Soft Drink Tax Proposal Aims to Fund Iowa Area Colleges
Bick Wood Community College leader A Jensen urges a state soft drink tax to finance area colleges. He argues current higher education spending favors universities and private four year colleges, with minimal direct support for vocational tech programs. Jensen plans to push the idea to Des Moines legislators and business leaders.
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Bickwood Community College
B.A. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jensen
Hoey Oughto
Arca Sehoal
Kirkwood
Bird
Hhey
Des Moines
Lowe
Prineity
Ning
Goy
Ray Ray
Kovernor
Y Jensen
Ater Area School Board
Tin
Houugh
Vause
Canney appoints 18 to Jobs for Veterans plan
Cedar Rapids Mayor Donall Canney names 18 citizens to screen the Jobs for Veterans committee formed after a January letter from President Nixon urging greater veteran employment. The first meeting is 7:20 p.m. Monday in the city hall council chambers with Adolph Topinka as chairman and members representing American Legion Quaker Oats, Kirkwood CC, St Luke's, First Lutheran, All Saints, Red Cross, AFL-CIO, United Community Services, and other groups.
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Cedar Rapids
Donall Canney
Nixon
Aire William B. Pohorsky
Twenty-ninth Street
Herald Ketchum
Afl-Cio
Sixteenth Avenue
Ethan Sproston
United Community Services
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Harald van der Weide
Iowa State Employment Service
Fifi Avenue
Russell Swenson
Twenty-Wathh Street
Stanton Pri
Coe College Student Arrested After Break In
Fredrick Callier, 19, a Coe College student, was arrested at the Sportsman Lounge on First Avenue NE early Monday. He was charged with breaking and entering after allegedly throwing a concrete block through a window to gain entry. Police recovered $25 stolen from the cash register.
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F.C. Miller
Sportsman Lounge
Fredrick Callier
Coe College
First Avenue NE
Miller
Plems Missile Testing in Pacific
Officials said the United States and Britain will establish testing and monitoring facilities on Capton Enderberry islands about 2,000 miles south southwest of Hawaii to upgrade the nation’s 1000 minute missiles and triple warhead mines. The U S will pay Britain 250000 dollars a year for ten years.
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Washington
Pacific Islands
Capton
Enderberry Ind
Hawaii
U.S
Wieman
Britain
Three Charges Follow Complaint in Iowa City Case
John C. Dundon, 23, remanded on robbery with aggravation charge after a Sunday 1:40 a.m. incident at his residence. Police alleged a gunpoint robbery of Arthur Sierra for $100 and found marijuana during a search. Dundon held on $20,000 bond. a 16-year-old youth was also involved and placed with juvenile authorities.
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Iowa City
John C. Dundon
Tandon
Dundon
David Eugene Thomas
Thomas
Johnson County
City Briefs roundup with local notices and events
Local briefs list hospital patient status, club talks on ambulance service, World War I veterans meeting, White House Youth Conference sale items, St Pat’s dance, fire auxiliary event, and crime notes. Also notes travel agency openings and a church production on KCRG Radio.
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White House
Ted
St Pat's
Five Men Dead In Rooming House Fire
Fire destroyed a rooming house over the weekend killing five residents and injuring others. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours as flames swept the top floor causing a partial collapse. Rescue efforts saved several occupants using ladders and stairwells. Investigators searched for missing residents and potential causes.
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Worcester
Mass
Bill
Second Avenue
Three Decorah Family Hurt In One Car Crash
In a single car collision nine miles south of New Hampton on Highway 63, five people were injured. Decorah residents Bruce Hansen 15 drove a car into Elton Lubbert 34’s vehicle. Hansen his mother Carel Hansen 40 and sister Cheryl 48 were in fair condition at New Hampton hospital along with Lubbert’s dog lost at the scene.
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Neckle Thearena Decorah
Decorah
Sundey
New Hampton
Bruce Hansen
Elton Lubber 1
Waterloo
Hansen
Carel Hansen
Cheryl
New Hampton Hospital
Lybbert
Kcrg-Tv
Chamie
Five-Story Fire Kills Four. Victims Named
A Sunday night blaze in a five story brick building injured at least 20 and killed four men. Officials said the identity of the fifth victim was unknown, with three confirmed dead named Hard Poskets aged 59, Philip McLoune, and Mohammed Hasson. The fire started at the rear first floor and spread to the roof.
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Sixtl
Stoce Indy
Philip McLoune
Mohammed Hasson
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Jewomen
Sard Linn
Towa
Sensen
I Jensen
Canney
Plems
Pacific
City Briefs
E. D. McCuilought
St. Luke's Panerina
Pierson’s
Canopus Club
B. T. Howell
Enbassy Club
Jerome's
Ady
Linncogny Barracks
Memorial Coliseum
Mouss
Immanuel Baptist
Douglas Hengshek Resis
FP Avenue NW
Science
Harriet Vende NW
Lynn
Zed St. SW
Transport Travel Agency
New Lynn Spur
Richards
Lindale Plaza
Adv
Peoples Church
Isi ‘Ee
Wilson Beauty Salon
KCRG
Hoyt Thomas
D.C
Lows Theater
Aboud
Dj’s
Sak
Dairy Queen
Marcel
Wsirfax
Vernon
aAdy
Jola’s
Norman Dake
Patice
Second Avenue SE
Merchants National Bank
Mary Ways
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