United Way funds rely on functional accounting approach
United Way adopts functional accounting for 17 public service agencies in Linn County. The method links budgets to programs and outcomes, with independent review to ensure value for money. The United Way board approves budgets and oversees accountability while agencies focus on delivering services.
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United Way
Linn County
Robert Benning
United Way Giving
United Way Board
Rehman
Benning
High Schoolers Lift 100-Pound Ronald statue in McDonald Heist
About 15 students at a Wheeling McDonald’s took a 7 foot tall Ronald McDonald statue valued at 1000 dollars during a lunch break. They loaded it into a van and drove off unnoticed amid a noon rush. Police recovered the statue later and no charges were filed.
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Wheeling
Ill
McDonald's
Ronald McDonald
Secretary Dulles Warns of Syria Russia Threat in Turkey
Secretary of State Dulles declares the United States must stay vigilant against a possible attack by Syria and Russia on Turkey, signaling heightened Cold War tensions and concern over Middle East stability.
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Dulles
U.S
Syria
Russia
Turkey
Chamber board to discuss statewide coop program and 1977 talent project
Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce directors meet Friday noon to review plans for a statewide cooperative legislative program proposed by Robert Faxon and to discuss the 1977 Operation Native Talent career program slated for December 27. They will also review candidates for community recognition awards to be honored January 14 and decide on Chamber Charities funding allocations from proceeds of the annual Charity Horse Show.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Personnel Managers Committee
Cedar Rapids
Chamber
Robert O'Meara
Chamber of Commerce Charities, Inc
Portrait of Thomas Carlyle bought by Virginia Museum
The Virginia Museum in Richmond has acquired a Whistler portrait of Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle. Painted from life in 1872, the work was a study for Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 2.
Four-year-olds face highest auto fatality rate in Austria
Austrian traffic toll shows 14 deaths among four year olds in 1976. Of 6419 injured children, 131 died. Ages 13 to 14 recorded the highest accident rate, while a 30 year old note recalls the U S agreeing to transfer 31 former German naval vessels and a floating dock to France.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
Barbs By Phil Pastore Reflects on Money and Westerns
The column muses on changing times with wry humor about bus station lunch counters and gravy. It pokes at the idea that money isn’t everything and jokes about wealth and the enduring appeal of Western heroes.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Chamber Board
Edo. Rael
Phil Pastore
Ken Burger
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Davenport
Dale Carnegie
South
Sealy
Karpen
Discount Furniture
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown
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