Foes Fire Oppose Cedar Rapids Apartment Rezoning Plan
At a public hearing in Cedar Rapids opponents argued that Bjornsen Investment Co will change a wooded 77 acre East Post road SE tract from single family R-1 to R-6 for garden apartments. Supporters urge housing growth and equal treatment for residents while noting the area’s value. The plan faces a first reading next Wednesday after months of debate and a 6-5 planning-commission vote.
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Bjornsen Investment Co
East Post Road
David G. Bleakley
Bjornsen
Cedar Rapids
Eastland Estates
Nazette
George W. Lawrence
Eastland Drive
City Planning Commission
Cedar Rapids Commercial Debits Jump in 1966 Year to Date
Commercial debits in Cedar Rapids show a year to date gain of 178 million 481 thousand eight dollars over 1965. Year to date total rose to 1.739 billion 679 million 591 thousand, from 1.561 billion 198 million 583 thousand. August 1966 debits reached 226 million 792 thousand, vs 198 million 712 thousand in 1965. July 1966 debits stood at 213 million 592 thousand. Time and savings debits total 21 million 671 thousand, up from 18 million 932 thousand year to date last year, with July time and savings at 2.64 million versus 5.14 million in 1965. August 1965 time and savings totaled 2.232 million.
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Cedar Rapids
Clearing House
Bogota Hit by Three-Hour Citywide Blackout
A three hour blackout struck Bogota affecting two million residents on Tuesday night. Police reported four hundred people trapped in elevators. Officials attributed the outage to damage in the power distribution system.
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Bogota
Colombia
House Votes Group To Study Crime Law Gaps
The House adopted a plan to create a 12 member commission to study and propose fixes for gaps and loopholes in crime laws. The panel would include three representatives three senators three judges named by the chief justice and three by the President with a three year tenure and a 500000 dollar budget.
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House
Washington
Senate
Indonesia to rejoin United Nations as invite accepted
The Philippine delegation to the UN says Indonesia plans to accept President Marcos's invitation to return to the world body. Marcos will extend the invitation during his General Assembly address on Sept 21 and Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik is expected to accept. Sukarno withdrew Indonesia from the UN last year in protest of Malaysia's Security Council election.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
Indonesia
Marcos
General Assembly
Adam Malik
Sukarno
U.N
Malaysia
Security Council
False Alarm at Coventry Bacon Plant Smoke Trigger
Coventry firemen rushed to a meat processing plant after a smoke detector alarm. The smoke was from bacon cooking, not fire, a UPI report says.
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Coventry
England
UPI
Probe Extends Into Tuesday Warehouse Fire Cause
Investigators found no cause for the Tuesday blaze that leveled the warehouse at 849 Vernal Street SW. A vagrant was questioned and admitted being near the site before the fire but the interview was inconclusive. Local probe continues unless state officials are warranted. the building owned by Donald Barry contained about $10,000 in grain conveyor and elevator equipment, both destroyed.
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Vernal Street
John Kopecky
Donald Barry
Arturo 22 Claims To Be Irresistible in Odd Case
In Mexico City a 22 year old man named Arturo Tovar said he is irresistible as police take him into custody. Officers allege he has 12 wives who all work and fund him, though he is unemployed.
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Howard H. Cherry, Jr
Nassau Street
Mexico City
UPI
Arturo Tovar
Arturo
Humphrey Links Violence to Civil Rights Setback
Vice President Humphrey warned that urban riots hinder civil rights progress and urged peace as essential to achieving equality. He cited Watts unrest and noted many rioters were employed, stressing the need for improving living conditions and social stability.
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Washington
Humphrey
International Conference On Social Work
Watts
Calif
Lincoln reportedly carried papers in his stovepipe hat
A historical note asserts that President Abraham Lincoln kept important documents in the crown of his tall stovepipe hat, a precaution used during his presidency.
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Abraham Lincoln
Peking Breaks Silence On U.S.-Soviet Dialogue
In Warsaw AP reports Red Chinese Ambassador Wang Kuo chuan breaks 11 years of silence after a three hour meeting with U.S. Ambassador John Gronovski. Wang accuses the U.S. and Soviet Union of singing a duet to feign Chinese U.S. reconciliation and to disguise imperialist aggression.
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Peking
U.S
Warsaw
Wang Kuo-chuan
John Gronovski
Russia
Geneva
Wang
Tax Returns Mail Change Is Voted
The house passed by voice vote and sent to the senate a bill to channel future income tax returns into seven regional automatic data processing centers instead of 58 IRS offices. Sponsors say the system would be cheaper since returns already go to regional centers after preliminary processing. Individual revenue offices would still handle consultations and hand-delivered returns.
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Washington
House
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
Last Canadian Holdouts Return to Work
The last few hundred Canadian railroad workers returned to their jobs early Wednesday, ending their rebellion against a back-to-work law passed by Parliament six days earlier.
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Toronto
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