United Way Seeks Wider Giving in Linn County Campaign
The 1976 United Way drive aims to boost participation after a decline. The goal is $1,465,000 with 17 agencies, including Boy Scouts Hawkeye area council, Camp Fire Girls Iowana council, Red Cross Grant Wood chapter, Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, and others, supported by 158,000 served last year.
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United Way
Linn County
John Byers
Byers
Des Moines
Muscatine
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Waterloo
Clinton
Ed United Way
Robert Benning
Benning
United Way Board
Marshall Hardesty, Jr
Civic Center
Hardesty
Hawkeye Area
Foundation II
Cardinal Council of the Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
YMCA
YWCA
United Way Stabilization Reserve
United Way Administration
Cedar Rapids Air Pollution Report Improves Dust Readings
Last week brought calmer air as rainfall settled dust in Cedar Rapids. Five ozone readings on Sept 18 exceeded the national standard but hydrocarbon levels were low, keeping health risk low. Data cover Sept 16 22 from the health department air pollution control division with station locations and measured particulate matter levels.
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Cedar Rapids
Health Department
Air Pollution Control Division
First Street
Center Point Road
Council Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Central City
Wildlife Refuge Expands With 500 Acres Gift on Jupiter Island
The American Land Trust donated 500 acres of the northern Jupiter Island area to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge. Valued at 1.3 million dollars, the land sits on a barrier island between the Atlantic and Hobe Sound, north of Palm Beach. Jupiter Island hosts the Florida manatee population and a major sea turtle nesting site. The American Land Trust, based in Arlington Virginia, is a national group aiming to preserve wilderness valued at about 200 million dollars.
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New York
UPI
Jupiter Island
Fla
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
American Land Trust
Hobe Sound Co
Atlantic Ocean
Hobe Sound
Palm Beach
Florida
United States
The
Arlington Va
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Jane Boyd
Mental Health Assn
Public Health Nursing Assn
Grant Wood Area
the Red Cross
Hutton’s
Silver Angels
Red Tail Sharks
9Th Street
Marion
Hutton
Hwy
Wildlife Refuge
Jack Jones
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown