Action Program To Combat Discrimination Gets Okay
Cedar Rapids adopts an affirmative action plan led by the mayor's human rights commission to actively tackle discrimination. The group will resume outreach to apartment owners, seek open housing discussion with Realtors, and create a grievance open to testimony without formal complaints. The effort aims to improve minority access to housing and public accommodation.
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Cedar Rapids
Commission On Human Rights
Commission
Jarrert
Cecil Reed
Mayor’s Commission
Reed
Race relations talk prompts Cedar Rapids housing plan
Williams and Taylor urge equal housing through an enforceable ordinance and community education. Iowa Civil Rights Commission plans a Cedar Rapids meeting with the mayor’s commission to discuss the study and address prejudice barriers.
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Taylor
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Cedar Rapids
Opening Steps In New Affirmative Action Program
The Rev. Donald Jafvert began implementing an affirmative action program by asking the Cedar Rapids Marion area council on human relations to provide 12 members. They will help conduct a second survey of apartment house owners to duplicate a 1964 effort, aiming to secure pledges to rent to any qualified person.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Lloyd Goettel
Richard W. Taylor
Mayor’s Commission
Bob Johnson
Board of Realtors
Commission
Ing
Area Council On Human Relations
Donald Jafvert
Jafvert
Commission On Human Rights
Cedar Rapids
Area Council
Jarrert
Oskaloosa Native to Command U S Second Fleet
Bernard A. Clarey 54 of Oskaloosa has been named to command the U S Second Fleet beginning July. Former bellhop and truck driver, he has served 23 months as deputy commander of the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. He will lead about 50 ships in the Atlantic starting this summer.
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Oskaloosa
U.S. Navy
Bernard A. Clarey
Key
Naval
Clarey
U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Jennie O’hearn
Anapolis
Cedar Rapids Ranks Third in Iowa City First for Home Building
In April Cedar Rapids placed third among Iowa’s 22 largest cities for new home construction underway, with single-family dwellings valued at $1,098,288. Iowa City reported $742,850 in single-family and $1,006,000 in multi-family homes. Des Moines total single-family value was $1,196,305. The 22-city total reached $9,879,168.50, including $223,950 for Marion.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State Department of Health
Town City
Iowa City
Des Moines
Marion
Suspended Sentence Given to C R Woman
Dorothy J. Konicek aged 39 of 1430 Second Street SE received a 30 day suspended jail sentence on false uttering of a check. Detectives said she wrote five bad checks totaling 90 dollars. Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin imposed the term.
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Dorothy J. Konicek
Second Street SE
Woman 39 Held on Conspiracy Charge in Linn County
Helen Neve, 39, waived to the grand jury after arraignment in municipal court on a conspiracy charge. Detectives say she passed bad checks totaling 95, 90, and 138 dollars at Cedar Rapids supermarkets on April 29, written by another person. She is held in Linn county jail with bond set at 500 dollars.
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Helen Neve
Grand Jury
August 32,600 Draft Call Promised by Defense
The Defense Department announced a draft call for 32,600 men in August, higher than June and July requests. The Pentagon said the August call aligns with planned military strength to support Vietnam needs after accounting for losses, enlistments, and training capacity.
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Defense Department
Pentagon
Vietnam
Greek railway strike ends after eight days
Athens AP reports the eight day Greek railway strike ended on Thursday as the government agreed to review workers demands for higher pay. The stoppage left domestic services paralyzed across the nation and ended with government concessions.
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Athens
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