Realtors Clash Over Cedar Rapids Public Housing Plan
Clifford Doe president of the Cedar Rapids board of realtors charged proponents of public housing with being misled by FHA survey. He argued the survey still shows a need for under 400 units, not the 482 eligible households and 490 projected units cited by others.
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Clifford Doe
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Road
City Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Board of Realtors
FHA
Doe
Cedar Valley
Suspended Sentence for Mrs McNelly in Drowning Scheme
Cedar Falls woman Janice Knoop McNelly received a three year suspended sentence and probation in federal court for a fake drowning scheme that defrauded insurers and social security. She admitted counts linked to her ex husband George F Knoop of Los Angeles, who faked a Lake Mead drowning and was to be sentenced in California.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Janice Knoop McNelly
Chester McNelly
Nelson
Knoop
Lake Mead
California
John Deviland
Linn County Bonds Reach 32 Percent of 1967 Goal
Linn County savings bond sales through April stand at 32 percent of the 1967 goal or 2.1 million dollars. Eastern Iowa counties show varying progress with percentages ranging from 28 to 53 percent and totals listed for Allamakee Benton Buchanan Cedar Clayton Delaware Fayette Iowa Johnson Jones Poweshiek Tama Washington and Winneshiek.
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Linn County
Iowa
Linn
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Johnson
Jones
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Local man pleads guilty to life insurance and social security counts
The defendant pled guilty to two life insurance payment counts and one social security collection count. Fourteen other counts were dismissed on motion by the assistant U.S. attorney. Knoop and Mrs. McNelly are not divorced. Knoop has remarried. Black Hawk County Attorney Roger Peterson has no plans to charge Mrs. McNelly with bigamy at this time.
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Steve Turner
U.S
Knoop
Park Restrictions Limit Farm Market Building to County Employees
Linn county board limits parking at the former Farm Market Building Third Street and Second Avenue SE to county employees only. Nonemployees using the lot face arrest on a misdemeanor with up to $100 fine or 30 days in jail. Nine Hanged in Pretoria murder case from 1962 reported.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Third Street
Second Avenue SE
Weaver Witwer
Third Suspicious Fire At Cornell University House
Ithaca New York AP reports a third suspicious blaze in two months at a private three story house near the Cornell campus. Nine PhD track students lived there and most escaped via stairs and fire escapes. Fire chief Charles Weaver notes similar times and locations and questions potential links to the prior fires.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Charles Weaver
Cornell Heights
Watermargin House
Weaver
Johnson Seeks U S Position On Middle East Crisis
President Johnson met with his cabinet in Washington to discuss the Middle East flare up and held a lunch with Secretary of State Rusk and top advisers. White House press secretary George Christian said no parallels to Vietnam would be drawn and the issue would be pursued in the United Nations.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Mid- East
State Rusk
George Christian
White House
Middle East
U.N
U N Settlement Focus Shifts as Johnson Returns
Johnson returned early from a four day stay at its Texas ranch with emphasis placed on the U N settlement at this point.
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U.N
Johnson
Texas Ranch
California Bears Pass Law Prohibiting Steel-Jawed Traps
The California Assembly approved a bill banning steel-jawed bear traps. The measure passed overwhelmingly with 70 votes in favor and none against, signaling a shift toward greater wildlife protection in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
State Assembly
Bjornsen Apartment Project At Public Hearing Opposed
The Cedar Rapids public hearing on Bjornsen Investment Corp plan to build 500 to 600 towne houses and garden apartments east of East Post road SE drew seven objectors. The council heard concerns over zoning changes from K-1 to community unit plan and a 14 acre buffer proposal, with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints among those opposing.
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Terry Bjornsen
Bjornsen
City Planning Commission
Green Valley
Howard H. Cherry, Jr
Nassau Street SE
Planning Commission
Cherry
George Lawrence
Eastland Drive
Lee Johnson
Elmwood Drive
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Trailridge Road
Minks Rejected for Air Freight by South African Airways
Cape Town AP reports South African Airways will not air freight minks despite their high value. Transport Minister Ben Schoeman told parliament the pelts emit an offensive odor that could affect passengers and cargo including foodstuffs.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Ben Schoeman
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McNelly
State College of Town
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Don Snow
Mabel
Perpetua
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Tows
Vatican
Charles de Gaulle
Palatine Guard
Vatican City
Paul VI
de Gaulle
Board
Pretoria
UPS
Cornell U. House
California Bears
First Avenue
Second St. SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Ing
Director of Planning
Lawence
Council
Bermuda
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