Cedar Rapids Council Clears Zoning Changes and Annexations
Wednesday council actions include unanimous resolutions and advisement on petitions. Third reading rezones 1956 First Ave NE R-4 to R-T by Geigers. annexation requests on M Ave NW and Beecher Court. zone change R-3 to R-6 for Rushmore Dr property. Public hearing on 1974 paving assessments. curb recessed by First Trust for two parking spaces. new street west of I-380 named L Street SW between First Ave and Fifth Ave SW.
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Training Center Shelled Leaves Four Dead in Saigon Suburb
Viet Cong gunners shelled South Vietnam's largest training center near Saigon just before midnight. Four people were killed and 44 wounded, including 34 military trainees and 10 villagers. Five shells hit the center, two trainees died. three rockets struck surrounding villages damaging homes and injuring an elderly man and a child.
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Labor Hears Tribute To Martin Luther King In Watts
A Watts meditation on King’s legacy drew about 400 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Ted Watkins of WLCAC urged action beyond praise, noting the group’s $5 million budget, 200 employees, and multi‑million Watts hospital project. He warned against mere blackness focus and called for practical skills and self‑sufficiency.
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Iraq claims oil fields mined to deter invasion
Al Sayyad magazine quoted a Baghdad correspondent saying Iraq laid explosive charges around its oil fields as early as 1972 to deter foreign invasion. Officials reportedly distributed one million firearms to oil area residents and trained a popular resistance front.
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Kirkwood Community Education Opens Courses in Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College announced ongoing openings for the ten week community education term in Cedar Rapids and Marton. A variety of classes in recreation arts crafts business and academics are available with weekly family recreation sessions and a public school venue.
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