Mayors Grapple With City Finances In Iowa Meeting
Six resolutions will be discussed by the Iowa League of Municipalities with four focused on money. The opening session in Sioux City on September 22 centers on Coping with City Financial Problems, featuring John Shannon and Ted Davidson. Workshops follow on land use and water pollution control.
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Iowa League of Municipalities
Sioux City
John Shannon
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Washington, D.C
Ted Davidson
State Assn. of
Mayors seek relief from red tape at league convention
The Iowa League of Municipalities will hold a convention with workshops on communications and development and a Sunday mini-convention for smaller cities. Officials seek relief from paperwork, funding, and policy issues including revenue sharing, municipal financing, road use taxes, and home rule. Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney notes the shift in federal dealings and stresses local control.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
League
Fort
Guthrie County
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Canney
Feds
Congress
Iowa
Donations Honor Lenore Strang and L F Vane
A collection of memorial gifts lists donations in memory of Lenore K Strang and Dr L F Vane from multiple donors including Mr and Mrs Don Oliver, Nina Zell Shrope, Margaret Strang, and Forest Aschbrenner. Several gifts note occasions like birthdays and memorials with amounts such as 5.00 and 6.00. Funds raise part of a larger goal yet to be reached.
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Lenore K. Strang
Don Oliver
Keswick
Nina Zell Shrope
L.F. Vane
Frank
cSaera
Phillips
Fairfax
Mrs
Clarence
Betty
Mae
Marie
Forest
Clifford Leonard
Margaret Strang
Aschbrenner
Dick Gibbs
American force fails to seize St John’s fort in 1775
ST. JOHN'S Canada Sept 7 The first American attempt under Generals John Schuyler and Richard Montgomery to capture the British fort at St John’s fails. The troops retreat downriver and rig a boom to block a British warship entering Lake Champlain.
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ST. John's
Canada
John Schuyler
Richard Montgomery
St. John’s
Lake Champlain
Pre-Marriage Course To Begin At Lutheran Family Service
Lutheran Family service will sponsor a three session pre marriage course at 227 Higley building starting Thursday at 7 30 p m The course limited to six couples covers Preparing for Marriage More Than the Honeymoon Learning To Talk to Each Other and Understanding Each Other as Sexual Beings The cost is 7 50 and reservations can be made by calling 362 0537.
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Lutheran Family Service
Higley Building
Radar Units Map Week Patrol Areas And Key Crash Spots
Police outline radar unit locations for the week in multiple quadrants including Northeast Redbud and Weing roads, Council and Forty-second streets, Southeast Thirtieth street drive, Country club park way, Bever avenue, Northwest E F and First avenues, Southwest Second Eighteenth Mallory and Bowling streets. They also identify the most accident prone intersections last week at Sixth Street and Waconia Avenue SW, Thirty second Street and C Avenue NE, Second Avenue and Eighth Street SE, and First Avenue and Fifteenth Street West.
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Redbud
Weing Roads
Forty-second Streets
Thirtieth Street
Country Club Parkway
Bever Avenue
First Avenues
Second
Eighteenth
Mallory
Bowling Streets
Sixth Street
Waconia Avenue
Thirty-second Street
C Avenue
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Susan Trecek Carnal’s cystic fibrosis story aids awareness
Susan Trecek Carnal published her cystic fibrosis experiences in The Gazette highlighting symptoms such as wheezing coughing and salty skin. The article spurred responses including a diagnosis for a child in Iowa and inspired a regional fund drive with Susan named honorary chairwoman. September named Breath of Life Month, and early diagnosis plus treatment are credited with extending lifespans.
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Susan Trecek Carnal
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Gazette
Iowa Daily
Iowa
The
Susan
Cedar Rapids-Marion
U.S
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By Mike Deupree
Anan Ty
the Gazette
League of Municipalities
House
Mike Deupree
C.J
Bess G. Rickert
Clark S. Green
Oscar E. Howard
Glady S
Wee
Cedar Rapids School of Men’s
Ave. N.E
Christian Comics
Christian
4Th Ave. S.E
Teeter
Holland
Center Pt. Rd
Apids Eproductions, Inc
Standard Blue Print CO
E. P.O
Cardone
Button Flowers Bunny Tails
Center Pt. Rd. N.E
Press Assa
Michael
Bruce McGrath Pontiac
McGrath's
McGrath
Bruce
Pontiac
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