City Briefs Roundup of Local Club Talks and Events
Local groups announce speakers and activities this week. Theo dore Lilley and Jaycee Toastmasters appear at downtown venues. Environmental Council and Optimists discuss programs. Kiwanis and Civic clubs host noon talks at the Roosevelt and CSPS hall. Weekend sales and services listed include Beads shop, salon ads, and Pierson’s florist offerings.
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Civic Club
William Pohorsky
Cedar Rapids Assn
Csps Hall
Butz Defends Farmers Amid Food Price Criticism
Secretary of Agriculture Butz argued the blame for rising food costs lies in processing and distribution between the farmer and consumer. He noted 62 cents of every food dollar goes to costs and defended farmer productivity, criticizing a Giant ad campaign and citing beef and cattle price dynamics.
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Washington (Ap
Butz
Nixon
The
Price Commission
Washington
Giant
Malta Pact Nears Signature as Rent Clash Intensifies
London reports Britain and Malta poised to sign a formal lease agreement Sunday ending months of haggling over NATO base payments. Malta is demanding a $13 million down payment plus the $36.4 million annual lease for seven years, with Italy rumored to contribute. Mintoff seeks higher terms or forced British pullout by March 31. Britain has begun withdrawing forces, leaving 900 Marines from a 3,500-strong garrison.
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London
Defense Ministry
Britain
Malta
Don Mintoff
Mintoff
Edward Heath
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Italy
Napoleon
George VI
Commonwealth
Electrifying Dan Bramer Demonstrates Tesla Coil
Dan Bramer 14 son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Bramer Anamosa an eighth grader competes among 159 juniors and seniors at the Eastern Iowa Science Fair The event ends today at 4 pm at Cee s Moray Eby fieldhouse with prize awards Bramer holds a fluorescent lamp in a high voltage field and says he can touch the electric area without harm Judge David Gleim of Upper Iowa University observes the demonstration.
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Dan Bramer
Jerry Bramer
Anamosa
Iowa
Cee
Moray Eby Fieldhouse
Bramer
David Gleim
Upper Towa
Commission urges growth centers to ease decline of small towns
A presidential panel proposes aiding selected mid sized cities as growth centers to provide jobs and housing while promoting a managed decline in shrinking rural areas. It calls for limits on illegal immigration and a federal agency to coordinate population policies, with emphasis on housing integration and minority advancement.
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Washington
The
Commission On Population and the American Future
Congress
United States
Commission
Fish Kill Strikes Iowa City Riverbank Waters
Thousands of fish along the Iowa River near the University of Iowa campus washed up Friday morning. Dr. Robert Morris of the state hygienic laboratory cited runoff and ice cover upriver as the cause, saying oxygen depletion trapped fish like buffalo and carp, dead for about two weeks.
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Iowa Memorial Union
Lowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Robert Morris
State Hygienic Laboratory
Morris
Science Fair Winners Announced At Eastern Iowa Event
Final judging for the thirteenth Eastern Iowa Science fair was held with 19 finalists from Linn-Mar Marion C B Vernon Muscatine Wellman Maquoketa and others. Winners receive trips to the International Science and Engineering Fair in New Orleans next month.
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Marion
Maquoketa
Muscatine
C.B. Vernon
Linn-Mar
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Dubuque
Wellman
Coe
Sinclair Auditorium
Coe’s Moray Eby Fieldhouse
New Orleans
David Maschoff
Patricia Swearingen
Marion C. B. Junior High
Tim Martin
Cedar Rapids All Saints
Becky Gear
Deborah Thurman
Muscatine West Junior High
Tim Burkhart
Marion C. B. Vernon Junior High
Robert Kass
Dubuque St. Columbilles
Jon Carlson
Richard Rohner
Gary Scott
French youth offers help in burglaries becomes suspect
In Fontenay le Comte France 22 year old Joseph Barteau sought to join the police and offered to aid detectives handling roughly 50 unsolved burglaries. After questioning he was charged with the crimes and taken into custody.
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Fontenay LE Comte
France
Joseph Barteau
Czech Home Guard Forms with Fifty Members
Thirty years ago a Czech home guard unit formed with fifty members. The group pledged to offer services to civilian or military authorities in emergencies.
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Czech Home Guard
Civiian
Spirit Lake Democrat to Challenge Rep Mayne for 6th District
Berkeley Bedell a Spirit Lake Democrat announced his bid to challenge Rep Wiley Mayne in the 6th district congressional race Mayne has held the seat since 1966 Bedell owns a sporting goods firm in Spirit Lake Mayne seeks another term.
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Spirit Lake
UPI
Wiley Mayne
Rrowa
Berkeley Bedell
Mayne
Bedell
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Exchange Club
Theodore Lilley
Montrose
Evans Masso
Carol
Ken
Environmental Council
Peoples Bank
Jaycee
Ron Fisher
Pat Cobb
Howie Cohen
Bishops Downtown
Montrose Hotel
Kiwanis
Ernest A. Hayes
Iowa Development Commission
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Optimists Club
Lester Bascom
Japan
Peoples Unitarian Church
Sertoma Club
Elks Club
Canopus Club
Don Keppler
Catholic Education
Embassy Club
Rinehart
Longbranch
Dale Carnegie
Jones Park
C-Mar
Nelson’s
Cedar Rapids Educational Secretaries Assn
Tyler School
3Rd Street NW
Memorial Coliseum
Wonderland of
Christian Club
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
YMCA
First Trust and Savings Bank
East Side Kiwanis
Larry Bradshaw
Kennedy High School
Nepal
Charlie’s
Pierson’s
Adv
Gazette
John Mclivor
John D. Rockefeller II
Hoyt E. Carrier
Pierson’s Flowershop and Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
Senior High
Mike Yoder
Wellman Mid-Prairie
Diane Hoopes
Denyse Frandsen
Marleen Wilson
William Hamstock
Mark Owen
Sean Adkins
Iowa City High
Michael Stewart
Gordon Waite
Horst
S.M.L
Terry
Atter
Cheyyw
Kresge Company
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