Ewoldt's 20 Years Shaping Cedar Rapids Chamber Growth
Dale Kueter profiles Harold Ewoldt who rose from assistant manager to assistant executive vice president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce over two decades. He recalls the 1966 bleacher collapse and CPR growth figures from 70,000 to 110,000, and discusses the power structure and changing roles in local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Kueter
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Ewoldt
Chamber
Transportation Department
Ewoldt
Robert Caldwell
Hawkeye Downs
U.S
Washington
D.C
Cedar Rapids
Ewaldt
Y.E.S
Youth Employment Service
The
Downs
Grain Service
Agricultural Bureau
Central Retail Bureau
Civic Development Assn
Personnel Managers Committee
Business Consumers Bureau
Solicitation Review Committee
Civic Bureau
Economic Research
National Defense Executive Reserve
Secretary of Commerce
Dorothy
Susan
Evergreen Street
Aberfan Dispute Over Disaster Fund Turns Two-Year Sorrow
In Aberfan Wales residents argue over remaining disaster fund money after the 1966 collapse. The government-backed removal of coal waste costs a million pounds, leaving about 900000 pounds unspent. Debates center on who pays and how to honor victims.
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London
UPI
Aberfan
Wales
Number Seven
Cardiff
George Thomas
Thomas
Harold Wilson
National Coal Board
Coal Board
William Tudor
Tudor
Penaves
Monty Unveils War Papers at Imperial War Museum
Lord Montgomery of Alamein, aged 80, dedicated a new document room at the Imperial War Museum. He displayed the German surrender document he kept since 1945, recalling Churchill’s defense of his possession and noting the piece now joins wartime reels and film about the Lüneburg Heath surrender and Eisenhower at Rheims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Montgomery
Alamein
Brisk
Imperial War Museum
Monty
Luneberg Heath
Luneberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Water project in Cam Lo faces Viet Cong opposition
Refugees in Cam Lo refugee camp labored for three months to build a 1.5 million gallon reservoir fed by a river pump and half mile pipeline. The Viet Cong mined the canal and shelled the site, accusing the project of helping Marines. Maj. John Hannon praises refugees and condemns VC deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam LO
Vietnam
UPI
Quat Xa
Quang Tri Province
Milo Ireland
Clinton
N.Y
Dmz
Laos
Gulf of Tonkin
Army
John Hannon
New York City
Hannon
Hieu Giang
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Cedar Valley
United States
Borneo
South and Central America
National Post
By Maris Ross
Wilson
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
House of Commons
Eddie Worth
By David Lamb
Sham
Coe
Gage Memorial Union
Robert Kocher
John Chapman
Labor Economics
Larry Dixon
William Vroman
James Carrithers
A. Paul Diaz
Alan Rosenus
Shakespeare
Mary Hawley
Andre Girod
Patrick Alston
Francis Fowler
Donald Lisie
Margaret Wogahn
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
Carl Orff
Zoltan Kodaly
Linda Kellar
Augustine
Aquinas
Hume
John Walker
Joseph Kasper
John Salter
Tom Jenness
Richard Manson
One
Zoltan Odaly
Sister Mary Travis
E. B. Godsey
COE College
Iowa
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