Planners Ok Two Rezoning Requests In City Action
City Plan Commission approves two zoning changes and denies one. Denied a Fiftieth Street NE tract from residential to commercial. Approves R-1 to R-2 changes for Frank and Betty Gorman and Anton Prochaska. Final plats for Anton’s first addition and Northwest Heights first addition recommended. four preliminary plats approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Plan Commission
Gilbert Titler
Linn County Farm Bureau
Fiftieth Street
Frank and
Betty Gorman
Waveland Dr
Anton Prochaska
Woodland Drive
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Anton
Northwest Heights
Twentyninth Avenue
6 Avenue
Twenty Sixth Street
Evans
Old Marion Road
Golfview Drive
Forest Hills
Glass Road
Northwood Knolls
Dalton
Mt. Vernon Road
Thirtyfourth Street
Vondra
O Avenue NW
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Moon base concepts and lunar life support explored
The article outlines Mars or Moon mission plans including a three-step program with a 3-man lunar landing and return, a 30-day stay, and a permanent base for 10 to 12. It discusses air limits, algae as a nutrition source, balloon habitats, underground shelters, and bold radiation strategies. It also notes a Cedar Rapids resident Bert Kiburz's death and funeral details.
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de Nike
Iowa Deaths List with Funeral Services Across Cities
Obituary notices for Keota John S Conklin 85 Toddville Lon Hagerman 68 Waukon George Ward 71 Decorah Christian Hendrikson 81 Mrs Oliver Ruen 47 Monona Antone Marivotz 79 Irene Mills 74 North Garryowen Christopher Lutz 71 and others. Services scheduled Thursday or Friday at local churches and funeral homes in Iowa communities.
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Keota
John S
Conklin
Raymond's
Fairfield
Toddville
Lon Hagerman
Turner’s. Waukon
George Ward
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lycurgus
Bakke-Hanson
Decorah
Christian Hendrikson
Aase Haugen
Olson Fijelstul
Beatty Bearle’s
Iowa City
Christopher Lutz
Beckman’s
East Berlin commuters face pressure to quit for Communist gains
East Berlin editorialist Gerhard Eisler urged against reactionary forces undermining security and citizens' interests. Western officials report about 800 East Berliners quit jobs in the last month to avoid Communist pressure, with 52000 to 80000 East Germans registered or believed working in the Western sector.
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Gerhardt Eisler
Berliner Zeitung
East Berlin
West Berlin
Meeting With Newly Annexed For All Areas
Mayor James J. Meaghan announces a Wednesday 7 30 p m meeting at College Community School for residents of all newly annexed areas. The aim is to answer questions about city government and include residents not listed in the notice. If attendance is impossible, residents may visit city hall or write to the council for answers.
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College Community
James J. Meaghan
City Hall
Cancel Callback of Rath Workers
Production resumed Tuesday at the Rath Packing Co for the first time in a week but a plant spokesman called it unsatisfactory and a callback for Wednesday was canceled. The United Packinghouse Workers Union said slow production was not the union’s fault as hog carcases hung in the cooler for about a week. Over 1,800 workers returned to work Tuesday while more than 2,000 remained off the job and several departments were expected to resume Wednesday.
Deaths Mrs. William M. Brown in Cedar Rapids
Mattiebelle Brown 1908 1 10 born in Spiro Oklahoma died suddenly at 6 30 a m Wednesday at Cedar Rapids residence 1526 Fourth St SW She lived in Cedar Rapids 45 years married to William M Brown in Cedar Rapids November 7 1928 Survived by husband two daughters Mrs W E Arendt Whittier California Mrs Frank Chermak Cedar Rapids two sons Robert W Cedar Rapids William M Jr in the air force Albuquerque New Mexico nine grandchildren a brother Lawrence O Watkins Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs John Ernberger Cedar Rapids and Mrs Robert Tuttle La Habra California Services at Janeba Funeral Home 2 p m Friday Rev John K Moore Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery Visitation after 4 p m Thursday at the funeral home church Friday 9 by Rev J Robert McDonald Burial St Peter's Cemetery Cosgrove Friday 11 15 Friends may call after 1 p m Thursday Teahen Chapel Father McDonald St Bridget's Circle Rosary 8 p m Thursday Men s COOF Norway 8 30 p m Thursday
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Bert Kiburz
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Kiburz
Allis-Chalmers
United Auto Workers Union
The
Eagles Lodge
Mable Taylor Kiburz
Robert Buol
Route 2
Bob Morley
Scottsdale
Ariz
Bob Besser
Fairfax
Calif
