Culver Opposes Poverty Program Fragmentation in Speech
Congressman Culver told HACAP workers at the YMCA that placing poverty projects under the Office of Economic Opportunity protects the voice of the poor. He warned against dismantling current programs and warned of bureaucratic warfare in Washington. He urged greater private involvement and criticized proposals to reduce poor representation on boards, noting spending levels and comparing costs to other programs.
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Jobe Culver
Hawkeye
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Culver
Washington
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
Salem
Ore
Charles “Avery
Sprague
Johnson
Hegan
Congress
HACAP
Vietnam
Mayflower
Clinton Women’s Job Corps Center
Iowa
17-Foot flood stage forecast hits Cedar Rapids area
Weather bureau and Iowa Civil Defense warn Cedar River area could reach 17 feet this spring with normal March precipitation. Flood stage is 13 feet, and Otis Road SE and Manhattan near Ellis Park are cited as vulnerable zones if high water materializes.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa Civil Defense Division
Cedar River
Public Improvements
Donald Canney
Otis Road SE
Manhattan
Ellis Park
Waterloo
Science Reading Room
First Independence
Wapsipinicon
Trudy Conaway Mohr
Klan Leaders Sentenced Over Records Refusal
A federal judge sentenced two Ku Klux Klan state grand dragons to one year in prison and fined another 1000 dollars for refusing to provide membership records to the House Committee on Un American Activities. Robert Scoggin of South Carolina and Robert Jones of North Carolina received prison terms. Calvin Craig of Georgia paid the fine after pleading guilty to contempt of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
Grand Dragons
House Committee On un-American Activities
Edward Curran
Robert, Scoggin
South Carolina
Robert Jones
Nort Carolina
Calvin Craig
Georgia
Congress
Katherine Jerde Wins JA Contest
Katherine Jerde daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Jerde 915 Thirty seventh Street NE won the Cedar Rapids Junior Achievement Best Salesman contest She was selected by a panel of six judges Tuesday at the Junior Achievement center As local winner she will represent Cedar Rapids at the Midwest regional Best Salesman contest March 28 and 29 in St Paul with contestants from 20 cities and the winner advancing to the national contest in St Louis in April
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherne A. Jerde
Edwin Jerde
Thirty-seventh Street
Cedar Rapds
Katherine
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
St. Louis
Hickel Goes Undercover to Study Everglades Poaching
Interior Secretary Hickel joined park rangers in a night drill at Everglades National Park to learn how poachers operate. He said enforcement alone won’t solve the crisis facing about 20 000 alligators. legislation is needed. The drill followed $100 000 in extra funds for patrols and the assignment of four more rangers to monitor 1.7 million swamp acres.
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Everglades National Park
Fia
Hickel
Dick Stokes
Everglades Gator Colony
Flamingo
Stokes
Nixon renames Fish Room Roosevelt Room in White House
President Nixon adopts Roosevelt room name for the conference space across from the Oval Office. Press secretary Ron Ziegler said the room will honor Teddy Roosevelt, replacing the former Fish Room tag used during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s era for displaying tropical fish and trophies.
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Washington
Nixon
Oval Office
Ronald Ziegler
Roosevelt
Teddy
Fdr
Franklin Roosevelt
Chicago Suspends Thirteen Policemen at Democratic Conventi
Chicago police suspend thirteen officers for August disturbances at the Democratic national convention. Superintendent James Conlish cites failures to wear badges or nameplates and to supervise subordinates. The suspensions raise total disciplined to 43.
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Chicago
James Conlish
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Anti-Poverty Boards
Inc.r
Verdi Lemzen
Blake Boulevard
Satie Ana
Jay McNamara
Kenwood House
Adv
Dennis L. Oelschlaeger
Max Oelschlaeger
Lindale Avenue
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Ark
Public Improvements Department
PDS
En-Lome
Ady
Paul Anka
Georgia Brown
Mary
Wm. D.mackenzie Company
The
Star Printing Company
Fairfax Dairy Queen
Sundae Sale
Howard E. Hawk
Sighth Street
Hawk
Kenneth R. Oliver
Wells
Enid Collins
Collins
Katherine Jerde
Rangers
Everglades
Armstrong’s Foundation
Helen Halverson
Louise Ware
Helen
Louise
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