Marion Considers Planner Position For City Growth
Marion council weighing contract with Herman Thompson to provide city planning services and oversee the comprehensive plan. Proposal sets 600 monthly fee, 30 day termination, and monthly activity reports to the city manager. Regional Planning Commission budget discussed as part of 1969 spending, with Marion’s share about 3405 dollars.
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Marion
Herman Thompson
Thompson
Don Weih
Council
Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of Adjustment
Regional Planning Commission
Weih
Lee Schoon
Ralph R. Mills
Schoon
Marion Homebuilders Assn
Charles Mullens
Weich
Cedar Rapids
Marion and Linn County to adopt similar building code
Marion and Linn County plan a shared building code. Council held an executive session that evening to discuss personnel and land acquisitions. The Marion mission meets tonight at 7 30 in City Hall. Mrs James L Benson died Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital with Murdoch funeral home handling arrangements.
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Granger
Alfred C. Granger
Murdoch Chapel
Lloyd C. Kellams
Oak Shade
First United ‘Methodist Church Building Fund
Marion Woman’s Club
Marion
Linn
P-Z
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Benson
James L. Benson
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
Murdoch Funeral Home
Stranded Cadets Help Hospital Near New Rochelle
Two busloads of West Point cadets, 85 strong and from the glee club, were stranded by a snowstorm and housed at a New Rochelle hospital. They repaid the hospitality by helping in the cafe, waiting tables, washing dishes, and assisting staff as snowdrifts blocked workers from reaching the hospital.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
West Point
New Rochelle Hospital
Military Academy
Long Island
Student Returns Medal To Prince In Protest
Philosophy student Julian Collier of Leeds University returned the Prince Philip Medal he earned for lifesaving and completing a 50 mile hike to protest a recent comment by Prince Philip about student rebels. He said the award remains his to return and linked it to his participation in a Leeds University protest.
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Leeds
England
Julian Collier
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Leeds University
Collier
Philip
Danger Lessons for Troubled Freighter Exminster
New York AP report says freighter Exminster, struck by heavy Atlantic storm, took on four feet of water an hour in engine room. Coast guard dropped two pumps and cutter Sherman passed two aboard, stopping leakage. vessel out of immediate danger.
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New York
Exminster
Coast Guard
Sherman
Questioning of Area 10 Staff By State Units
Iowa area vocational schools and community colleges faced a joint committee probing program evaluations. Five officials from Area Ten plus board members answered questions on goals during a one hour session as inspectors reviewed statewide district evaluations begun last year.
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Area 10
Des Moines
Area Ten
Board of Regents
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Regents
State Board of Public Instruction
Shelby Ballantyne
Frank Malone
Ralph Wahrer
Vernon Pickett
B. A. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
James Sauter
Paul Wolfe
Max Lewis
John Gerber
Ballantyne
Nearing Limit On Viet Sacrifices
W Averell Harriman warns the time is coming when the United States may no longer have the right to ask American boys to die in Vietnam. He suggests after possible mutual withdrawal with North Vietnam the U S should assume a supporting role and allow South Vietnam to shape its own government. Harriman notes South Vietnam may resist large troop withdrawals over fear of a Communist takeover.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Vietnam
North Vietnam
U. S
Harriman
Paris
U.S
The
Women’s National Press Club
Purse Taken No Money In It By Youths On Ninth Street SE
Shorl Evans of 1044 Tenth avenue SE reports her purse was snatched Monday night by two black youths in their late teens in the 900 block of Ninth street SE. She said there was no money in the purse and most contents spilled during the grab.
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Shorl Evans
Tenth Avenue SE
Ninth Street SE
Cedar Rapids Airport Eyes In-House Parking System
The Cedar Rapids airport commission tentatively will run its own controlled parking, starting around May 1 with free Sunday viewing access. They weighed APCOA's concession offer against a management model, considering annual gross receipts around 60 thousand dollars and wage costs near 2.5 thousand monthly, while Per Mar proposed managing the lot. The panel also will review sign conformity after advertiser complaints about Roosevelt hotel signage at the airport.
