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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
16
The Cedar Rapids Public Library staff explain that converting the second floor to public use would require extensive remodeling, reduce storage and circulation efficiency, add staff costs, and fail to meet 1969 space needs. The auditorium and meeting room would lose regular use, and moving collections across five levels would complicate access.
St Paul voters debate a proposed city surtax to fund police and fire services libraries education and city finances Mayor Thomas Byrne opposed the plan noting it would raise needed funds while residents express mixed support A separate report from Burlingame California mentions a robbery at a movie house for 1500 dollars with two masked gunmen and a quoted local responder about persistence about the surtax effort
Chrysler Corp announces 28 500 workers will be laid off over the holiday period. Production will halt at six plants during the two week ending Dec 28 and four also halt the week ending Dec 22. Plants affected include Detroit Jefferson Lynch Road and Hamtramck plus Belvidere Newark St Louis and Los Angeles. Holiday shutdowns run Dec 24 26 and Dec 31 Jan 2 under union contracts.
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