Community and social notices dominate Cedar Rapids listings
Numerous local events appear including Postcard Club meeting at People's Bank Community Room on Thursday at 7 30 p m, Women Unlimited talk at Ground Round, and a DSS advisory committee session in Grant Wood AE A. Also city ads cover dental and medical offices hours, venues for workshops, dietary talks, crafts and cooking classes, and various public notices across Cedar Rapids.
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Postcard Club
Cedar Rapids
People’s Bank Community Room
Third Ave
DSS
Iowa Department of Social Services District Five
Title 20 Advisory Committee
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Sixth St
Abby column recounts whistle method against obscene calls
Readers share practical tips to deter obscene telephone harassment. Suggestions include using a referee whistle, posing as a deaf old lady, requesting clearer speech, contacting the phone company and police, and tracing calls. Multiple letters from readers in Texas Illinois Virginia California are cited.
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Abby
Durango
Whistle
Texas
Mary W
Orange
Mary
Richmond
Arlington
Linn County and Regional Meetings Calendar
A schedule lists today events: Cedar Rapids Airport Commission in the terminal building board room at 10:00 AM. Linn County Supervisors informal session at 1:30 PM with a Ruggerie property rezoning site visit. Linn County Zoning Commission at 7:00 PM. Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board at Mount Vernon High School Library. Linn County Conservation Board at the Conservation Building.
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Cedar Rapids
Shakespeare Play at Cornell College Expo
The theater presents Much Ado About Nothing at 7 30 p m in King Chapel Cornell College Mount Vernon. The performance features a cast from campus groups delivering a classic comedy in a formal setting.
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King Chapel
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Workshop aids jobless over age 45 in town
A self-help group Skills and Experience meets at the Witwer Center at 1 30 p m Wednesday to help unemployed residents over 45. Doris Fraley says the group gathers local talent and promotes hiring of experienced workers, with guest Stewart Parks from Green Thumb speaking.
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Skills
Witwer Center
Second Ave
Stewart Parks
Vinton
Green Thumb
Doris Fraley
Urbana
Fraley
Heritage Agency On Aging
CETA
What’s Being Done to Improve Iowa’s Economy Meeting
Tonight at the YWCA Cedar Rapids the Cedar Rapids Toast mistress Club sponsors a public event on improving Iowa’s economy. Speakers include David Swanson of the Iowa Development Commission Ken Caldwell of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Martin Poe from the Small Business Administration and Center for Industrial Research Service Ames. Barry Norris of KGAN TV moderates a panel of local business representatives. The program runs 7 to 9 p.m.
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Iowa
YWCA
Cedar Rapids
Honey wagon placed on Marquette sale block
The honey wagon once used to dispose of sewer sludge is off the city’s payroll chain and will be sold because no truck can pull it. Bids open at the January 11 meeting. The council also schedules a November hearing for John Koch Jr’s home gun repair shop permit. Officer Burton Walters III earned approval to attend the Des Moines police training academy.
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Bloomington
Ill
Marquette
Mississippi Valley Creamery
John Koch Jr
Burton Walters III
Des Moines
Soviet Egypt agree on Palestinian state support in 1974
On this date in 1974 the Soviet Union and Egypt announced support for establishing a Palestinian state. The move signaled cross regional backing for a statehood solution amid Middle East diplomacy.
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Soviet Union
Egypt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women Unlimited
Donna Lewis
Merchants National Bank
First Ave
Larry Maxwell
Boston
Commonwealth Hair Salon
2Nd Avenue S.E
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
The
Community Housing Resource Board
Friendsmobile
Tiny Tots
E Ave
Commonwealth
Northbrook Manor
Council St
Cedar Valley
Cottage Grove
Phoenix
Tucson
Ontario
San Diego
Reno
Seattle
Call American
Roosevelt Hotel
Bateman
Calle
Landenberger
CornerHouse Gallery & Frame
First Avenue S.E
Jack Lirio
San Francisco
KitchenWorks
Lindale Mall
Barry H. Ginsberg
Department of Internal Medicine
University Hospitals
East Central
American Diabetes Assn
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Ginsberg
Canopus Club
Harold Ewoldt
Cedar Marion
Hoyt Thomas
D.C
Iowa Theatre Building
3Rd St. S.E
Armstrong
Ruthie Trude
Styles
Superior Press
Jim
Kenwood
Civil Defense
Linn County Civil Defense Administration
Civil Defense Center
Debbie Walker
Madeline Beauty Salon
Mt. Vernon Rd
S.E
Siebke Hoyt
Downtown
Westdale
Adv
Siegel's
3Rd Ave. SE
St. ‘George
Gatsby’s
1St Ave
N.W
Adams School
Jacolyn Drive
A.B
S.F
P.O
Hollywood
Calif
van Buren
Universal Press Syndicate
Marion
Linda Wood
Hiawatha
Center Pt. Rd
VISA
Dubuque
Clinton
Iewa City
Palisades Road
Linn County Conservation Board
Business Administration and Center For Industrial Research Service
Ames
Barry Norris
Kgan-Tv
Tom
Tom Underwood
United Way
Council On Aging
Salvation Army
United
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