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i Group ol Keokux Men Protests*nirePlan for Bypass on Highway 61A public hearing on the re* ducted in Keokuk a few yearsV location of U. S. highway 61 in ago it was found that 55 perLee county was held by the cent of the traffic on U. S. 61nIowa Highway Commission this had an origin or destination in morning in the district court Keokuk; that 35 per cent offillforonethe traffic at this point was going out of the city on U. SHe said that the proposed relocation of the highwayes: room. About 35 Keokuk busi-I ness men attended this morn-es ipg's hearing to discuss the 61 to the north and 10 per cent he proposed h’ighway which will across the Mississippi rjver.rs (bypass this city.W. J. Smith, district engineer,'and Robert Givens, assistant would better serve the 35 per t( district engineer, represented cent desiring to go north on ‘e the state highway commission highway 61. The proposed by-'H at the hearing and answered pass would cut off the present 11 the questions presented by the b- local group. Givens read a re-!port on the Federal-Aid Pri- to a point near the Des Moines THmary System in Iowa and the River bridge. The proposed by-Proposed Relocation of U. Sseh a t We1delthethe1highway near the imperial Service station and cut acrosstioiCUItof° 61 in Lee county.n-jd ICite* Traffic Surveyif?Givens, quoting from the re port, said that in a survey conor a.axIL. L. Hutson oiCarlitacs Dies Mon(ipass would provide a savings of 2 6 miles of travel and an estimated 16 2 minutes in travel time, it was reported.Givens stated that the proposed highway construction, if approved, would begin sometime this year and that it would probably be completed sometime in 1958. He said that the Bureau of Public Roads in Washington, D. C would be the organization to give or refuse final approval of the project.valamcilicorcotCbvidha*01)1actnelt;pecbletioiustntInWeirather ObjectsFollowing the introductory remarks, Smith turned the!CARTHAGE, 111. — L. L j (Butch) Hutson, 729 Locust, tyjCarthage, died at 9:30 p. m. yesterday at his home, j Born August 3, 1893, in Pontoosuc. 111., he was the son of, , .Chirk. and Elizabeth HarnH mefn« “P™ ,or remarks, chile married Veins Symmonds j1'*,0*’ ” *PProvals from then anriiLi ioiollocal group. P. J, Weirather,sented localbusiness operators asking thatturned tated that(thelie!coraccnit.ins1 of Carthage on ApriP-1, 1019. i, , .They had lived in Carthage for loca! motel operator presn;, the past 31 years. a wr,tten statement fromHe was a member of the ,. ,,U S Marines during Worldl,be Prop«scd by-pass beI down. Weirather stabwaantwevoiiWar f, a former citv alderman,I V Md inaiDemocratic the by-pass would cut down onprecinct commit- * *■ uuwu Zteeman and a member of the busmess brough into theI1IBaptistiichurch of °‘ty by ,b(' ,ourist and transienttruck traffic.He said thatPrimitiveBentley.Surviving are his widow, four ,, . . „ . - -Martha not only affect the motelM M .jRi. Mm “ . MM m__.M Miethe by-passredaughters, Mrsi, Schmidt, Scotia, N. Y, Mrsj business in the city but wouldMildred Morrell of Newman.also have effect on the serviceIIII.. Mrs Mary Gray of Sanfat,ons' restaurants and other Jose. Calif., and Mrs. Marjorie;“smess in Keokuk. James’ J i .Invco nt thn WiinAf AilAll$5Joyce, of the Super uu com-stated that the state14 iDuobet of Carthage; sevengrandchildren; four brothers., ,, . ,1 Ip. F. of Lvcgne. Kan., Lem of 0llld hur,in8 itself by al-1.1 Dallas Citv, Roscoe of Niota 0WI* the income from the gas*■ ’ 1 4 * * A » . A _ i I. a i. « • ■ ■ Hebvw'asttax to go to the states of lllihinois and Missouri. Severaland Neil of Keokuk.u preceded in deathiparonts and two -....... ...IV: Ida and Lewis. mentts ,n objection and askedi Funeral service will he held ‘jnestions pertaining to thebrothers er business men made state-airtoho?ifin;diewada^!details of the project. Smithu, Thursdav at 2 p. m. at the Kil-, .....,gore Memorial Home with 3skcd !f 4,here w,as any°ne that , Klder Raymond Webb and lt;d speak in favor ofElder Claude Webb officiating.betfarthe1tbut no oneS/IBurial will be in Moss Bulge cemetery.*Hospital Newsthe by-passanswered.Before closing the meeting Smith read a statement concerning the access control which would he placed on the proposed by-pass. This revealed] that no new business entrances! could be made to the highway. Only those roads which the»r£MeforfivtHqiouGRAHAMAdmisionsMiss Betty Mortimer, Alexan* __ ___— dria; Mrs. Esther Chancellor, new by-pass would cross could'it* 1426 High: Mrs. Mary Sym-jbe used as business entrancesjmonds, 1125 Concert; Mrs .lifter the by-pass was built. He Os Freda Elbe, Wayland; Henry sa*d that this would be done to* Bode, 721 North Fourteenth: s0 *bat tratfic on the by-pass -.Mrs. Yetta Walker, Hamilton: could be kept moving and'4* Miss Alice Marie Clemenson.! would not be hindered by’■‘• Hamilton; Donald Day, Alexan-.excessive cross traffic.dria- Mrs Genreia Dnhhs 921,Ibeprochisaranlt;Am
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Keokuk Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa, US
Tue, Feb 26, 1957
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