Marion City Council Amends 1967 Budget with No Objections
Marion council approved amendments increasing seven funds using carryover balances with no tax money involved. Increases target General, Street, Public Safety, Sanitation, Municipal Enterprises, Recreation, and Utilities funds. The panel also moved Squaw Creek park sewer plans with Cedar Rapids and reviewed lake lagoon use with Linn County conservation. A landmark popcorn stand in the park will be relocated to ease traffic. several road and sewer projects were authorized or slated for bidding and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Squaw Creek Park
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Eckhart
Robert J. Stone
Linn County Conservation Commission
Squaw Creek Lake
Squaw Creek
Park Board
Seventh Avenue
Eleventh Street
Council
Public Safety Committee
Police Department
Lee Coppock
Stone
Blairs Ferry Road
Lindale Drive
Fifth Avenue
Coppock
Eugene Dunn
Ralph Hilmer
Dunn
Ralph W. Potter
Marion Business Girls Club
Business Girls Club
George Commack
Parkview Drive
Arlo
B. Ginther
Peter F.crivaro
Eugene Frye
East Post Road
East Post
South Eleventh Street
Marion Heights, Inc
Guam talks sketch Vietnam war aims and U S unity
President Johnson and Vietnamese Premier Ky outlined aims to halt bombing and curb infiltration with talks possible if sanctuaries are stopped. They pledged peaceful progress, while Hanoi resisted negotiations. Johnson praised unity but noted domestic divisions can be irritating, as Guam conference ends with hopeful tone and progress.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
Cambodia
Laos
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Guam
Honolulu
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Washington
House Votes New GI Bill for 2.8 Million Servicemen
The House approved a bill to raise pensions and other benefits for about 2.8 million service members and dependents at an initial year cost of 236 million dollars. The measure passed 357 to 0 and would take effect July 1, extending benefits to all servicemen since August 1964. The bill also expands educational allowances.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
Structural deviations from the cities building code
The Skegman Construction Co proposed a $10,540 minimal house for Cedar Rapids that diverges from city code in wiring and service, foundation, insulation, and factory-built panels. Notable points include 100 amp service, copper water pipes, Masonite ceilings and partitions, 16 inch diameter piers, glass wool insulation, and a stressed-skin factory floor system not yet approved locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skegman Construction Co
Cedar Rapids
FHA
Skogman
U.S. Forest Products Laboratory
Housing Mini homes eyed for Cedar Rapids development
The article discusses limited housing buying power around $85 monthly and describes a plan for a minimal 24 by 32 foot house in the College Community district. It contrasts trailer living costs $73 to $98 plus $25 rent with traditional ownership and notes lot sizes and setback standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Hills
Bowman Woods
Skogman
College Community School
Betty Grable and Victor Mature Star in Wabash Avenue
Betty Grable and Victor Mature headline the 4 O Clock Movie Wabash Avenue airs Wednesday on Channel 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Wabash Avenue
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Eighth
Ninth Streets
Joe Cira
Marion Christian Church
McGowan Boulevard
Leighton W. Ford
Bill
Tenth Street
Harold Stickney
Stickney
Scorboard
Ben Franklin
Clarice E. Burke
Waukon
Claude L. Burke
Edgar Richards
Jewell Glowacki
Minneapolis
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Landis
Gross
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Home
Alin DeWald
Adv
Olin DeWald
Third Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sorg Pharmacy
Adu
Farmers State Bank J
Alburnett
Advv
First National Bank
Cook
Crestview Acres
Grand, Marion
Edward Conrad
Long Beach
Calif
William Conrad
Seventh Street
the Gazette
Goodrow
Chamber of Commerce City Betterment Committee
Todd’s
Indian House
Nordman Jewelers
Ginther’s TV
YMCA
Spride
Dickey's
7Th Ave
Wth Street
Korky
Lavelle Rubber CO
Chicago
The
Psa Service
Hs Ey Tea
Herman Cooper
Petroleum Equipment and Service, Inc
35Th St
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