City license fees diverge greatly between Cedar Rapids and Davenport
The Gazette compares Cedar Rapids theater and business licenses with Davenport fees, noting Cedar Rapids collects 167,433.73 last year while Davenport totals about 280,000. Experts say fees cover service costs, not revenue, and state law limits increases.
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City Building Safety Department
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Ted Lorenzen
The
Gazette
Space Agency backs university research nationwide
NASA funds vast university programs across 46 institutions in materials technology 47 in flight medicine and biology 32 in earth resources surveys and 42 analyzing lunar samples. Over 11 years grants total 1.1 billion dollars to 200 colleges plus 40 million for building labs while expanding teaching and curricula.
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University of Maryland
Columbia University
NASA
100 Foot Duckbill Dinosaur Unearthed in Baja California
A team of Los Angeles scientists from the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and Occidental College uncovered a 100 foot long duckbill dinosaur, said to be the largest ever found, about near El Rosario in Baja California. Four bones have been returned to Los Angeles for study. The previous record for a duckbill was about 55 feet.
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San Diego
Calif
Berreth to speak on management information control
R A Berreth director of materials for Control Data in Minneapolis will address the Cedar Rapids area chapter of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers at the Roosevelt hotel on Wednesday. Social hour starts 5 30 p m dinner 6 30 p m. Berreth discusses Management Information Control System Control Data's answer to production and inventory control. He has held roles at Allis Chalmers and Collins Radio and was past president of the local AIIE chapter from 1968 to 1969.
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R. A. Berreth
Materials For Control Data
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids Area
American Institute of Industrial Engineers
Roosevelt Hotel
Berreth
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Collins Radio Co
AIIE
Lake Winnipesaukee Largest Body in New Hampshire
Lake Winnipesaukee, the state’s largest body of water, spans about 72 square miles in New Hampshire. The broad lake lies in the Lakes Region, attracting boaters and tourists.
Celebration at Coe College Sets January Musical Comedy
Coe college presents Celebration a musical comedy by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt January 25 26 and 27 at 8 p m in the women's fieldhouse corner of Fourteenth street and C avenue NE Dr Allan Kellar heads the music department directing with Ted Reis assisting The cast includes 23 Coe students led by Philip Cunningham Creston as Orphan Grant Wheaton Minneapolis as Potemkin a con man and Guy Strobel Sigourney as Edgar Allan Rich Ann Peck Bethesda Md as Angel Also Rosaline Stutting Maquoketa serves as assistant director and choreographer Performances are free to the public.
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Tom Jones
Harvey Schmidt
Coe College
Fourteenth Street
C Avenue
Allan Kellar
Coe
Ted Reis
Kellar
Philip Cunningham
Creston
Orphan
Grant Wheaton
Minneapolis
Potemkin
Guy Strobel
Sigourney
Edgar Allan Rich
Ann Peck
Bethesda
Angel
Rosaline Stutting
Maquoketa
Burglar Made to Clean Muddy Footprints in Clinic
Brighton England police traced a burglar by muddy footprints left in a local clinic. Charwoman Gladys Regan made the suspect scrub the floor on hands and knees before law enforcement intervened. Additional notes list pianists, technical assistants, and Revelers chorus members from various U S and Iowa locations.
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Brighton
England
UPI
Gladys Regan
Patterned Textured Fabrics In Varied Colorways
Describes long wearing easy care textiles offered in Bronze gold celery olive rust glaze dark blue and ivory tones for durable decorative use.
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Jerry Elsen
Gazette City Hall
Robert Hays
League of Iowa Municipalities
League of Municipalities
Hays
Little Rock
Ark
Space Agency
Washington
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Francis Smith
Uni
Lake Winnipesaukee
Robert Bahr
Lucas
Susan Novak
Montfort, Wis
Christy Barthel
Knollwood Drive
Mildred Bordwell
Timothy Hoiles
Colorado Springs
Colo
Christopher Soldat
Des Moines
William Wood
Chicago
Katharin Rundus
Sterling
John Honeycutt
LaGrange
Ill
John Franklin
Mt. Prospect
Mary Gundlach
Council Bluffs
Allan Roberts
Timothy
Alden
Bigelow
Karastan
Mohawk
Wanda
DuPont
Nylon
Smulekoff
Avlin
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