Teachers Move Meeting to Thursday in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids mass meeting for teachers was moved to Thursday at 4 15 p m in Washington high school auditorium after leaders complained the April 18 date would be pointless The move comes as CREA debates unification with ISEA and NEA and seeks to explain salary and benefits to members before contract decisions.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Robert Arnold
The
Cedar Rapids Education Assn
Iowa
Representative Assembly Crea
CREA
Iowa State Education Assn
National Education Assn
Representative Assembly
Assembly
Robert Allender
Jefferson
Leona Knock
Grant Wood
Helen Laipple
Franklin
Robert Condit
Erskine
John Carlson
Allender
ISEA
NEA
Cedar Rapids to expand two wheel police motorcycle fleet
Public Safety Commissioner John Oberthien announced Cedar Rapids will add a fourth two wheel motorcycle next week to cover all city quadrants. He says the bikes maneuver in places cars and three wheel cycles cannot and are valued for pursuits. The new unit costs about 2000 dollars and will exclude radio equipment.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Safety
John Oberthien
Oberthien
Stolen Pickup Found Parked Near Hospital
A pickup stolen from Darrel Kleppe's farm seven miles north of Tipton was found Monday parked near St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. Blood on the gear shift knob suggested the thief was injured but walked back to the farm, while a wrecked stolen pickup was found about a quarter mile away, owned by Cedar Farm Service.
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Gazette
IPTON
Darrel Kleppe
Tipton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Kleppe
Richard Barden
Kleppe Farm
Cedar Farm Service
Decorah Nursing Home Fire Damages Second Floor
A fire at the Novotny nursing home in Decorah started in a closet on the second floor where Ida Burlong slept. Two nurses fought the blaze with extinguishers until firefighters arrived, with damage limited to the room and attic. the second floor was evacuated. The home is operated by Olive Novotny.
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Decorah
Novotny Nursing Home
Ida Burlong
Olive Novotny
Eastern Iowa Vehicle Show Opens Thursday at Hawkeye Downs
The four day event runs 1 to 10 pm Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm Saturday and 1 to 6 pm Sunday. Admission charged for ages over 12. Marland McCleary of Marion chairs the show with 13 dealers from district 12 of the Iowa Mobile Homes Assn displaying more than 60 vehicles including travel trailers and motor homes. Dealers from Cedar Rapids Iowa City Marion Dysart Hiawatha Anamosa participate.
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Hawkeye Downs
Marland McCleary
Marion
Iowa Mobile Homes Assn
Cedar Rapids
Airport Rollin
Hart’s
R and L
Tommy’s
Ernie
Conoco
Eden Motors
Ray’s
Iowa City
Johnny Kettelsen
Freddie
Hiawatha
Cliff
Dysart
Anamosa
West Liberty Woman Gertrude McGuire Dies at 89
Gertrude McGuire 89 of West Liberty died Tuesday after a long illness. Born April 6 1878 in Stockholm Sweden she married Luke McGuire March 28 1900 in Cedar County. Survived by daughter Emil Rasmussen Cedar Rapids and sister Anna Parzybok Wichita. Services Thursday 3:30 p.m. at Snider funeral home West Liberty with visitations at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids and Snider. Donations to First Presbyterian church memorial fund. Casket not opening after service.
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Gertrude McGuire
Stockholm
Sweden
Luke McGuire
Cedar County
McGuire
First Presbyterian Church
Adah Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grands
Floriculture Society
Emil Rasmussen
Cedar Rapids
Anna Parzybok
Wichita
Snider Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund
Plymat presses plan to end U.S. military draft
Republican Senate candidate William N. Plymat urged GOP rivals and Gov. Harold Hughes to renounce conscription as U.S. policy. Speaking at La Salle High School he urged door-to-door campaigning to end the draft and warned conscientious objectors to seek Canada if needed. He cited President Johnson's Vietnam de escalation and argued the nation should end forced military service and bayonet training. He noted Sen. Eugene McCarthy favors ending the draft while Sen. Robert Kennedy supports its continuation.
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U.S. Senate
Harold Hughes
Plymat
la Salle High School
la Salle
Eugene McCarthy
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Adam Powell Hospitalized In Carolina
Former congressman Adam Clayton Powell was hospitalized in Durham North Carolina after reporting an irregular heartbeat and exhaustion. Doctors said ECGs are normal and no heart irregularities observed. Powell, 60, was to speak at Duke University before falling ill and canceled a planned appearance at Howard University and a Capitol visit.
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Window Replacement at City Hall Project Begins
The Veterans Memorial coliseum city hall will receive 156 new windows starting Tuesday. DeVAC, Inc. of Minneapolis won a $17,465 contract to replace windows on eight levels excluding the auditorium. New aluminum framed heavy duty glass panes were delivered Friday.
