Medicare Alert could aid seniors under new policy
United Community Service aims to assist Cedar Rapids Social Security officials in locating residents over 65 not yet on benefits. The project, called Medicare Alert, seeks federal funds and may hire canvassers after a January 22 submission deadline with expected approval by February 1.
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United Community Service
LCS
UCS Board
Kenneth Reid
Cedar Rapids
Social Security Office
Reid
U.S
Bob Johnson
Ban on Attache Travel Removed in Soviet Union
Americans and military attaches may travel in the Soviet Union again after a roughly 45 day ban. Informed sources say permission for trips has been granted since January 1, with British attaches allowed from December 30. All foreigners need permission to leave Moscow area amid fallout from the Penkovsky Papers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Penkovsky
Congressmen Press Shakeup of Poverty Agency
Two GOP members Albert Quie of Minnesota and Charles Goodell of New York call for a major reorganization of the Office of Economic Opportunity to cut waste and shift Job Corps and youth programs to other departments. They urge prioritizing aid to children and involving poor in community action boards. A Democratic study group proposes a new training program to place a million hard core unemployed in government jobs.
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UCS
LEAP
Linn Economic Action Project
Linn
Arnold B. Lawislak
Washington
UPI
G.O.P
Sargent Shriver
Albert Quie
Minn
Charles Goodell
N.Y
Vietnam
House Education and Labor Committee
Shriver’s
Office of Economic Opportunity
OHO
Job Corps
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Democratic Study Group
James Scheuer
Ruark Left 23898 Pounds British Estate in Will
American author Robert Ruark died in London on July 1 at age 49. His will lists a 23898 pound British estate and bequests to Marilyn Kaytor Virginia Ruark Alan Ritchie Harold Matson and the University of North Carolina. He owned property in Spain and other countries, with more assets expected.
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London
Robert Ruark
Britain
Ruark
University of North Carolina
Palamos
Spain
Marilyn Kaytor
Virginia Webb Ruark
Alan Ritchie
Harold Matson
Upper Iowa Student Pleads Guilty to Falsified Draft Card
Steven C. Berg a 19 year old Upper Iowa University student pled guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court to possessing a falsely drawn Selective Service certificate. Judge Edward McManus rejected a no contest plea and postponed sentencing pending probation investigation. Berg faces up to 10000 dollar fine or five years in prison.
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Upper Iowa University
Cedar Rapids
Steven C. Berg
Park Ridge
Jil
Edward McManus
Ed Anderson
Berg
Selective Service System
Quill Born Century Too Late for Those Remarks
New York columnist Bob Considine mocks Mike Quill and his subway strike rhetoric. He notes Quill’s collapse and hospital visit at Bellevue after a televised outburst. The piece contrasts current UN rhetoric with sharper old time phrasing and lists biting quotes about public figures and corruption.
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Mike
Kizzoner
Bellevue
Penn Station
Long Island
New York
United Nations
Negro Bishop Is Consecrated Amid Protests In New Orleans
In New Orleans at St. Louis basilica, Harold Perry becomes the first full-blooded Negro Roman Catholic bishop with Archbishop Hannan presiding. A white woman, Mrs. B. J. Gaillot, protests from the crowd with placards criticizing nonwhite apostles and the priesthood. The event highlights desegregation clashes within church and society.
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New Orleans
St. Louis
Harold Perry
Philip Hannan
F Preyer
B. J. Gaillot
Jesus
Kelley youth arraigned in Cedar Rapids on stolen car case
Danny L. Sexauer 18 of Kel ley pled innocent at a Cedar Rapids federal arraignment on transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. He waived grand jury action and pled to an information filed by the U.S. attorney. Bond set at 500 dollars. case continued pending medical papers from the Navy. He and a companion were arrested in Cedar Rapids after allegedly stealing a 1957 car and driving to Kentucky. The maximum penalty is 5 years in jail with a 5 000 dollar fine.
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Berg
Upper Iowa
Navy
FBI
Waterloo
U.S
Fred G. Clark
Danny L. Sexauer
Kelley
Cedar Rapids
Sexauer
U. S
Linn
Washington
John Randolph
Bureau of Public
Livingston
Frank Munsey
William
Allen White
Jed
Kansas
Munsey
Talreau
Rex Whitton
Whitton
George Washington
Mike
Tom Paine
Per- Hardingburg
Kentucky
Mike Quill Turns Century Late In Life Joke
Among friends, Mike Quill was famed for lacking in many things. The remark notes he was born a century too late, a playful jab at his temperament and timing.
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Mike Quill
Jaycees Get U S Thanks For Petitions
Defense spokes man Arthur Sylvester thanked Cedar Rapids Jaycees for gathering 50,183 signatures from Iowans in support of American servicemen in Vietnam. The petitions were presented in Washington to General Westmoreland via Mayor Bob Johnson.
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Defense Department
Cedar Rapids
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Youth for Christ Rally Plans Teen Contest Event
A youth rally at Franklin High School on Saturday evening features a "Tons of Teens" contest scheduled for 7 30 p m during the January Youth for Christ rally.
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Youth For Christ
Franklin Inninr High
Sehanl
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