Springtime Cedar Rapids burglaries rise as warm weather returns
Cedar Rapids police report 36 burglaries last week and 21 for the week so far this one as temperatures rise. Victims Barbara and Gale Ripma describe losses including a $600 portable color TV and two $10 passports, with savings passbooks also taken. Police note many arrestees were juveniles and discuss handling, deterrence, and juvenile rehabilitation.
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Cedar Rapids
James E. Barnes
Barnes
Barbara
Gale Ripma
Indiandale Road SE
Ripmas
the Gazette
Barbara Ripma
The
Gazette
Ripma
Linn County
Ralph Myers
Police Youth Bureau
Myers
Derby Refining wins five year lease extension in Cedar Rapids
Judge Harold Swailes sustains Derby Refining Company claim for a five year lease on land at Mount Vernon Road and 42nd Street SE Cedar Rapids despite an incorrect notice address. Landowners Virgil and Rita Houser argued the extension failed but court found no damage and ordered extension. Lease payments are $150 monthly with Derby having invested substantial improvements since 1959.
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Linn
Harold Swailes
Derby Refining Company
Cedar Rapids
Virgil R
Rita J. Houser
el Cajon
Calif
Housers
Forest Drive
Mount Vernon Road
42Nd Street
Swailes
Derby
Bonds OK'd for Century Engineering expansion in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved a resolution for up to 5 million in industrial revenue bonds to Century Engineering of Cedar Rapids via Ex-Cell-O Corp. The project includes buying 20 acres and building a 123000 square foot plant for farm spray equipment manufacturing. The bonds cost taxpayers nothing and mainly lower Century's interest rate.
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Cedar Rapids
Ex-Cell-O Corp
Century Engineering
Eugene Field
Century
Gazette Company Establishment and Subscription Details
The Gazette Company founded in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday editions from Cedar Rapids Iowa at 500 Third Ave SE 52406. The paper notes second class postage, carrier rates at 1.15 weekly, mail rates 56.00 for 52 weeks, 5000 for 52 weeks to other states, and no mail subscriptions where Gazette service exists. Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
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