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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1947
Page
7
F. A. Fuzzy Ahring, former jeweler and veteran traffic patrolman, is Cedar Rapids first meter superintendent. He repairs meters at the police station basement and notes that vandalism and gum in coin slots are main issues.
A motorist received two hours despite notes that the indicator for the clock ran to 72 minutes. The meter was taken to the station and Ahring found himself with more time on his hands due to the confusion.
A public forum to discuss the future of Club One Nine Teen meets Monday at 8 p.m. at the club. The session, led by the Council of Social Planning, centers on whether to reopen the youth center given annual operating costs about 11 dollars and past closure in February.
The final club formed by public subscription and by Young Men's Bureau funds raised 17 000. Donors invited to hear Dawson Grim chairman and Marshall Nelson with a teen group rep. Rabbi Herman Schaalman to monitor. Interim committee seeks use of facilities three nights weekly as a Young Adult Recreation center for 100 youths. Starting membership 500.
Members of the American Chemical Society will meet in Iowa City to hear Alden H. Emery national secretary and business manager. He will speak in the University of Iowa chemistry auditorium after dinner at the Iowa Union. Emery is a Oberlin College graduate and formerly worked with the Bureau of Mines.
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