Iowa moves to clear billboards and junkyards over six years
Ames Iowa officials predict it will take at least six years to remove advertising signs from primary highways and curb junkyards. The legislature passed the bill to comply with federal highway beautification rules, with license fees funding some removal efforts while federal funds may cover part of the cost.
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Ames
Fseeph Coupal, Jr
Coupal
Iowa
K- Nois
South Dakota
Conpal
The
Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Commission
Cou‘Spal
Jim
Congress
Caupal
Bus Crash near Rochester Kills Four on Scenic Bus
A Scenic Hawkeye State Co bus traveling from Decorah to Rochester overturned on a slick Minnesota highway near Marion. Four died, three crushed beneath the bus and one pinned between luggage rack and roof. another passenger survived. Driver Waldo Kalsow, uninjured, said the rear end slid as the bus left the shoulder.
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Kalsow
Olmsted
Charles von Wald
Rochester
Minn
Scenic Hawkeye State Co. of
Decorah
Cornell Student Sees Seat Belts Could Have Prevented Bus Fatalities
Robert Reimann a Cornell College junior from Littleton Colorado survived a bus crash near Rochester Minnesota that killed four. He said belt use would have saved lives and described being thrown through a window and escaping the overturned bus.
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Cornell
Rochester
Reimann
Municipal Court Dismisses Two False Uttering of Checks
Charges against Mrs. Joseph Duitlinger and Betty Ford were dismissed in municipal court. Duitlinger of 625 J Street SW faced a $23.21 bad check claim to Me Too on September 4. Ford of 630 L Street SW faced a $25 bad check claim to Clask’s on June 10.
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Joseph Duitlinger
J Street
Betty Ford
L Street
Clask
Guilty Plea Entered On Larceny Charge
Thomas Overly of Cedar Rapids pled guilty in municipal court to larceny. He received a three day sentence in the county jail with credit for three days served. The charge involved taking a bicycle on a Saturday belonging to Lenny Havkson of 912 Eighth Street SE.
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Thomas Overly
Cedar Rapids
Lenny Havkson
Eighth Street
Man Acquitted in Assault Charge in Municipal Court
Willard Moore of 143 Thirty-seventh street NE was found not guilty Friday in municipal court of assault and battery. He was accused of assaulting Geneva Moore of 3000 J street SW on January 31.
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Willard Moore
Thirty -Seventh Street
Geneva Moore
J Street
Man Fined 25 Dollars for Assault and Battery
David Hughes of 1432 Third Avenue NE was fined 25 dollars and costs in municipal court on a charge of assault and battery. The fine was imposed after a March 14 proceeding against Hughes and defendant William Kubite.
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David Hughes
Third Avenue NE
William Kubite
Trespass Charge Dropped in Cedar Rapids Municipal Court
On a state motion the criminal trespass charge against Charles Price of 3614 Bel Air Drive SE was dismissed Friday in municipal court. He faced a charge of entering the property of Leonard Costello on Route 3 in Cedar Rapids on December 13.
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Charles Price
Bel Air Drive
Leonard Costello
Cedar Rapids
Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Leaving Accident Scene
George Jan col Manchester Delh 65 pled guilty in district court to leaving the scene of an accident after a bus struck and killed a pedestrian. Lincoln, the bus driver, reported the collision after an initial skid. Reimann said Lincoln faces sentencing Monday for the incident dated March 16.
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Manchester
George Jancol
Delh
Lincoln
Harlo Coon
Reimann
ICC Hearing Set on Cedar Rapids Crossing Costs
Des Moines based town commerce commission will hear arguments Wednesday on who pays about 14000 to relocate rail signals on Cedar Rapids Sixth Street SW. Milwaukee railroad maintains city should cover all costs, while city argues for shared liability as widening forced relocation. Traffic has been limited to two lanes by barricades. public services director Richard Jensen and traffic engineer J Mel Meyer will represent the city at the session.
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Town Commerce Commission
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Commerce Commission
Richard Jensen
J. Mel Meyer
B. F. Higgins
Springville
Addie Dunlap
Higgins
Springville Presbyterian Church
Murdoch Chapel
Light Fixture Fire Damages Apartment on Glassford NE
A faulty light fixture sparked a fire at James Bender's apartment 240 Glassford NE Tuesday morning. Fire officials reported the blaze confined to a close and hallway with smoke damage throughout the unit. Repairs expected in about a week pending FAWA review.
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Yire
James Bender
Glassford
Final Plans Ordered for Mt Vernon Road Project
Cedar Rapids city council directed engineering staff to prepare final plans and specifications for the Mt Vernon road widening project west of Nineteenth Street. Federal highway approval enables federal matching funds for the western section, with the eastern segment still seeking funds between Nineteenth Street and Memorial Drive. Public Affairs Director said contracts can be set separately, while Rep. Floyd Millen announced reelection bid in the 87th district.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Road
Tané
Federal Highway Administration
Nineteenth Street
Memorial Drive
Publicar Ices
Richpesom
Farmington
Floyd Millen
Jetton
87Th
Sul Strach
Millen
Developer and FHA To Meet On CR Project
Chesapeake Development and the FHA plan a Des Moines meeting to finalize a mult i ple family housing development in Cedar Rapids Oak Hill. Planning Director Don Salyer said the talk will cover unit counts and financing methods likely altering the original program. Construction could start by June.
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Chesapeake Development Sore
Des Moines
Federal Housing Authority
Jim Cadar
Oak Hill
Don Salyer
Salyer
FHA
Minneapolis
Chesapeake
Twelfth
Fourteenth Avenues
Widow lays flowers at MLK tomb on fourth anniversary
In Atlanta AP reports Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her four children visited the marble crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to mark the fourth anniversary of his slaying with flowers and quiet ceremony.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Jr
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