Somerville Leads Cedar Rapids SPC and Foundation II
Paul Somerville, new director of both Special Problems Center and Foundation II, says the programs will continue and grow. He plans to expand SPC from 10 to 30 beds for men, add women’s residential care, and widen to a seven county area, while boosting administration and outreach in Foundation II.
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Special Problems Center
SPC
Foundation II
Paul Somerville
Somerville
Iowa Drug Abuse Authority
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Adult Correction
University of Iowa
Eighth Street
C Avenue NE
Mike McGarrity
New York City
Los Angeles
Iowa
McGarrity
Linn
Johnson
Jones
Washington
Cedar
Benton
Area X Drug Abuse Council
National Mental Health Institute
Combining profits for Social Security credits
Self employed people with multiple businesses must combine net profits for the year. If the total reaches 400 or more, it counts for Social Security. For nursing home complaints, SSA local offices now receive and report such concerns for investigation. Reach Cedar Rapids SSA at room 300 SGA building 122 Second street SE, phone 366-2411 ext 431.
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Social Security Administration
Cedar Rapids
Board Rejects Free 60-Foot Flag Pole Offer
The Maple Heights Board of Education declined a local illuminating company’s gift of a 60 foot flag pole after learning the move would cost 116 dollars more than purchasing a new pole. The decision keeps the district from incurring extra expenses despite the proposed donation.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Maple Heights
Topless Flower Girl Alarm Ends in Bust
Denver police received a report of a topless girl selling flowers at 26th and Sheridan. Units rushed to the scene, but the claim proved a bust. The man behind the scene was Randall Peavier, 19, of Oakland City Indiana, selling flowers to fund a trip to California and he explained he was overweight.
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Denver
26Th
Sheridan
Randall Peavier
Oakland City
Ind
Peavier
California
Scholarships Awarded to Fourteen Cedar Rapids Residents
Fourteen area residents will study at Mt. Mercy college this fall under the Grace F. Tschirgi Scholarship fund part tuition grants. Recipients include Annie Duffy Mary Duffy Mary Jane Kapler Jeanette Ly zette Genevieve Margrett Jamesina Ferguson Loidana Hansen Pamela Jagerson Cheryl Kourney Linda Marsh Claudia McCalley Mary McGuire Katherine Menzel and Cindy Mossburg. The fund has operated in Cedar Rapids since 1958 in memory of Mrs. Tschirgi’s commitment to Iowa students with financial need and potential.
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Mt. Mercy College
Grace F. Tschirgi
Robert O. Daniel
Tschirgi
Annie Duffy
Mary Duffy
Twenty-fourth Street
Mary Jane Kapler
Old Marion Road
Jeanette Lyzette
Thirty-fifth Street
Genevieve Margrett
First Avenue
Jamesina Ferguson
Twentieth Street
Loidana Hansen
Third Avenue
Pamela Jagerson
Seventh Avenue
Cheryl
Kourney
Bever Avenue
Linda Marsh
L Avenue
Claudia McCalley
Ninth Avenue
Mary McGuire
Sue
British naval observers note U boat losses outpaced sinkings
Thirty years ago observers claimed Germany was losing one U boat for every Allied freighter sunk by submarines, signaling heavy undersea losses for the Kriegsmarine.
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Germany
Beastly Booty Goes To Thief at Airport
A three foot long box of 112 reptiles including 10 baby boa constrictors 2 land tortoises and 100 chameleons vanished from a freight platform at Philadelphia International Airport. Owner Robert Young said two boxes arrived from Miami but only one was found containing three skunks.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia International
Robert Young
Associated Pet Centre
Miami
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Center Point RD
Cedar Hills Addition
1St Ave
Johnson Ave
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34Th ST
1St Ave. N.E
T-Eleven
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