G.O.P. Grants Open Nomination Window for Local Seats
Linn county Republican leaders set a Wednesday meeting at the Roosevelt hotel to learn from Chairman Gerald Sullivan that no official state senate candidate exists in the 22nd district. The session will announce open paths to fill vacancies in the 22nd 43rd and 44th districts under a 1970 law shaping write-in and central committee nominations.
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Linn County
Republican Central Committee
Roosevelt Hotel
Gerald Sullivan
Sullivan
Atty
Richard Turner
Melvin Synhorst
Delmer Duffy
Cedar Rapids
G.O.P
Duffy
Robert Arnold
Jerry Kupris
Charles Decker
Arnold
Central Committee
Sludge Trail Report Extends 50 Miles South of Dubuque
Iowa conservation commission study of Dubuque sewage plant finds a 50 mile long slime strip along the Mississippi River bottom from Dubuque south past Clinton and the Quad Cities to near Keokuk. Traps captured brown gray slime. fishermen report large catches. Slime odor but not shown harmful to humans, yet harms bottom life and fish feeding areas.
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Dubuque
Mississippi
Iowa Conservation Commission
Don Helms
Bellevue
Commission
Iowa Cities
Clinton
Quad Cities
Keokuk
Helms
City Briefs Price of crime and notices in Cedar Rapids
A series of local items report thefts and losses including cash and tools, a death, events at the library and YWCA, and a service ad. Stolen items include $120 from James Whiting at 246 Mayden Ave SW and a $75 mower from Mrs. Stanley Jarosh at 1819 Second St SW. A $55 lawn mower disappeared from John Woodward at 210 Seventh Ave SW. Mrs. Cecil G. Fennell died at 95 in Mesa Arizona. Community notices cover music programs, a coin club talk, a Marine Corps League meeting, and local ads for grocery specials and services.
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James Whiting
Mayden Avenue
Stanley Jarosh
Second Street
Atkins Youth 18 Burned When Gasoline Ignites
Mark Switzer aged 18 suffered first and second degree burns over about forty percent of his body early Tuesday. He was at Vern's Standard station on Williams Boulevard SW with another person when gasoline sprayed from a truck line and a spark from the carburetor ignited it. A companion rolled him on the ground to extinguish the flames. he was reported in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital by noon.
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Mark Switzer
Atkins
Switzer
Vern’s Standard Station
Williams Boulevard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Child Injured In C R Mishap At Ellis and K
A 6 year old boy suffered a bruised right hip after stepping into a car on Ellis boulevard NW near K avenue Monday. Sharon L Crahn of Postville drove south on Ellis boulevard and struck him. The boy was treated at St Luke's hospital and released. no charges filed.
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Ellis Boulevard
K Avenue NW
Randy Lee Wilson
Robert Wilsons
Eleventh Street NW
Sharon L. Crahn
Postville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank Mesner 85 Dies Rites Thursday
Frank Mesner 85 retired farmer and school teacher died Monday at his residence north of Troy Mills Born November 10 1884 at Pleasant Plain He married Patti Patschker September 1 1928 in Marion He served as superintendent of schools at Bellevue and Rowley and was a professor at Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College Surviving are his wife three sisters and one brother Services 2 p m Thursday at the Troy Mills Methodist Church Burial Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids Friends may call Murdoch funeral home Walker after 6 30 p m Tuesday
Mobutu Guest of Honor at New York Reception
President Joseph Mobutu of the Congo was guest of honor at a Monday night reception hosted by Mayor John Lindsay in New York City. The event highlighted Mobutu's visit and his role in Congo affairs.
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New York
UPI
Joseph Mobutu
The
Congo
John Lindsay
Thieves Lift 150 Leghorn Roosters From Hopkinton Hen House
Police probe report describes a pickup delivering a long haired youth and an older woman who freed about 150 Leghorn roosters from a Hopkinton hen house and loaded them into crates before fleeing. Neighbors thought owner Dobie Peck had sold them, which did not occur. The text also mentions a fictional movie listing and TV guide details.
