Here's Where City Tax Dollar Goes
A 1963 Cedar Rapids study breaks down a $133.27 city tax allocation into the safety department $43.50, streets and public improvements $33.23, and 11 independent boards sharing $19.74. Accounts and Finance handles $16.67, Gardner gets $11.50 for parks and property, and Mayor Johnson oversees about $8.53 across several operations. Five departments reportedly run without tax funds.
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Arlo Jacot
Parks Com State
Don Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Sun
Recce
Psesees
Maint
Coe i Board of Health
Safety Department
Memorial Airport
Frank Bush
Woody Stolba
Stewart Shank
Gardner
Bob Johnson
Council Agenda Includes Hearing on Zoning and Permits
City council meets at 10 a m Monday with invocation by Rev Jack Hicks of Four Square Gospel church. Agenda includes bills fetision from James Reeder to rezone lots 13 and 14 in Twin Towers addition public hearing on proposed ordinance amending zoning ordinance by authoring city council to issue permits for parking spaces and public hearing on proposed sanitary sewer in Lincolnway Village first and second additions.
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Jack Hicks
Four Square Gospel Church
James
Reeder
Twin Towers Addition
Suerte
Evening college at Coe offers certificates and courses
Coe College outlines evening college options for mature students open to all fields. Certificate programs in business administration, social sciences, and humanities target those not pursuing degrees. Enrollment details, hours, and a February start are provided, with noncredit and auditing options and cooperation with the Advisory Council of Adult Education.
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Larner
Garner
Parsons
Coe
Old Main
Coe Evening College
Advisory Council of Adult Education
Children’s Dental Health Week Observed in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids observes National Children’s Dental Health Week with activities to promote preventive dentistry. Ten dental hygienists visit public and parochial schools, give toothbrushes to needy children, and officials discuss parent education and community water fluoridation. An 18 minute film on KCRG TV aired tonight, and visits to several schools continued through the week.
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Warette
Richard Wylder
Forest Drive
Grant Wood School
Sherry Wylder
Wylder
David Knappe
Herman Knappe
Twendy
Fifth Street
Ann Wilcox
Winfield Wilcox
Upland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Dental Health Week
Cedar Rap
L Ice
Dental Heath
Cedar Rapids Dental Hygienists Assn
Dental
Man=roe
F. D. Codogan
Bruce Fanchel
Robert Maton
Wagner College Choir to Sing in Jefferson High Auditorium
The 63 voice Wagner College Choir of Staten Island N Y will perform at Jefferson high school auditorium Saturday at 8 The Jefferson concert choir sponsors the event with local arrangements by Torrence Carlson of Jefferson The Wagner College Choir directed by Dr Sigvart J K Steen is on a two day twenty six concert tour across eleven states
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Wagner College Choir
Staten Island
N. Y
Jefferson High School
Ian
Jefferson Concert Choir
Torrence,Carlson
Jefferson
Thel
Wagner College
Sigvart J.K Steen
Ghana to supply primary school textbooks nation wide
ACCRA AP The government will provide primary school pupils with textbooks valued at 8.8 million dollars this school year Finance Minister Goka announced in Accra.
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Ghana
Accra
Miniser
Goka
Humane Thing to Do by Bill Moon
Bill Moon argues humane action is needed as overpopulation drives cruelty. He notes about 90 million cats and dogs in the United States and says new animals are entering homes at a staggering rate, far outpacing available good homes.
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Bill Moon
Report Card By Art Winter Fapten school story begins in Cedar Rapids
The junior high planned for northeast Cedar Rapids has not yet been built and already has a telling tale. It highlights cooperation between Cedar Rapids city officials and the Cedar Rapids Community School District from its inception, marking a cooperative start to the project.
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Fapten
Cedar Rapids
Cooperation high in city school district land deals
The Noelridge park school and city pursue joint use plans including recreation, tennis courts, and parking. They have already bought two land parcels to develop jointly, saving taxpayers about 80000 dollars, with further sites west of First Street and north of Mt. Vernon Road SE under consideration for a junior high and athletic facilities.
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Alstreet
Wilperson
Son
Mt. Vernon Road
Lincoln Heights
Sparkie the Parakeet Dies at Age 8 in Bournemouth
Sparkie Williams, famed talking parakeet, died last week at eight. The bird could recite dozens of nursery rhymes, spoke with a Scottish accent, and rose to fame in 1958 after out-talking 3,000 rivals to win a British Broadcasting Coup contest. He traveled widely for radio and television appearances and commercials, earned 82800, and was claimed as the world’s only parakeet to pay income tax.
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Bournemouth
England
UPI
Sparkie’ Williams
Tribesmen Escape Vietnam Guerillas
SAIGON UP I Five Mountain tribesmen captured by communist guerrillas have escaped from Laos and returned to South Vietnam. The refugees, a father and his four children, made their way back to a resettlement area as city officials advocated a cooperative plan to develop a combined school, park, and tennis facilities with the city providing equipment and layout.
Government bodies eye multiple areas for future development
Two government groups are examining two or three potential areas for similar development. The discussion points to possible coordinated efforts and shared goals, with further detail expected as studies progress.
Unwanted Animals Prompt Humane Society Call to Action
The piece questions what happens to unwanted animals noting cruelty from neglect and killing due to overpopulation. It criticizes promiscuous breeding by owners and urges spaying or neutering females during heat unless humane plans exist for offspring.
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Humane Society
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Malco
Paramount Bldo
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Malco Hearing Center
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Communium
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Poland
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Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Radio Frea Europa
Free World
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Dean
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