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Cedar Rapids Airport Commission
Per Mar Security and Research Corp
Davenport
Roy Jameson
Central City youth injured in crash near Linn Delaware line
James Howe, 18, of Central City, was in fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids after his car left Highway 13 near the Linn Delaware county line and struck a ditch while he slept at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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The
Gazette
Central City
James Howe
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Highway 13
Linn
Delaware County Line
Credit Unions of Three Industries Elect Officers
Cedar Rapids firms Goss Co Century Engineering and Weyerhauser elected new officers for the coming year. Goss Employes Credit Union named Frank Lippert president Gary England vice president Benedict Hoefler treasurer and Albert Sindelar secretary Michael Hinton joined the board. Century Employer Credit Union chose Earl Hood president Edward Henderson vice president Charles Chulupsky secretary treasurer Ronald Oldaker joined the board. Weyerhauser Employes Credit Union elected Leonard Lanton president John Burke vice president John Bowers secretary treasurer and two new directors Garland Alf and Lyburn Dudley.
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Cedar Rapids
Goss Co
Century Engineering
Weyerhauser
Frank Lippert
Goss Employes Credit Union
Gary England
Benedict Hoeffler
Albert Sindelar
Michael Hinton
Earl Hood
Century Employer Credit Union
Edward Henderson
Charles Chulupsky
Ronald Oldaker
Weyerhauser Employes Credit Union
Leonard Lanton
John Burke
John Bowers
Garland Alf
Lyburn Dudley
Closed Circuit at Coe for Speech By Newscaster
A closed-circuit broadcast of Harry Reasoner’s speech at Coe College is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Daehler-Kitchin auditorium due to a sell-out Sinclair auditorium appearance. Tickets at Daehler-Kitchin start 7 p.m. at half price, one dollar.
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Harry Reasoner
Coe College
Daehler-Kitchin
Coe
Reasoner
Sinclair
Sinclair Auditorium
Two Injured in C R Collisions
Two people were treated at Mercy hospital for minor injuries from separate traffic crashes Monday. Donald R. Landers of 410% Second Street SW received a chin laceration after hitting a light pole on Ninth Street SW. Willard J. Valenta of 300 Owen Street NW was charged with failure to yield at a stop intersection after striking Mary E. Kalina’s vehicle at Wiley Boulevard and Sixteenth Avenue SW. Kalina’s passenger Raymond Hugenel, 17, of 5230 Harriet Avenue NW, suffered a back injury and was treated.
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Mercy Hospital
Donald R. Landers
Second Street
Ninth Street
Sanders
Willard J. Valenta
Owen Street
Mary E. Kalina
Midway Drive
Wiley Boulevard
Sixteenth Avenue
Raymond Hugenel
Harriet Avenue NW
Man Pleads Guilty to Assault and Is Fined
Jon Johnson, 23, of 4301 Sherman Street NE, pled guilty to a reduced assault and battery charge and was fined 100 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge John B. Reilly. He was arrested December 12 after an assault on Susan Sink, 21, of 1634 Park Towne Lane NE, who was grabbed and pulled into a car at Lindale Plaza before escaping with help from a companion.
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Jon Johnson
Sherman Street
John B. Reilly
Johnson
Susan Sink
Park Towne Lane
Miss Sink
Lindale Plaza
Popelka Named Commander of Optimist CAP
Cadet T-Sgt Tim Popelka assumed duties last week as cadet commander of Cedar Rapids Optimist squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. He succeeds Cadet T-Sgt Bill McGee and is followed as deputy by Cadet T Sgt Mike Nelson. The unit is recruiting new members ages over 13 and invites interested persons to a squadron meeting each Wednesday at 7 pm at the Civil Defense center under the Second Avenue bridge.
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Tim Popelka
Thirtieth Street
Cedar Rapids
Civil Air Patrol
Bill McGee
Popelka
Tsgt
Mike Nelson
Civil Defense Center
Second Avenue Bridge
Flames Damage Two Residences In Cedar Rapids
Two Cedar Rapids homes were damaged by fire over two days. At 1625 B Street SW, Audrey Kiefer’s house suffered extensive living room damage and smoke throughout the two story structure, possibly from a short in a TV. On Tuesday morning, Kenneth R. Reed’s home at 416 Eighteenth Street NE had a fire that started on the stove from cooking grease, with smoke damage throughout.
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Cedar Rapids
Audrey Kiefer
B Street
Kenneth R. Reed
Eighteenth Street
Oelwein Sets March 6 Bond Vote for Fire Station
The city council fixed March 6 as the election date for a $180,000 bond issue to finance a new fire station.
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Oelwein
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