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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1972
Page
2
Carl Witt faces a long standing issue as he seeks employment. The piece notes his past disability but argues the deeper challenge is the response of employers and agencies across local, state, and federal levels.
Witt, a 47 year old resident of 1847 Wilson Ave SW, lost a hand yet rows of agencies fail to place him. He drove trucks since age 12, served in WWII, and seeks a real job despite bias and restrictive laws. He has three children and a working wife, but ongoing unemployment and red tape persist. He pleads for a chance to work rather than welfare.
The Gazette summarizes particulate matter and sulfur dioxide data from Linn County air pollution control. Readings at the mobile airport unit show weekly and monthly averages with notes on device servicing and personnel shortages. Sulfur dioxide 24 hour averages are listed for several dates, with a local officer noting that 0.40 is still considered clean and that readings vary by day.
A collection of memorial messages and birthday wishes from family and friends. The notes honor departed spouses and relatives including Lewis Merdtlak, Jane, Martin Poletina, and Roland Fiersen, among others, with dates around September and October and a line about a 1972 budget figure yet to be raised.
Charla Trussell, former bureau member, will address the Cedar Rapids Marion area Chamber of Commerce at a Friday luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel. She will discuss conventions she attended and outline services altered by convention activity, as part of a bureau meeting agenda.
A national survey shows resident tuition up 4.8 percent from last year, slower than prior years, while nonresident costs rise 4.7 percent. The study notes room and board increases and regional price disparities, with New Hampshire and Colorado State cutting some tuition. The report also highlights efforts by Gibson and the Black Self-Help Enabler staff to study minority business development, including a $60,000 federal grant for a program in the Cedar Rapids area.
CBS newsman Daniel Schorr will address UOE College in Sinclair Auditorium October 17 at 8 p.m. on the subject Electing 1072 An Analysis. He, a former CBS bureau chief in Germany and Eastern Europe, Moscow, and Washington, covers U.S. social problems and foreign events. The appearance is sponsored by the student activities committee.
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