Native Sons Find Jobs Scarce at Native Son Fair
Cedar Rapids and Eastern Town college seniors attend Operation Native Son to hear that this year’s jobs market is tight. Only 14 firms plus Cedar Rapids Community School District and city hall actively seek graduates, while laid off workers also attend. Speakers warn the outlook is poor but attendees stay hopeful about future opportunities.
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Cedar Rapids
Eastern Town College
Operation Native Son
Native Son
Chamber of Commerce Personnel Managers Committee
Iowa
University of Iowa
Lynn Waite
Waite
Twenty-seventh Street
Marion
Collins Radio Co
Iowa Manufacturing
Haulers oppose Cedar Rapids landfill dumping fees
Six commercial rubbish haulers told the Cedar Rapids city council they oppose a proposed landfill fee system based on vehicle weight. They urged scales at the dump and questioned the estimated $158,000 yearly revenue, arguing actual income would be higher and costs would be passed to consumers.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Spores
Spores
Donald Canney
Iowa
Society of American Value Engineers
American Institute of Industrial Engineers
Canney
Marion
Dubuque
Des
Hitchhiker Steals Credit Cards After Wallet Robbery
David Kessler reports he was robbed of his wallet by a hitchhiker on Sixth Street SW. The man demanded the wallet with a knife after a cigarette request, took credit cards and ID, and fled near Hawkeye Downs. Kessler is 29 from 5523 J Street SW and described the suspect as 20 to 22 years old, six feet tall, about 200 pounds, with blond shoulder length hair.
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David Kessler
J Street
Sixth Street
Kessler
Hawkeye Downs
Police urge destroying old license plates after new issue
Police warn residents to render old plates unusable after buying new plates. Asst. Police Chief Gareth Clift says cut plates into two or more pieces and avoid conspicuous disposal to prevent criminals from swapping them for their own during crimes. Old plates valid until March 1, 1971.
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Asst
Gareth Clift
Clift
Perry Harris Bound Over On Robbery Charge
Perry Harris aged 23 of 901 Fifth Street SE was bound over to the grand jury on a robbery with aggravation count after a municipal court preliminary hearing Tuesday. The alleged victim, Edwin Hart of Viola, reported an accident on December 18 at Twelfth Avenue and Seventh Street SE, where a car struck his vehicle and he was assaulted during the encounter. Hart’s wallet was taken and later recovered.
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Perry Harris
Fifth Street SE
Grand Jury
Edwin Hart
Viola
Hart
Twelfth Avenue
Seventh Street SE
Grand Jur y Bound Over In Rape Case At Laundromat
William A. Jordan 19 of Alburnett was bound over to the grand jury after a Monday preliminary hearing in municipal court on a rape charge. He is accused in a Nov 3 incident with a 32 year old Cedar Rapids woman at a Northeast side laundromat.
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William A. Jordan
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
Two Arraigned Demand Preliminary Hearings In Iowa City
Louise Gibbs 54 of 4325 Center Point road NE faces false pretenses charges for allegedly taking 16.48 from Younkers on Sept 29 her May 6 hearing at 3 p.m. Ronald Keefer 38 of 609 Third Avenue SW charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor his May 7 hearing at 2 p.m. involves encouraging a Cedar Rapids girl under 18 to commit delinquent acts on Nov 21.
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Louise Gibbs
Center Point Road
Younkers Department Store
Ronald Keefer
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Administrative Costs and NDP Operation Criticized
Cedar Rapids residents sparred over the Neighborhood Development Program NDP second action year proposals at a public hearing. Taxicab driver William Wells attacked the $267000 budget while B T Howell urged wider citizen involvement and faulted project communications and local conditions. The council approved four resolutions to file NDP plans and grant requests.
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Cedar Rapids’ Neighborhood Development Program
NDP
Oak Hill
Riverside
William Wells
B. T. Howell
Wells
Carl Landino
Howell
Donald Canney
Mt. Vernon Road
Fire damages Strand theater in Creston with roof collapse
A Creston AP report describes major roof damage and a damaged corner at the Strand theater in downtown Creston following an early morning fire. Firefighters said substantial smoke and water damage occurred.
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Creston
Strand Theater
4-H Club Seeks Cedar Rapids Bicycle Paths
The Handi-Helpers 4-H club asks Cedar Rapids city council to create official bicycle paths, citing a New York City program as a model. The club sent a letter with a magazine article praising bike routes as safer and cleaner, arguing cycling benefits air quality.
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New York City
Cedar Rapids
Handi-Helpers 4-H
Snowplow Hit by Jet in Fog Fatality in Turin
An Ali talia jetliner struck a snowplow with its right wing as it prepared to depart for Rome in fog, killing the plow driver. The plane halted safely, and all 33 passengers and five crew members remained unharmed.
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Turin
Italy
Alitalia
Rome
Not Protesting Job Award Randall Says Oelwein
Randall of H and R Wrecking Co. says he is protesting the council action to keep his certified bid check while a contract for razing the old city hall was further delayed. He contends the protest is over the hold on his check, not the award to Daniel Borntrager. The Gazette notes an error in a Tuesday story.
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Oelwein
Harry Randall
H and R Wrecking Co
Greeley
Randall
Borntrager
the Gazette
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University of Kansas
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Smee
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Chad Wymer
Iowa Development Commission
Cedar Rapids Area College
Wymer
Town House
Tim Press
A Avenue
Iowa State
Sharon Gallagher
Ninth Avenue
Dave Bender
First Avenue
Jerry Elsen
Fred Filling
Filling
Hazel
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Channel 9
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Yours For
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Landino
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Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
4-H
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Farmers State Bank
Hiawatha
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