Cedar Rapids mull civic auditorium in regional scope
Cedar Rapids and Linn county officials discuss a 10 000 seat civic auditorium to serve cultural events meetings and sports. Debates focus on location funding control and whether the county should contribute while planning a joint city county project to reflect a regional impact beyond Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Bob Johnson
Hawkeye Downs
City Planning Commission
Henderson
Scolaro
Central City
Hiawatha
Capt Davis to retire from Cedar Rapids police after knee injury
Ces Stanley Davis, 22 years on the Cedar Rapids police force, will enter disability retirement May 1. A knee injury from a 1955 fall left him partially disabled after four knee operations. Born 1907, Davis joined the force Jan 10, 1941 after earlier work at Cherry Burrell Corp. He rose from sergeant in 1944 to captain in 1948 and served as acting chief in 1957. He plans to visit relatives in Oklahoma and travel in Arkansas after retirement.
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Ces Stanley Davis
Cedar Rapids
Capt. Davis
Capt
Davis
Cherry- Burrell Corp
Russell
E ‘Avenue NW
Carl Badger
FBI
George Davis
Police Department
Gazette
Stanley Davis
Arthur Zimmerman
Harry Mullin
Ames Session for Counselors and IPGA Meeting
Cedar Rapids counselors and school officials join about 300 attendees at the Iowa Personnel and Guidance Association annual meeting in Ames. Betty Burianek Washington high school counselor and IPGA president will assist Program Chairman Alvin D. Albertus Linn County guidance consultant Rex Shaeffer Harlan Roloff Donald Stout Ira Semler and Dr. Wesley Tennyson will address or participate in discussion groups and sessions.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Personnel and Guidance Assn
Ames
Betty Burianek
Washington High School
IPGA
Alvin D. Albertus
Linn County
Rex Shaeffer
Harlan Roloff
Donald Stout
Ira Semler
Wesley Tennyson
Franklin School
University of Minnesota
One Deadly Cancer in Children Yielding to Triple Treatment
LA JOLLA Calif AP One deadly cancer in children is yielding to a threefold approach antibiotic surgery and radiation for Wilm's tumor of the kidney The apparent cure rate rose to 40 percent with surgery and radiation and 81 percent of treated children are alive and well after 1957 60 percent still died mainly from lung spread A new antibiotic Actinomycin D joined the effort and platelets were highlighted in stopping bleeding from leukemia treatments.
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Farber
Gustave Freeman
Edmund Klein
Isaac Djerassi
Claims Hawaii Is Our Fittest State
Honolulu AP says Hawaii is the fittest state in the nation per C Carson Conrad special adviser to President Kennedy's Council on Physical Fitness. He cites climate resources and outdoor recreation as reasons for higher activity levels. He notes Americans have the strongest index fingers for car functions.
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Honolulu
C. Carson Conrad
Kennedy
Council On Physical Fitness
Hawaii
Conrad
2500 Cancer Volunteers To Canvas Cedar Rapids And Marion
The Linn County Cancer Crusade mobilizes 2500 volunteers in Cedar Rapids and Marion to canvass homes from Saturday through Wednesday April 24, delivering kits and urging annual health checkups. Local chairs O'Meara Orcutt Johnson urge participation and note 1963 as the year of the volunteer in a nationwide effort led by the American Cancer Society.
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Linn County Cancer Crusade
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Robert O’meara
O’meara
Paul Orcutt
Sam Johnson
American Cancer Society
O'Meara
Ken
Payroll Heist Delivers Shock as Thieves Grab $10,000
In New York, workers awaited weekly pay at Joseph Markowitz Inc. when payroll carriers arrived by taxi. Thieves seized the $10,000 in cash and fled, leaving employees stunned as the money never reached the office.
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New York
UPI
Joseph Markowitz, Inc
Senators in Confessions On New Bill
In a senate session marked by candid disclosures, Senator Mansfield revealed navy court martial history and Senator Goldwater recounted a day in a Mexican jail over a bad throw. Kennedy withdrew opposition to a Youth Conservation Corps good character requirement after the explanations.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Barry Goldwater
Edward M. Kennedy
Youth Conservation Corps
Mansfield
Navy
Goldwater
Gazette Want Ads Offer Quick Service
Classified notice notes want ads work almost as quick as wishing quote EM 2 1121 and invites readers to use the Gazette for fast listings and inquiries.
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Gazette
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Marvin Cone
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