800 Expected in C R for IATA Music Competition
The tenth annual Iowa Accordion Teachers Assn festival and state championships will be held at the Roosevelt hotel with about 800 students from across Iowa. Solo and duet events Saturday, ensembles Sunday, top three move to Chicago nationals. concert Saturday night features Art Van Damme and Merle Lemon among others.
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Iowa Accordion Teachers Assn
Roosevelt Hotel
IATA
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Des Moines
Iowa City
Vinton
Monticello
Anamosa
Tipton
Lisbon
North English
Williamsburg
Belle Plaine
Toledo
Traer
Blairstown
West Liberty
Solon
Royal
Storm Lake
Cedar Falls
Evansdale
Perry
Chicago
Memorial Coliseum
Art van Damme
Merle Lemon
Boddicker Accordion Aces
Gerald Boddicker
Boddicker
Zelda Fassbinder
Professional Music Center
Jerry Knapp
Professional Music Center Stringosonics
Judy Minard
Professional Music Center Accordion Orchestra
Fred Boresi
Boddicker School of Music
van Damme
Lemon
al Huetteman
Ernie Gerardi
Klemme
Alan Bergstrom
Washington
Carl Hane
Minneapolis
Wilbur Sayles
Austin
Minn
Bob Budzynski
al Johnson
Flint, Mich
Fred Leas
Omaha
Kay Koster
Rockford, I
Evelyn Michelsen
Beloit
Wis
Immaculate Conception hosts Cub Pack 1 awards
Cub Pack 1 presented awards at Immaculate Conception church on Wednesday to a long list of scouts including Mark Ahart Pat Hook Tom Corrigan Richard Marshall Gregory Hokit Dan Dorrance Edward Ehrenberger Mike Jacobs Tiernan Dolan Danny Hernandez Jim Morrissey Tom Morrissey Kevin LaGrand Mike Prieskorn John Schulte Jim Fosdick and Curtis Beadle.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Mark Ahart
Pat Hook
Tom Corrigan
Richard Marshall
Gregory Hokit
Dan Dorrance
Edward Ehrenberger
Mike Jacobs
Tiernan Dolan
Danny Hernandez
Jim Morrissey
Tom Morrissey
Kevin LaGrand
Mike Prieskorn
John Schulte
Jim Fosdick
Curtis Beadle
Chamber Drive Aims for 250 New Members
The Chamber of Commerce one day membership drive on Wednesday expected to add about 250 members with 187 already turned in. Executive vice president Larry Owen noted nearly 300 volunteers helped and about 750 prospects would be contacted by drive end. Special prizes and a civic bureau dinner on March 8 will honor top sellers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Larry Owen
Owen
Qwen
Civic Bureau
Illinois Father And Two Sons To Be Arraigned
An Illinois father and his two sons from Chicago face a Cedar Rapids federal arraignment on ten fraud counts and one conspiracy count tied to a meat selling scheme. The indictment covers mail fraud and related offenses from 1963 to 1965 involving Dubuque Pack and newspaper advertising contracts.
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Illinois
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Donald O’brien
Andrew O'Day
James
Thomas
Chicago
Sioux City
O’days
Dubuque Fracking Co
Dubuque
U. S
Dubuque Pack
Eddins Fined for Leaving Crash Scene
Charles H. Eddins of Manchester was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court for leaving the scene of a Jan 29 accident on First Avenue SW. Officers said he struck a vehicle in the 300 block and did not stop to give his identity. Judge Howard McLaughlin imposed the fine.