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Manchester
Delaware
Dobie Peck
Hopkinton
Peck
Dispute Over Sewage Plant Work Ended
Work on Cedar Rapids solids handling facilities at the sewage treatment plant resumed after a jurisdictional dispute over incinerator installation. A Cedar Rapids Building Trades spokesman said the project is divided by craft, with each union handling its jurisdiction. The $2.7 million project, by Kinderknecht Construction Co., is due for completion this fall.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Building Trades
Boilermakers Union Local 83
Des Moines
Kansas City
Kinderknecht Construction Co. of
Thieves Break Into Tingley Bank and Escape with Money
Unknown amount stolen from Tingley State Savings overnight. Bank president Carl Riggs said the front door was jimmied and the alarm deactivated. Thieves used a cutting torch to enter the vault.
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Tingley (Ap
Tingley State Savings Bank
Carl Riggs
Inquiry on Cedar Rapids CATV System Weighed
Coax ial Communications Inc of Gainesville Fla asks Cedar Rapids to consider a community antenna television system. Connie Mack Jr signs the letter noting FCC lifted restrictions on local origination programming. Mayor Canney says the city has had inquiries but is not studying CATV applications or ordinances.
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Cedar Rapids
Coaxial Communications, Inc
Gainesville
Fla
Connie Mack, Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Donald Canney
Linn County Democratic Headquarters Move
The Gazette lists the Linn county Democratic headquarters at 210 Fifth Street SE Waterloo. Robert Fulton of Waterloo, Democratic candidate for governor, will attend an organizational meeting at the Linn county Fulton-for-Governor club at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the new office.
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Linn County
Fifth Street
Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Clerk Threatened Robber Gets $6 Cash
A man about 20 threatened Pack Lage Clothing Store clerk Brian Lodge with a pop bottle and took $6 in cash plus a $6.69 check from the register at 12 40 p m on Monday. The robber fled leaving details: six feet tall, 150 160 pounds, brown hair, brown horn rim glasses, grey pants and a brown long sleeved shirt.
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Packlage Clothing
Jnvenue SE
Brian Lodge
Lodge
Moneybag and Change Purses Reported Stolen
A money bag holding about $182 in cash and several change purses was stolen from Hertz Rent-a-Car at the Municipal airport during lunch hour Monday. Police say $1,400 in checks endorsements to the company were in the bag. At least $22 and a set of keys were taken. the keys were recovered in a restroom inside the building.
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Hertz
1970 Cedar Rapids City Directory Distributed
The 1970 city directory for Cedar Rapids has been completed and is being distributed to subscribers by R. L. Polk and Co. The volume lists 72 357 personal and business names with occupations, marital status and wife names, head of house or renter status, and corporate officers. It also shows renters or homeowners, telephone listings by street, and zip codes on the street and avenue guide.
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Cedar Rapids
R. L. Polk and Co
Robber Takes 125 From C R Store At 1944 Forty Second Street
A masked thief with a wrench and a box robbed the PDQ store at 1944 Forty second street NE around 4 15 am Tuesday, fleeing with 125 in checks and cash. Harold Hutson described a man five five tall in a black leather jacket and blue jeans who forced him to open the register and then locked him in a restroom.
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PDQ
Harold Hutson
Tower Terrace Trailer Court
Hutson
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County Central Committee
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Fairfax
College
Putnam
Franklin, Linn
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James Wells
J. Donald Weimer
Dcedar Rapids
Dial
John Woodward
Seventh Avenue SW
Public Library
Boddicker School of Music
Coin Club
YWCA
Truman Ramsell
Marion
Hladky’s Grocery
4Th Ave
Marine Corps
Cedar Valley
Marine Corps League and Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Gordon Fennell
Grande Avenue
Cecil G. Fennell
William Elliott
Mesa
Ariz
Fennell
Tim Osborn
Fourteenth Street SE
Madelines
3Rd St. SE
C.R
Frank Mesner
N. Y
Diamond
Malloy
Bill Malloy
Gemologist
Malloy Jewelers
Probasco’s
Third Avenue
Stephen Foster Moody
Clementine Hale
Honest John Smith
Roger Davis
Walter Brennan
Joan Hackett
Pete Duel
ABC
Kcrg-Tv
Bishop
City
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