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Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Devac, Inc
Minneapolis
Harkless Released on Bond After Assault Warrant
Joan E. Harkless 37 of 1215 Fourth Street SE was arrested on a warrant for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. She posted $1,000 bond and was released. Complainant Margaret A. Smith of 614 Twelfth Avenue SE alleges Harkless pulled a knife and cut her left hand.
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Fourth Street SE
Margaret A. Smith
Twelfth Avenue SE
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Miss Smith
Passenger admits causing numerous car window breakages in city spree
Brown confessed to police he damaged multiple vehicles, including eight windows at Rapids Chevrolet and broken windshields in two Northwestern Bell vans. Investigations listed ten cars with broken windows on A avenue NE and surrounding blocks, and a Windshield and headlight damage was reported on several other cars. Detectives noted Brown had conflict between two girls and felt like hitting something.
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Daniel Karas
Fifth Avenue
Gary Liedtke
McGrath Pontiac
Second Avenue SE
Walter Plank
Washington Avenue SE
Lester Jones
Sixteenth Street
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Theodel Lefebure of Fairfax Dies After Short Illness
Theodel A. Lefebure a lifelong Fairfax farmer died Tuesday after a short illness born December 17 1894 in Fairfax She married Gertrude Flaherty October 9 1918 He attended Loras college and was a member of St Patrick Catholic church Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Edward Teahen Cedar Rapids and Mrs Farrell Gay Springfield IL a son John R Lefebure Fairfax fourteen grandchildren seven great grandchildren four brothers Regis Richard Armand Henry and a sister Mary Margaret Sullivan Funeral Requiem High Mass Thursday at 10 am St Patrick church Fairfax Reverend Bernard White Burial St Patrick cemetery Rosaries Wednesday 830 pm by National Catholic Society of Foresters Court 799 9 pm at Teahen chapel Cedar Rapids callers welcome after 2 pm Wednesday
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Theodel A.lefebure
Gertrude Flaherty
Loras College
St. Patrick’s ‘Catholic Church
Edward Teahen
Cedar Rapids
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Springfield
Ill
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Regis Lefebure
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Lefebure
Chicago
Armand Lefebure
Solon
Henry Lefebure
Gaithersburg
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New York
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St. Patrick’s Cemetery
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Cedar Rapids Urban Renewal Land Acquisition Tops $6 Million
A Cedar Rapids status report shows $6,141,557 spent on property acquisitions for the city’s Cedar Lake and Civic Center renewal projects. Cedar Lake costs total $2,002,066 and Civic Center $4,139,491 with 95 percent and 57 percent title ownership respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Lake
Civic Center
Old Shrine
Avenue NE
Evelyn Dolezal Posts Bond on Speeding Counts
Evelyn Dolezal of route two Cedar Rapids posted bonds Tuesday morning on two speeding charges. Authorities say she was clocked at 48 mph in the 2700 block of Bowling Street SW and later at 90 mph near the Prairie Creek bridge past the Link Bel Speeder plant in a 45 mph zone. She posted $110 and $30 bonds and was released.
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Evelyn Dolezal
Cedar Rapids
Bowling Street
Prairie Creek
Dolezal
New Apportionment Ruling Little Effect in Linn County
The one man one vote doctrine for local governments likely won’t change Cedar Rapids city and school district or Linn county elections. At issue is whether districting for supervisors, notably in Woodbury County, must shift to equal population units or switch to at large elections. The Iowa Supreme Court decision could reshape area school boards and county boards nationwide.
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Cedar ‘Rapids
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Woodbury County
Iowa Supreme Court
Woodbury
Sioux Oy
Sioux City
U.S
Cedar Rapids Sees Sharp February Rise in Building Permits
Cedar Rapids posted a noticeable February jump in new building permits with valuation rising to 450 997 from 377 042 year over year, and remodeling up from 34 723 to 44 678. Iowa City led the state with 792 206 in permits, including 637 706 in multiple family dwellings, while Des Moines and Davenport totaled 774 400 and 532 036 respectively. Marion fell from 229 500 last year to 124 000 for new buildings this February.
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Cedar Rapids
State Department of Health
Iowa City
Des Moines
Davenport
Marion
Lattner and UAW Extend Talks After Contract Lapse
Negotiations between P. M. Lattner Co and UAW Local 616 press on with no strike action. Talks resume Thursday under an informal extension after the contract expired March 31. The union includes about 20 of Lattner’s 35 employees.
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P. M. Lattner Co
United Auto Workers
Lattner
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