Blacks discuss race, identity, and mobility in Cedar Rapids
West and Price weigh black unemployment in Linn County noting no local statistics. Floyd Jones and others describe age-based responses to prejudice, shifts in self-identity from Negro to Afro-American to black, and the impact of black recruitment on upward mobility. They discuss community dispersal, ghetto absence, and hopes for unified American identity.
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West
Price
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Jones
Jones
Commission
Iowa AG backs three reforms to juvenile code
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller supports changes to the juvenile code allowing 16 and 17 year olds to waive counsel without parental consent, biweekly court review for detained youths, and keeping photographs and fingerprints on file to identify repeat offenders. He cites practical enforcement needs and minimal stigma considerations.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Tom Miller
Miller
Tenants sue Towncrest Mobile Home Court in Johnson County
Six members of the Towncrest Tenants Association sue Towncrest Mobile Home Court and Sales Co. Inc. in Johnson County District Court over a Feb 1 rent increase and alleged health and safety violations. They seek an escrow of rents until an operating license is secured, damages, and declarations on rent legality and equal apportionment of improvements.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Towncrest Tenants’ Association
Towncrest Mobile Home Court and Sales Co. Inc
Eastside Park
World’s Toughest Rodeo Ends Three Day Run at 2 PM
The rodeo wraps up today with a 2 PM performance as Gazette Family Day offers half price for seniors and children. Tickets range 7.50, 6.50, 5.50, with accessibility for families at Monticello venue.
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Gazette
Spring Arts and Music Events Across Iowa Campuses
The University of Iowa Fine Arts Council hosts a spring Thieves Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union main lounge. Cedar Rapids Symphony presents Verdi Requiem at the Paramount Theatre at 3 p.m. with box office opening at 1:30 p.m. Ticket tiers range from 5 to 12.50 dollars. Preucil School of Music offers a 3 p.m. concert at Hancher Auditorium free of charge. Additional campus recitals and concerts include Jazz Band at Clapp Recital Hall, Graf Hall at Upper Iowa University, Marie Herseth at Luther College, Friends of Chamber Music at Cornell College, Raymond E. Adams organ recital, and French Baroque music at Clapp Recital Hall. A Spring Preview at Indian Creek Nature Center and a Mona Van Duyn poetry reading at Decorah Center for Faith complete the day’s arts schedule.
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University of Iowa Fine Arts Council
Iowa Memorial Union
Marie Herseth
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
Decorah
Friends of Chamber Music
King Chapel
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Raymond E. Adams
Coralville
Union Sunday School
Clermont
Clapp Recital
U of 1
Mona van Duyn
Center For Faith and Life Recital Hall
Divorce to be discussed in Decorah
A program titled Families Face the Future on divorce to be held in Decorah starting tonight at Luther College and continuing Monday. Ann Robertson, a California psychologist, will speak and lead Q&A at 7 30 tonight with later sessions at Decorah Lutheran Church social hall.Registration is $10 but waived for those unable to pay and CEUs for nurses are offered.
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Decorah
Ann Robertson
California
Decorah Lutheran Church
Robertson
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