Employment Up in Cedar Rapids Area Firms Signal Growth
The Cedar Rapids region shows rising employment with 1,308 at Quaker and 700 at Harnischfeger, plus 175 at Dearborn Brass. Collins Radio reports first half sales of $158.5 million and profits of $3.1 million as Four factors drive recovery, including new management and stronger marketing. growth includes apartment demand and a 24 story riverfront office complex amid multiple large development plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Rice
Manag
Collins’ Avionics
Cedar Rapids
Aviation Electronics
Rice
Collins
Royal Netherland Army
Air Force
Faxon
First Avenue
First
Second Streets
Brenton Bank and Trust Co
Brenton
Fifth Avenue Professional
Berry Bros. Weighs History From No. 3 St. James Street
The long established Berry Bros. and Rudd at 3 St James Street London traces its origins to 1699 and is famed for weighing customers on a large scale. Notables from Frederick, Duke of York to Lord Byron and Jack Leggs Diamond visited, with weights recorded in archives and anecdotes of royal and literary patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berry Bros. and
Rudd
St. James’ Street
Bourne
William Pickering
Berry
No. 3
Anthony A. Berry
Frederick
Duke of York
George III
William
Duke of Clarence
Wiliam IV
Willian
Berry Brothers
Leopold
Windsor Castle
Charles Lamb
Thomas Thornhill
Jack “Legs” Diamond
United States
Britain
Nassau
Bahamas
H. Warner Allen
Number Three
Court hearing ends with accused wearing witness jacket
Roy B. Perez 25 appeared in Ventura municipal court for a preliminary hearing on receiving stolen property charges. A witness, Taylor Caldwell, identified Perez’s jacket and shirt as his own, prompting the judge to order the accused to remove the coat and shirt before being ordered to stand trial Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura, Calif
UPI
Roy B. Perez
Taylor Caldwell
Perez
Caldwell
John Hunter
Why an Addition To the Library Bond Vote Details
Cedar Rapids voters will decide on March 27 whether to issue general obligation bonds of 2.6 million dollars for a main library expansion and 0.3 million for a west side bookmobile. The measure would be repaid in eight years with a 60 percent passage threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Cedar Rapids
Little Agreement on Coffee Usage
In Whippany New Jersey AP Ramsey president of Rowe International notes coffee drinking varies by country affecting vending machines. Japanese models must brew coffee 2.5 times sweeter than U S standards Swedish machines must produce twice as strong coffee South American devices need coin slots adaptable to inflation. US machines now avoid bending for service as more women join the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whippany
N. J
Earl C. Ramsey
Rowe International
United States
Ramsey
Salvation Army to run Cedar Rapids recycling collection
The Citizens Environmental Council closes GAPStop at Shaver Road and transfers glass aluminum and paper collection to the Salvation Army’s Cedar Rapids site. The Army will accept items Monday through Saturday with blueprints for sorting and recycling. volunteers and participants are urged to continue saving materials.
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Citizens Environmental Council
Salvation Army
CEC
Cedar Rapids
A Avenue
First Street
Shaver Road
Iowa
Twenty-ninth Street
First Avenue
Gayle Hise
New Zealanders Declared World’s Top Meat Eaters
The United States Department of Agriculture report ranks 48 meat consuming nations by per capita intake. In 1970 New Zealanders averaged 230 pounds of meat per person, followed by Argentina 204, Australia 201, Uruguay 196, and the United States 186.
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New
General Patton Succeeds Fredendall on Tunisian Front
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, 57, assumed command of American forces on the western Tunisian front replacing Maj. Gen. L. R. Fredendall. The change comes as Allied operations continue in Tunisia during World War II.
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Eisenhower
George S. Patton
L. R. Fredendall
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.R
Quaker
Harnischfeger
Henry Madden
Robert Faxon
Chamber of Commerce
Employment Service
Linn County
Peter F. Bezanson
Deb, Inc
Federal Housing Authority
FHA
Life Investors
Twin Pines Golf Course
Twin Pines
Dial Realty
Omaha
Westdale
Highway 149
Edgewood Road
Berry Bros
Frank J. Prial
New York Times Service
Trinity College, Cambridge
Caroline Lamb
Lord Byron
Richard Chamberlain
Panasonic
Woods
Kodak
Knight
Bell & Howell
Power
Yashica
Ruger 357 Magnum
Konica
Third Ave
I.E. Tower
America
1St Ave
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