Cedar Rapids Chamber Highlights Service Sector Strength
Harold Ewoldt notes Cedar Rapids service establishments employ over 13 000 with 20 million dollar payroll. He cites hotels hospitals restaurants and professional services boosting quality of life alongside new housing starts and planned expansions totaling 55 million dollars through 1978 creating about 2 000 more industrial jobs.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Optimist Club
Harold Ewoldt
Ewoldt
Chamber
Hearings Held For Inmates on Gambling Counts
About 200 inmates at the Iowa state penitentiary faced hearings after allegedly gambling in the new recreation area during game period. A food boycott by inmates ended with 100 of 680 dining hall eligible prisoners eating breakfast, lunch, and supper.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
Paul Hedgepeth
Jim Hardin
Flower Arranging Class At Kirkwood College
Christmas Decor through Flowers theme for a three week class at Kennedy High School begins Tuesday. Sessions meet each Tuesday through Dec 16 at 7 p.m. in room 55 with Julie Buline instructing using artificial and cut flowers. Course cost is $5 plus materials. Registration at the first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Kennedy High School
Julie Buline
Yachtsmen to Open Small Craft Museum in San Francisco
A group of San Francisco Bay yachtsmen organize a small craft museum to exhibit pleasure boat memorabilia. The collection will include yachting clothing early publications marine hardware instruments paintings and photographs in the regional display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
New Guidelines To Make Government Responsive
Washington reports the Ford administration published 182 pages of plans to involve consumers earlier in decisions. The move aims to create consumer offices and trials such as a social security ombudsman pilot to help resolve complaints at district offices. Ralph Nader decried the effort as window dressing and urged stronger consumer protections.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Nader
Consumer Protection Agency
Ford
Congress
Social Security Administration
Ford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Marks Bicentennial Spirit
President Ford issues a White House Thanksgiving message urging national gratitude and family duty as the United States nears the 200th birthday of Thanksgiving. He reiterates faith, peace, and trust in God, noting the bicentennial milestone and expressing wishes for a happy holiday.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
White House
America
Charles Boland Elected Cedar Rapids Fire Bureau Chairman
Charles Boland general maintenance superintendent of Cryovac division W R Grace Co is elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids Marion area Chamber of Commerce fire prevention bureau He succeeds Bob Williams The bureau runs the annual safety fair during Fire Prevention Week and supports business and industrial fire safety training and the junior fire marshal program On this date in 1974 Arthur Burns Federal Reserve Board predicted a permanent decline of America power unless world oil prices drop
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Charles Boland
W.R. Grace Co
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
America
New Engineering Courses Added at Kirkwood
Kirkwood and University of Iowa expand engineering education with new courses for winter term. Introduction to Engineering Computation offered evenings in Linn Hall, plus intermediate algebra and calculus I II. Enrollment open with two year Cedar Rapids pathway to UI engineering. tuition rates set.
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Kirkwood University of Iowa
Linn Hall
Kirkwood
Bob Young
Young
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Engineering School
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C.R
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Kansas City
Yachtsmen Starting Small Craft Museum
Eva Gabor
Chamber Fire Bureau
Ilten’s
Zenith
Brookdale
Titan
FBI
Second Ave
Taege
Second Avenue Bridge
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