Tree Removal for Road Work To Start Wednesday
A city project to widen Tenth street and Mt. Vernon road will prompt tree removal and street closures starting Wednesday. Crews will remove 105 trees in five segments from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weather permitting, with a fire lane kept open for emergencies and traffic police directing flow. Ron's Tree Service of Cedar Rapids conducts the work.
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Tenth Street
Fifth
Eighth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Mt. Vernon Road
Memoriall
Drive
Mt. Vernon
Fifteenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Forest Drive
Twenty-sixth Street
Memorial Drive
Fifteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Ron
Tree Service
Cedar Rapids
Even City Faces Bill For Sidewalk Improvements
Cedar Rapids city council wrestles with a 30552 dollar sidewalk program. Property owners will pay 27300 while the city covers the balance. Budget limits threaten even small sums but the council approves moving ahead. Work targets the area north of Coe College and St Luke's Hospital. Public hearing and bid dates to be announced.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
St. Luke’s Hospital
Columnists and Sports Briefs Featured in Today's Pages
Entertainment by Rick DuBrow and Gene Handsaker cover TV and Oscars insights. Sports notes from Gus Schrader, Bob Lana on prep of week, and Don Walton on bowling precede page sections with concise items.
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Rick DuBrow
Gene Handsaker
Gus Schrader
Bob Lana
Don Walton
City Briefs Narcotics Meet and Real Estate Notes
City briefs report a burglary at Associates Realtors on Second Street with a cash box and small items stolen. Other items include a narcotics film at Riverside recreation club and upcoming meetings by Optimists, Elks, and Boy Scouts. Community events list Bazaar Luncheon at Bethany Church and special sale at Albert's Cleaners with multiple ad notes for local activities and membership notices.
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NARCE
Ling County
Esup
Elks
Riverside Recreation ‘Club
Center
Albert's Cleaners
Lindale Plaza
Denies Bail Request For B D Feaker In Court
A bail denial was issued for B D Feaker as court proceedings continue. Robert L idinner, 77, of Rock Island, died Thursday at noon in Boston. Father of Merle Beets, he was a member of UAW unions. Funeral services are planned in Piedmont, Missouri, with the body moved from Turner Chapel East to Coder Funeral Home in Piedmont for services Friday. Alaska cruise tour leaves June 20. space available at 364-4890. Ady
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Robert L. Idinner
Boston
Rock Island
Elia Ymca
Town City
UAW
Merle Beets
Ceder Rapids
Turner Chapel
Coder Funeral Home
Piedmont
Alaska
Ady
Rites for Bernard Dolan 56 in Prairieburg and Central City
Bernard F. Dolan 56 lifelong Prairieburg Central City resident died Monday born August 21 1912 married Betty Ailes January 15 1941 farmed near Prairieburg until 1985 moved to Central City for health Survived by wife ten children eight grandchildren siblings and in laws services Thursday 10 a.m. at St Josephs Prairieburg rosary 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday Murdoch chapel call after 6 p.m. Burial St Josephs Cemetery Prairieburg Also Federal Judge Edward McManus denied bail for convicted bank robber Beryl D Feaker pending appeal filed by court appointed attorney Feaker formerly Vernon robbed Ely bank of 633 sentenced to 15 years April 1 in prison held Linn County jail since appeal was filed Bail denial notes Feaker felony record since 1957 and that appeal may be frivolous or for delay.
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Central City
Bernard F. Dolan
Prairieburg
Betty Ailes
Dolan
Dennis Dolan
Anamosa
Bernard Patrick Dolan
Cedar Rapids
Harold
Edward i ‘McManus
Beryl D. Feaker
Feaker
Vernon
Ely
McManus
Linn County
Sperson
Services Thursday for Mrs Willis Brown in North English
Mrs Willis Brown 79 of Mt Vernon died Monday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Longtime North English resident, she and husband moved to Mt Vernon to live with daughter Doris after retirement. Survived by three brothers Walter Floyd Louis Buchleiter of Superior Neb and sister Effie Schuler. Services Thursday 1 40 p m at Best Funeral Home with burial locally.
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Mr. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
North English
Brown
Mt. Vernon
Doris
Fifty Aircraft Lost in Fire at Mercer County Airport
A massive hangar at Mercer County airport in Ewing Township New Jersey burned on Tuesday destroying about one aircraft and over a million dollars in aircraft damage. Some 15 aircraft belonging to the New Jersey Air National Guard were wiped out along with helicopters. No injuries reported.
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Ewing Township
N. J
Mercer County
New Jersey Air National Guard
Cedar Rapids study eyed as city seeks grant for sludge project
Cedar Rapids aims to apply for a 931,671 grant from the U S Department of the Interior to fund sewage sludge dewatering with fly ash and chemicals, part of a 2 073,870 construction cost. Howard R Green Engineering recommends bidding Sept 1 with completion slated for December 1 1970. The Institute of Urban and Regional Research will study Cedar Rapids residents using a 30 000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Two Iowa senators criticized a letter from the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Assn alleging bought influence in the legislature.
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Donald Ganney
Cedar Rapids
Howard R. Green
Institute of Urban and Regional Research
University of Iowa
National Science Foundation
Oak Hil Jackson
Cedar Hilla
Senate
Frank &. Horton
Rigler“glady
Commerce Committee
Jane Boyd
Munity House
United States
van Slyke
Association
Iowa
Ceder Rapids
Toledo Services for Mrs. Alfred Schuldt
Mrs. Alfred Schuldt 83 of Duluth and former Toledo businesswoman died Monday after running a grocery and market with her husband until the 1950s. Survivors include son William, two grandchildren, and brother Frank Dragoon of Peoria. Services set for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Henderson funeral home.
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Toledo
Alfred Schuldt
Duluth
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