Elderly Aid Programs Run by Camp Fire Girls and Public Health Nursing
In Linn county elderly care programs run by Camp Fire Girls and Public Health Nursing aid seniors at the Well Elderly clinic. The second clinic session examined over 22 seniors with outreach by volunteers and UCS funding supporting 25 percent of Camp Fire budgets and 18 percent for Public Health Nursing.
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Camp Fire Girls
Public Health
Linn County
Camp Fire
Grace Yeager
Rhonda Longfield
First Avenue
Belinda Banks
Eastview Drive
Lisa Erger
Broadmore Road
Lori Henkel
Rose Zapf
Geneva Tower
John Knapp
Third Avenue SE
Maud Moore
Junior League
United Community Services
UCS
Mt. Mercy Preview Weekend Showcases College Life
Mt. Mercy hosts a Get Acquainted Weekend October 13 14 inviting high school students and parents to tour the campus meet faculty and learn about admissions financial aid health sciences and the liberal arts program. Activities include a welcome address by Dr. Travis Houser a theater evening and a residence hall overnight with Sunday church services and breakfast for out of town guests. Information is available from the Admissions office at 1330 Elmhurst Drive NE or by calling 319 363 8213.
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Mt. Mercy College
Mt. Mercy
Travis Houser
Mercy Hospital
James Marie Donahue
Division of Health Sciences
Elmhurst Drive
City faces 30 mill limit in budgeting debate
City treasurer Heins auditor Mc Mahan and finance commissioner Schaefer clash over how to fund operations under the 30 mills general fund cap set by the state. Inflation, higher commodity costs, and rising salaries push expenses up while valuation gains lift a mill by about $44,000 since 1970.
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Heins
McMahan
Schaefer
Public Safety
City Budgets Compared Table Shows 1974 Revenue Shifts
A Cedar Rapids analysis explains how the Home Rule Act moved several items from the general fund. Federal revenue sharing boosted the 1974 budget with about $2 million for capital projects while sewers water pollution control and other costs left the general fund. The city considers alternative funding like road use taxes and fee-based sanitation amid rising costs. The proposed 1974 budget totals $44,221,320 with a 0.115 decrease in the mill levy from 1973. public hearing set for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in council chambers.
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Memorial Commission
Schaefer
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Toastmasters evaluate humor at Ramada Inn event
Eleven area Toastmasters clubs will hold an educational meeting at 4 p.m followed by an evaluation contest at 5 15 p.m and a humorous speech contest at 6 30 p.m at the Ramada Inn Host Hawkeye 617 Cedar Rapids with clubs from Jaycees Five Seasons Cedar Valley Cedar Rapids Jaycees Iowa City Marion DeWitt Clinton.
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Ramada Inn
Jaycees Five Seasons
Cedar Valley
Cedar Rapids
Jaycees
Hawkeye Toastmasters
Iowa City
Marion
DeWitt
Clinton
Hawkeye 617
Banker Fulfills Rail Dream in Utah Backyard Locomotive
Orville Gunther, president of Bank of American Fork, built a two-foot gauge backyard railroad on 2.5 acres near American Fork Utah. The 5.5 foot tall replica engine, crafted in Pennsylvania, chugs around a 2000 foot loop as neighbors and children ride along. Gunther spent years and thousands of dollars pursuing his boyhood dream of becoming a railroad engineer.
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American Fork, Utah
UPI
Orville Gunther
Salt Lake City
Gunther
Trim
Pennsylvania
Man paroled after writing anthem ten times
A Brazilian judge offered an early release to a parole applicant who must copy the national anthem ten times in longhand within 40 days. The convict, having served one year of a three year sentence for subversion, completed the task in one day and was freed.
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Sao Paula
Brazil
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Fine Arts
RAND
Youngdale
7Th Ave
Iiunvear
By Mike Deupree
Bill Heins
Bob McMahan
Hal Schaefer
State League of Municipalities
General Fund
Mike Deupree
Rome
Bank of American Fork
Farm Bureau
Linn County Agency
Town and
10Th Ave
Clarence Tessman
Norman Stevenson
Paul Atherton
Jim Sherman
Cliff Peterson
Jon Griswold
Don
Don Fuller
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