Park Ramp Decor Decisions Stir Cedar Rapids City
City officials struggle with ramp design details at First Street SE including signage placement exits on Second Avenue pedestrian access and traffic flow. Plans consider painting the concrete structure desert hue or natural color while awaiting valuation updates and tax implications for nearby property owners.
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Arlo Jacobson
Gazethe City Haz
First Street
Rapids
Kut Tielish
J. M. Clemenshaw, Co
Cleveland
Bill Carr
National Garages, Inc
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Don Gardner
Public Safety
Ralph Mikesell
City Hall
Programs Available for Meth-Wick Manor Opening
Meth-Wick Manor plans to open in November inviting Eastern Iowa groups to arrange talks about the home for retired and semi-retired men and women. Rev Arthur Schutdt, executive director, will provide pictures and explain aims, purposes, and facilities. He has spoken to 46 church groups and various clubs in Cedar Rapids and Eastern Town.
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Iowa
Arthur Schutdt
Ninth Ave
Schult
Cedar Rapids
Meth-Wick Manor
Linna
Surplus Food Reaches 2,900 Linn County Residents
Surplus government food aid in Linn County serves about 2,900 people monthly. Since August 1959 the program expanded from 850 recipients to a peak around 2,953, with July’s tally at 2,880 from 788 families. Monthly rations for a family of four include milk, rice, beans, flour, corn meal, butter, eggs, lard, oats, meat, and peanut butter totaling roughly ten dollars in value.
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Art Winter
Alsaets
PHERE
Linn County
Vyce Seuss YU. S. Department of Agriculte
Kenneth Price
Salvation Army
Humane care tips for pets and local welfare notes
Community column urges proper pet care with leash safety shelter and water. Mentions Linn County welfare programs, food aid amounts, and Salvation Army support, plus a local detective update and veterinary health reminders. Ends with a radio program tease for Rocky and Friends.
Seminar to Confer on National Security in Cedar Rapids
The commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces will visit Cedar Rapids to confer with groups for the National Security Seminar set for Oct 2–13. Iowa’s Senators Bourke B. Hickenlooper and Jack Miller will attend sessions open to the public. Rear Adm. Rufus E. Rose will visit in September to plan the event. Six officers from all services will lead discussions on economic social political military and technological factors shaping U.S. security. A Sheraton-Montrose hotel lobby headquarters is open for details with sponsors including the Chamber of Commerce Gazette Collins Radio Co Linn County ROA WMT and Coe College.
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Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Howard Mixson
Iowa
Bourke B. Nickenlooper
Jack Miller
Rufus £. Rose
Col. Mixson
Admiral Rose
U.S
Sheraton-Montrose Hotel
Office
Chamber of Commerce
the Gazette
Collins Radio Co
Linn County Reserve Officers Assn
WMT
Coe
Community backs new United Good Neighbors budget plan
Cedar Rapids and Marion volunteers assume full fundraising duty for the United Good Neighbors campaign, aiming at 636160 dollars for 24 local agencies and 9 national groups. Chairman Robert Yaw defends the plan, cites hours of review, and notes reserve funds are exhausted prompting a larger local share.
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Robert Yaw
United Good Neighbors
Cedar Rapids - Marion United Fund
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Woman 107 Admits Bubble Gum Addiction
In Jacksonville a 107 year old woman, Mrs. Judy Petty, admits she is a bubble gum addict. On her birthday she says she chews about His pieces a month. A year ago bubble gum sank her last tooth but she won’t quit.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Judy Petty
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