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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1971
Page
2
State Revenue Unit investigates swim pool receipts and Cedar Rapids city finances. Officials warn that municipal treasury faces strain as revenue ideas are debated to stabilize funding.
Des Moines officials review a new interpretation requiring Iowa cities to pay three percent sales tax on swimming pool receipts and other entertainment fees. Cedar Rapids and other towns weigh impact on budgets, potentially adding thousands yearly to city costs and forcing higher fees or property tax support.
The Camp Good Health drive, now in its second week toward a 1971 budget of 16225, received a 300 gift from Link-Belt Speeder division FMC Corp workers with UAW Local 299. Additional 100 gifts came from Howard R. Green Co and Mrs. Conrad Paulson, with Cedar Rapids readers contributing to fund a summer outing for underprivileged children.
The Cedar Rapids chapter of the Administrative Management society will meet Tuesday at 5 30 p m at the Hotel Roosevelt. A pre meeting film titled Paperwork Simplification will be shown followed by a 6 30 dinner and a panel discussion on business education economics and societal problems featuring students from Mt Mercy and Coe colleges and moderated by R S Wray of Iowa National Mutual Insurance.
A student conceived bilingual production titled Happy Name Day will be staged Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Tyler elementary auditorium. The unit on Latin America inspired a five scene setting in Venezuela with a party as the theme and about 24 students will participate.
In Schenectady New York four young staffers at Union College run the admissions office. Director Jay Shupe 24 and assistants ages 25 22 and 21 form a 92 year total. He says youth helps them relate to applicants.
Jerome C. Scheckel IA American Legion service officer will be at the American Legion office 401 Fourth avenue SE Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist veterans in filing for benefits. That evening at 7 30 he conducts a service school in the coliseum armory to explain filing claims and answer questions about benefits.
The Cedar Rapids city government plans to push for a uniform swimming pool tax policy, leaving open whether the broader city will oppose or support the measure and how it will be argued in further debates.
The Cedar Rapids Council on Aging seeks volunteers for a senior citizen survey on May 15 20 and 22. Help needed 1 30 to 4 30 p m on those days. Call 366 3311 to volunteer.
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