Five Point Action Program Aims to Curb Bad Checks
A Cedar Rapids Iowa program outlines five steps to fight bad checks. The Bad Check Task Force formed by the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce after 14 weeks of meetings targets public education, prosecution cooperation with the county attorney, uniform check acceptance, training for clerks, and tighter bank account controls. The effort stresses that most risk comes from ordinary customers, not professional passers, and notes grocery losses from insufficient funds approach half a percent of gross business.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
John Q
John C. Rice
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Retail Grocers Assn
Rural crime rises sharply in 1973 says Prairie Farmer
Prairie Farmer reports rural crime climbed 14.6 percent overall in 1973 with violent crime up 28.9 percent and property crime up 14.4 percent. Youth arrests also surged as under 18 murder arrests jumped 123.5 percent and narcotics offenses rose 56.9 percent. ON THIS DATE 1970 Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as Mexico’s president.
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Chicago
Prairie Farmer Magazine
Prairie Farmer
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Mexico
Trick or Treat for UNICEF Drives Local World Aid
A total of 5800 was collected in the annual Trick or Treat for UNICEF drive held on Oct 27. Over 3000 UNICEF cartons were distributed through 41 churches 6 parochial schools and 20 other groups or agencies in Cedar Rapids Marion and area towns Coggan Linn Grove Mt. Vernon Whittier Hawatha Palo Ely Springville. Co chairpersons were Hazel Siem and Oline Siem under the Cedar Rapids area chapter of the United Nations Assn. Mrs D K Sippy organized the Marion drive. All funds support children worldwide.
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Unicef
Partic
Ipation
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Coggan
Linn Grove
Mt. Vernon
Whittier
Hiawatha
Palo
Ely
Springville
Hazel Siem
Oline Siem
Cedar Rapids Area
United Nations Assn
D.K. Sippy
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