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Cedar Rapids Exports Jump 25 Percent in 1966
Cedar Rapids exports rose to 75 million with a 25 percent gain from 1965. Ray Peters attributes the rise to the Vietnam war foreign construction and more exporters. Major firms like Collins Radio Iowa Manufacturing Link-Belt and Cherry Burrell shipped to Vietnam and Mexico during the year.
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Cedar Rapids
Foreign Trade Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Peters
Peters
Vietnam
Collins Radio Co
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Highway Equipment Co
Cherry - Burrell
Iowa Manufacturing
Mexico
Mexico City
Iowa
Maines
New York
Los Angeles
Midwest
Mississippi River
Dick Petska
Earl Forester
Cherry-Burrell
Universal
Forester
Moscow
Soviet Union
John Deere
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Eveland
U.S
America
Des Moines
Venezuela
Pakistan
Ceylon
Germany
Chamber
Universal Engineering
Cam Ranh Bay
Merchants National Bank
MNB
Rigoberto Areces
Chicago