First Street West Resurfacing and Bridge Closure
The Cedar Rapids Gasette reports asphalt resurfacing on First Street West between First Avenue and F Avenue NW pending weather. Public Improvements Commissioner Woody Stolba says the segment will handle detoured traffic from the First Avenue bridge. Bridge closure to demolish to arches and rebuild with a wider surface is planned, with work starting after a rain delay.
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First Avenue
F Avenue NW
Woody Stotba
First Jstreet
F Avenue Bridge
Stolba
Frank Bush
First Avenue Bridge
Sharp House Debate Over Liberty Bid
In Des Moines the house spent over an hour Monday debating a concurrent resolution urging Congress to pass the Liberty amendment or call a constitutional convention to cut federal debt, balance the budget, and shrink government. The discussion highlighted fears it would undermine freedoms, with support from Rep. Maurice Van Nostrand and others and concerns about associations with groups like the John Birch Society.
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Frank Nye
Guyatte
Asenciane
Des Moines
House
Congress
Leonard Andersen
Sioux City
Maurice van Nostrand
Avoca
John Birch Society
van Nostrand
Americans For Democratic Action
The
Birch Society
el’ Anderson
Ian 1
Rapids Oppose Resolution Over State Business Activities
A speaker argued against the resolution saying it could be used to target Iowa, which operates in selling liquor, binding books, canning food, making soap, and producing automobile license plates.
Oberthien Appointed Street Work Co-ordinator
The city council designated Public Works Director John Oberthien as sole co ordinator of all street work this summer to reduce inconvenience from utility companies opening streets. Oberthien will coordinate utility work, handle complaints, and route all street opening requests. Public Improvements Commissioner Stolba announced the plan at the council meeting. Mayor Bob Johnson praised it as a long overdue good step.
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Light
Iwater
Telephone
Gas
Oberthien
Woody Stolba
Bob Johnson
Clapp, Former TVA Chief, Dies at 85
Gordon Clapp, who led the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1946 to 1954, died of a heart attack Sunday night. He was 85 and had been president of the Development and Resources Corp, a private engineering firm that served as a consultant on foreign development programs.
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New York
Gordon Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Clapp
Development and Resources Corp
Youth Fined $100 For Reckless Driving
James G. Cook, 18, of 260 2 street SW, pled guilty in municipal court Monday to a charge of reckless driving and was fined $100 by Judge Howard McLaughlin. Police said Cook led them on a high speed chase on the city's southwest side early Sunday before being stopped in the 800 block of Tenth street SW. He told police he believed the pursuers were someone else.
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James G. Cook
Howard McLaughlin
Cook
Eighth Street
Tenth Street
Cullman Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship
Louis B. Cullian, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Cullman of 440 Benton Street NE, a Coe graduate and principal of Rifle High School in Rifle Colorado, has been awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship to study at Long Beach State College this summer. The fellowship covers tuition, fees and flying expenses for him and his family.
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Louis Cullman
Benton Street
Coe
Rifle, Colo
National Science Foundation
Long Beach State College
Newton Woman Hurt in C R Auto Crash
Betty Kentzelman of Newton was hospitalized after a two car crash at First Avenue West and First Street. Arthur Williams of Des Moines drove one car. Gerald McCallister of 1333 B Avenue NE was charged with failure to have vehicle under control.
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Newton
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Avenue West
First Street
Miss Kentzelman
Arthur Williams
Des Moines
Gerald McCallister
B Avenue NE
Williams
First Avenue
McCallister
Council Told Elks Pavilion To Become Club
A private Home Run club would operate in the old Elks pavilion at Hawthorne drive and Waterstreet SW after a proposed rezoning from R-2 to R-4. Petitioners Art Pennington Robert G Collins Tom Siamis and E H Pottle sought the change, with no objections filed.
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Elks
Hawthorne Drive
Waterstreet SW
Ithe
Art Pennington
Robert G. Collins
Tom Siamis
E.H. Pottle
Uthe
Collins
Action Lon
Low Bidder Out On Mt Vernon Sewer Project
Mt Vernon awarded storm sewer contract on Mt. Vernon road SE to D and E Excavating Co. for 49818.02, though the lowest bid was M J Hennessey of Waterloo at 48745.24. Public Improvements Commissioner Woody Stolba said the award serves taxpayers.
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Mt. Vernon Road
D and E Excavating Co
M. J. Hennessey
Waterloo
Woody Stolba
D ‘and E
M. J
Mike
Hennessey
D and E
Hennessey Brothers
Marion
Quad City Construction Co
Rock Island
David McGuire
Headaches Vanish After Spine Adjustments Case Study
A female patient with right-sided facial pain and migraine like symptoms found relief after spinal nerve misalignments were corrected. Chronic constipation gall bladder tenderness and an ovarian disorder were noted as underlying causes. after spinal adjustments her nervous disturbances cleared her appetite returned and headaches disappeared.
Church Talks Vienna Visit by Cardinal Koenig
Vienna AP reports Austrian Cardinal Koenig departed Monday for Poland for four days of talks with Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski and other Roman Catholic leaders to discuss church matters and regional issues.
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Vienna
Franziskus Cardinal
Koenig
Austria
Poland
Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski IJ
German woman blocked from proxy marriage to Dr Sheppard
Mrs Ariane Tebbenjohanns, 33, who sought a proxy marriage to imprisoned Dr Sam Sheppard, lost her bid after state officials refused permission. She had planned to visit and correspond with Sheppard, but Maury Koblentz, the Corrections Commissioner, prohibited visits and forbade writing.
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Cleveland
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Sam Sheppard
Maury Koblentz
Koblentz
Sheppard
Ohio State Penitentiary
Tebbenjohanns
Cleveland Man in Germany After Mail Romance
A Cleveland man from Duesseldorf Germany, after a romance by mail with Sheppard, a former Bay Village osteopath serving a life sentence for killing his wife in 1954, is reported. The case links international correspondence to a long imprisoned killer.
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Ito Cleveland
Duesselgdorf
Germany
Sheppard
Bay Village
Ohio
President Kennedy Skips News Conference This Week
Washington AP report says President Kennedy will skip a news conference this week. The White House announced Monday. Sammy Davis Jr. guest stars in The Most Amazing Man, The Rifleman airs Monday night at 7 30 on KORG IVa.
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Kennedy
White House
Sammy Davis, Jr
Korgiva
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