemporaria
Zepel
Home Furnishings Town & Country
Nator Lowy
Ually
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