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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1969
Page
29
State Safety Commissioner Jack Fulton says 1969 saw 59 traffic deaths, second worst year after 1966. He seeks 100 more highway patrolmen and new VASCAR speed detection, plus breath tests for drunk drivers to curb fatalities.
Des Moines IDPA reports the legislature will be asked to raise the maximum monthly interest on bank installment loans from one percent to one and a half. State Banking Supt. John Chrystal argues charge cards like Bank Americard pressure local banks and benefit small merchants by reducing record keeping and debt losses. He notes card systems can incur a five percent discount on sales slips with banks retaining one percent.
In Council Bluffs and nearby communities Head Start classes were suspended for two days and again on Monday after the Kansas City regional Office of Economic Opportunity froze federal funds for Southwest Iowa Progress Inc. due to a missed reporting deadline. Executive director Carl Holmes cites laxity and a misunderstanding with regional CEO. Antipoverty activities at the Southwest Iowa Progress headquarters and service centers were also curtailed.
A Minnesotan Earl Larimer and Iowa teen Carolyn Ann Peterson died in a two car crash south of Lake Mills on highway 69. William Ites 18 of Buffalo Center was seriously injured. Donald Scott 26 of Waterloo died later from a separate collision near Washburn. Colleen Vesely 16 and Dorothy Boyle 58 of Iowa City were hospitalized in fair condition. Davenport man George Peek 20 died from injuries December 25 after a one car crash west of Buffalo. Lowden Commercial Club elects Everette Kruckenberg president with Frank Mostaert as vice president and other officers named.
Senate report cites GAO findings that two day seminars at a state university and four follow up lectures for 13 Iowa Public Safety employees did not meet federal law or three contracts with the Iowa Manpower Development Council. The $4365 in federal funds were not used as contracts or program purposes required. The state auditor and labor auditors urged better Manpower Development Program administration in Iowa.
Effigy Mounds National Monument in McGregor Iowa announces the sixth annual Winter Film Festival starting January 18 with Mighty Western Forest. The event screens wildlife history and conservation films Saturdays Sundays and Mondays through March 24 across areas from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast.
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