HACAP Breaks Off NYC YMCA Sponsorship After Labor Pressure
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program ends joint sponsorship of the Neighborhood Youth Corps with the Cedar Rapids YMCA amid Labor Department pressure to extend contracts. Dispute over which agency runs NYC in Linn Jones and Johnson counties prompted a plan for split administration, with a May 25 deadline to reach agreement.
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Anti-Poverty Board
Linn
Johnson and Jones Counties
Cedar Rapids
HACAP
Jones and
Johnson Counties
Nyc
George Case
Linn Nyc
YMCA
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Jones and Johnson Nyc
Jones-Johnson
Rev
Denton
Ericson
Monticello
Roland Krause
Marion
Democratic caravan to stop in Cedar Rapids
The state Democratic caravan of candidates for public office will stop for a public luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 4. The event is one of 65 stops. tickets are $3.15. Gov. Harold Hughes and several top state office candidates are scheduled to attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Moore
Moore
Roosevelt Hotel
Harold Hughes
U.S
John Culver
Paul Franzenburg
State agency workers face higher on the job deaths
Iowa Industrial Commissioner Harry Dahl told Cedar Rapids officials that state government employees suffered more on the job deaths than any other employer in the year ending July 1 1968. He cited ten state worker deaths and a total of 137 employment deaths in Iowa, up from 119 a year earlier.
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Iowa
Harry Dahl
Cedar, Rapids
Dahl
Chamber of Commerce Personal Managers Committee
Cedar Rapids
State employees discuss first aid and safety programs
Dahl noted that the highway commission and institutions under the board of regents and board of control have good safety programs. He said other state employees also need safe and healthful working conditions. Indirect costs from injuries and illnesses totaled 1.5 million dollars last year, with sick pay replacements and reduced efficiency.
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Highway Commission
Board of Regents
Board of Control
Dahl
HACAP Opens Broker Account for Youth Employment Stock Donation
The Hawkeye Community Action Program will open a broker account to dispose of $2,000 in stock donated this summer to the Youth Employment Service project. This move marks an unusual financial step for the anti poverty agency as it handles the asset.
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Hawkeye
Youth Employment Service Project
Gazette Subscription Rates Announced for Cedar Rapids Area
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options including carrier at 65 cents a week and mail rates for Night and Sunday editions. It notes available regional service, 16 years, and exclusive republication rights by the Gazette Association, with AP dispatches included.
Runaways Nabbed Near Manchester After Car Chase
Three Illinois runaways were nabbed in a car on highway 3 two miles west of Manchester Thursday. Two boys aged 17 and 16 had fled a detention home and were accompanied by a 16-year-old girl.
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Manchester
Illinois
Highway 3
Here
Municipalities League Elects Chester R. Lee President
DES MOINES AP Mayor Chester R. Lee of Clarinda was elected president of the League of Iowa Municipalities succeeding Harold Gartner. Mayor Harold H. Domsalla of Clinton named vice president with one year terms. Board members include John Rhodes Chariton Loren Hickerson Town City Clifford Dorr Remsen Kenneth Henke Keokuk for two years and Walter Hathaway Council Bluffs Robert Sage West Union for one year. Lee urged a comprehensive study of city revenue and finance following Iowa tax study.
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DES Moines
Chester R. Lee
Clarinda
Friday
League of Iowa
Titonia
Harold Gartner
Harold H. Domsalla
Clinton
Lee
Domsalla
League
John Rhodes
Chariton
Loren L. Hickerson
Town City
Clifford Dorr
Remsen
Kenneth C. Henke, Jr
Keokuk
Walter Hathaway
Council Bluffs
Robert Sage
West Union
Towa
Birth Control Pill Risks Highlighted by British Report
London AP notes a British government report suggesting birth control pills may cause blood clotting. The warning underscores potential health risks and calls for careful medical guidance and patient awareness.
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London
Committee Eyes Drug Safety Rules For Prescription Access
A committee on drug safety discussed continuing sale of the pills only by prescription. It urged doctors and the public be informed that use carries some risk.
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Committee On
Admits Shoplifting Freed Pending Study
David Sawyer of 317 Seventh Street SE pled guilty to shoplifting a $14 jacket from Killian's at 201 Third Avenue SE. Municipal Judge John B. Reilly continued the case until Oct 3 to study Sawyer's mental status and Sawyer was released on his own recognizance.
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David Sawyer
Seventh Street SE
John B.reilly
Sawyer
Killian’s
Third Avenue SE
Items stolen from car in C.R. near Howard Johnson’s lodge
Thomas R. Hart of Waterloo reported a car break in Thursday night at Howard Johnson's motor lodge at highways 30 and 218 West. A portable television set and numerous clothing items were stolen from a locked vehicle, valued at $602, with authorities investigating.
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Thomas R. Hart
Waterloo
Howard Johnson
French Block British Entry to Common Market
France again vetoed British membership in the European Common Market at a ministerial meeting in Brussels. Foreign Minister Michel Debre reaffirmed Paris view that Britain cannot join now, citing unresolved economic issues and unchanged December 1967 conclusions.
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Brussels
France
Michel Debre
European Economic Community
Britain
Debre
Will funds left to son killed in war
Walter Best a Winchester grocer died September 7 at age 87 leaving a $25 000 trust for his son John in case he returns. The will probated in Winchester provides the money be held until the year 2000 unless the son returns. John Best was reported killed in Europe and a body identified as his was buried in Winchester by the military.
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Winchester, Ind
Winchester
Walter Best
John
Europe
John Best
Best
Travel Expense Denied for Poverty Board Members
Office of Economic Opportunity refused mileage payments for low income representatives from Jones and Johnson counties who must travel to Cedar Rapids for HACAP meetings. Chairman Anthony Scolaro noted the CEO urged willing members to travel. Future meetings will be in Anamosa and Iowa City to share travel costs.
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Hacap
Ymca-Nyc
Davenport
Nyc
YMCA
United Community Services Planning Division
Scolaro
Jones and Johnson
Hawkeye Community Action Program
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Anthony Scolaro
Jones and
Johnson Counties
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Iowa City
Drake Hikes Room and Board Costs at Drake University
Drake University raises dormitory charges by 40 dollars per semester. President Paul F. Sharp announced the increase, bringing room and board to 480 dollars per semester for full time students.
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Drake
DES Moines
Drake University
Paul F. Sharp
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