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Charles H. Eddins
Manchester
Eddins
First Avenue
Howard McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established In 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates listed by carrier and mail with weekly, monthly, and yearly options. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Lows
Maine
U. S. Territories
Associated Press
City Okays Contract for Road Project
The Cedar Rapids city council voted to approve a contract with Linn county for a three mile Edgewood road NW extension and a bridge. The total project cost is 2 680 000 with the center section costing 1 450 000 and an even split 54 percent to the city and 47 percent to the county. The county Farm Bureau questions the funding and the county seeks state clarification from the Iowa highway commission.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Edgewood Road
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Ellis Road
Milwaukee Railroad
Cedar River
Linn County Farm Bureau
Jack Fulton
Iowa Highway Commission
Reed Continues Local Floor Contracting Career in Cedar Rapids
Reed, a Cedar Rapids resident for 43 years, runs his floor contracting business in the city. Born in Collinsville, NL, he graduated from Washington high school in 1931 and has a wife, three sons, and a daughter. He serves on multiple boards, including the Freedom of Residence Foundation and the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce committees, and is active in civil rights, civic, and religious organizations.
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Cedar Rapids
Collinsville
Washington High School
Reed
Freedom of Residence Foundation
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Negro Civic Club
Cedar Rapids - Marion Human Relations Council
West Side Civic Club
Mayor's Commission On Human Rights
Chamber of Commerce Civic Bureau
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Carpenters Union 308
Masonic Lodge
Elks Lodge
Bethel Methodist Church
Vietnam assault details and key commanders noted
The report states three Vietnam crewmen were injured and all five helicopters recovered after a large assault using nearly 250 troops. Initial enemy opposition was scattered with light U.S. casualties. Two Vietnamese marine battalions were flown in to support the operation, led by Brig. Gen. John Deane and Lt. Gen. Jonathan Seaman.
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U.S
John Deane
San Francisco
73Rd Airborne Brigade
Jonathan Seaman
Rebellious Auto Workers Return to GM Mansfield Plant
In Mansfield Ohio 2600 UAW members returned to work at the Fisher body division after leaders ordered a return to production. GM reported 133500 idle across 57 plants and aimed to resume output quickly depending on parts flow from Mansfield.
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Mansfield
Ohio
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Detroit
Robert Hall
Hall
Fisher Body
Chinese fire at Soviet border shocks Amur region
Chinese along the Amur river fired shots at Soviet police, the youth newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda said Thursday. The Amur marks part of the boundary between Siberia and Manchuria and the incident was reported by AP.
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Moscow
Amur
Siberia
Manchuria
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Calif Study Shows Two-Thirds Recovered From Alcoholism Clinics
In Berkeley California the California Health Department reports that about two thirds of 2500 patients who completed treatment in state supported alcoholism clinics in 1966 returned to normal life.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
California Health Department
Career Academy Graduates Linda Vavra and Connie Prucha
Linda Vavra of 1748 Tenth Avenue Marion and Connie Prucha of 801 Camburn Court SE Milwaukee graduated from the Career Academy School of Medical Assistants in Milwaukee.
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Linda Vavra
Tenth Avenue
Marion
Career Academy School of Medical Assistants
Milwaukee
Connie Prucha
Camburncourt SE
Landergott Fined for Unpaid Parking Tickets
Ronald D. Landergott of 270 Tomahawk Trail SE paid 188.50 in fines in municipal court for 35 parking tickets that had been accumulating since September.
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Ronald D. Landergott
Tomahawk Trail SE
Easy to Use and Hard to Beat Ad That Draws Buyers
Classified notice highlights a strong want ad blend with contact number 369 1234. Reads as a concise sales pitch urging readers to call for unbeatable offers.
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Dia
Three Juveniles Charged in Auto Accessory Theft
Three boys ages 17 16 and 14 were arrested at Shakey's on First Avenue NE at 8 p m and charged with stealing auto accessories from two cars outside the pizza parlor. Victims Rick Graham and Robert Timmerman reported mats and a leopard stuffed animal were taken. cases referred to county probation office.
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Shakey
First Avenue NE
Rick Graham
Eastern
Robert Timmerman
Fourth Street
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Tim Kloos
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Michael Weaste
Bobby Wright
Farley Williams
Harley Williams
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Terry Stinglen
Bart Haddy
Mike Schwandt
Carl Heilman
James Haddad
Cedar Rapida Gazette
Smooth
Seagram
S V.O
Caradian
Seagram Distillers Company
W.V.C
City Okays
Vietnam
Soviets
R. D. Landergott
First Ave
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