Transportation funding topic for two meetings
Cedar Rapids Marion Chamber of Commerce directors and its highways committee will discuss state wide transportation funding at Friday noon and Wednesday 4 p.m. meetings at chamber headquarters. Victor Preisser of the Iowa DOT urged chambers to form a consensus on funding needed for highways and other transport. Robert Faxon will head the state wide effort. The group also will hear an education task force progress report and plan two member coffees on Nov 25 and 28 to discuss 1976 chamber programs and collaborations with Cedar Rapids public schools.
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Iowa Chamber of Commerce
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Iowa Dot
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Roger Schreder
Cedar Rapids Public Schools
Richard Schulz
William C. Fletcher
Ivory Coast Textiles Target Western Markets Aims
Ivory Coast moves to build a domestic textile industry with government backing and seeks European and U S investment to market dress fabrics in Western Europe and North America. An Abidjan exhibition drew buyers from 14 West African countries and international observers. Output rose from 5 000 tons in 1960 to 23 000 tons last year with a goal of 40 000 tons by 1980.
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Ivory Coast
Europe
North America
South Korea
Taiwan
United States
West Africa
European Community
United Nations Development Agencies
Shay to Address Cedar Rapids NAA Chapter at Montrose
Dave Shay, WMT-TV anchor, will address the Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Association of Accountants at the Montrose. The talk is titled Some Questions You May Have Had About Television but Never Had a Chance To Ask. Social hour at 6, dinner at 7, meeting at 8.
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Cedar Rapids
National Assn. of Accountants
Montrose
Shay
South Dakota
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Albuquerque
Omaha
WMT
Executives Hear Kaul at Roos evelt Hotel
Donald Kaul, Des Moines Register columnist, addresses the Executives club at the Roos evelt hotel Tuesday evening on "A Crank Columnist Looks at Washington." Kaul has written for the Register since 1960 and his satirical Over the Coffee column since 1964. he belongs to the Register's Washington bureau.
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Roosevelt Hotel
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Register
World Book measures grams and metric tons
In New York the AP reports World Book Encyclopedia explains metric weights. A gram weighs about two paper clips and a metric ton equals about the weight of a compact automobile.
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