Inmates To Advise Cedar Rapids Merchants On Bad Checks
A group of four to five inmates from the State Reformatory for Men at Anamosa will visit Cedar Rapids on Nov 15 to speak to city merchants about combating bad check writing. Warden Charles H. Haugh will accompany them, saying the trip is a unique chance for inmates to participate in community action. The program targets a growing problem and aims to eliminate counter checks and create a city filing system for known bad check writers.
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Cedar Rapids
State Reformatory For Men
Anamosa
Chamber of Commerce
John Waters
Reformatory
Charles H. Haugh
Haugh
Murray Sees Withholding Tax Blunder
Republican William Murray claims about 500 000 Iowans face substantial over withholding of income taxes. He estimates 15 to 20 million must be refunded, and about 100 000 more receive smaller refunds. Murray blames the governor and Iowa tax officials for the error while challenging prior statements from Hughes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Republcan
William Murray
Murray
Iowa
Hughes
Earl Burrows
Iowa Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Comptroller
Route 80 Bridge Opens Across Mississippi River
The inter state 80 bridge over the Mississippi River near Le Claire was dedicated and opened for traffic. The more than half mile span cost about $5 million and connects Iowa and Illinois completing a continuous four lane interstate and toll road from Des Moines to the East Coast. Gov. Harold Hughes attended with other highway officials.
Candidates Night Debates Culver Johnson in High School Theater
Congressman John C Culver faces Mayor Bob Johnson in a candidates night at Washington High School Little Theater at 7 30 tonight. Linn county contenders for the state legislature join the program co sponsored by Cedar Rapids and Marion Jaycees and the League of Women Voters.
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John C. Culver
Bob Johnson
Washington High School
Linn County
Cedar Rapids and Marion
Centrex System Begins at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette installs Western Electric Centrex to replace a crowded switchboard. The Cedar Rapids newspaper will convert Sunday noon, with four to eight hours of work, enabling direct extensions, conference calls, and improved long distance billing.
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Gazette
Western Electric
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Northwestern Bell
Chuckle About Money Speech and Grammar
A light humorous note suggests money talks but grammar goes ignored. The line plays on language fluency and attention to wording in everyday speech.
Marine earns Navy Cross for bold Vietnam action near Chu Lai
Gunner Sgt. Clo vis Coffman of Richmond Virginia received the Navy Cross from President Johnson during a Cam Ranh Bay visit after a 40 minute clash south of Chu Lai. Coffman led a 12 man recon patrol, killed a Viet Cong fighter with his knife, evacuated the wounded, and directed defense as 16 insurgents fell. He later earned multiple Purple Hearts and decorations.
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Johnson
Richmond
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Coffman
Air Force Mess Hall
Chu Lai
Korea
Vietnam
Medical Group Votes Not Ready for Bond Issue Vote
The Linn County Medical Society postponed a December 16 vote on a $6 million county home and health center complex bond. President Dr. S. M. Lehr said members cannot crystallize opinions due to unanswered questions on agencies involved costs federal aid optimal size and location. The county board of supervisors may postpone the vote.
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Linn County Medical Society
S. M. Lehr
Lehr
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Collins Funds Boost UGN to 81.1 Percent of Goal
Cedar Rapids major firm Collins Radio Co boosted United Good Neighbors drive with a $185 000 contribution to the Cedar Rapids Marion division raising the total to 741 400 or 81 1 percent of the 914 011 goal. The campaign lagged last year though Collins workers increased gifts by more than 20 percent over 1966. Bob Fawcett UGN chairman thanked contributors for Linn County and noted progress.
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Cedar Rapids
United Good Neighbors
Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Collins
UGN
Bob Fawcett
Collins Campaign
Linn County
Johnson outlines Vietnam trip aims and Manila peace bid
President Johnson reported from Bangkok on his Vietnam visit urging a halt to the war this hour and urging the other side to respond to the Manila peace offer. He praised the Manila summit as a united front against aggression and said U S troops remain to back a peaceful, prosperous Asia. The President noted progress in South Vietnam and described conditions for potential North Vietnam talks.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Manila
South Vietnam
U. S
White House
Chiefs of the Seven Nations
Asia
Cam Ranh Bay
North Vietnam
Anamosa Hotel Fire Forces 40 From Rooms
Forty persons were routed from their rooms at the Iowan hotel in Anamosa about 4 25 a m by smoke from a first floor fire. Bacil Binley 60 was hospitalized as smoke aggravated his asthma. Fire Chief Bob Lincoln said the blaze began from possible smoking in bed. The damaged room housed two Tennessee men part of a pipe laying crew. Elmer Knoedler and wife managers slept nearby. Fire quickly stopped and remodeling will be required.
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Anamosa
Bacil Binley
Binley
Bob Lincoln
Elmer Knoedler
Knoedler
Manila Peace Bid Denounced by Hanoi and Communists
North Vietnam denounced the Manila summit as a war council and rejected the allied peace bid. Hanoi called the U S plan cynical, while Marcos said peace efforts were being pursued and discussed possible honest brokers. Indonesia, Japan, and India were floated as brokers.
Weltner predicts southern walkout at 1968 convention
Georgia Democrat Charles Weltner told Stanford students on a Peace Corps tour that southern delegates will walk out after nominating George Wallace for president. He predicted Wallace would win Alabama and Mississippi and criticized Stokely Carmichael as a big recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan. He also said Lester Maddox would defeat Howard Callaway in Georgia.
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Stanford
Calif
Georgia
Charles Weltner
George Wallace
Alabama
Weltner
Stanford University
Wallace
Mississippi
Congress
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Howard Callaway
Callaway
Stokely Carmichael
Ku Klux Klan
China claims successful guided missile with nuclear warhead test
AP reports China announced by NCNA that it conducted a guided missile test over its own territory with a nuclear warhead that hit the target at the appointed distance. The broadcast praised the test as advancing defense capabilities and noted global implications amid U S and Soviet relations.
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Tokyo
China
New China News Agency
NCNA
U. S
Soviet Union
Central Committee
Communist Party of China
State Council
Military Commission
Central Committee of
Party
Peoples’ Liberation Army
Red China
Defense
McNamara
Sinkiang
Peking
Japan
Alma Cogan Dies At 34 In London
Alma Cogan a leading British girl singer died in London at age 34. She was widely known for her international tours and high earnings.
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London
Alma Cogan
Britain
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C.R. Group
By Jerry Elsen
Robert M. Bowman
the Reformatory
Bowman
the Gazette
By Bruce Bakke
Centrex
Cedar Rapids News
By John Lengel
Secret Service
Anamosa Hotel
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Hanoi
New China
Cairo
Philippine
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
Indonesia
India
South
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