Independence Focus of Linn County Council on Aging Leader
Marcia Swift, 27, new director of the Linn County Council on Aging, emphasizes fostering elderly independence over dependence. She leads a 5‑person staff with 491 volunteers, guiding services from advocacy to transportation, funded mainly by United Way, with a 1977 budget of 56000 plus Chore funding.
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Marcia Swift
Linn County Council On Aging
Henrietta Tolley
Mrs. Swift
Linn County Department of Social Services
Linn County Council On
Meta Schweibert
Michigan State
University of Iowa
Steve
Linn County Legal Aid
Council On Aging
Marcia
Council
Linn County Social Work
Meta
Lu Aimers
Doris Hamilton
West Side
Clark Roe
Norris Aschem
United Way
Linn County Board of Supervisors
General Revenue
Handyman Housekeeping
Telecare
C.C. Birr
John M. Ely, Jr
Doris Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Kinkead
Whittier
Ed Sears
Eighteenth Street
C Street
Swift
First Avenue SE
Henrietta
Inflation, taxes push family needs up since 1970
The Conference Board says a family must earn over 12 000 a year now to keep the same standard of living as a 1970 family earning 8 728. Inflation and higher income and social security taxes are blamed, with rising prices taking 2 628 and additional federal income and social security taxes 708.
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Conference Board
In Memory and Donations Camp Good Health Fund 1976
A fragmented list notes in memory contributions and gifts to Camp Good Health from multiple donors including Betty Stepanek Myrtle Lowder Bonnie Pauls Judy and Rita Fields. Amounts shown include 30.00 500.00 and 23 100.00 with totals yet to be raised for the drive.
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Maurine Veggy
Melvin Pauls
Bonnie Pauls
Ron Dostal
Judy
Frank J. Struesky
Woman’s Club
C & Nwry
Gaere
Frank
Camp Good Health
Gethsemane
W. S
Georgia Long
Jacob
Jake) Kubovec
Ann Pavlovsky
Pat Woodhouse
Amelia Wosoba
Armstrong’s
Rita
Bill Fields
Bedesunens Ssavsessee
Paul Ingle
Jake Kubovec
Laurie
Derek
Roy
Portland
Ore
Lumir
Martha Stolba
Radar Unit Locations By Week of Sept Fifth to Eleventh
Radar units will be checked periodically the week of September 5 to 11 in four sections. Northeast area includes First Avenue East and Oakland Road. Southeast covers Second to Fifth and Bever Avenues. Northwest includes B Avenue Taft School area E and F Avenues. Southwest covers Thirty sixth, Wilson and Twenty ninth Avenues.
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First Avenue
Oakland Road
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Bever Avenues
B Avenue
Taft School Area
E Avenue
F Avenue
Thirty-sixth
Wilson and
Twenty-ninth Avenues
Bike-a-Thon aids diabetes research in Iowa cities
Cedar Rapids among nine Iowa sites hosting a September 26 bike-a-thon to support diabetes research. Riders cover up to 48 miles on a 24 mile route with sponsors donating per mile. Grand marshal is State Rep. Joan Lipsky. prizes include bicycles and U S savings bonds.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Joan Lipsky
American Diabetes Assn
University of Iowa
Forrest Kramer
Nancy Jane Jane
Mark Schilling
Oakland Road
Open House Preview of Central YM Language Classes
The Central YMCA hosts a free open house to preview upcoming foreign language courses taught by Ralph Schreiber. The event runs 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Mott room with no obligation to enroll. Classes begin the week of Sept. 13 in German Spanish and French for various ages and skill levels with an English class for foreign-born residents on Saturdays.
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Central Ymca
al McDonald
Central Y
Mott
McDonald
Ralph Schreiber
Germany
Hitler
Schreiber
International Interpreter Service
U.S
Chicago
Local Balancing Act Star To Be On CBS Kids World
Cedar Rapids man Bob Dotzauer will be featured on CBS Kids World with five local children aged eight to twelve. A CBS crew will interview him and film balancing acts at his Cedar Rapids home on September 11. Dotzauer has drawn national attention with object balancing and has appeared nine times in Ripley’s Believe It or Not and on NBC Tonight Show last month.
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Cedar Rapids
CBS
Bob Dotzauer
Twentythird Street
CBS TV
Dotzauer
Jim Jandik
Twenty-fourth Street
Marty Pearson
Fourteenth Avenue
Chris Brousard
Jacolyn Drive
Bonnie Black
Kent Drive
Muna Koudsi
Johnson Avenue
$10 000 Grant to Linn County Museum Assn
The Linn County Historical Museum Assn received a $10,000 grant to fund a full time executive director for one year starting October 1 under the federal employment training act. The director will coordinate volunteers oversee preservation and restoration and promote the association’s goals. The nonprofit seeks applicants for the position. ON THIS DATE in 1975 Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento and was stopped by Secret Service.
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The
Linn County Historical Museum Assn
Robert Lee
Museum Association
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Sacramento
Calif
Secret Service
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Art Hough
Marion
Linn
Linn County
CETA
Comprehensive Employment Training Agency
Birr
Ent
Anne
Ninaie
Sevadbonsee
Museum Assn
Lindale Plaza
Kenwood Moving and Storage
North Towne Lane
N.E
Cedar Rapids, Kiowa
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