Reapportionment of District Faces Area Ten Board Members
Area Ten Community college board members agree to reapportion the seven county district by 1970 end as census looms. They note malapportioned districts and consider crossing county lines to equalize population while contending with budget gaps for 15 area schools.
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Area Ten
Area Ten Community College
Iowa
Hawkeye Plaza
B. A. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Area Board
Ballantyne
Area Ten Board
Board to Visitors Welcome but Keep Clothes On
A class of public education students visited the college board of directors meeting as observers. Board President B. A. Jensen welcomed them and praised their interest in board affairs. Paul Wolfe of Iowa City added a joke urging attendees to keep their clothes on in light of recent disrobing incidents at Cornell and Grinnell colleges.
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Shades
Grinnell
Mt. Vernon
Area Ten Community College
College Board of Directors
B. A. Jensen
Paul Wolfe
Iowa City
Jensen
Wolfe
Cornell
Cedar Rapids Needs 540 Low Rent Elderly Housing Units
A Magid Associates survey shows Cedar Rapids would fill 540 elderly housing units today. The Cedar Rapids mayor's commission on low rent housing for the elderly has secured 202 Hawthorne Hills units, with 152 for seniors and 50 for low income families, while noting 5,200 of 13,300 elderly residents are impoverished.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank N. Magid
Shosteck
Nine to Five housing study maps elderly needs in Oak Hill
A Magid Associates survey for Oak Hill’s mayor’s commission details 540 total low rent units and 118 elderly households facing displacement from urban renewal. It finds 57 percent of seniors rate health as good, 30 percent fair, 13 percent poor, and 50 housing units needed as renewal progresses. Roughly 250 elderly may need food assistance. First Hawthorne Hills occupants expected by mid May or early June. Hoegen resigns as chair but stays on non profit board. calls for reconstituting the commission to address housing needs.
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Hawthorne Hills
Hoegen
Frank Bush
Build America
Oak Hill
Bush
Galen Bellile
Magid Associates
Senator Seeks Hearing Over $32.34 Northwestern Bell Bill
Iowa Republican leader Senator Robert Rigler urged the Iowa commerce commission to solicit comments on telephone rates after criticizing a $32.34 charge from Northwestern Bell. He called installation and trip charges excessive and urged a public hearing to determine if new legislation is needed to protect the public.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Commerce Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
E. B. Storey
Commission
Senate Commerce Committee
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Senate
Rigler
Juveniles Accused of Stealing Auto in Cedar Rapids
Two 15-year-old Cedar Rapids boys were arrested Thursday night five minutes after allegedly stealing a car from Marilyn Kelly at 1500 Fourth Avenue SE. The car was taken from a lot at 400 Fourth Avenue SE and found in the 3700 block of Sixth Street SW. Both juveniles were held in the city jail Friday pending juvenile court action and were listed as runaways.
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Cedar Rapids
Marilyn Kelly
Fourth Avenue SE
Sixth Street
Reiner to Face Minnesota Fats on KCRG TV
Carl Reiner challenges Minnesota Fats in a celebrity billiards match airing Saturday afternoon at 2 00 on KCRG TV Channel 9. The event headlines a TV sports segment featuring famed entertainers competing in a pool showdown.
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Carl Reiner
Minnesota
Kcrg-Tv
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