Unmet Needs in Cedar Rapids Highlight City Programs
Cedar Rapids residents at Mt. Mercy College conferences urged action on elder housing and transport, minority employment, handicapped access, and police relations. The hearings prompted task-force proposals on elderly transport and housing, minority outreach, architectural access, and interagency cooperation, with funding and next steps uncertain.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Mercy College
Human Resources Agency
Rickey
Salvation Army appoints new advisory board officers
Larry H. Christy elected chairman at the annual meeting. William Hanser remains as outgoing chairman while James McKinnon is elected vice chairman and Clarence Reece as treasurer. Brigadier Raymond Carroll of Peoria spoke after installation. Christy is assistant comptroller of Merchants National Bank.
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Larry H. Christy
Second Avenue SE
Salvation Army
William Hanser
Christy
Merchants National Bank
James McKinnon
Clarence Reece
Raymond Carroll
Peoria
Ill
Senator Wheeler proposes draft reform on fathers and eligible men
Thirty years ago Senator Wheeler of Montana introduced a bill to bar drafting fathers until all physically fit single men or married men aged 38 to 45 without children were inducted.
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Wheeler
D-Mont
YM Family Camp Reservations Open for March 10 11
Dwight Belknap announced this week that reservations are being accepted for a two day YM Family Camp at Camp Wapsie Y. The event runs March 10 starting at 1 p.m. through March 11 mid afternoon with heated cabins meals and babysitting available. Fees are 5.25 for adults and children seven plus, 4.50 for ages two to six, and free for under two. Contact the Central branch YMCA for details.
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Camp Wapsie Y
Dwight Belknap
Belknap
Central Branch Ymca
Quail Fight Ring Convicted in Bradford Case
Eleven Pakistani immigrants in Bradford England were found guilty of organizing quail fights a traditional sport from their homeland In the bouts the birds are fed brandy coated seed to provoke aggression and fighting.
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Bradford
England
Jews Seek World War II Dead Names for U S Holocaust Registry
In Jerusalem Yad Vashem expands efforts to identify remaining Jewish dead from the Nazi era. More than 2.5 million names are documented. a new hall will house millions more. Director Yitzhak Arad hopes to reach four million, while some fear political backlash over the six million figure. Names and birthplaces are gathered on multilingual testimony sheets worldwide.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Yad Vashem
Martyrs’ Foundation
Yitzhak Arad
Arad
Europe
Memorial Day notes and gifts for Currell circle
A fragmented list shows gifts and memorials tied to Camp Good Health Currell and local donors. Items honor Rita, Elizabeth Bohac, Mary Barta, Florence and Rita, Charles Vavrovic, Meryl Halloran, Wanda, Lumir Severa, and others from civic groups, friends, and families amid Memorial Day observances.
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Rita Currell
Lumir Severa
Charles F. Vavrovic
Vavra
Ken L. Jones
Tom
Lisa
Charles
Fat Cat Tommie Inherits $200000 Estate In Charlotte
In Charlotte, Tommie the fat cat survives as sole beneficiary of a $200,000 estate from Mrs. Andree Montet who died in 1965. The wealth funds a house for the cat with a full-time housekeeper. Neighbors report the feline is grumpy in old age and has bitten a passerby. After Tommie's death, his share goes to the Catholic Church and Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital.
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Charlotte
N.C
UPI
Tommie
Andree Montet
Michael Summers
Hastings Drive
Catholic Church
Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital
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C.R
By Dale Kueter
City Hall
Carol Rickey
human _resources generalist
Council
Metro
Regional Planning Commission
Quail
Holley
Ministry of Deliverance
St. SW
Bloomin
Holley’s Shop
Lindale Plaza
Currell
Civic Newcomers Club
Rita
Oxford
Etka Ced
Elizabeth Bohac
B. T. Per
Rine
Louis
Irma. Barr
Walter Clauson
Florence
Carl K. Linge
George L. Amato
Chicago
James L
Lette
David M. Eil
Derkin
Vavrovic
Mildred I. Smith
Charles A. Vavra
Robert
Debbie
Vernon
Mary Barta
Alice Blahnik
Anna Green
Minnie Hermanek
Edna Kelsey
Dora Stusak
Dorothy Valenta
Charles F. Vavrovie
Frederick Koch
David Koch
Jeff Trabon
Vernon Peet
Hirlemans
Home Garden Club
Marvin J. Nel
Sers Des Se
Meryl
Halloran
Wanda
Don
Selma Hladky
Marion
Rt A
Hollister
Helen
Mike
Wae
Charles F Vavrovic
Donald R. Fish
Charles FE Vavrovic
Raymond Kessell
Sours
Charles F. Vavrovice
George Nemec
Clear Galleger
al Morris
Ote
FBI
Sheriff's Department
Police
The
Cedar Rapids Clearing House Association
Brenton Bank and Trust Company
First Trust and Savings Bank
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
United State Bank
Linn County Sheriff's
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