ICL hosts eighth annual state conference in Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College hosts the Iowa Consumer League conference with a 1 p.m. start in Iowa Hall. The event features an education forum for Cedar Rapids high school students, a 2:30 p.m. consumer complaints panel, and a public business meeting. A $2 registration is charged. students with ID admitted free.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Consumer League
ICL
Des Moines
Sheila Sidles
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Albert O. Horner
Credit Counseling Centers Inc
Southfield
Mich
Horner
Barbara Pershing
University of Northern Iowa
Clude Julian Garrett
Harold Ewoldt
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Kedol PIC Pilot Project With Coop Partners
Kedol PIC is a pilot project of the league aimed at students. It will be co sponsored by Kirkwood the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives the Iowa Credit Union League Cedar Valley Chapter of Credit Unions and the Cedar Rapids Credit Association. Horner will speak to the students with UNI UI and Westmar College students serving as small group discussion leaders.
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Kirkwood
Iowa Assn. of Electric Cooperatives
Iowa Credit Union League
Cedar Valley Chapter of Credit Unions
Cedar Rapids Credit Assn
Horner
University of Northern Iowa
University of Iowa
Westmar College
Phillips SS Firefighter Ship Patent Introduced
In Bartlesville Oklahoma the Phillips SS is described as a firefighting ship with a pumping capacity of 40 000 gallons per minute. It is longer than a city block ten stories high and can sleep 150 with an 18 bed hospital and a landing pad for a 26 passenger helicopter.
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Bartlesville, Okla
Political calendar for safety commissioner candidates
Jim Moneypenny campaigns in precincts 6 13 and 19 Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. He speaks to West Side Sertoma Club at Village Inn Monday noon. Eldon Colton schedules talks Monday 9 30 a.m. Odds and Ends Club Bishop downtown Tuesday 1 30 p.m. Senior Men's Club YMCA Wednesday noon Downtown Kiwanis Club Roosevelt Royale Thursday 1 30 p.m. Local P-3 retired meat cutters 59 16th Ave SW. Craig Hlas finishes door to door in precincts 21 22 23 Sunday and Monday. He speaks Sunday 3 30 p.m. at Russ and Syl via Ganns 1406 C Street SW and 6 30 p.m. at Chris English 62 Park Village Ave SW. ON THIS DATE in 1976 fighting in Lebanon ceased after cease fire request by Saudi Arabia.
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Jim Moneypenny
West Side
Sertoma Club
Village Inn
Eldon Colton
Bishop’s
YMCA
Roosevelt Royale
16Th Ave
Craig Hlas
Hlas
Russ
Sylvia Ganns
C Street
Chris English
Park Village Ave
Model trains burn chopsticks in Tokyo exhibition
Twenty seven model trains on an 800 foot track around a 52 story Tokyo office tower gave rides to about 54 000 children during a nine day event the International Model Engine Exhibition drew enthusiasts from Germany Britain Switzerland and Australia. Englishman Gordon Howell and three others demonstrated traction engines while chopsticks were repurposed as fuel after an official noted the supply from Japanese restaurants.
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Tokyo
Germany
Britain
Switzerland
Australia
Gordon Howell
Andover
England
Barry Glover
Howell
Associated Press
Japan
SSI and Social Security basics tips and contacts
The text explains SSI asset limits and possible exemptions, notes earning credits for Social Security, describes how moving a relative with SSI affects benefits, outlines Medicare coverage for surgery, and provides Cedar Rapids Social Security office contact details. It emphasizes checking with the Social Security office for personalized eligibility and credits.
Endecott brings first apple seed and 1649 land grant
The article notes John Endecott introducing England's first apple seed to Massachusetts Bay Colony and using 500 young apple trees to pay for 200 acres in 1649. It also mentions the 1967 Supreme Court decision to hear the state church dispute over taxpayer suits to block aid to parochial schools.
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John Endecott
Massachusetts Bay Colony
England
Hemisphere
Endecott
Supreme Court
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Albert Horner
Kedol
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Craig J. Hlas
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
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Helen Bassin
First Ave
Osco Boa
Osco
Cea
Sh Pires
Nestle’s
Micrsels
Inestle
Macaroni
Panel
Shouldeyy
Sanken
Johnson
APF Video T.V
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Corelle
Corning
Gessea
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