Leona Vavra Celebrates 30 Years at Hawkeye Seed Co
Leona Vavra of 2705 Thirty third avenue SW retires June 1 after three decades with Hawkeye Seed Co formerly Hamilton Co. A retirement dinner at the airport honored her with a diamond ring from co workers Fred Machen and Howard Dubishar. She will move to California after retirement.
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Leona Vavra
Thirty-third Avenue
Hawkeye Seed Co
The
Hamilton Co
Vavra
Fred Machen
Nineteenth Street
Howard Dubishar
Thirtieth Street
Hawkeye Seed
California
Labor Grant To C R for Youth Corps in Cedar Rapids
The Department of Labor awarded a 39150 grant to the Neighborhood Youth Corps in Cedar Rapids for a summer program serving underprivileged youths aged 14 to 21. Director George W Case reports 65 signed up, with room for 35 more. program runs June 3 to August 24 and pays 1.25 dollars per hour with a 26 hour weekly limit. Enrollees must return to high school in fall and meet federal poverty guidelines. apply at NYC headquarters at the YMCA.
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Department of Labor
Neighborhood Youth Corps
NYC
Cedar Rapids
George W. Case
Case
YMCA
Iowa Fire Marshal Elected President of National Association
Cedar Rapids assistant fire chief R. H. Ellison was elected president of the Fire Marshals Assn of North America at its Atlanta convention. He is the first Iowa fire marshal to head the organization and leads the city bureau of fire prevention.
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Cedar Rapids
R. H. Ellison
Fire Marshals Assn. of
North America
Atlanta
Iowa
Ellison
Twenty-seventh Street
Fire Department
Bureau of Fire Prevention
Narcotics Writer Sentenced for Marijuana Possession
Melvyn Green a Columbia University graduate student from Ottawa Ontario was given a two year suspended sentence by Judge Edmund Palmieri after pleading guilty to possessing 18 pounds of marijuana in a U S district court Federal narcotics agents led to the case and Green was described as a victim rather than master in a narcotics thesis context
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New York
Melvyn Green
Columbia University
Green
Ottawa
Ont
Edmund Palmieri
U.S
Regional Planners Seek Primary Status for Mt. Vernon Road SE
Linn County Regional Planning commission moves to designate Mt. Vernon road southeast of Cedar Rapids as a primary extension to secure state funds. The panel also requires communities to submit road plans before the scheduled year and adjusts the transportation planning contract to align with a July 1968 end date.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Marion
Hiawatha
Robins
County Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Howard, Needles, Tammen
Bergensdorf
Regional Commission
Iowa Development Commission
Linn County
Cedar Valley
New York Mayor Lindsay backs Rockefeller bid in campaign push
Pittsburgh report says Mayor Lindsay plans active campaigning for Nelson Rockefeller. He appeared at a $100-a-plate GOP dinner with about 1,400 attendees and said he would travel to Oregon to campaign. Oregon ballot features Reagan and Nixon with a Rockefeller write in option.
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Pittsburgh
Lindsay
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rocky
Oregon
Ronald Reagan
California
Richard Nixon
Rockefeller
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Gazette
Carl Franks
Labor
C. R
Youth Corps
Los Angeles
John Adams
Ted
Carlton University
National
C.R. Fireman
Robert Ellison
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Bobsburden
Seventh Avenue
Johnson
Marion Concern
Howard, Needles, Tammen and
Bergendorf
Kansas City
Ralph Potter
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids Planning Department
LES Furniture
Nor ‘Ig
Hollywood
Peoples
Peoples Furniture
First Avenue
Dial
Panther
Lindale Plaza
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