Highway Commission Approves Five Star Annexation Move
The Cedar Rapids area Highway Commission voted to seek annexation of state land south of the city to enable Five Star, Ltd. to develop a 5S-acre tract. Opponents led by Richard Horak argued the plan harms rural character and questioned legality, with further opposition expected at the Cedar Rapids city council.
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Ames
Town’ Highway’ Commission
Cedar Rapids
Five Star, Ltd
Richard Horak
Lester Horak
Five Star
The
Highway Commission
Horak
Ilegal
Commission
St Luke's reports admissions up 3 percent
St Luke's hospital reported a 3.5 percent rise in total admissions to 19 675 and a 3 percent increase in patient days to 163 570 for the 1971 72 year. The average daily census was 448 with 72 percent bed utilization. Louis B. Blair noted a year of consolidation, while Paul E Geiser highlighted lower charges than national and Iowa benchmarks and ongoing construction plans.
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Commander Way An
Odist, Hospital
Paul E. Geiser
Geiser
St. Luke's
St. Luke’s
Louis B. Blair
Akron queen contest barring male candidate sparks debate
Stephen Simmons was ruled out as a homecoming queen candidate at the University of Akron because the rules specify female entrants. The student supreme court cited no application as the reason and destroyed his write-in votes while suggesting removing sex preferences from future queen qualifications and counting all votes.
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Akron
Ohie
Stephen Simmons
University of Akron
Hie
Stedent
Simison
Decker Named Commander of Cedar Valley Young Marines
Captain Charles L. Decker of Cedar Rapids has been promoted to commanding officer of the Cedar Valley detachment Young Marines with the rank of major, effective November 1. He succeeds Major Thomas M. Omar, who becomes colonel and Hawkeye Region commander and Iowa state director of the Young Marines. The unit includes about 150 youths and 20 adult leaders. Decker remains executive officer until a successor is named.
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Charles L. Decker
Johnson Avenue
Cedar Valley
Young Marines
Decker
Thomas M. Omar
Hawkeye Regiment
Cedar Rapids
Décker
James T. Suppla
Omar
Iowa
Young Marina
Who's Running Where Senate District 14 Candidates
A description lists candidates Democrat and Republican for Senate District 14 covering precincts from representative districts 27 and 28 in Linn County Iowa. It notes areas of south west and west central Linn and parts of Cedar Rapids.
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Cloyd Robison Gay Dakin
Beacher Court NW
Thirtye First
Southqwest
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Representative District 27 Precincts and polling places list
In Linn county precincts include Clinton township Covington town hall Fairfax township Fairfax American Legion building Fayette township Palo school. In Cedar Rapids precincts 14 Grant school 16 Wilson junior high 16 Van Buren school 17 Hoover school 18 Coolidge school 14 West junior high 20 Cleveland school 21 Lincoln school.
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Linn County
Clinton Township
Coving
Town Hall
Fairfax Township
Fairfax American Legion
Fayette Township
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Grant
Wilson
van Buren
Hoover
Coolidge
Wast Junior High
Cleveland
Lincoln
District 28 GOP Candidate Eckstein Addresses Cedar Rapids Precincts
Republican Catherine Eckstein lists Cedar Rapids polling sites for District 28 including Hayesschinol Riverside Roundhouse Roosevelt junior high Madison Har rison' school Tillis YMCA city hall Adams Eby gymnasium and Coe college.
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Cedar Rapids
Hayesschinol
Riverside Roundhouse
Roosevelt Junior High
Madison School
Harrison’ School
Tillis Ymca
City Hall
Adams School
Eby
Coe College
Incumbents and Registration Hours in Linn County
Voters reminded to register by October 28. Election office opens extra hours this week in the courthouse basement including Thursday 8 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM. Precinct guidance available by calling 398 245. Other Linn County districts to be announced.
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Linn County
Growth Rates Projected for Johnson County Iowa City
Johnson County regional planning director Bob Hilgenberg released a Tuesday report forecasting Iowa City area growth to 1995 of about 15 000 people and University of Iowa enrollment near 22 000. The commission expects roughly 1 000 acres of urban development with 60 percent single family 40 percent multifamily, guiding expansion toward the southwest for service and infrastructure reasons.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission
University of Iowa
Bob Hilgenberg
Regional Planning Commission
Stavie Arrested On Larceny Count
Thomas Stavie twenty five of 2668 Thirteenth Avenue SE was released on five hundred dollar bond after a Tuesday arrest on a larceny charge. Police tied him to a theft of forty seven dollars and fifty cents in merchandise from Me Too store at 2405 Mt Vernon Road SE on Monday.
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Thomas Stavie
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Stavie
Me Too
Mt. Vernon Road
Newsman Peter Bridge Is Released From Jail
New Jersey journalist Peter Bridge, jailed for refusing to answer grand jury questions about a Newark housing bribery article, walks out of Essex County jail after 21 days. He vows he would do it again, disputes press freedom claims, and notes the grand jury will be dismissed soon. Bridge disputes scope of questioning and defends his sources.
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Newark
Peter Bridge
Sacramento
Calif
Autthor
Freedom of Information Act
Bridge
Belleville
N.J
Qet
Supreme Court
Evening News of
Newark Housing Authority
Pearl Beatty
New Authority
H. Curtis Meanor
Giuliano
Grand Jury
Culver and Ellsworth to Speak at Cedar Rapids NAACP Meeting
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Cedar Rapids branch will host U.S. Representative John Culver and Republican challenger Ted Ellsworth this Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Jane Boyd Community House. Culver and Ellsworth will introduce themselves and take questions from the audience.
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John Culver
Ted Eellsworth
Cedar Rapids
National Assny For the Advancement’ of Colored People
Jane Boyd Community Housay
Nobel prize in economics awarded to Hicks and Arrow
John Hicks of Britain and Kenneth Arrow of the United States won the 1973 Nobel prize in economic science for pioneering contributions to general equilibrium and welfare theory. The academy noted their work helps explain industrial location, policy effects, and optimal economic outcomes.
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Stockholm
UPI
John R. Hicks
Britain
Kenneth
Arrow
United States
Royal Swedish’ Academy,” of Sciences
Heks
He Academy
Bank ‘of
Sweden
Alfred Nobel
Bertild Ohlin
Gommlitee
Oh Bald
Reger ‘Bented
Priza-Cornenit Lees
Hicks
Oxford
Ther
London School of Economics
Cambridge
University of Manchester
Columbia University
New York
Economié Sciencé
Stanford University
Harvard
John F. Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Paul A.samuelson
U.S
Simon Kuznets
Solon Man Faces Weapons Charge After Shotgun Arrest
Richard D. Hansen of Solon was arrested on a weapons charge after police say he carried a loaded shotgun in a truck. He was released on a $110 bond Tuesday following the arrest in the 7600 block of Kirkwood Boulevard SW.
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Solon
Richard D. Hansen
Hansen
Kirkwood Boulevard
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