Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive Targets local charity
Four Cedar Rapids Knights of Columbus councils will distribute Tootsie Roll bars Friday through Sunday to raise funds for disabled adults. Last year Cedar Rapids raised 15600. this year aims for 25000 with about 1400 volunteers and 200 collection teams. Ten percent goes to stateOlympics for the retarded. ninety percent stays for Cedar Rapids projects including Discovery Village now seeking site. Donations to Discovery Village may be sent to John Montpas Cedar Rapids.
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Knights of Columbus
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Mathews
Mathews
Discovery Village
Linn County
John Montpas
Dalewood Avenue
Iowa
Volunteers Sought to Aid Pioneer Village Restoration
Seminole Valley Pioneer Village seeks volunteers for research and building restoration at Seminole Valley park. Cedar Rapids Realtors group hears that donations of buildings and furnishings are welcome with tax deduction values. The project aims to recreate an Iowa late 1800s community with church, store, city hall, parsonage, school, and upcoming houses shops hotel and depot.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Correction: City Pedestrian Fatalities Count Higher
Police corrected a Gazette report noting six pedestrian deaths since 1974 along with a total 35 traffic fatalities in the city. The AAA award credited to Cedar Rapids reflected the full safety program rather than a single year.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
AAA
American Automobile Assn
Edsel Club Iowa Chapter Plans Saturday Meeting
The Iowa chapter of the International Edsel Automobile Club will meet at Glen Cocking's home 1204 Washington Drive Marion on Saturday. The gathering begins at noon with a 4 p.m. business meeting. about 80 members are in the group. ON THIS DATE in 1976 Chirac resigned and Barre was named to the post.
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Iowa
International Edsel Automobile Club
Glen Cocking
Washington Drive
Marion
Cocking
Jacques Chirac
Raymond Barre
Parking ramp board to sign Auto-Tote plan Friday
City council schedules Friday morning session to finalize an agreement with Auto-Tote Inc for an automatic revenue system for an 800 car parking ramp beside the civic center on First avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets NE. Delays yesterday centered on lease terms affecting a roughly 250000 dollar bid valid only until Monday.
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Civic Center
First Avenue
Fourth and
Fifth Streets
Auto-Tote, Inc
Hal Schaefer
Street Closure on Ellis Boulevard NW for Sewer Repair
Street Ellis boulevard NW was scheduled to close at 9 a.m. Thursday for sanitary sewer repair between Eighteenth and Twenty-sixth streets. Traffic Engineering said the street would reopen by 3 p.m. and detours would route motorists on Zika Avenue.
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Ellis Boulevard
Zika Avenue
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Seminole Valley
Defense
McNamara
Congress
North Vietnam
For
Virgil
Shirley Happel
Shirley
Kirkwood
Mount Mercy College
Shellsburg
Kirkwood College
Edsel Club
Delaware
Swiss Alps
Lindale Plaza
C.R
First Trust and Savings Bank
First Ave. N.E
Dows ST
Ely
Third ST
FDIC
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