Avert
Scotch Grove
Edwin
Champaign
Ill
Frank
Gertrude Bowers
Gladys Bradley
Irene Gamble
Maxine Jensen
Margaret Mishek
Leo
Alfred Stanek
Paul Stanek
Hazelton
Elmer Stanek
Aurora
Brush Chapel
Neal B. Gail
Oak Wood Cemetery
Mattiebelle Brown
William M. Brown
Fourth St
Spiro
Okla
Mr. Brown
W. E. Arendt
Whittier
Frank Chermak
Robert W
William M
Praha Rebekah Lodge
Penick and
Ford
Janeba Funeral Home
John K. Moore
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
J. Robert McDonald
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Cosgrove
Teahen Chapel
Father McDonald
St. Bridget’s
Norway
Mrs Jean Hartman Lewis Dies In Rock Island Hospital
Mrs Jean Hartman Lewis 33 a Cedar Rapids native of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday in a Rock Island hospital after two weeks there She was married to Richard C Lewis Aug 21 1948 in Cedar Rapids Their family lived in New Windsor and Moline where Mr Lewis taught in the schools Surviving are her husband three children Peter Christine and Susan and her mother Edna Hartman Cedar Rapids Services are set for Thursday at 10 a.m. Trimble Funeral Home Moline with graveside rites at 2 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids
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Richard Lewis
Moline
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island, Ill
Jean Hartman
Richard C. Lewis
New Windsor
Lewis
Coe College
Peter
Christine
Susan
Edna Hartman
Trimble Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial
Griffin Rites Held for Thomas P. Griffin
Thomas P. Griffin died Tuesday at 115 Sixth St SW after a life in Linn County and Cedar Rapids. Born March 8, 1887 in Cosgrove, he was a St Patrick’s parishioner and MCCOF member from Norway. Survived by Catherine and two sons Linus Solon and Howard at home, one grandchild and two great grandhildren, two brothers James Hazleton and Edward Iowa City. golden wedding celebrated February 12. a son Louis died in 1922. Services at St Patrick’s.
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Thomas P. Griffin
Sixth St
Cosgrove
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick's Church
MCCOF
Norway
Catherine
Linus
Solon
Howard
James
Hazleton
Edward
Iowa City
Griffins
Louis
St. Patrick's
Obituary: Otis H. Myers Cedar Rapids Resident Dies
Otis Harry Myers age 39 dies after a 3 month illness. Born June 25 1905 at North Liberty he married Ferne Ellen Wylie October 7 1931 in Troy Mills. Survived by wife a sister Mrs Louis Shaffer Rowley and a brother Lee Myers Cedar Rapids services in Turner chapel at time to be announced.
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Otis Harry Myers
McGowan Dr
LeFebvre Corp
Cedar Rapids
North Liberty
Ferne Ellen Wylie
Troy Mills
Louis Shaffer
Rowley
Lee Myers
Turner Chapel
Rudolph Wittke Seeks Cedar Rapids Public Safety Office
Rudolph Wittke 1512 K Ave NE announces his candidacy for public safety commissioner of Cedar Rapids. He is a Cedar Rapids resident 24 years, employed by Cryovac, with prior work at a veterans hospital and an ambulance service in Iowa City. He served on Guam during the Korean War and pledges stronger school crossing supervision and rapid fire police school protection.
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Rudolph Wittke
Kave
Office of Public Safety
Wittke
Cedar Rapids
Cryovac Co
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Muscatine
Guam
Check Payments In C R Higher Than Last Year
July 1961 check payments in Cedar Rapids exceeded July 1960 by about 2.5 million dollars. Year to date withdrawals from checking accounts topped last year by over 63 million, with July 1961 withdrawals at 142 million versus 140 million in 1960. Time certificates and savings withdrawals year to date were 12.45 million, down from 13.27 million last year.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Social Security Case Heads to Eighth Circuit
Lulu Nettie Foster of Cedar Rapids filed an appeal Tuesday in the Cedar Rapids federal court challenging a Dec. 29, 1960 ruling denying benefits and a June 2 order denying motions to vacate or amend. The case seeks to overturn SSA rulings that farm income was investment income, not self employment, and whether farm operation via a management firm counts as personal participation.
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Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cedar Rapids
Lulu Nettie Foster
Henry N. Graven
Heavy Rain Improves Cedar Rapids Water Taste
Cedar Rapids residents enjoyed better tasting water as rain lowered odor counts at the plant to 2 from 8 in July. River odor dropped to 40 versus 900 in July while algae fell to 3 040 per milliliter from 194 000 prior to the rains. Bacteria tests need 48 hours. Water works spent 22 811 dollars on chemicals to treat taste and odor in July.
