City Employee Flays Mayor Over City Vehicle Waste
A Cedar Rapids reader blasts Mayor Frank Bush and the City Council for years of private use of city owned cars by employees. The letter accuses officials of no action after an eight month study and urges immediate steps to end free transport, plus a car pool plan gaining attention in Des Moines. Also noted is Army Private Ronald R. Grannis, 22, daughter and wife details, and his assignment near Cu Chi Viet Nam with the 25th Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Schaeffer
Gentelmen
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bush
Harold C. Schaffer
Des Moines Register
Jack Langford
Robert Ray
Iowa
CU Chi
Viet Nam
Ronald R. Grannis
Grosvenor Grannis Jr
Tenafly
N.J
25Th Infantry Division
Christine
38Rd St. NE
One of a Kind Wedgwood Vase Highlights Cedar Rapids Antique Show
The National Antique Show opens Oct 3 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids for four days. Exhibitors from 11 states present over 49 displays including Wedgwood porcelain vase Fairyland Lustra designed by Daisy Makieg Jones owned by Donald C. Koehn. An appraiser booth benefits the American Cancer Society with a $1 fee. The American Legion Auxiliary assists daily as the largest Iowa antiques show features quarter of a million dollars in items. Open 11 am to 10 pm daily and 11 am to 6 pm Sunday. Admission charged.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Colorado
Virginia
Florida
Daisy Makieg-Jones
Donald C. Koehn
England
Wedgwood Society
Antiue
American Cancer Society
American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa
Potter named to Viet Nam artillery unit assignment
SFC Robert R. Potter of the U S Army was assigned August 6 to the 1st Field Force Viet Nam Artillery as assistant operations sergeant. He is the son of Mrs. Carolyn Gephart and resides with his wife Rose Marie in Fairmont West Virginia while his father James A. Potter lives at 924 Adrian Waterloo.
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U. S. Army
Viet Nam
Robert R. Potter
Carolyn Gephart
Washington Ave
1St Field Force
Viet Nam Artillery
Rose Marie
Fairmont
W.va
James A. Potter
Adrian
Waterloo
Navy apprentice Tom P Carney completes basic electricity course
San Diego reports Fireman Apprentice Tom P. Carney USN aged 20, son of Mr and Mrs Clement C Carney of 1807 Chandler St, graduates from the Basic Electricity and Electronics school at the Navy Training Center. The school is noted as the West Coast's largest. Students will enter a Navy Specialty in electricity after the basics.
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San Diego
Tom P. Carney
USN
Clement C. Carney
Chandler St
U.S. Naval Training Center
Navy
Print Show at Cornell Highlights Picasso to Miro
MT VERNON Cornell College hosts a touring print exhibition from London Grafica Arts featuring Picasso Chagall Renoir Cezanne Dali Miro and Vasarely among 400 works. Open 16 a m to 7 p m in The Commons Hilltop Lounge presented by the Com mons Union Board with pieces priced from 10 to 3000 dollars.
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Cornell
Picasso
Chagall
Renoir
Cezanne
Dali
Miro
MT. Vernon
Miro and
Vasarely
Cornell College
The
Commons Union Board
Commons Hilltop
London Grafica Arts
Summer Sailor Completes Cruise Aboard Topeka
Midshipman K W Elderkin USN 24, son of Mr and Mrs D M Elderkin of 352 Park Terrace SE, completed a six week summer cruise aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Topeka at sea on August 22. He trained in engineering weaponry leadership navigation shiphandling and seamanship and applied classroom subjects during the cruise. Senior midshipmen from the Naval Academy and other colleges participate in these annual summer cruises.
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Topeka
K.W. Elderkin
USN
D. M. Elderkin
Park Terrace SE
U. S. Naval Academy
Army Chopper Pilot Garry Pugh Gets Wings
Garry E. Pugh, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Pugh, received the silver wings of an Army aviator at Hunter Army Airfield on Aug 18 and was appointed a warrant officer after completing a 16 week helicopter pilot course. The training covered gunnery, tactical maneuvers, maintenance, and survival techniques for helicopter support of ground troops in combat.
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Hinter Army Airfield
Garry E. Pugh
Jesse E. Pugh
20Th St. SW
Hunter Army Airfield
Battle of the Bands at Armar Nov 8 feature list
The third annual Battle of Bands will be November 8 at Armar Ballroom. Verne Josifek and Miles Adams announce a varied lineup including a 16 piece Glen Miller style band, Dixieland, country and western acts, two jazz combos and two other ensembles. The event showcases contrasting styles and dancing variety.
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Armar
Armar Ballroom
Verne Josifek
Miles Adams
Bohemian Centennial
Iowa
Carr Sails Back to San Diego
Shipfitter Third Class Donald A. Karr USN son of Mr and Mrs Donald Karr of 848 17th St SW has returned to San Diego aboard the amphibious force flagship USS Estes after an eight month deployment with the U S Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. The Estes spent much of the tour around Da Nang South Viet Nam serving as a command and communications center for Seventh Fleet amphibious forces and participated in nine amphibious assault operations in Viet Nam.
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San Diego
Donald A. Karr
USN
Donald Karr
17Th St. SW
Amphibious Force
USS
Estes
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Pacific
da Nang
Viet Nam
Seventh Fleet
Public Hearing Set Sept 26 for Iowa 549 Corridor
A public hearing will be held Sept 26 at Lakeside Elementary School Middle Amana to establish the corridor for Iowa 549 Freeway in Benton and Linn counties. The 22.5 mile route would run from west of Amanas to Cedar Rapids with an estimated cost of 24.25 million dollars and initial right of way plans starting in 1970.
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Ames
Iowa
Benton
Linn
State Highway Commission
Lakeside
Middle Amana
Amanas
Homestead
Walford
Cedar Rapids
Swine Exhibit Spotlight Sale At Waterloo Meet
The National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo hosts a swine exhibit during the Meat Animal Show from Sept 21 to 29. A 7 pm spotlight sale on Sept 28 offers top seed stock to top third placing animals, with FFA and 4H youths invited to select projects from Midwest breeders.
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Waterloo Sale
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Midwest
Healy Receives Bronze Star at Ft. Riley Ceremony
Captain Dennis J. Healy of East Army, son of Donald and Doris Healy, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism in Vietnam on February 3, 1968, during a search and destroy mission near Phong Dinh Province. He also received a second Bronze Star for meritorious achievement at the same ceremony led by General Westmoreland. Healy served with Advisory Team No. 63, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, advising the 44th Ranger Battalion near Soc Trang.
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FT. Riley
Dennis, J. Healy
Donald H. Healy
Elmwood Court
Irwin Army Hospital
Kansas
William C. Westmoreland
U. S. Army
Healy
Vietnam
Army
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Soc Trang
Dennis J
Republic of Vietnam
44Th Ranger
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Phong Dinh
Faulter
United States Army
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SFC
Sailor Carney
Eugen Ivan Schuster
Rembrant
Toulouse-Lautrec
Garry Pugh
W.C. Garry
E. Pugh
Weleord
FT. Leonard Wood
David R. Smith
Robert E. Smith
Central City
Ft. Leonard, Wood
Cheryl
Dmz
Doneisi
Berkeley
Carr
Bronze Star
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