Parochial High Schools Seek Solution to Insecurity
Private Cedar Rapids Catholic schools face closure risk after archdiocese contingency funds were cut following unconstitutional rulings. LaSalle high school plans a five year tuition and parish-contribution scheme to stabilize finances and attract teachers, while Regis explores merger challenges and continued support. The metropolitan board of education seeks city wide funding strategy via parish surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Walter Kleinfehn
LaSalle
Supreme Court
Father Kleinfehn
LaSalle High School
St. Jude Board of Education
William Robson
Dennis Chamipar
Second Avenue
Fred Gibson
First Avenue
Gibson
LaSalle Board of Education
Regis High School
Ernest Engler
Regis
Father Engler
Metropolitan Catholic Board of Education
Daniel Keppler
In memory notices from various donors and families
A compilation of in memory tributes for Mervyn W Milroy Arthur A Miner Jr Col Donald Paxon Beryl Scott Mrs Edward Winslow Dora Stusak Terry Howard Cones Elva Hoffman Carol Curran Crow ley Paul Brown Grace Clendening Kolarik and others. Funds totals show $10 943 24 raised with budget figures and remaining goal of $6 728 43 for 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervyn W. Milroy
Midland Forge, Inc
Arthur A Miner, Jr
Col
Donald Paxon
Beryl Scott
Mrs
Edward Winslow
Dora Stusak
Minnie Hermanek
Dorothy Valenta
Alice Blahnik
Lil Giles
Ann Green
Mary Hemmer
Josephine Biderman
Mary Stepanek
Terry Howard Cones
George and
Ruth Taylor
Carol
Jean Curran Crowley
Bonnie
Coy
Ardellee
Paul
Brown
Marcia Sue
Lisa
Grace
Clendening
Robert
Kolarik
Hoarders of Pennies Worry Denver Mint Chief
Denver Mint director Betty Higby laments penny hoarding as millions vanish into piggy banks. Coin production runs fast yet metal shortages cripple output while thousands of pennies, nickels and half dollars are minted daily, prompting calls to reuse small change.
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Denver Mint
Denver
UPI
Betty Higby
Mrs. Higby
The
Mint
U.S
Dear Genie Iowa genealogical Ques tions sought by Linn County heritage group
Readers submit questions about early Cedar Rapids residents and Iowa pioneers asking for names of parents siblings and spouses. The note invites letters with full names and addresses to Dear Genie at a Cedar Rapids box for publication space permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
Dear Genie
Cedar Rapids
John Ludwig Noller
Wuerttemberg
Germany
America
LeClair
Dominick Milano
Odin
Des Moines County
Des Moines
Polk County
Jacob Rohr
Mary Harvey
Bluffton
Ind
George A. Cole
Harris
Calif
Daniel Young
Geneseo
Ill
Lucinda Buchanan
Ashland County
Ohio
Dallas County
Daniel
Carrie
Louis
Emma
Ida
Lucinda
David
E. F. Buchanan
Donna Brackish
Walnut Street
St. Mary’s
Kan
Murals to Tell Capitol Story Amid Expansion Debate
Washington Capitol, home to the nation’s lawmakers, will feature murals and statuary telling historic civic stories. The building, begun in 1793 by George Washington and expanded into the 1860s, faced a rejected $58 million west front extension plan this year. Instead, three new underground floors for House offices are planned.
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Washington
America
Capitol
George Washington
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By Judy Daubenmier
Kleinfehn
Engler
Judy Daubenmier
Weet
Edwin and
Lora Harris
Carl Calvert
Springville
Elva Hoffman
Martelle
E. L. Patten
Emma Miles
Joseph Kolarik
KR. L. Batchelder
Robert Kolarik
Mervyn Milroy
Katherine
Anos
Jefferson High School Shop
Kenwood
Harrison
Jane Boyd
Hawthorn Hills- Linn Mar
First Presbyterian Church
E. Ave. N.E
11Th St. N.W
14Th Ave
10Th St. S.E
C St. S.E. N
St. Marion
5Th St. S.E
Auto Mechanics
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Kennedy High School
Morning High School
Kirkwood Community College
Eb Eee
Stiger Hagman
Brown Proffitt
Ernst Cooling
Schmatt
Reichert Olson
Louvar
Stewart Olson
Olson
Stewart Staff
Kirkwood
Building
Barbara Freer
Electronics Survey of Business
Linn Hall
Cal Jenkins
Flaley
Holley's
Holley’s Shop For
Lindale Plaza
Vey
Longbranch
John S. Coats
James M. Bell
Harriett
Bell
William
Edward
Ellen
Susan
James
John William Brindo, Jr
South Street
Chardon
Thomas Jefferson Sheldon
Hangtown
Sheldon
Eldora
Hardin County
Henrietta Magers
Will Exchange
Charles Musak
William and
May Ballard
Hooks Point
Homer
Martin van Buren
Newton C. Butler
Iowa City
City
J. R. Bennett
Hemlock Street
Fairfield
Jerusalem
PomPom
Mums
Peck
Vass
Ter A
Center PT. RD
Kuek Wood
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