Cedar Rapids Names 22 Parks Commissioner Applicants
The Cedar Rapids city council screened 22 qualified applicants for the parks commissioner post after trimming six nonresidents from an initial 26. Candidates include Jack Stone and Swede Halvorson among others. the chosen appointee must run for election next November. Current parks commissioner Donald Gardner plans to resign in spring for a National Recreation and Parks Association role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bush
Jack Stone
Teresa Drive
Collins Radio Co
M. A
Cole) McMartin
Crescent Street
John A. Bailey
Avenue
Donald K. Gardner
The
National Recreation and Parks Assn
Hampton Pact With RTA Not Renewed For Cedar Rapids Bus
The Regional Transit Authority informs Howard Hampton his contract to operate Cedar Rapids municipal buses will not be renewed after March 23. Ray Bagley will take over. Hampton is 61 and runs Charter Coaches. The RTA will study whether to lease the system to a private operator or place it under city management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Howard Hampton
Cedar Rapids
Hampton
Ray Bagley
Charter Coaches, Inc
Cedar Rapids Men Charged with Assault in Separate Incidents
Two Cedar Rapids men were arrested on warrants for assault and battery after accusations from two men and a woman. Lorenzo Perez 41 of Sev enth avenue SE is charged over an alleged Feb. 3 door kicking and beating at a residence. Robert F. Willits 40 of the Allison hotel faces charges from a Feb. 4 attack at his former wife’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Lorenzo Perez
Seventh Avenue SE
Corey Perez
First Avenue
Perez
Robert F. Willits
Allison Hotel
Carl J. Espe
Twenty-first Avenue
Willits
Fifth Avenue
Youth Arrested Inside Sanford's in Cedar Rapids
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids boy was caught inside Sanford's at 215 Third Avenue SE on Wednesday evening. He faced a breaking and entering charge as police said he broke a third floor window and hid behind boxes. It was his fifth Sanford's break in and he had been sniffing glue while on parole from Eldora’s boys' training school since December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sanford’s
Third Avenue SE
Youth Bureau
Eldora
White House Restores $10 Million to College Outlays
The White House said on Wednesday an immediate ten million dollar increase in outlays to colleges and universities by the National Science Foundation would erase Johnson era cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
National Science Foundation
Johnson
Iowa private colleges seek state tuition grants to ease costs
Dr. Paul Sharp of Drake University told Iowa lawmakers that a $3 million annual tuition grant could relieve enrollment pressure on state universities and help private colleges maintain quality. The proposal would fund students directly, not buildings, and aims to expand space for graduates while noting rising costs and stagnant private gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Paul Sharp
Drake University
House
Senate
Elwin Farwell
Luther College
Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission
Sharp
Iowa Assn
Robert Ray
Farwell
State Coordinating Council For
Gaylord Couchman
State Association
Plan for Intergovernmental Relations Agency for Agnew
The Nixon administration plans a new Office of Intergovernmental Relations to aid Vice-president Spiro Agnew as liaison with state and local officials. A full professional staff is expected, with the White House stating the agency is in the planning stage and offering few details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon Administration
Agnew
Office of Intergovernmental Relations
White House
Columnists and bylines list featured in today’s paper
A compilation of names across sections including Reston Harris Lowry Lyons Muir Ahern Bombeck Bombeck and others. The page notes various columnists with page references and survey context for public figures and entertainment pieces.
Sinatra Jr. manager accused in credit card fraud scheme
New York AP Tina Barzie, manager of Singer Frank Sinatra Jr., was accused by a federal grand jury of conspiring to use stolen credit cards to buy airline tickets for Sinatra's troupe. Federal officials said Sinatra had been unaware of the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tina Barzie
Frank Sinatra, Jr
Sinatra
Symphony To Release Its Director In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Assn. voted not to renew the contract of full time musical director Henry Denecke after June 1970. Denecke has led the orchestra for 16 years as board officials plan managerial changes and a five year expansion plan to involve a new conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Assn
Henry Denecke
Symphony
Denecke
Symphony Board
Vern Hudek
Orchestra Assn
Hudek
Father and seven Burnett children die in farm house fire
James Burnett 38 and his seven children perished Thursday when a fire leveled their Bath New York farm home. The mother, injured, was recovering from surgery in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
N.Y
James Burnett
Mushroom as Indiana State Fungus Proposal
Indiana lawmakers consider a resolution to designate the mushroom as the official state fungus. The measure was introduced in the House on Wednesday amid discussions of state symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
House
Woman Seeks Tax Withholding Over Vietnam War in Federal Suit
Amelia W. Veron of Dubuque files in federal court to stop IRS collection of part of her 1967 income tax. She cites the Constitution and argues congress has not declared war. she withheld that portion as protest against the Vietnam war. The suit notes the Tonkin Resolution cited by the executive branch as authority for U.S. involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Internal Revenue Service
Amelia W. Veron
Congress
Vietnam
Executive Branch
Tonkin
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jess W. Martin
Thirtieth Street
Martin Roofing Co
C. J. Vanourney
Shasta Drive
the Gazette
Harold J. Kokoska
K Street
James C. Peacock
Wilson Avenue
Richard L. Hartman
Third Avenue
Empro, Inc
A. Talman Hanson
Oakland Road
Lift Products, Inc
Lou Keller
Fireproof Safe Co
Richard L. Phillips
Twenty-first Street
City Engineering
Justein F
Jeff) Cook
Keith Drive
City Recreation Commission
Keith R. Johnson
A Avenue
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Ralph Mikesell
Eighteenth Street
Clifford L. Williams
Farmland Industries, Inc
Vaude A. Fellwock
Sixteenth Avenue
Stewart R. Clapp
Second Avenue
David J. Stone
Edgewood Road NW
Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Neil J. Weyland
Park Avenue SE
McGrath Pontiac, Inc
C.R
Bankamericard
A&h Appliance
Barnett Appliance Co., Inc
Neil’s Appliance
16Th Avenue
House of
Josef
May’s
Town & Country
Sharon
Albert's Cleaners
Duchess Cleaners
First National Bank
Marion
Sanford
Air
By Frank Nye
Murray C. Lawson
Mason City
Leibsohn’s
Editorial
Cynthia Lowry
Leonard Lyons
Florabel Muir
Cep Ids Oes Peete Een Eeee
Elinor Ahern
Abby van Buren
Suzy Knickerbocker
Erma Bombeck
Nancy Gilbert
the Jacobys
Sam Shulsky
Gas Schrader
Jack Ogden
Don Walton
Bob Sullivan
Luce & Sullivan
Magnavox
Alves
Own
Amners
St. SE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!