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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1967

Page

8

Memorial Day outing fills Camp Wapsie Y at Camp Wapsie Y

Camp director Jim Springer announced the one day Memorial Day outing is full with more than 60 boys signed up and a waiting list. The Y invites college men to apply as counselors and notes some summer sessions are full though registrations remain open for all periods except June 25 to July 1 and July 9 to 15.

Camp Wapsie-Y Jim Springer Springer The

School Bus Safety Inquiry Under Way

Washington based inquiry led by Dr William Haddon examines the nations 32000 annual school bus accidents. A national safety code is to be drafted by July to standardize rules from drivers to stop lights. Critics argue bus design, seating, and economics shape safety, with Nader calling for new bus design rather than belts.

Washington UPI William Haddon Haddon Nader N Buses Abercrombie

Improvement in The Wrong Place

Police raided the Northeast Mutual Improvement Assa headquarters in Rochester New York and found three improvers of the breed not for the neighborhood. The trio was charged with bookmaking.

Rochester N.Y Northeast Mutual Improvement Assa

Kennedy Library delay predicted by relocation dispute

Architect J M Pei warned that moving MBTA yards from Cambridge to Dorchester could push the Kennedy Memorial Library project back at least three years. The Kennedy Library board had approved the location in 1964 with construction hoped to start in 1967.

Cambridge, Mass Kennedy Memorial Library Massacchusetts Bay Transportation Authority J. M. Pei Cambridge Dorchester Boston Kennedy Library

Thief sought after four foot thigh wall theft incident

Billinge England police hunt a thief who stole a four foot thigh and a 20 yard long stone wall, an unusual crime baffling investigators and prompting local appeals for information.

Billinge England UPI

Grants Made to Negro Research by Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation awarded three grants totaling 698,530 to Fisk University Tuskegee Institute and the University of Michigan to expand racial research by Black social scientists over three years. A separate 250,000 grant to the Frederick Douglass Institute funds an education program on Black cultural and historical background in Washington.

New York UPI Ford Foundation Fisk University Tuskegee Institute University of Michigan Tuskegee Fisk Frederick Douglass Institute of Negro Arts and History Washington, D.C

Welcome Billboard Removed on Massachusetts Turnpike

Workmen tear down two welcome signs that read Massachusetts on the Massachusetts Turnpike as officials say the advertising distracted from the natural landscape. The move follows concerns about visual impact along the highway in West Stockbridge Massachusetts.

West Stockbridge Mass Massachusetts Massachusetts Turnpike

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