Ellis Park pool strain evident from usage and demand
The Ellis pool in Cedar Rapids opened in 1941 and shows heavy use with total paid admissions reaching 852 715 over 17 years averaging more than 50 000 annually and about 74 000 in the last five years. Officials note peak days reach nearly 2 500 patrons and 500 children were turned away from Red Cross learn to swim classes due to space limits.
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Obory
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Sasenssensaee
Aed Ha
Ellis Pool
Ellis
Marie Clancy
Linn County
Red Cross
Red Cross Averts Fund Drive After Southwest Iowa Flood
Linn County chapter executive committee votes to avoid another fundraising drive while still sharing financial responsibility for flood victims. Community aid efforts continue under revised policy following disaster.
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Linn County
Redross
United Fund Appeal
Iowa
Red Cross
United Fund
UN quarters worn thin need expansion says Dag Hammarskjold
In a General Assembly report Dag Hammarskjold urges expansion and modernization of the UN headquarters in New York. The facilities cost about 70 million dollars plus land, and with 81 members vs the original 70, cost per member rises. He warns of needed replacements and repairs before expanding the organization itself.
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United Nations
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York City
General Assembly
Day
Dag
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Iowa
U.N. Blind Report on Lebanese Border Invasion
Drew Pearson reports that arms smuggling and Syrian Egyptian infiltration threaten Lebanon and the Nasser-Soviet orbit. He cites border incidents and UN Secretary General Hammarskjold casting doubt on evidence of infiltration, warning American prestige in the Near East has sunk.
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Washington
Damascus
Lebanon
New Mexico
Mohammed
Syria
Russia
United Arab Republic
Near East
Dag Hammarskjold
Beirut
Tripoli
Ahmed Kassim Al-Tuju
Jaafar Al-Juju
Mohammed Mulhim Kassim
Hirtaala
Kassim
Ba’albeck
Kafar Shouba
Chabaa
Socialist Party
Hammarskjold
Linn county to invite bids on real estate revaluation
Two Linn county supervisors invited export appraisal firms to submit bids for revaluing Linn county real estate outside Cedar Rapids. The move marks the first definite action on whether the 1949 revaluation should be done by outsiders at about 60 000 dollars or by local assessors.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
George L. Williams
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Barbiturates as Drugs Not Simply Dope Says Health Guide
Dr. Joseph Mother explains barbiturates are drugs liable to addiction per the World Health Organization. Use under medical supervision can help some patients, but dependence can develop. barbiturates are a temporary aid, never a cure, and continued use calls for seeking underlying causes.
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World Health Organization
Hazards of One Way Streets Cited by Local Resident
Hazel Lorton of 517 Second Ave SE argues one way streets on Second and Third Avenues raise driving hazards. She cites lane jockeying during rush hours at Third Ave and Tenth St, high speeds, sudden cut-ins, limited visibility when exiting left, unfamiliar visitors, and misdirected responses to signals. She questions time savings and asks for statistics on benefits versus risks.
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Second Ave
Second
Third Avenues
Third Ave
Tenth St
Third St
Cedar Rapids
Hazel Lorton
L517
G.O.P. Targeting Iowa County for Possible Candidate
In a bold, if unlikely scenario, the GOP could select a single Iowa resident from a railroad jungle and maneuver him into a legal settlement. The plan imagines grooming Charles J. Foster of 702 Fifth Ave. SE for the Republican ballot as the next office holder.
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Washington
G.O.P
Iowa
Charles J. Foster
Fifth Ave
Congress Smearing Itself in Smear Tactics Reflected
Washington reports a congressional committee chief investigator arranged a hidden microphone in a witness hotel room. A witness paper theft followed. police and FBI have not fixed blame. The piece condemns Congress for using investigations as mudslinging and argues for restoring presumption of innocence.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Committee
FBI
Committee of Congress
Supreme Court
House Committee
Democratic Party
Spending Money for Health National Institutes of Health funding under debate
The bill reconciles house and senate actions for NIH funding, covering cancer and heart disease research, mental health, arthritis, neurological diseases, infectious diseases, dental health and related studies. The senate subcommittee proposes 320,577,000 dollars, urging a significant increase while the house keeps current-year levels.
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House
Senate
National Institutes of Health
New York Times
Cedar Rapids plant chief outlines expansion progress and plans
William J. Meaney Jr the Cedar Rapids sewage disposal plant superintendent discusses a four year expansion project now about 95 percent complete with an expected final cost around 2144 million. He notes the new facility will roughly double capacity to 18 million gallons daily and should suffice for 10 to 15 years with possible further growth.
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William J. Meaney, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth St
Indian Creek
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