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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1963
Page
9
A lively home show features Ed Cott of Iowa State demonstrating sod care and weed control while attendees watch innovations like a transparent dishwasher and a vacuum cleaner on a revolving track. A water closet corner unit, epoxy cement ideas, and waterproofing methods intrigue visitors as stereo music and organ tunes play.
More than 50 000 educational leaflets distributed to volunteers as 2 500+ raise goal to reach every home with Your Family's Seven Danger Signals. General Chairman Robert O'Meara calls it the No 1 objective. Coe sororities Camp Fire Girls and student nurses join in Linn county kickoff across two communities and county wide crusades wrap up next Wednesday.
Glenn Eakes, on behalf of his 13 year old son Mark, files a district court damage suit for 22500 over a car school bus collision at Wade and Wayne streets in east Iowa City. Defendants are driver Jerry Womer and owner Robert Womer. The bus overturned after the crash. Eakes alleges negligence including excessive speed and failure to yield right of way.
Highway 13 south of Waukon and highway 373 from highway 13 to Waterville will close Monday for about four months for repair work. Detour routes traffic from the intersection with highway 51 south of Waukon over 51 to Postville through Luana Monona and Froelich to McGregor.
Gerald Tilley 36 of Boone pled guilty in Delaware district court to a second offense drunken driving charge. He received an 180 day jail sentence and a $500 fine and was paroled from the sentence.
Jon Billhorn was elected president of the Manchester Junior Chamber of Commerce. He will be joined by first vice president Dr. Robert Retz, second vice president Clifford Kehrli, treasurer Larry Wallace, secretary Dick Elliott, and directors Gene Pratt Gene Johnson Bob Bright and Mel Webster.
Gazette readers locate missing possessions via small classified ads. Community members place notices describing items, rewards, dates, and contact details to reunite with owners. The want ads reflect common local exchanges and prompt responses.
City council approved raises up to 600 dollars per year for many workers with increases to hourly staff from 5 to 25 cents an hour. Police officers and Water Superintendent Bern Witzke gain 600 dollars yearly. City Clerk Monte Anderson 300. secretary Gen Shea 120. Cora De Witt 130. Chief Hitesman not changed. work hours moved from 44 to 50 per week for patrolmen amid one retirement.
Kalona officers Earl Fry and Lawrence Griffiths were chosen as president and secretary of the Kalona Golf Club in the latest club election.
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