Vinton Ditch Work Nears
Peter Smith reports Cedar Rapids faces spring storm drainage concerns as ditch work in Vinton approaches, with rains expected to test the system and prompt public discussion.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1972
Page
2
City to begin large lower Vinton ditch storm sewer project
The city plans a 2.2 million lower Vinton ditch storm sewer project with Howard R. Green and Co. to begin final designs and aim for an early summer contract award. The work will add a new parallel 67 year old line and widen capacity to reduce floods on the northwest side, part of a broader plan including future open spaces purchases for flood control and public use.
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Lower
Vinton Ditch
Howard R. Green and Co
Northwest Side
Richard Phillips
Lower Ditch
E Avenue NW
Hotchkiss
Thirteenth Street
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
E Avenue
Fourth Street
H Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Ellis
Second Street
L Avenues
West Side
Public Services
Richard Jensen
Jensen
U. S. Geological Survey
Iowa City
Parks Department
Stan Reinis
Old Planes Haul Many to Catalina
Catalina Airlines and Catalina Seaplanes operate vintage 1937 Grumman Goose amphibians to shuttle up to 1,000 daily passengers on tourist trips between Long Beach and Santa Catalina Island. Pilots describe Goose flights as adventurous transport and a throwback to earlier aviation.
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Catalina
Santa Catalina Island
Calif
Catalina Airlines
Los Angeles
Catalina Seaplanes
California
Little Airlines
John Pinney
Long Beach
San Pedro Channel
Bill Kilgour
Darrell Mulvihill
Kilgour
Exhibition of Weaving at Peoples Church Mary Andre Room
An exhibit by four weavers opens today at Peoples Church in the Mary Andre room, with a noon to 1 p.m. artist reception. Works include wall hangings rugs table linens and garments by Cindy Crumrine Ira Davidson Doris Hamilton and Dorothy McConnell. The show runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily except Saturdays and 12 to 1 p.m. Sundays through March 30.
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Peoples Church
Third Avenue
Mary Andre
Cindy Crumline
Parkwood Drive
Ira Davidson
Stanwood
Doris Hamilton
Franklin Avenue
Dorothy McConnell
Fox Meadow Drive
Cindy Crumrine
University of Iowa
St. Luke’s
Mercy
Ambroz Art and Craft Center
Tia Davidson
Stephens College
University of Missouri
Chicago Art Institute
Eastern New Mexico University
Charles McNider Museum
Mason City
Iowa City Crafts Guild
Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners
Greenfield Village
Dearborn
Mich
Alfred N.Y
Midwest Hand Weavers Conference
University of Nebraska
William Dickerson
Wichita
William Ross
Des Moines Art Center
Ames
Pinicon Ridge Park
Regis High School Choral Concert Tonight in Auditorium
The Regis music department presents a choral concert at 8 in the Regis auditorium. Featured acts include the Spirit of 72 senior swing choir and the Change of Pace six piece band along with the concert choir the choralers and the girls chorus. Selections include Kyrie Cantate Domino and Comedy Tonight.
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Regis High School
Regis
1971 U S Driving Set At 945 Billion Miles
The 1971 American motorist population logged over 93 million passenger cars and an estimated 945 billion miles driven, more than 10 000 times the sun’s distance. Trucks and buses exceeded 235 billion miles driven by over 20 million vehicles.
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U.S
Nations’ per capita consumption closening gap with U S
UPI reports OECD findings show the United States still leads in cars telephones and education per person but Norway Sweden Japan and Greece are closing the gap in consumption. Norway used 13140 kWh per person in 1970 versus US 7379. US had 399 TVs per 1000, Sweden 401. Population density figures highlight crowding differences.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Norway
Sweden
Japan
Greece
Australia
Holland
Belgium
Solar wind could power interplanetary ships says Nobel laureate
Nobel laureate Hannes Alfven, on leave from UC San Diego, told reporters in Moscow that energy from the solar wind could propel spacecraft. He predicted Mars voyages could take weeks as ships sail the solar wind, tapping charged particles moving over a million miles an hour. Alfven received the Lemonsov medal from the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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San Diego
Calif
Mars
Hannes Alfven
Moscow
Lemongsov
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Alfven
University of California At San Diego
Tiny Tot Swim Class Expanded at Central YMCA
The Central branch YMCA will add an advanced Tiny Tot swim class using the new pool this week. The first ten week session starts Saturday, with new five week sessions for beginners and intermediates beginning this week on mornings of various weekdays. Open to boys and girls aged 2 1/2 to 6, the fee is 10 dollars per ten lessons, information from Ken Zahrt at the Central Y, 366-6421.
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Central Branch Ymca
Ken Zahrt
Central Y
Prisoners Used as Bargaining Club in Korea Truce Talks
Twenty years ago reports from Munsan Korea reveal that communist forces confessed to holding unreported prisoners. They admitted plans to use these captives as leverage in truce negotiations, signaling a strategic escalation amid armistice discussions.
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Munsan
Korea
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Vinton
By Peter Smith
Green and Co
Accord
Ing
G. R. Hotchkiss
Avenue
Peter Smith
By Bill Stockton
Constellation
Lindale Plaza
Twogether
C.R. Church
Craemer’s Men Shop
Mens Shop
Cedar Rapids Business College
2Nd Avenue
2Nd Street
Famous Mills
Cohama
Blue Ridge
CROWN
Concord
Hoffman
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