Inflation Jump Shifts Rent Pain to Tenants
The Cedar Rapids area shows renters facing faster rent increases, with nationwide data and a Cajd, the department of labor, noting housing costs rising 60.2 percent since January 1967 while home ownership costs rose 77.4 percent. Rent up 6.8 percent in the last year and 1.8 percent in the last quarter, signaling a swing toward higher rent inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Department of Labor
Vern Phelps
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Harold Ewoldt
Chamber
In memory and rent trends amid rising costs
Memorial notices name Florence Beenk, Marjorie Donohue, Tillie Christian, Vic Pierson, Dr. L. F. Vane, Ken Seller, and others. An article surveys Cedar Rapids rent hikes, vacancy rates, and housing supply, noting higher costs, slow new construction, and shifts toward shared living as shortages grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Beenk
Marion Pitts
Marjorie Donohue
Florence Gritzner
Sumner
Blanche Cartwright
Tyanne Lucas
Tillie Christian
Warren Koch
L. F. Vane
Victor Holeck
Lillian Engle
West St. Paul
Banes
Cedar Rapids
Beeeh Vreachers Assn
Kensington
Ralph Seller
Four Telescopes Dominate World Refractive History
The world's four largest reflecting telescopes are located in the United States at Hale Observatory in California Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona Lick Observatory in California and McDonald Observatory in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
U.S
Hale Observatory
Calif. Kitt Peak Observatory
Ariz
Lick Observatory
Calif
McDonald Observatory
Texas
Camp Courage Open House Near Monticello
An open house for Camp Courage will be held Sunday September 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the camp southeast of Monticello after a four mile east and one mile north access on Highway 38. Gary Turbes serves as executive director for this non profit, non sectarian facility that welcomes mentally or physically challenged attendees regardless of handicap age race religion or residence in Iowa. Since opening June 1 1974 the camp has hosted 700 campers in the season from May to November with weekend weekly or longer sessions and no one is turned away for inability to pay. The camp operates year round and relies entirely on private donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Courage
Monticello
Iowa
Gary Turbes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ewoldt
Kenneth J. Kahin
National Assn. of Realtors
Robert J. Sheehan
National Assn. of Home Builders
Arthur F. Young
Census Bureau
Eemeneeee
Xtra Touch Florist
FTD
Pierson’s Flowershop
Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
16Th Ave. S.W
Gazette
Paul Jensen
Friends of the Public Library
Coliseum
John Sayers
Thunderbird Road SE
R.K. Watters
Twenty-ninth Street
Paul Geiser
Eastland Drive
Teeter
Lindale Plaza
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum
House of Fireplaces
North Towne Lane
N.E
Blairs Ferry Road
Kenw Transfer Building
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