Outside Help for Oak Hill Cleanup Plan
A Cedar Rapids Oak Hill Jackson area group will receive outside aid for a neighborhood revitalization pilot led by the Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Opportunity Council. Cedar Rapids leaders, LEAP and ISU extension plan painting, gardening and cleanup efforts with 40 families targeted across blocks on Ninth Avenue SE Eighth and Tenth streets.
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Oak Hill-Jackson
Cedar Rapids
LEAP
Iowa State University Extension Service
Frank Pusateri
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Oak Hill-Jackson Opportunity Council
Oak Hill-Jackson Center
Ninth Street SE
New Orleans Teachers Threaten Friday Strike Over Hiring Rights
In a Deep South test of strength the AFL CIO Union prepared a Friday work stoppage to shut New Orleans public schools demanding a collective bargaining election for 3600 teachers. Officials urged classrooms remain open as union members claim strong support and urge equal pay and conditions. Local 527 cites 1400 members, 80 percent Black, while 2200 signatures backed a bargaining election. The district backs payroll improvements and a May 3 sales tax vote to fund schools.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Carl Dolce
C. H. Hursey
Hursey
Donald Burton
Burton
Two Deputies Save Mother and Son in California Shootout
In Redondo Beach California deputies confronted a kidnapping suspect at a parked car striking back as the man fired once. Deputy Dicus grappled the suspect while Deputy Pratt fired through a car window, killing the assailant John William Zimmerman 25 of Hawthorne. The mother Anita Hoefer and her 13 month old son Brett were unharmed.
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Redondo Beach
Calif
John William Zimmerman
Hawthorne
Anita Hoefer
Newton
Brett
Hoefer
Sheriff’s Department
Jack Dicus
Julius Pratt
Rampaging students torch buses in Calcutta riot
Rampaging students in Calcutta attacking government property set alight three buses and a streetcar. The mob, estimated in the thousands, also ripped up tracks cut overhead wires and looted a food shop.
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Calcutta
Flood Fighting Force Ready in Cedar Rapids
City officials briefing on flood fighting capability reports a force ready to activate quickly if needed. City Hall meeting chaired by Mayor Johnson reviews task force responsibilities and water conditions with key officials and Red Cross director Marie Clancy present.
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Cedar Rapids Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
City Hall
Don Gardner
Frank Bush
Stewart Shank
Don Canney
Jesse Hunter
Nevin Nichols
George Matias
Marie Clancy
American Red Cross Office
Canney
Mississippi River
Cedar River
Four Year Liberal Arts College Planned for Charles City
In Charles City, AP reports plans to open a four year liberal arts college in October 1967 with 500 to 800 freshmen. Dr. John Salsbury leads the 30 member board as chair and consultant Millard G. Roberts of Parsons College notes the project aims for self support after initial investment. Additional officers include David E. Archie vice chairman Boyd G. Hayes secretary and Merton J. Klaus treasurer.
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Charles City
John Salsbury
Salsbury Laboratories
Millard G. Roberts
Parsons College
Ky Premier Ky predicts victory in 1969 with continued U.S. aid
Premier Ky told Rabbi Rubin that the war against the Viet Cong would be won by 1969 if U.S. military and economic aid continues. The rabbi, who spent two weeks in Vietnam, said Ky projected an end in late 1968 with ongoing U.S. support, criticizing U.S. clergy opposing the war.
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Saigon
New York
Schulem Rubin
Congregation Young Israel of the
Bronx
U.S
Rabbi Rubin
Vietnam
Martin Luther King
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Night edition six issues weekly subscription rates are listed with mail options and regional variations. The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to local news republication.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave
R Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Raps
Lowa
U. S. Territories
Associated Press
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