Home Rule Bill to Simplify City Bond Referendums
Cedar Rapids faces a sweeping home rule bill that would rewrite current bond referendum rules. The bill groups bond issues into general and essential categories, easing adoption over a two year transition and potentially reducing voter confusion in contentious projects like airport, sewer, and flood-control bonds.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Vinton Ditch
David McGuire
Lyman Mitchell
Chapman and Cutler
JoAnn Brown
Town Legislative Service Bureau
King Hospital for Blacks Opens Monday in L A
The Martin Luther King hospital in south central Los Angeles opens its doors Monday to its first patient. The $27 million first stage serves 394 beds with 1,250 staff, mostly black, and aims to reach 908 beds with a psychiatric unit and labs as the project completes.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Martin Luther King Hospital
King
McCone
Watts
Senior Men To Host Geneva Tower Men
The Senior Men's Christian club invites men tenants of Geneva Tower to its regular meeting at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the Abe Lincoln room at the Central branch YMCA. The session includes a tour of the telephone company and the club, open to men 55 and over, meets weekly at the YMCA with daily recreational use of the Abe Lincoln room featuring eight ball pool and shuffleboard.
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Christian Club
Geneva Tower
Central Branch Ymca
Abe Lincoln
Douglas MacArthur Pledges Unyielding War Resolve in Australia
Thirty years ago a broadcast from Australia quoted General Douglas MacArthur declaring there can be no compromise and that victory or death would be the aim. The remark underscored the resolve of Allied leadership during a critical phase of the war.
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Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Taxes on Work Clothes Deductions for Special Apparel
IRS answers common questions on deductible costs for uniforms and special gear. Generally work clothing and maintenance aren’t deductible, but costs for apparel required by occupation and not adaptable to ordinary wear are deductible. Examples include firemen police officers letter carriers and nurses.
Radar speed meter tested on Los Angeles streets
A radar activated speed meter that displays a car's speed to the approaching driver was demonstrated in Los Angeles. The device uses radar tracking and a large screen showing the speed. Traffic officials plan to install it at four high speed areas in the city. The demo unit costs 3500 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Department of Traffic
S. S. Taylor
Taylor
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