Cedar Rapids Firms Plan 1967 Expansion Wave
Cedar Rapids firms announce 1967 expansion plans totaling dozens of projects across Collins Radio Cryovac W R Grace National Biscuit and others. While overall square footage of new construction will fall short of last year backlog remains strong at Collins Radio and hiring is expected to stay high.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Collins Radio Co
Iowa
Collins
Cryovac
W. R. Grace Co
Manning C. Morrill
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
National Oats
National Biscuit Co
Twentyseventh Avenue
National Biscuit
Wilson and Co
Quaker Oats Co
Quaker
Weyerhaeuser Co
Weyerhaeuser
Corn Starch Products
Life Investors Insurance Co. of America
Barnard and Leas Manufacturing
Nash Finch Co
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids Steel Transport
Cedar Valley Wholesale
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Paul Jerebek
Bob Smythe Sign Co
Bjornsen Development Co
Dearborn Brass
Link-Belt Speeder Co
Penick and Ford
Czech Tourists and Smugglers Rise in 1966
Prague AP report says tourism and contraband boomed in Czechoslovakia this year with authorities cracking down hard on postage stamps Western consumer goods and antiques. Tourist numbers in the first nine months matched all of 1965.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Kuwait Tightens Bootlegging Law Amid Liquor Ban
Kuwait lifts special permits for Kuwaiti honorary consuls to import liquor for personal use as bootleggers face up to three years in prison. Reported black market whisky prices ranged from 19.60 to 22.40 dollars per bottle despite a national Islamic ban on alcohol for foreign missions not affected by the change.
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Kuwait
Cool-Headed Banker Upsets Bandit in Ark Robbery
Elaine Arkansas UPI reports William Demoret a 75 year old president of Delta State Bank faced a pistol at his door telling his daughter to fetch his gun. He calmly told the robber he had a gun and the bandit fled without taking any money.
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Elaine
Ark
UPI
William Demoret
Delta State Bank
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