Plan for Low Cost Housing in Cedar Rapids
A three bedroom furnished minimal house priced at 10500 was unveiled in Cedar Rapids as a potential solution to the housing shortage for lower income young families. The model, at 3300 Thirty-third Avenue SW, may be removed in 60 days without city approval. The plan seeks waivers to meet code while keeping costs low and involves public reviews and a model for public viewing.
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Cedar Rapids
Thirty-third Avenue
Edgewood Road
Building Trades Union
Roosevelt Hotel
LeRoy Skogman
Skogman Construction Co
National Homes
Washington, D.C
FHA
VA Mortgage Insurance
Spring Storms Bluff Early Spring Warmth Across Regions
A spring storm blanketed the Midwest to the Northeast bringing up to 10 inches of snow and wreaking travel disruptions. Temperatures plunging to 6 below in Greenville Maine and 7 in Portland Maine contrasted with zero in Newport Vermont. A tornado near Silsbee Texas damaged trees and buildings as wild weather swept through Wisconsin and beyond.
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Maine
Houston
New England
Newport
Portland
Upper
Midwest
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Galveston
San Antonio
Silsbee
Texas
Wisconsin
Mercury Stack Jumps 1 Degree as Spring Arrives
Cedar Rapids notes a stalled thermometer on Monday and Tuesday with noon reading 38 degrees. By 2 pm Tuesday the temperature rose to 39 degrees, a new high for the day, with forecasters predicting more mild weather into Thursday and overnight lows in the 20s to 30s.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
UAW Considers Leaving Iowa Labor Federation
A large Cedar Rapids UAW majority supports withdrawing from the Iowa Federation of Labor. Local 1316 at Allis-Chalmers votes unanimously to back the resolution. Local 299 and Local 1024 plan votes in April. Leaders cite poor cooperation from some unions and discuss forming a Cedar Rapids industrial labor group.
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Cedar ‘Rapids
United ‘Auto Workers
UAW
Iowa Federation of Labor
Allis- Chalmers
Clifford Thompson
Larrie Orman
Link-Belt Speeder
Barney Frailinger
Cherry Burrell
Local 299
Local 1024
Orman
Cedar Rapids Uaw
Cedar Rapids
Labor Assembly
Thompson
Frailinger
Cedar Rapids’ ‘Labor Assembly
Des Moines
Iowa
Walter Reuther
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Aficio
Bob Carson
Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly
Assembly
Carson
Nader Attacks Timidity in 1968 Car Safety Standards
Ralph Nader testified before the senate commerce committee accusing the traffic safety agency of agonizing timidity and issuing inadequate 1968 car safety standards. He warned government action could falter under industry pressure and fail to advance true safety beyond existing levels.
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Washington (Ap
Ralph Nader
Traffic Safety Agency
Senate Commerce Committee
Nader
Johnson's direct peace bid rejected by Ho in Moscow
President Johnson proposed a direct talk with North Vietnam in a Feb 8 letter, offering to halt bombing and freeze troop levels if Ho Chi Minh would discuss peace. Hanoi rejected the plan Feb 15, while Thieu pressed Hanoi to join talks and Ky urged escalation. Johnson, noting Ky's remarks, framed no sudden shift toward peace and urged talks in Moscow or another suitable venue.
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Johnson
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Moscow
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South Vietnam
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Thieu
Guam
Wilson
London
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Ple
Arma
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Regiment is Routed in Vietnam Battle Near Cambodia
U S infantry and artillery repelled a dawn assault by a 2500 man Viet Cong regiment near Tay Ninh, killing about 423. The fight, part of the broader sweep in War Zone C, left 30 Americans dead and 109 wounded with three missing as U S forces pursued remaining regiments toward Cambodia amid heavy air and artillery support.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
U. S
272Nd
Tay Ninh
Hastings
Ia Drang
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson says Guam talks yield no monumental military decisions
President Johnson described two days of Vietnam talks on Guam as instructive and constructive but not producing any momentous decisions. He held a surprise news conference before departing for Honolulu and Washington and stated no military decisions were made.
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Guam
Johnson
Vietnam
Honolulu
Washington
South Vietnam
Thieu
Quints Die After Premature Swedish Births
In Vasteras Sweden a mother treated with fertility drugs delivered quintuplets Monday night. Two girls and one boy died at birth or shortly after while two surviving babies, a boy and a girl, remain in incubators in fair condition. The five babies weighed one to two pounds each. The mother is 28 year old Mrs Frederik Jansson.
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Vasteras
Sweden
UPID
Frederik Jansson
Johnson honors Guam air crews amid Vietnam war notes
President Johnson visited Andersen air base on Guam and saluted 12 air crewmen from B52 and KC 135 units, pledging support for all airmen involved in bombing Vietnam targets. He also met wounded troops at a naval hospital and discussed Allied progress before guiding remarks on war strategy.
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Phot
Guam
Johnson
Alan Renshaw
Watermill
N. Y
Robert Winslow
East St. Louis
Ill
Karl Schmidt
Havertown
Renshaw
David Pedersen
Fayetteville
Ralph Rothstein
Newark
James Wade
Knoxville
Pacific
Air Force
Vietnam
Hanoi
U. S. Naval Hospital
Naval Base
Polaris
Navy
Proteus
Daniel Boone
Senate OKs 12.2 Billion Vietnam War Aid Passed
The Senate voted 77 to 3 to provide 12.2 billion dollars more for the Vietnam War this year. Opponents were Senators Morse Gruening and Nelson. The House approved the measure by voice vote on the following Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Morse
D-Ore
Gruening
Alaska
Nelson
Wis
House
Chuckle Te Says You Do Not Know The Price Of Success
A humorous quip about income tax tables from the Internal Revenue Service to illustrate price of success. Copyright notice follows.
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Internal Revenue Service
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