Cedar Rapids Reviews City Vehicle Fleet To Cut Costs
City budget pressures prompt Cedar Rapids officials to reexamine the 200 car fleet. Auditor McMahan conducts a mile and usage survey to decide if many vehicles can be cut and if employees should use their own cars at 15 cents per mile.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob McMahan
Hal Schaefer
Schaefer
McMahan
Sewer Department
First
Third Avenue
First Avenue
Coe hosts Indian studies program for 13 Midwest students
Thirteen college students from Associate Colleges of the Midwest will spend eight weeks at Coe College on an intensive India study program. They will then study in Chicago and Poona India for seven months under director John Walker. The program includes Marathi language training, English instruction at Poona, and a research project on topics like Indian women daily life and Persian cultural influence. Public lectures by Robert D. Baird and other academics accompany the orientation.
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Midwest
Coe
Chicago
University of Poona
India
John Walker
Poona
Bombay
Walker
Maxine Bernsten
Phaltan
Cne
Pakistan
Ceylon
Ford Foundation
Robert D. Baird
School of Religion
University of Iowa
Babu
University of Bombay
V.M. Sirsikar
Mahatma Gandhi
Gage Union
Congress Party of India
Sirsikar
Judy Frater
Stuart
Easter Eggs to Cards Mark Mobility Shift in Holiday Gift Traditions
Researchers note a shift from hand colored Easter eggs to greeting cards as population mobility and modern life grow. The piece traces red Easter symbolism to early Christian practice and the birth of flat early cards in nineteenth century northern Germany. A 20 years ago item mentions a property between First and Eighth Avenues SW and between Fifteenth and Seventeenth Streets chosen for a $500,000 army navy reserve training center.
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Hallmark Cards
Germany
First
Eighth Avenues
Fifteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Blouin to address Cedar Rapids Chamber on tax and ag policy
U S Rep Michael Blouin will speak to the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday at noon at the Montrose hotel. The session will cover taxation and agriculture policy and include questions and discussion before adjournment at 1 30 p m Reservations are required by Tuesday via the Chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Michael T. Blouin
Dubuque
Rep. Blouin
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Chamber
William Fletcher
Blouin
Fletcher
In Memory Notices From Various Families and Communities
A fragmented, OCR laden page lists numerous in memory notices from Lisbon, Cedar Rapids, and surrounding areas. Entries name individuals such as Mrs. Heston Phelps, Frank Bukacek, Judge W. Sandoe, Bill Schamberger, and Edna Hartman Reynolds, with birthdays and family senders. It also shows amounts like 10.00 and 5.00 tied to gifts or memorials, plus a total figure of 1,369.75 and scattered editorial noise.
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Heston Phelps
Lisbon
Old Capitol Motors
Iowa City
Frank Bukacek
Cedar Rapids
W. Sandoe Jotan
Bill Schamberger
Schamberger
Fred A. Cook
David Janish
Jean Hartman Lewis
Edna Hartman Reynolds
John Magnusson
Parke de V. Parks
Parke
Jo Mathews
Kansas City
Helen O' Don
Bernardine N. Smith
Mary L. Moore
Moiese
Moir
Dave
Dawn
Cherie Wilson
Ethel
Linda
John
Ann
Vera Keenan
Milwaukee Iud
John Kingman
Ages Smith
Harry I. Michel
H. J. Michel
Bill Mrstik
Ann, Fairfax
Floyd J. Novak
Blanch
Gladys Novotny
Thomas Opatz
Martha Shuman
Bowlus
Minn
John F. Pisha
Aldrich Marek
George A. Stauffacher
Helen Stepanek
Charlies McLaughlin
Vernon
Frank
Fritz) Tvrdik
Michael Becker
Dewey Alexander
William Hogan
George J. Shultz
Joseph Urban
Dodge
Ssuhsussbesseuons
Attchinnon
Cornerstone II Training for Hawkeye Area Scouters Set
A weekend outdoor training program for Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council volunteers titled Cornerstone II will occur Saturday at Camp Wakonda with Cornerstone III following April 19–20 for both adult leaders and Boy Scout patrol leaders. Allen Remling will direct both courses.
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Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Camp Wakonda
Dave Hoff
Urbana
Allen Remling
Cedar Rapids
Hoff
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Cedar Rapids City Hall
Third Avenue Bridge
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Leo L. Nussbaum
Bangalore
Ramesh Babu
Grinnell College
E and F
Illite
Willy
Willy’s
Willy's Floral
First Ave. S.E
Bank Americard
Michael
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Lindale Plaza
Sesee. Ae
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James A. Garfield
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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