Hiawatha candidates differ in style not substance
A candidates night in Hiawatha featured eight hopefuls for mayor and city council. Incumbent Mayor Dale Guthridge touted park and infrastructure gains while Vanderlinden urged a city manager form and fulltime police but acknowledged funding limits. Others called for zoning, industrial growth, stricter enforcement, and better communication as all backed rail signals on Blairs Ferry road.
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Hiawatha
Dale Guthridge
Gene Vanderlinden
Lee Singleton
Thomas Patterson
Patricia Meeker
Charles Graybill
Thomas Theis
Jack Wyrick
Guthridge
Sixth Avenue
Vanderlinden
Graybill
Rainbow Boulevard
Grayhill
Singleton
North Center Point Road
Patterson
Fifth Avenue
Chamber of Commerce charts growth plan for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce president William Fletcher told the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors that the community’s growth hinges on quality of life tied to economic expansion. He cited rail improvements and a $40 million Corn Sweeteners expansion, noting planned centers will spur development and ease local tax burdens through incremental tax financing.
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Cedar Rapids
William Fletcher
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Fletcher
Chamber
Population Shifts Drive Big Zip Directory Changes
The 1975-76 national zip code directory lists over 60 000 changes due to population growth. Houston area sees more than 40 percent of addresses receiving new zip numbers. changes mostly date from prior year while Houston updates take effect February 1. The directory costs 16.65 and runs 1 735 pages.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service
John Applegate
Houston
Quieting Jets: GE Engineer Tweaks Acoustics Display
At General Electric's Schenectady research facility an engineer adjusts jet engine acoustics paraphernalia to reduce noise. The display demonstrates methods aimed at quieter aircraft engines.
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General Electric
Schenectady
N.Y
Kirkwood Alumni Schedule First Annual Meeting
Kirkwood Community College holds its first annual alumni meeting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Iowa Hall. A 14 member board will be elected for 1975 76 and reunion plans for 1976 ten year anniversary discussed. More than 8000 graduates are noted and all degree or diploma earners are urged to attend.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
Maria Fiscella
Kirkwood
Fiscella
Chemicals Blamed In Waukon Fire
The blaze at Equity Co operative in Waukon, caused by chemical combustion in a storage building, damaged the feed mill, elevator and storage shed for at least 50 000 dollars. Firefighters from five towns, including Waukon, fought the fire until early Sunday, with chaff corn and husks contributing to heating and ignition.
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Waukon
Equity Cooperative
Doug Hale
55 MPH Patrols Slow Highway Death Toll Drop
Washington reports tighter enforcement of the 55 mph speed limit reduced highway fatalities in September to 4,134, about 3 percent below a year earlier and 16 percent under 1973 levels. A spokesman credited stricter enforcement, noting the crackdown was unpopular but effective, with August also down.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Department
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Official Ford food stamp bill diverges in two houses
In Washington the Ford administration transmitted a National Food Stamp Reform Act of 1975 to Congress. Senate sponsor Herman Talmadge introduced the measure, while House member Robert Michel pressed a modified version he calls the White House bill. Michel’s changes focus on income definitions and enforcement, with key GOP leaders backing him.
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Ford
Washington
White House
House
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate
Robert Michel
R-Ill
Oval Office
Michel
GOP
John Rhodes
Arizona
New York
Barber Donachie
Republican Policy Committee
New York Lottery suspended over duplicate ticket errors
Gov. Hugh Carey halted all lottery games after a print run cut from five million to four million caused computer errors that produced duplicate numbers. About 70 million in yearly sales will stay paused until a fail safe system is in place and reimbursements are arranged.
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Albany
N.Y
Hugh Carey
New York State
Carey
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