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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1972
Page
4
Cedar Rapids residents may see water bills rise by up to 1.50 a month according to water plant manager Ed Burrell. The plan targets about a 3 increase every two months with further capital needs totaling about 2 million for new distribution tanks.
The Cedar Rapids section of IEEE holds its 20th annual conference Friday at Longbranch convention hall with about 500 attendees. Key speakers include Robert C. Wilson of Collins Radio, Grant Dove of Texas Instruments, Walter R. Beam, William C. Strathern, Daniel Dudas, John Shepherd, and Duane Thompson, covering viewpoints on engineering business and program management. A 7 p.m. banquet features Richard Threlkeld of CBS News. The Cedar Rapids IEEE serves East Iowa engineers, linking to origins in 1944 and 1952 fall conferences.
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS N J By dancing until 2 a m Hilda Beecher Stowe the granddaughter in law of novel ist Harriet Beecher Stowe saved her heirs 200 000 in inheritance taxes Prentice Hall tax information service says Mrs Stowe at the age of 80 deliberately danced the night away to prove she was in sound health and therefore a huge transfer of funds she was making to her heirs was not being made in contemplation of death
The Chamber civic bureau will host a travelogue titled Romance in Romania at the armory Wednesday night with narrator Jonathan Hager. The program highlights Black Sea beaches Peles palace and rural life including weddings after a 6 p.m. dinner. Reservations via the Chamber. 30 years ago the German broadcast warned of Stalingrad resistance and anticipated heavy bombardment.
INDIANAPOLIS AP The citys administration director Owen Meharg created pool parking in the City County building garage with 150 spaces for 200 workers on a first come basis The plan aims to ease early rushes and may lead to earlier arrival times for city hall staff.
Murwillumbah Australia AP report details Eileen Piper a waitress who survived a car crash while enroute to work. A sawmill truck driver ferried her home, but his vehicle damaged her front fence and house corner. She later suffered a stove blowback while resting and her 2½ year old son fractured a leg when a cupboard toppled. Her boss will still pay her normal day’s wages.
London AP reports Sir John Hedges asked only a red rose each summer as rent from the Architects' Benevolent Society for the Wallingford castle site by the Thames. The society plans a 750000 dollar home on the site.
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