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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1956

Page

3

Residents call for stop signal at Eighth Ave and Third St

Ninety seven signers asked Cedar Rapids city council Thursday to install a stop and go signal at Eighth Avenue and Third Street Southwest citing hazards for children and pedestrians. Council referred the matter to Police Chief Kudina for study and recommendation.

Eighth Avenue Third Street William Kudina Kinderknecht Construction Company Sixth Street Continental Oil Company Young Kudina

Report of Condition of First Trust and Savings Bank Cedar Rapids IA 1956

Report covers assets liabilities and capital accounts as of April 10 1956 for First Trust and Savings Bank Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa. Financial figures include total assets 7 021 253 14 total deposits 6 566 258 37 and total liabilities 36 599 647 93 with capital accounts 421 606 21. Signed by bank officers and notary.

First Trust and Savings Bank Bedekues Esweere Cass Ens Pos Politi Moranda Arthur A. Bezdek En J. Joy Mrkviea Setae Frank J F. Makvicka H Gashier L. LB Ars Striesky Ed ci Kha Tose Orimer - Deskocil

Beer permit granted for 329 Twelfth Avenue SE to landergott

City Plan Commission approved a class B beer permit for Charles Landergott Jr at 329 Twelfth Avenue SE after Lumir Stolba received a $300 refund for a permit previously issued for that address.

Charles Landergott, Jr Twelfth Avenue SE Lumir F. Stolba

Cost tag set on New York smog at 100 million

An expert estimates that air pollution costs New York City about 100 million dollars a year. Dr. Leonard Greenburg, city commissioner of air pollution control, bases the figure on illness, cleanup expenses, and fogging of airports.

New York New York City Leonard Greenburg

Sokol Dancers Lead Cedar Rapids Clean-Up Parade

Sokol dancers in Czech costumes will dance in Cedar Rapids parade opening Clean-Up Week on April 28. Mrs Don Smith says the junior girls gym class will perform a Maypole dance as the parade progresses. Two giant Maypoles will be carried while the group dances around them.

Sokol Cedar Rapids Don Smith

Liz Personality Parade Sets Theme With Citywide Clean Up

Co-Chairman Frank Hidinger and Ford Miles describe Liz Personality as a parade featuring funny habits, floats, and fire and sanitation equipment. Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Plant Up Week runs through May 5 with daily activities painting up various phases of the annual citywide spring housecleaning.

Fire and Sanitation Department Frank Hidinger Ford Miles

Erskine Pack 9 Awards 27 Scouts Initiates 12

Twenty seven boys received awards and twelve were initiated into membership this week at a meeting of Cub Scout Pack 9 at Erskine School. Recipients included Jay Guertin Paul Womachka Dennis Martin Steve Ilten Pat Lemon Mike Lemon Terry Bollhoefer Bill Hodgson Bill Long Bill Spilman David Bothwell Pat Shriner Eric Nicholson Dennis Sanford Tommy Heather Mike Meier John Peters Jim Marble Dean DeSotel Terry Thompson Larry Gourley David Melton Robert Antrim Allan Cameron Mike Newman Chuck Johnson Richard Antrim also received den chief braid. Among the new initiates were Peter Engeldow.

Cub Scout Pack Erskine School Jay Guertin Paul Womachka Dennis Martin Steve Ilten Pat Lemon Mike Lemon Terry Bollhoefer Bill Hodgson Bill Long Bill Spilman David Bothwell Pat Shriner Eric Nicholson Dennis Sandford Tommy Heather Mike Meier John Peters Jim Marble Dean DeSotel Terry Thompson Larry Gourley David Melton Robert Antrim Allan Cameron Mike Newman Chuck Johnson Richard Antrim Den Braid Peter Engeldow

Notable names read in a civic meeting lineup

A list includes John Binder Lael Hébden III Larry Pinckney John Morgan William Couillard Howard Green Thomas Heck Mark Miller Larry Plotkin Steven Shipp and Greig Grimm in attendance or referenced in the note.

John Binder Lael Hébden, III Larry Pinckney John Morgan William Couillard Howard Green Thomas Heck Mark Miller Larry Plotkin Steven Shipp Greig Grimm

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