Cedar Rapids Housing Plan Debated For Public Subsidies
Cedar Rapids commission weighed expansion of public housing with a plan to seek federal support. A 1.7 million FHA loan proposal to build 200 units displaced by urban renewal was discussed alongside a 132000 annual rent subsidy request. The panel defeated removing a referendum on federal participation and urged exploring cost effective financing before public housing.
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Commission
Rome
Burns
Woods
John Berlie
Ser
John Birdsell
Amity Steps
Blakey
Virgil Carr
John City Council
Joseph Enzler
Borton
Galaway
Lloyd Goettel
Edward Healey
Arthur
Wiliam Pohorsky
FHA
Waldemar Woods
Cedar Rapids
Firecracker injures Cedar Rapids woman near Bever Park
Mary Day, 18, of 169 Eighteenth Street SE, Cedar Rapids, was cut by a rock-like object when a firecracker exploded near her at Bever Park SE on Monday. Police seek the unidentified person who lit and tossed it from a passing black and white Ford. She was treated at Mercy hospital and released.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Mary Day
Eighteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Miss Day
Two Cedar Rapids Women Injured In Taxi Crash
Two 21 year old Cedar Rapids women were injured when a taxi collided with a car at Fourth Avenue and Tenth Street Tuesday at 8 30 am. Both were treated at Mercy Hospital and released with minor head injuries. The taxi driver Edward W Eick 54 of Marion was charged with disobeying a traffic signal.
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Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Tenth .Street
Mercy Hospital
Karen Swindier
Sixth Avenue SE
Judith McCormick
Fourteenth Street SE
Edward W. Eick
Route Three
Marion
Mary J. McCumpsey
D Avenue NE
Eick
Unions Move Toward Merger While Preserving Autonomy
Three unions keep their independence as merger plans proceed. A joint committee from Gilbert Speirs and another union drafted a unity proposal after a year of study. The Switchmen's union may hold a 1967 convention and possibly a referendum to push the merger forward. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers do not join. Harris forecasts convention business to wrap by Wednesday.
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Gilbert
Speirs’ Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Harris
New Leader Chosen For ORC&B By Delegates
Clyde F. Lane was elected president of the Orde xf Railway Conductors and Brakemen defeating incumbent George H. Harris to lead the 20 000 member national union. Lane 50 of 201 Twenty sixth street drive SE will seek affiliation with other railroad unions and may move offices from Cedar Rapids if a merger creates a single organization. Harris remains on the board of directors and election of officers continues.
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Orc&b
Clyde F. Lane
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway
Union
Montrose Hotel
W. W. Carson
Rocky Mount
N. C
C. H. Anderson
Orde Xf Railway
Lane
Twenty-sixth Street Drive
George H. Harris
Marion
National
Harris
G. P. Lechner
L. J. Wagner
Riley to Seek Re election to Iowa Senate
State Senator Tom Riley announced his candidacy for re election on the Republican ticket for one of Linn County's two Iowa Senate seats. Riley, age 3, has previously served two terms in the Iowa House in 1961 and 1963 and represented Linn County in the House. In his statement he pledged continued service as the term approaches.
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Tom Riley
Clark Road
Linn
Iowa
Senate
Riley
House
Richard Dennler
Department of Agriculture
Iowa Association For Mental Health
Linn County Mental Health Assn
Linn County Association For Mentally Retarded
County
Cedar Rapids
Franklin High
University of Town
The
University
Air Force
Cuurcu
Washington
Thej
Lim County
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The piece highlights Iowa politicians and public figures discussing state power and education funding. Senator Riley chaired aging legislation and sponsorships in 1965. It also notes a Cedar Rapids bus strike affecting 4000 riders and possible shifts to taxi services.
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Cedar Rapids
Riley
Iowa
Picketing Continues at Bus Company Headquarters
Workers scramble to reach jobs as picketing at the bus company headquarters on Eighth Street NNW runs daily from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local 638 head Bob Hart, president of Amalgamated Transit Employes, announced the schedule.
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Eighth Street
Nnw
Bob Hart
Amalgamated Transit
Diet Pill Danger Warns Readers
A Reader's Digest article warns about diet drugs sold by unscrupulous doctors. It explains risks of habit formation and potential sickness and advises proper use and timing for safe weight loss.
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Reader’s Digest
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Leroy Rinard
LeRoy Skogman
A. L. Smulekoff
Irvin Tucker
William Turner
James Wasta
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John Zachar, Jr
Grant Price
Irvin
Tommy) Tucker
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City Lines Co
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America
IRY Gin Co.,ltd
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Mayflower
R. G
Bob” Worley
Maytower
Perpetual Petas
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Second Avenue, S.E. Cedar Rapid
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