Eight-Week Cedar Rapids Playground Schedule Opens Monday
Cedar Rapids hosts eight weeks of supervised play at 24 playgrounds and Tot Lot sites with a Circus in Town theme. Registrations run through the season. programs run 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 30 p.m. weekdays for older children, with 10 to 11 30 a m sessions for kindergarten through third grade.
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Cedar Rapids
Nat Hull
Mary Ellen Cassidy
Connee Schweinfus
Nan Podzimek
Tot Lot
Terri Schott
Barb Twachtmann
Baby food jars see three million babies eat slain
Three million babies consume about one and a half billion jars yearly of prepared meats fruits vegetables and juices, according to John B. Carroll of the Glass Packaging Institute. Beginning in the 1960s pop-top safety caps were introduced on all jars of prepared baby foods.
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Washington
John B. Carroll
Glass Packaging Institute
Chamber reviews future growth plans for Cedar Rapids area
Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce directors meet Friday at the Cedar Rapids Country Club to review economic growth plans. Abbott Lipsky and others will discuss Second Street Mall impact, Five Seasons Center, and Squaw Creek Lake completion as part of a drive to boost the central business district and quality of life. Robert Faxon represented the chamber at a May Ames environmental meeting co sponsored by the Iowa Development Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Ames
Robert B. Faxon
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Iowa Development Commission
State Department of Environmental Quality
Squaw Creek Lake
Ovel
Cedar Rapids Country Club
John L Lewis Dies at 89 After Long UMW Career
Labor leader John L. Lewis president emeritus of the United Mine Workers Union died at age 89 on this date in 1969. He led the union through pivotal strikes and shaped midcentury labor policy.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Memorials and Donations To Camp Good Health and Friends
A series of memorial messages and small donations are recorded for Camp Good Health and various individuals. Contributors include Cedar Rapids Gazette readers and local clubs with several gifts marked in memory of relatives and friends, alongside birthday acknowledgments and tribute notes.
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John D
Jack
Wilma D
Cedar Rapids
Hilda Dvorak
Frank J. Janda
T.M.S. Club
Harry Witchman
Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Lawa
The
Gazette Newsroom
Iota Epsilon Chapter
Promicron
California
Douglas D. Donnan
Helen D. Rush
Dorothy E. Day
Joe Tomasek
John C. White
Mildred A. White
Neil Denson
George Ernst
Leah Southard
Cedar Rapids News Briefs Highlight Local Talks and Meetings
Page by page roundup covers competency testing on page 4A and air quality in Cedar Rapids last week. An oilman visiting Cedar Rapids challenges President Carter's energy policy. The Iowa Eagles plan a Cedar Rapids meeting as a native finds a home in the Philippines. Public bodies and city notes address future meetings and a taxpayer revolt echoing through city hall notes. Tonight's municipal band concert details cap the listings.
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Cedar Rapids
Carter
Iowa
Philippines
Genie
Financial News of
Eels and Feasts to Rails and Derby Origins
The note recalls Roman delicacies as Pliny records Hirius serving 6 000 eels at a banquet. It cites WWII logistics with 48 passenger trains per infantry division and 20 freight trains. It also notes the Kentucky Derby first run in 1875.
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National Geographic
Pliny
Hirius
Cedar Rapids Dog Tag Renewals Due By June 30
Linn County Auditor Merle Kopel reminds Cedar Rapids and county dog owners to renew 1978 tags before June 30. Delinquent status begins July 1. Renewal possible at the Courthouse or by mail.
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Linn County
Merle Kopel
Cedar Rapids
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