Culver Opposes Splitting Poverty Program
Congressman John Culver told HACAP and YMCA workers he opposes dismantling the anti poverty effort. He argued single umbrella control under the Office of Economic Opportunity ensures a concerted voice for the poor and avoids bureaucratic bickering in Washington.
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John Culver
Hawkeye
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Culver
Washington
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
Johnson proposals aim to boost private sector role in poverty relief
Congressman Johnson argues administration wants more private industry in the war on poverty and criticizes past limited private involvement. Culver notes moves to shift board representation toward public and private sectors while preserving poor representation. He cites $1.7 billion annual poverty funds against Vietnam costs and questions lobbying gaps for the poor versus the rich.
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Congress
Culver
HACAP
Anti-Poverty Boards
Vietnam
Washington
Mayflower
Clinton Women’s Job Corps Center
Iowa
Former Oregon Governor Charles Sprague Dies at 81
Former Oregon governor Charles Sprague died Thursday in Salem at age 81 from cancer. Sprague led the state from 1939 to 1943 and his passing marks a notable end to a long public life.
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Salem
Ore
Charles Sprague
Oregon
Cedar Rapids Faces Possible Flood Heights This Spring
Weather bureau data indicate Cedar Rapids could see water up to 17 feet with normal March precipitation. Flood stage is 13 feet, and 12.5 feet is forecast with current snow cover. Canney notes Otis road SE and Manhattan near Ellis Park would flood. Earlier floods in 1961 and 1965 reached near 19.7 feet. Waterloo and Independence expected rises are also cited.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa Civil Defense Division
Cedar River
Public Improvements
Donald Canney
Otis Road SE
Manhattan
Ellis Park
Canney
Public Improvements Department
Waterloo
Independence
Wapsipinicon
Entertainment lineup features Paul Anka and George Carlin
Tom Jones hosts a sensational hour of entertainment with guests Paul Anka Georgia Brown Mary Hopkin George Carlin and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Air time 6 30 PM Friday on Channel 9.
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Tom Jones
Paul Anka
Georgia Brown
Mary Hopkin
George Carlin
Arthur Brown
Channel 9
Verdi Lenzen residence broken into. TV taken
From March 5 to 13 the Verdi Lenzen home at 1930 Blake boulevard SE was entered and a television set was stolen. Police reported the theft as part of city briefs. Declared items and locations reflect a string of local incidents and notices.
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Breakin
Verdi Lenzen
Blake Boulevard SE
C.R. Roofing Co
Sixtysixth Avenue
Sixth Street Road
C R Man Posts Bond on Weapon Charge
Howard E Hawk, 66, of 922 Eighth Street SE, posted 110 bond Friday on a charge of discharging a firearm within city limits. He was arrested Thursday after an argument with Kenneth R Oliver at the same address. Hawk fired a shot into the floor with a small caliber automatic pistol, police said.
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Howard E. Hawk
Eighth Street SE
Hawk
Kenneth R. Oliver
Klansmen Sentenced for Defying Congress Records Request
Federal Judge Edward Curran sentenced two Ku Klux Klan state grand dragons to one year in prison for contempt of Congress. Robert Scoggin of South Carolina and Robert Jones of North Carolina received the sentences, Calvin Craig of Georgia was fined $1000 for refusing to provide membership records to the House Un American Activities Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
Grand Dragons
House Committee On un-American Activities
Edward Curran
Robert Scoggin
South Carolina
Robert Jones
North Carolina
Calvin Craig
Georgia
Congress
Katherine Jerde Wins JA Contest
Katherine A Jerde daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Jerde 915 Thirty seventh street NE won the fourth annual Best Salesman contest of the Cedar Rapids Junior Achievement program. Selected by six judges Thursday at the Junior Achievement center she will represent Cedar Rapids at the Midwest regional Best Salesman contest March 28 and 29 in St Paul where contestants from 20 cities compete. The winner advances to the national contest in St Louis in April.
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Katherine A. Jerde
Edwin Jerde
Thirty-seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Katherine
Junior Achievement Center
St. Paul
St. Louis
Fish Room Renamed Roosevelt Room at White House
President Nixon renamed the former Fish Room across from the Oval Office to the Roosevelt room in honor of Teddy Roosevelt. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler said the change reflects a shift from Franklin Roosevelt’s era usage of the room.
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Washington
Nixon
Oval Office
Ronald Ziegler
Roosevelt
Teddy
Fdr
Franklin Roosevelt
Hickel Poses as Poacher in Everglades Drill
Interior Secretary James R. Hickel joined rangers in a night training exercise at Everglades National Park to study poacher tactics. He hid as part of a drill, learned how poachers operate, and urged federal legislation to curb alligator slaughter as rangers expand patrols with new funding.
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Hickel
Everglades National Park, Fla
Everglades
Dick Stokes
Everglades Gator Colony
Lostman River
Flamingo
Stokes
Hickey
Chicago Suspends Thirteen Policemen at D NC Convention
Chicago police suspended thirteen officers involved in August disturbances at the Democratic national convention. Superintendent James Conlish said the officers received two to fifteen day suspensions for failing to wear badges or nameplates or for improper supervision. The action raised total disciplinary cases to forty three.
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Chicago
James Conlish
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Max Oelschlaeger
Lindale Avenue
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Ark
Madison
God
Christian Science Reading Room
First Avenue Southeast
Trudy Conaway Mohr
Kay
Call
PDS
Jerome’s
St. Patrick’s Arrangement
Pierson’s Florists
Wm. D. MacKenzie Company
First Ave
Star Printing Company
Fairfax Dairy Queen
Sundae Sale
C.R. Man
Bond
Wells
Enid Collins
Collins
Katherine Jerde
Roosevelt Room
Stratton Douth
In Armstrong
Helen Halverson
Louise Ware
Helen
Louise
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