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Cedar Rapids
Arnold Cherry
Cherry
Feguer Death Sentence Appealed by Attorneys
Attorneys for Victor Feguer filed an appeal of his death sentence with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. Court-appointed lawyers Paul Kildee and Fred White of Waterloo said the brief covers seven major points concerning the kidnapping and slaying of Dr. Edward Bartels of Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Victor Feguer
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Paul Kildee
Fred White
Waterloo
Feguer
Edward Bartels
Henry N. Graven
Cuba to Attend Uruguay Session Led by Guevara
Havana announced Cuba will attend the Inter American Economic Conference in Uruguay. A 13 man delegation will be headed by Ernesto Che Guevara, Cuba's Argentine born economic czar, to participate in the event.
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Miami
UPI
Radio Havana
Cuba
Uruguay
Ernesto
Che”’ Guevara
French Air Attacks Return Fire Near Tunis Frontier
Anti aircraft fire engaged French planes that violated Tunisian air space near the Algerian frontier, as government officials reported.
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Tunis
Beer and Cigaret Tax Revenue Rises in Iowa in July
Des Moines report shows July tax receipts up from 1960. Cigaret revenue reached 1 134 608 dollars, 118 739 more than July last year. Beer revenue totaled 326 509 dollars, 16 951 higher than July of the previous year.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Tax Commission
District of Columbia receives notices from air guard units
The District of Columbia received notices and listed Midwest air national guard units including Minnesota 133rd Air Transport Wing Headquarters 133rd Air Transport Group Headquarters 109th Air Transport Squadron in Minneapolis St Paul Illinois 169th Tactical Fighter Squadron Peoria 170th Tactical Fighter Squadron Springfield Missouri 131st Tactical Fighter Wing Headquarters 110th Tactical Fighter Squadron 157th Tactical Control Group Headquarters 131st Tactical Control Squadron all St Louis 180th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron St Joseph
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Minnesota
133Rd Air Transport Wing
133Rd Air Transport Group
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Illinois
Peoria
Springfield
Missouri
131St Tactical Fighter
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Call-Up Surprise For 715 Men in Two Iowa Units
Two Iowa air national guard units with about 715 personnel could be called to active duty under a top priority. The 174th tactical fighter squadron in Sioux City, now 421 airmen and 44 officers, is redesignated as a fighter unit and being equipped for F-100 Sabre jets. The Fort Dodge based 133rd aircraft control and warning flight, with 250 air men and officers, is training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and has a $222 000 radar antenna station near Fort Dodge.
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Des Moines
Iowa Air National Guard
Air Force
Defense Department
133Rd Aircraft Control and
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Air Guard
Air Reserve
Washington
Iowa
174Th Tactical Fighter
Donald Forney
ElRoy Novak
Cedar Rapids
Camp McCoy
Wis
133Rd Aircraft Control and Warning Unit
157Th Tactical Control Group
St. Louis
Midwest
133Rd
Maj
Duane
City and County Clash Over Road Improvement Costs
City council and county supervisors dispute who should pay half of the road upgrade along the boundary of the newly annexed area. Supervisor Scolaro argues the county maintains the road and suggests the city cover half the cost to proceed.
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Anthony Scolaro
Scolaro
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Air Alert Triggers Weekend Assignment Shift
The Iowa units were stunned by an air force alert sent to Gov Norman Erbe and 25 other states plus the Continental Air Command. Col Forney described the move as a small war alert and recalled it echoed the Korean conflict as he prepared to respond.
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Iowa
Air Force
Norman Erbe
Continental Air Command
Forney
Col. Forney
West Germany to Boost NATO Forces to Full Strength
West Germany plans to raise NATO forces to full combat strength. Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, after a two week visit to the United States, told reporters he could secure the funds needed to meet commitments. He leaves for Germany by air on Tuesday.
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New York
West Germany
NATO
Franz Josef Strauss
Strauss
Germany
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Mayden Ave
Gerald Covert
Bave. NE
Herbert Platner
Mechanicsville
St. Luke's
Tolbert
Sth St NW
Raymond Edaburn
Center Point
James Seemeen
C St
Robert Worley
Vermont St
Robert Peterson
19Th St. NW
Ivan Gardner
3Rd St
Duane Danielson
Johnson Ave
Harry Will
Helen Ingles Vs
Adron Ingles
Robert Boyson and
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Mary K. Hampshire
Clyde A. Hampshire
Central Fire Station
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Theodore Berry, Jr
Shellsburg
Barnes
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Mount Vernon
Ivan Lamparek
David Stumbo
Delbert Weber
John Dvorak
18Th St. SE
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26Th Ave
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Belle Plaine
Henry Jackson
9Th St. SE
Dennis Ireland
Anamosa
Herbert Jones
Mount Pleasant
Evel Andrews
Briarnst
Ronnie Randall
Martelle
Ronald Warthen
William Bright
10Th Ave. SE
George Hammond
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