Cedar Rapids school board audit questioned over hotel bill
A Cedar Rapids Community School District quarterly hotel bill of 928.57 drew criticism from a reader who urged an audit to reveal what the expense covered. Board officials said 488.72 paid for meals at executive meetings, 288.91 for job applicant expenses, and 150.94 for a visiting workshop consultant. The piece questions closed sessions and calls for open meetings as public policy.
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People’s Forum
Cedar Rapids Community
Board of Education
Marra
Board
Roosevelt Hotel
Eminent Domain Study Calls For Law Review And Revisions
The 1989 legislature ordered a committee to study eminent domain laws and report to the 1970 session. The first meeting found the task may be longer than expected as 13 pages of provisions cover government and private utility powers. Protests by farmers over pipelines spurred talks to clarify laws and curb unfair use.
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Highway Commission
Recession Threat Looms As Nixon Rules Tight Money Policy
President Nixon’s economic team insists on a tight money policy to curb inflation, despite warnings of a likely 1970 recession. The Quadriad faces growing realization that inflation may fall far later and at greater cost, with unemployment rising and economic activity slowing into the 1970 election cycle amid disagreement on remedies.
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Ashington
Nixon
San Clemente
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Friedman
Newsweek
Administration
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Martin
Treasury
David Kennedy
Robert Mayo
Paul McCracken
Arthur Burns
Debated School Board Power Plays in Cedar Rapids
Readers critique a Cedar Rapids school board meeting on sex education and governance. Arguments condemn the education bureaucracy, call for classroom focus, and urge electing two new board members to prioritize teachers and students. Additional text discusses Nixon era economic policy and inflation versus recession risks.
Climate dip hits Cedar Rapids missed by weatherman in 1959
The day opened cool with 4 degree readings in Cedar Rapids by afternoon, while other Iowa towns cooled. The piece notes a string of 47 degree days in the state and lists various local events including nursing school graduation at St Luke's, a Beethoven concert preview by Miss Rosanne Kubovec, a 1949 slot-machine raid in Independence, and a surge in polio cases totaling 102 across Iowa. It also references Cedar Rapids social planning for 1949-1950 and a priestly note about Father.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
St Paul's Methodist Church
James Howell
Ford Hospital
Detroit
Louis Blair
St. Luke's
Beethoven
Brahms
Debussy
Rosanne Kubovec
Coe Auditorium
Coe
Kubovec
New York City
State Health Department
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Council of Social Planning
Shirley Bechtel
Cedar Rapids Raiders Rally for 154 Victory Over Decatur
In the Cedar Rapids Gazette a 10 20 30 years ago item notes political figures lovers and a high school student Fred Abdnour gaining US residency after a journey from Mexico and Syria related to his mother and guardians. The Cedar Rapids Raiders defeated Decatur 154 to claim the pennant with a dramatic comeback before 3 300 fans.
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Joseph Kacere
United States Bureau of Immigration
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Fred Abdnour
McKinley
Mexico
Syria
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Decatur
Cedar Rapids
Commies
Sideburns Advice From A Humorous Columnist
A playful New York Times Service piece offers cheeky guidance on growing sideburns. It covers sneaky growth methods, frost lines, the hair gap, and potential fashion pitfalls while warning against turning sideburns into a beard or a hippie look. The tone mixes satire with practical cautions about balance and grooming habits.
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Area Ten
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
the People's Forum
Motorede
Harding
Dr. Marra
Ile
Richard E. McQueen
Sixth Street
Hope Cedar Rapids
State Department of Education
Publishers. Hall Syndicate
Henry Becker
Independence
Buchanan County Court House
Becker
State Hospital
George Clark
America
Rudolph Valentino
Clark Gable
Gary Belisarius
Belisarius
J. Edgar Hoover
Joe Namath
Idaho
Amerca
New York Times Service
Russell
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