Humphreys and Rice Honored By Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Jaycees named Humphreys winner of the distinguished service award and John C. Rice boss of the year at the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce dinner at Memorial Coliseum. Humphreys 32 attorney and former Jaycees president active as national director from Iowa. Rice 2124 Grande Ave SE promotes employee involvement and serves on multiple boards.
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Lloyd Humphreys
Jaycees
John C. Rice
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Humphreys
Iowa
Rice
Grande Avenue SE
Iowa National
Cedar Rapids
Jaycee
Gazette
Duane Crock
Lloyd E. Humphreys
Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Blacks Form Black Caucus in House to Press Black Voices
Washington AP reports 12 black members in the House form the Black Caucus to push civil rights housing education and job training across Watts Harlem Bedford-Stuyvesant Chicago Detroit St Louis Cleveland and Philadelphia. Rep Diggs chairs with Hawkins as vice chair and Rangel as secretary.
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Washington
House
Watts
Harlem
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Augustus Hawkins
D - Calif
Hawkins
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Conyers
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hong Kong births fall to 1953 low in 1969-70
Hong Kong birth registrations for the 1969-70 fiscal year reached 79,329, the lowest since 1953, while deaths totaled 18,730, down 589 from the previous year.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Demand for Obedience By Pontiff
Pope Paul VI urged obedience to the Church hierarchy in a sharp rebuke of liberal Catholic views. He said authority lies with the hierarchy led by the Pope and bishops, not the people, warning that elevating lay power could erode ecclesiastical order and law.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Netherlands
School Group Names Officers Cedar Rapids School
Cedar Rapids School maintenance union local 55 elected officers for 1971. Rex Meek was president Emory Sample vice president James Snetzler financial secretary Robert Pollock recording secretary Paul Bowser guide Carl Inskeep guard Ron Cook sergeant at arms John Vogel west side steward John Murphy east side steward.
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Cedar Rapids
Metropolitan Y Presidency Chosen for Marion Man
Richard W. Rice of Marion elected president of the YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area which coordinates Central, Marion and Ellis branch Y MC programs. Other officers elected were Rudy Fleischhacker and Charles Kuenzi as vice presidents Harold Schaeffer secretary and Raymond Orr treasurer. Rice succeeds Thomas Yarvac who led after reorganization.
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Richard W. Rice
Marion
YMCA
Cedar Rapids
Metropolitan Y
Central
Marion and Ellis
Y’s
Metropolitan Board
Rudy Fleischhacker
Charles Kuenzi
Harold Schaeffer
Raymond Orr
Rice
Thomas Yarvac
Metropolitan Ymca
Bice
Bousley- Verhille Insurance Agency
Marion Y
Michigan Children Have Type B Influenza
Respiratory illness among Haslett Michigan children yielded laboratory isolates of Type B virus, per the National Center for Disease Control. Type B differs from Type A strains that caused the 1957 Asian flu and 1968 Hong Kong flu. School absenteeism rose sharply in Haslett during the second week of January as Type B influenza typically follows four to six year outbreak cycles.
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Atlanta
Haslett
Mich
Lansing
National Center For Disease Control
Hong Kong
NCDC
U. S
Morton Confirmed as Interior Secretary Nominee
Washington AP reports the Senate confirmed President Nixon's pick Rogers C. B. Morton as secretary of the interior with no dissent. Morton, former GOP chairman, moves to lead the department.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
G.O.P
Rogers C. B. Morton
Secretary of the Interior
Highway crews switch to quick dry paint on roads
Albany, New York. Union News reports that highway crews use a fast drying paint that eliminates rubber cones protecting fresh lines. The paint, impregnated with reflective glass beads, boosts visibility at about two cents per foot, reducing setup time and labor costs.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
New York
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Shirley Chisholm
Louis Stokes
Ohio
William Clay
Clay
Stokes
Dellums
Indo-China
House Appropriations Committee
Wickes
Keysets Passage
Lauan
Rae
Iowa City
Liberty
Richard W. Bice
Michigan
Morton
Interior
St. Clair's House of
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Towne Lane
Kenwood Transfer
Center Pt. Rd
Blairs Ferry Rd
Bankamericard
Ea Ae
Kieck
COATS
Men
Tswear
Oakland Road
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Creae
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