Cedar Rapids considers cheaper ceiling and wall materials
The Cedar Rapids building board recommended an ordinance change to allow paneling and other finish materials for ceilings and walls in dwellings. The move follows Skogman Construction’s appeal for a minimal $10,500 house and aims to permit economical paneling while noting plaster and gypsum board's fire resistance and longevity.
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Cedar Rapids Building Board of Appeals
Skogman Construction Co
Cedar Rapids
Skogman
Ed Winter
Winter
Building Board of Appeals
Bus Driver Pays Fine After Rear-Ending Three Vehicles
C R Bus driver Joseph V. Collogan 59 of Mallory Street SW paid 10 plus 3.75 court costs in municipal court for losing control. His bus hit a stopped car then pushed it into a second vehicle on Oakland Road NE near Thirty second Street. Meridee Heins 19 and Sharon Gross 18 were in the other vehicles. Damages totaled 50 to the bus, 400 to Heins pickup and 35 to Gross car. No injuries reported.
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Regional Transit Authority
Joseph V. Collogan
Mallory Street
Collogan
Oakland Road
Thirty-second Street
Meridee Heins
Grant Wood Drive
Sharon E. Gross
Decorah
Miss Heins
Miss Gross
Holets family reunion set for Bever Park Sunday
The 38th Holets family reunion will be held Sunday in Bever Park's large pavilion. Other items note a SBA loan officer visiting the Chamber of Commerce office Tuesday and local thefts at Lincolnway playground and several vandalism incidents on Cherry Hill Road and Gordon Avenue.
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SBA
Small Business Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Holets Family
Bever Park
Cherry Hill Road
Gordon Avenue
Cedar Rapids Commercial Debits Rise in First Half of Year
A Cedar Rapids clearing house reports commercial debits totaling 1.596 billion year to date, up 82.995 million from 1966. July commercial debits reached 231.281 million, with June at 245.417 million and time and savings debits year to date at 18.600 million, down slightly from 1966.
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Cedar Rapids
Clearing House
Wilson Credited For Aid to L TV Sales Earnings
Ling-Temco-Vought reports first half 1967 sales of 832.387 million up 279 percent from 1966 and earnings of 14.949 million up 105 percent to 6.18 per share. Seven subsidiaries including three Wilson units helped the gain.
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Wilson and Co
Ling - Temco - Vought, Inc
L-Tv
Ling-Temco
Plans Submitted On Widening of First Avenue E
Plans and specifications for widening First Avenue E from the Kenwood library to Glenwood Drive SE were filed with Cedar Rapids city council. A public hearing and bids opening are set for Aug. 23. Estimated cost around $65,000 to widen from four to five lanes and add left turn lanes, install signals at Fortieth Street, and upgrade signals at Thirty-eighth Street.
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First Avenue E
Kenwood Library
Glenwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Fortieth Street
Thirty-eighth Street
College All Star Football Showdown Friday Night
Top seniors challenge the Green Bay Packers in a college all star game airing Friday at 8 30 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9. The telecast pits senior college players against professional opposition in a regional showcase.
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Green Bay Packers
Kcrg-Tv
Sixth Street Widening To E and F Co
The city awarded the Sixth Street widening contract to E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co. Bid was $30,862.92, 9.9 percent above the engineers estimate. Work adds a lane from 1,200 feet north of Thirty-third to 700 feet south, along the west side, from the Thirty-third intersection.
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E & F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co
Sixth Street
Thirty-third Avenue
Thirty-third
E & F Co
I Police Learn Of Assaults on 2 C.R. Youths
Police investigated two reported assaults in Cedar Rapids. Bill Hoffman Jr. was punched while cleaning a parking lot near Henry's Hamburger Drive In. Frank Pusateri, 17, said two youths attacked him at a traffic signal and he required stitches at Mercy Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Hoffman, Jr
Hiawatha
Henry
Hamburger Drive-In
First Avenue
Hoffman
Frank Pusateri
J Street
Wilson Avenue
Pusateri
Mercy Hospital
U.N. Team to Visit Indonesia on West Irian Self-Determination
A United Nations delegation will travel to Jakarta to discuss the issue of self-determination for West Irian, the region formerly known as Dutch New Guinea, signaling international attention to the dispute.
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Jakarta
U.N
Indonesia
West Irian
Dutch New Guinea
Front for Liberation rejects British Aden amnesty offer
The Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen rejected a British amnesty proposal for Aden on Wednesday. The group condemned the timing and terms of the offer and vowed to continue its campaign for independence in the region.
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Cairo
Front For the Liberation of
South Yemen
Aden
House Unit Backs Johnson Aid Requests in Bid to Ease Restrictions
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved nearly all of President Johnsons foreign aid plan with minimal cuts. It trimmed less than 200 million from a 3.4 billion current year package and approved about 3.5 billion for 1969. The Senate panel last week cut 740 million and rejected a second year, adding tight limits on eligible countries.
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Washington
UPI
House Foreign Affairs
Car stolen detective search ends near police station
Police in Columbus Indiana spent the night seeking Arthur Kroot’s stolen vehicle before locating it Friday parked beside the police station.
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Columbus
Ind
UPI
Arthur Kroot
Cedar Rapids Extends Demolition Contract in Renewal Plan
Cedar Rapids city council approved a contract extension for demolishing structures in the Cedar Lake urban renewal area after a five week lapse. General Excavating Co. of Sioux Falls, SD, will resume work with equipment already in Des Moines. The extension follows a favorable decision by HUD after Cedar Rapids officials lobbied in Chicago. The renewal authorizes a payment of 34,357 dollars.
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Cedar Lake
Cedar Rapids
Don B. Salyer
General Excavating Co
Sioux Falls
M.D
Des Moines
Salyer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chicago
Cedar Lake Demolition Progress Slowed by Relocation Issues
The city reports only 55 percent of Cedar Lake area structures slated for demolition have been torn down. The contractor must front the present until July 1, 1968. Delays are attributed to relocation problems delaying the project.
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Cedar Lake
Quaker Oats Credit Union Robbed of $500
The Quaker Oats Co employes' credit union at 9 B avenue NE was broken into Tuesday night with about $500 stolen. A cash box from a filing cabinet was pried open and the front door entry forced. Officials sought to confirm the loss on Wednesday afternoon.
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Quaker Oats Co. Employes’ Credit Union
B Avenue NE
Gazette Want Ads Move Millions In Homes Cars And Goods
Local Gazette ads list vast sales including homes, vehicles, and merchandise. Sellers promote real estate, autos, and various goods across sections, reflecting robust market activity and broad consumer options.
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Gazette
Thompson Safe Aboard Forrestal Notifies Parents
Mr and Mrs Paul Thompson of 325 Twenty second street NE finally learned their son Jeffery is safe aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after a deadly fire last Saturday that killed 129 sailors. The 1963 Washington high school graduate worked in the supply office with jet parts and sent a telegram saying he was fine and would write later.
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Paul Thompson
Twenty-second Street
Jeffery
Thompson
Uss Forrestal
Jeff
Thompsons
Washington High School
Forrestal
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