Municipal Band Concerts Feature Malone and Gonnerman
Dr Frank Malone and Mrs Gonnerman join the Municipal Band at Greene Square on Wednesday and Ellis Park on Sunday for 8 pm performances. Charles E Traylor directs. Program includes Verdi Aida March Bach If Thou Be Near Beethoven Egmont Overture Bruckner Apollo March Romberg tribute Strauss Thunder and Lightning Dvorak Largo Malaguena Entry of the Gladiators.
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Frank Malone
Eugene Gonnerman
Greene Square
Ellis Park
Illinois State University
University of Illinois
Verdi
Bach
Beethoven
Bruckner
Romberg
MacLean
Strauss
Largo
New World
Dvorak
Malaguena
Lecuona
Fucik
Rocket Launch Set at Noelridge
The Astro Research team sponsored by the Cedar Rapids recreation commission will hold their biggest rocket launch of the season on Wednesday. They will launch scale models representing rockets used in space history, highlighted by a % inch Saturn 5 model. Tom Cook, adult adviser, invites anyone owning a model rocket to participate.
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Astro Research Team
Cedar Rapids
Launch at Noelridge Park Wednesday Evening
The public is invited to observe the launch at Noelridge Park at 6 30 p m on Wednesday. The event welcomes attendees to watch the launch as it unfolds.
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Noelridge Park
Overdose Cases Treated At Local Hospitals
Two people were treated at Cedar Rapids hospitals Monday night for pill overdoses. Laurie Schmitt, 56300 avenue NW, received emergency care at St Luke's Hospital for librium overdose and was released. Justyne Lappe, 45, of 1711 Grande Avenue SE, was treated at Mercy Hospital for a valium overdose and released after treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Laurie Schmitt
Avenue NW
St. Luke's Hospital
Justyne Lappe
Grande Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Want ads work like a computer seeking buyers for you in record time
A brief note extols the efficiency of want ads, comparing them to a computer that swiftly connects sellers with buyers, implying rapid results and broad reach for rapid transactions.
Taylor School Parents Protest Delay in New Building
Taylor neighborhood residents protested a construction delay at a regular school board meeting. About 800 signatures were gathered to urge the board to reconsider delaying the Taylor project and to keep the old Taylor building at Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street SW in use until the new site is ready. The replacement was part of the district's $7 million building program funded mainly by bonds.
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Taylor School
Taylor
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street SW
Board of Education
Ernest Pence
Old Taylor
Pence
Eighth Street
Tyler
Twelfth Avenue
Seventh Street
Wage Plan Irks Painters and Carpenters at Cedar Rapids Schools
Cedar Rapids school district workers painters and carpenters opposed a new 85 percent union-scale wage plan with 15 percent in fringe benefits. The board approved the agreement after lengthy talks. Carpenters get 4.705 plus benefits and painters 4.26 plus benefits, with IPERS and added holidays, vacation and health insurance.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Public Employer Retirement System
IPERS
Carpenters
Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America
Carpenters Uni
Cascade Sets 1970 Budget Levy At 21.9 Mills
The Cascade city council on Monday approved the 1970 budget tax levy at 21.9 mills, a reduction of 1.5 mills from last year. A public hearing is scheduled for July 28 to review the plan.
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Cascade
Action Deferred On Request for Speech by Marra
The Cedar Rapids school board deferred action on a request to sponsor an anti sex education speaker, Dr William Marra of Fordham University, for an August 20 appearance costing about 200 dollars. MOTOREDE pressed for the sponsorship to offer an opposing view as a new sex education program was being planned. Harold Imgrund led MOTOREDE at the meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Movement
Io School Board
Motorede
William Marra
Fordham University
Marra
Harold Imgrund
800 New Books Displayed at Coe
A display of more than 800 new books is on view in room C of Gage Memorial Union at Coe College through Friday July 25. Open to the public at no charge, the exhibit targets teachers librarians and school administrators planning junior and senior high school collections. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays during the two week showing.
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Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Cedar Rapids adopts 1969-70 school budget with 5.9 mill tax rise
The Cedar Rapids Community School District approved its 1969-70 budget totaling 27,608,110 with a general fund of 20,750,000 after a public hearing. The board expects about a 5.9 mill increase in the 1970 school tax levy. Vince Horst urged spending restraint to avoid jeopardizing state aid, noting rising administrative costs since 1964-65, while Superintendent Craig Currie defended staff restructuring and downplayed top-heavy administration. The budget will be filed with the county auditor.
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Cedar Rapids Community School District
Vince Horst
Thirtieth Street
Farm Bureau
Horst
Iowa City
Urbandale
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Pence
Craig Currie
Board of Education
Girl Assaulted At Knife Point In Laundromat
A 21 year old Cedar Rapids woman was forced into a laundromat restroom at 12:35 PM by a man about 35, five feet ten, brown hair, who brandished a knife and raped her before fleeing on foot. Police were notified.
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Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Lake
Gazette
John McIvor
Charles Traylor
By Joe Fischer
Saltmyne Employment Agency
Noelridge
Kcrgtv
Taylor Grounds
Currie
Cascade Levy
Four Roses Dist. CO
N.Y.C
Coe
By Bill Duffy
Curries
Ozite
Smulekoff
Dozite
Ozite Corporation
Vectra
National Plastic Products Co., Inc
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