New Twelfth Avenue Bridge Plan and Schedule
The $5.8 million concrete arch bridge will link southeast and southwest areas. Plans show public hearing February 28 with final approval, spring construction and 1974 completion. East and west approaches to C street to be done by end of 1974, with traffic shifts via One-way couplets and relocated access on Fourteenth avenue. Sixteenth avenue bridge remains open.
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Twelfth Avenue
Streess
Third Avenue
C Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
California's 1973 Exports Include People and Culture
The piece argues California now exports more than fruit and film, shaping national tastes through television, arts, and social trends. It notes a brain drain, a mix of conservatism and radicalism, rising bike culture, unisex fashions, legal shifts on abortion, and a migration slowdown as families leave seeking escape from pollution and chaos.
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Los Angeles
California
Golden State
Tourists Sail To Devil's Island For A Harsh Escape
Tourists visit Devil's Island off French Guiana for a stark, historic penitentiary stay turned modern tourist site. Once a notorious penal colony, the island now boasts a museum-like dining hall, converted guards quarters, and palm shade as visitors sample fine wine and French dishes near beaches once used for desperate escapes.
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Devil's Island
Ance
French Guianas
Callan
South America
Atcoast
St. Joseph and
Royhotel
France
Air Pollution Threatens Cologne Cathedral's Structure
In Cologne, Germany, air pollution from nearby industry is corroding sandstone of the 516 foot cathedral, eating away carvings and weakening flying buttresses. Officials warn restoration funding must double to 1 million dollars yearly to prevent collapse within about two decades.
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Cologne
Germany
Europe
Duisburg
Ruhr
Paris
Hankins Ends 45 Year Rail Career With Rock Island
Russell W Hankins of 20 Nineteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids retired after 45 years with the Rock Island Railway. He began as a locomotive fireman in 1928, became an engineer in 1944, and ends a multi generation family service with the line. He was honored at a dinner in Lindale Plaza with about six colleagues. His family spans several railroad roles including his brother Clifford, nephew Thomas, and son Ronald now with Japan Air Lines. He plans to pursue stamp collecting and photography in retirement.
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Russell W. Hankins
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Railroad
Hankins
Rock Island
Clifford
Bishops
Lindale Plaza
Fussell Hankins
Richard
Letts
Clyde W. Hankins
Russell Hawkins
Russell
Thomas G. Hawkins
Inver Grove
Ronald
Japan Air Lines
Cincinnati
Ohio
The
Frederic Kromvey
San Jose
Calif
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Third Avenue SE
Rights and responsibilities workshop for Cedar Rapids teachers
A CREA program on professional rights and responsibilities is set for Monday at Jefferson High School Cedar Rapids. Dr William Ramstad and others will lead sessions with about 300 attendees. The program, developed by Irwin Nelson, will be shown at faculty meetings across the district and feature Angela Svoboda and Howard Williams as participants.
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Iowa
William Ramstad
Cedar Cedar Rapids
Monday Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Walter Hartman
Warren
Ohio
UPL
Ever
Ronald Thompson
Des
ISKA
Irwin Nelson
Washington High Schol
Schol
Angela Svoboda
Washington
CREA
Howard Williams
Harding
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