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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1971

Page

16

Cards For Age Group To Get Identification Cards

Linn county residents may obtain laminated 34 by 2 1/2 inch ID cards for 50 cents through the Associated Groups of the Elderly. Front lists name address social security number age weight height and group name. back notes illnesses medications doctor hospital blood type allergies church and emergency contact.

Linn County Linn County Associated Groups of Manley Gazette Pautz Asbury United Methodist Church Myhre Social Security Administration Art Myhre A.G.E C. M Doc) Manley A.G.E. Projects Committee

Twin sisters refuse 10 cent allowance raise over wage freeze

Twin sisters Linda and Lisa Byron refused a 10 cent weekly increase to their 25 cent allowance in protest of President Nixon's 90 day wage and price freeze. Their mother Mrs. Herbert August wrote to the White House and received a congratulatory reply from Julie Nixon Eisenhower noting the freeze is working in their home.

Albany N. Y Linda Lisa Byron Nixon Herbert August White House Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Kirkwood Receives 326012 in September Grants

Kirkwood Community College secured five federal grants totaling 326,012 in September. The largest, 224,643 from HEW, funds 1971 72 Manpower Development Training Act programs at Anamosa men’s reformatory. Other grants include 36,732 from HEW for nursing, 64,142 from Labor, and 495 from the National Foundation for Arts and Humanities. Nine jobs will be funded. 27 grant programs exist.

Kirkwood Community College Department of Labor Office of Health, Education and Welfare Anamosa Kirkwood HEW National Foundation of Arts and Humanities Cedar Rapids Daryle Holbrook Holbrook

Mansfield Tried Two Years To Visit China

Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says he sought to visit mainland China twice between 1969 and Kissinger's secret trip last summer. The Chinese rejected the first request and did not respond to the second made last March, four months before Kissinger's visit. Mansfield said President Nixon encouraged both attempts if possible.

Washington

Quarton To Lead Coe Growth Fund Drive

William B. Quarton of Cedar Rapids will head a second term as chairman of the Coe Growth campaign to be conducted in November. He will work with director Alice Kirwin to direct about 300 Cedar Rapids volunteers with eight division chairs and a network of section chairs. Gifts fund scholarships faculty salaries and equipment at Coe College. kickoff dinner is scheduled for November 1.

William B. Quarton Cedar Rapids Coe Coe College Board of Trustees Quarton Alice Kirwin John R. Battin Camp Fire Girls Donald R. Ebinger Bishop Buffets William C. Fletcher Rapids Chevrolet Co Hillis M. Gill Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Robert A. Hahn Merchants National Bank Charles E. Loomis Loomis Brothers, Inc Frank W. Pfaff Pfaff Sales Co William Pohorsky Assn Coe Growth Fund

Maryland prisoner escapes during church skit

Bernard Braxton, a state prison inmate, slipped away during intermission of a church skit about prison life. He was recaptured after about a month of freedom and received an extra six months for jail break.

Maryland Baltimore Bernard Braxton Braxton

Oelwein Youths Get Jail Terms

Four Oelwein youths were sentenced to 15 days in county jail by a six member justice of the peace court for unlawful assembly. The defendants Tom Ritter Tim Miller Dennis Hurst and Steve Kringlen received the jail terms while two girls Janell Ducket and Margie Gladwin were fined 50 dollars each. The arrests stem from youth disturbances in Oelwein on August 7 and 8. Nineteen youths were arrested in those two days.

Oelwein Justice of the Peace Court Tom Ritter Tim Miller Dennis Hurst Steve Kringlen Janell Ducket Stanley Margie Gladwin

Juveniles Hearing Set for October 16

A note indicates that several juveniles involved are slated to be heard on October 16, outlining the upcoming court action and date for the hearing.

Latvia Plans Major Polluter Reductions in Five Years

The official Tass report outlines a Latvian program to combat air pollution by remodeling about 90 mills and factories over the next five years.

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