Tower of Cedar Rapids: IE Tower rising 21 stories high
The IE Tower in Cedar Rapids will reach 286 feet, making it the tallest precast concrete structure in the area. M. H. Golden Construction Co. leads the $7.5 million project with Clell Brewer directing, as prefabricated columns girders and wall panels arrive from Iowa Falls. The building will house Iowa Electric and other tenants with a top floor restaurant and a 20 mile view on clear days. Brewer, a 31-year-old veteran, has overseen major projects and moved to Cedar Rapids with his family in May.
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M. H. Golden Construction Co
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Savings and Loan
University of California At Santa Barbara
San Diego State
San Diego City College
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Sinking and rising in Mexico City due to shifting foundations
A UPI report explains how decades of subsidence have caused dozens of buildings to sink rise or lean as the city sits on mud and clay. Since 1900 the city has sunk about two inches annually rising to 1.5 feet per year by 1951. The National Theater sunk 10 feet while the Independence Monument sits 10 feet higher than surrounding streets.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
National Theater
Soloist from Linn-Mar to guest with Cedar Rapids Municipal Band
A Linn-Mar soloist joins the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band led by Frank Piersol for an 8 p.m. Bever Park concert. Byron Thompson, a Linn-Mar High School music teacher, will perform two Sound of Music pieces Climb Ev'ry Mountain and The Sound of Music and also sing The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha. Thompson earned a 1968 UNI master’s in music and received a UNI freshman vocalist scholarship. The program includes works by Fillmore Latham Bach King and Holst plus selections from 1776 and other pieces reflecting a unity theme.
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Cedar Rapids
Beverpark
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Linn-Mar High School
Sound of Music
Man of la Mancha
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
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Klaxon
Henry Fillmore
William Latham
Jesu
J. S. Bach
Trombone King
Kan King
Richard Rodgers
Mitch Leigh
Gustav Holst
John Morrissey
Edwards
End of Line For Guards and Those Guarded
On Phu Quoc Island Vietnam the westernmost U S army outpost in Indo China hosts 27000 Communist POWs in a PV camp guarded by about 2000 South Vietnamese military police. American advisers, led by Maj Thomas N Turk, say this is the line of contact, 50 miles off the South Vietnamese coast and near Cambodia.
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Cambodia
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Minneapolis
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Minnesota
Apollo 8 Views Moon Farside First Time in Dec 1968
The Apollo 8 mission captured humanity's first images of the lunar farside during December 1968. The crew provided the world with unprecedented view of the Moon's far side from lunar orbit.
Firm Develops Briefcase Phone
A Dallas firm unveils an automatic briefcase telephone that could one day replace car phones. The device fits a briefcase and aims to provide mobile calling capability without a car system.
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