Cedar Rapids Fire Department Adopts Cedar Falls 56 Hour Plan
Fire Chief Jesse Hunter announces Cedar Rapids will implement a 56 hour week by January 1 using the Cedar Falls schedule. Three platoons will share four days off, with one day on and one day off in sequence. Volunteers may work one 24 hour shift during days off, about 45 dollars extra per shift, as crews remain intact and full staffing is aimed for.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Jesse Hunter
Hunter
60Th General Assembly
Fire Department
Reds Stage Ambush But Lose 130 Men
A Viet Cong ambush east of Saigon wounded or killed many, with 130 communist dead reported by a U S spokesman. American and Vietnamese air and ground forces struck back, while a large Marine and South Vietnamese push northeast of Saigon yielded meager results with two Viet Cong reported killed.
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Reds
Saigon
U. S
Americans Lead First Joint Amphibious Operation With Vietnamese
A search and destroy mission 18 miles northwest of Chu Lai on the South China Sea coast killed and wounded 18 suspects. No allied casualties. Americans stormed ashore Wednesday in the war's first joint amphibious action with Vietnamese forces. Colonel Thell Fisher of Springfield Virginia commanded. Operational control rested with an American in command of Vietnamese fighters. Two or three guerrilla companies were reported in the area.
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Chu Lai
South China Sea
Thell Fisher
Springfield
Hershey urges dropouts placed in armed services
Gen. Lewis Hershey, director of selective service, suggested on Wednesday that high school dropouts be placed in the armed services. He argued they must be kept from dropping out and helped to become team players in democracy.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Armed Services
Teacher Group To Hold 8 County Meeting in C R
A 12 member delegation will represent the Cedar Rapids Education Assn at the eight county East Central district delegate assembly in the Town House. Neil J. Boyle district president will preside. The assembly runs 8 30 a m to 2 p m with new officers to be presented.
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Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Louisa Peak
Erskine
Dorothy Bishop
Wright
Keith Wymore
Hayes
CREA
Robert Arnold
Jackson
Robert Hearst
Madison
Gordon Mixdorf
Melvin Cronbaugh
Washington
Terry Ley
Jefferson
Oline Siem
Fillmore
Miss Peak
Cedar Rapids Gazette Front Page November 11 1965
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports major local and national news with era tied headlines and photographs. The paper highlights politics, community events and regional happenings on Thursday November 11 1965.
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The
Cedar Rapids
Teachers From Several Iowa Counties Attend Event
Teachers will attend from Benton Linn Johnson Jones Cedar Jackson and Clinton counties representing the Iowa State Education Association.
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Benton, Iowa
Linn, Johnson,Jones, Cedar, Jackson
Clinton Counties
De Gaulle lays wreath at tomb on Armistice Day
In Paris President Charles de Gaulle laid a wreath at the tomb of France's Unknown Soldier at the eleventh hour on Armistice Day, paying tribute to fallen servicemen.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Unknown Soldier
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Dale Hackett
Anamosa
L. D. Greenwald
Monticello
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