Cedar Rapids considers cutting city vehicle fleet to save fuel
City Auditor McMahan urges reducing light vehicles as fuel shortages and rising costs loom. Council to reexamine fleet, justify each vehicle, and potentially cut commuting cars. Mayors and officials show high mileage on personal cars with substantial reimbursements, totaling near 2500 dollars annually in savings proposed.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert McMahan
Hal Schaefer
Schaefer
Lon
Elmer Delaney
McMahan
Canney
Floyd Bergen
Richard Phillips
Stan Reinis
Busy Linn County officials schedule meetings and hearings
Multiple agencies in Linn County and Cedar Rapids announce a full day of public sessions. Courts, planning, budgeting, and rights commissions convene in city halls, courthouses, and schools with a dozen agenda items and several public hearings.
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Linn County Supervisors
Squaw Creek Lake
Kirkwood College
Linn County Board of Review
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus
Fifth St
Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission
City Council
City Hall
Linn County Health Center
Monroe School
Pioneer Ave
Cedar Rapids City Council
Council
Performing Arts Commission
Paramount Theatre
Linn Health Services Program
Mercy Hospital
Board of Directors of
Family Service Agency
Mittee
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Grant Wood
AEA
Sixth St
Hiawatha City Council
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Grant Wood Aea
Cedar Rapids Riverfront Improvement Commission
Riverfront
Eastern Iowa Regional Computer Center Consortium
Revere
Five Seasons Center Commission
Five Seasons Center
Regional Planning Commission
Veterans Memorial Commission
Eyes as unique as fingerprints say optometrists
The American Optometric Association asserts eyes are as individual as fingerprints. Historical fingerprint expert Bertillon once proposed iris patterns for identification, noting that no two irises share the same pattern.
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ST. Louis, Mo
American Optometric Association
Bertillon
Flowering Crab Trees Bloom at Morgan Creek Arboretum
Morgan Creek park near Cedar Rapids reports blossoms opening on 19 varieties of flowering crabs at the arboretum. Park Ranger Ron Aschbrenner notes visitors can walk the arboretum trail in 15 or 20 minutes and enjoy 80 varieties of trees and shrubs along with pine and cedar highlights established in 1970.
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Morgan Creek Park
Cedar Rapids
Ron Aschbrenner
Morgan Creek
Aschbrenner
Mockingbirds Attack Pedestrians Near Plaza Towers New Orleans
In New Orleans outside the Plaza Towers, a pair of nesting mockingbirds dive at passers by daily. People report beaks pecking ears and hair as the birds defend a nest of fledglings about ten feet overhead, attracting lunchtime crowds.
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Plaza Towers
Dan McClung
McClung
Plastic use seen rising eight percent this year
New York based report from Modern Plastics magazine says plastics consumption will climb about eight percent in year with growing use in building construction car production packaging and insulation. It also notes a commercial retortable pouch shows bright potential offering longer food freshness at lower cost and storage needs than tin cans.
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New York
UPI
Modern Plastics Magazine
McGraw-Hill
Italians vote to preserve divorce law in 1974 referendum
On this date 1974 Italians backed a law allowing divorce after five years of separation, keeping a provision three and a half years old. The referendum upheld the existing policy amid debates over family law and social change in Italy.
Statuary Hall Statues: History of Capitol Collection
The National Statuary Hall in the U S Capitol occupies the original House quarters. Created in 1864 states were invited to contribute up to two statues each. In 1933 the limit became one statue per state. A total of 91 statues have been contributed by 50 states.
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National Statuary Hall
U.S. Capitol
House of Representatives
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Don Canney
NOVAK
16Th Avenue
Gary Novak
Paul Novak
New Orleans
Olyaa Econ
Olympic Stain Factory
Empire
Empire On Photo Inc
1St Ave
Statuary Hall
Iowa Department OF Transportation
Lincoln Way
Ames
Iowa
S. 4Th Street
Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State University
Ford
Dodge
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