Steam heat eyed for McKinley Junior High in future
Cedar Rapids Community School District staff proposed replacing coal with steam heat at McKinley Junior High. Steam from Iowa Electric would cost about 17 500 dollars yearly plus 5 000 dollars for boiler room work, with a one year credits to cover installation. Board asked staff to study funding and report back in two weeks.
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Board of Education
Joe Malmer
Iowa Electric
Malmer
Barbara Bjornson
Ed Beatty
Government Rejects C R School Askings
Cedar Rapids Community school board learned that federal funding requests totaling 920000 for McKinley interior remodeling and Wilson field and athletic facilities were rejected. Beth Hatch cited lower local unemployment and noted Iowa submitted 183 grants with only 16 funded.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson Junior High School
Beth Hatch
Iowa
Hanna Sets Speech in C R King Celebration
Labor leader Hilton E Hanna will speak at the third annual Martin Luther King Jr celebration sponsored by Local P-3 of the Meat Cutters union. The event is 7 p.m. at Mt Zion Baptist Church and is open to the public. Hanna born April 17 1907 in the Bahamas has led labor groups and civic organizations including the Madison Urban League and the NAACP.
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Hilton E. Hanna
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Meat Cutters Union
Wilson Foods Corp
Rights Agency Meeting Slated in Ottumwa
The Iowa civil rights commission will hold a public hearing at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa Tuesday at 9 a.m. The case concerns alleged sex discrimination in public accommodations.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Indian Hills Community College
Cedar Rapids Schools Okay Special Tax Levy Again
The Cedar Rapids Community School District board approved a 27 cent per thousand levy for schoolhouse purchase and improvement. It is expected to raise about $373,230 in 1977 78, up from $344,896 this year, funding projects such as the new athletic and physical education fields at McKinley Junior High School.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Board of Education
McKinley Junior High School
Board Approves Custodial Contract for 6.4 Percent Raise
The Ce school board unanimously approved a 1977-78 master contract granting custodians a 6.4 percent salary and fringe benefits increase. The pact, with an estimated total of 2.5 million dollars, was ratified by the 196 custodians two weeks earlier. Local 55, Service Employees International Union, represents the workers. Negotiators from the board and union reached the agreement with a federal mediator.
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Cedar Rapids
Labor Leaders Critical of Carter Economic Plan
AFL-CIO leaders who helped Carter win say his two year economic package of 23 to 30 billion dollars is too small and slow. They push a 30 billion plan prioritizing direct job creation with larger public works and housing programs to reduce unemployment.
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Executive Council
Mother charged in exorcism death in New Jersey
Inez Council a Brooklyn mother was arraigned on murder charges after her 21 year old daughter Catherine Council died during a trip from a faith healer visit. Authorities say a turpentine soaked cloth prescribed by a root doctor was used to rid her of demons.
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Car Financing Kickbacks Cost Consumers Millions
Congress and Federal Reserve push for disclosure of dealer lender kickbacks in car loans. Consumers paid higher finance charges as dealers steered business to preferred lenders, with payments portioned from interest. The rule requires lenders to reveal dealer involvement, not the exact cut, by Feb. 4.
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Congress
Federal Reserve Board
National Consumer Finance Organization
Federal Reserve
Fed
Assassination Panel Faces Month by Month Funding Fight
Washington UPI report says the House Committee on Assassinations will operate month to month after objections to a $13 million two year budget. Rep Henry Gonzalez would become chairman. Rep Robert Bauman and others doubt the cost. The panel would resume inquiries into JFK and MLK killings and other cases if extended.
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D-Tex
Thomas Downing
D-Va
Robert Bauman
R-Md
Samuel Devine
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
John Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Manchester Chamber elects officers and directors
Curt Aultman Dean Jones Johnny Stoll and Tom Sepic win three year terms as Manchester Chamber of Commerce directors. W R Lawson becomes president with Doug Palmer as vice president and Sepic as treasurer. Other board members include Bill Johnson Joe Wiewel Larry Woellert Fred Waelchli Jim Corcoran Dr Joe Vap and Harold McCormick.
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Manchester
Curt Aultman
Dean Jones
Johnny Stoll
Tom Sepic
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Lawson
Douglas Palmer
Sepic
Bill Johnson
Joe Wiewel
Larry Woellert
Fred Waelchli
Jim Corcoran
Joe Vap
Harold McCormick
Cold Causes Severe Natural Gas Cutbacks
Federal Energy Administration officials rework charts to reflect severe natural gas curtailments across six midwestern states and North Carolina. Businesses and schools report shutdowns in Ohio Texas Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Nebraska while North Carolina enforces emergency measures for high priority customers.
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Nebraska
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Polo
The
Gas Service Co
Kansas City
Wichita
North Texas
Wichita Falls
Lone Star Gas Co
Grants Awarded to C R Area Colleges
Sears Roebuck Foundation allocates 2200 in grants to three privately supported Cedar Rapids area colleges Coe Cornell and Mt Mercy for the 1976 77 academic year as part of nearly 20500 distributed to 23 Iowa colleges and universities and about 1 000 schools nationwide for foundation funded aid with flexible use amid gas supply concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Coe
Cornell
Mt. Mercy
Iowa
Sears Foundation
Unarmed American Foiled Trans Atlantic Sky Hijack
An American aboard a New York London TW 700 Boeing 747 claimed to have a hand grenade and threatened to explode the plane but was overpowered by passengers and arrested on landing at Heathrow. Scotland Yard stated he was a mental case and unarmed with no hijack attempt.
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UPI
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