Five Iowa constitutional amendments push gains at Linn county meeting
The Linn county chapter of Iowans for Better Government launched a drive for passage of five proposed constitutional amendments at a Montrose hotel meeting. Leaders include Cedar Rapids officials Mayor Frank Bush and State Rep Scot McIntyre Jr. and Sen John Ely Jr. The group, backed by associated leagues, aims to modernize state government and secure ratification at the November 5 election.
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Iowa
Linn County
Iowans For
Scot McIntyre, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bush
Stanley Seidler
League of Women Voters
John M. Ely, Jr
Dcedar Rapids
Iowans For Better Government
Montrose Hotel
Frank Nye
Scott McIntyre, Jr
Seidler
Robert
East Iowans enlist in Army after Cedar Rapids recruiting report
The Cedar Rapids Army recruiting office listed twelve local youths joining the Army including Robert Bishop of Wadsworth Carl Schmickle Colly Burgett Daniel Nickerson James Green Gary Kudina Mark Gates John Lightfoot Terrance Krejol Jim Teeple and David Gordon along with Bonnie Lou Griswold enlisting in the women's air force Aug 15. Home leave reports include Marine Corporal Kenneth Taggart Corporal Ronald Robinson and Pvt Carl Otte Jr as Navy and Marine actions unfold. Navy later said officer candidate school class sizes would shrink due to lower federal spending, with volunteers reassigned to later classes.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Bishop
Robert I. Bishop
Wadsworth
Carl Schmickle
Carl F. Schmickle
Fourth Street
Colly Burgett
Harvey Burgett
Second Street
Daniel Nickerson
Donald Fredericks
Seventh Street
Marion
James Green
Wilford Green
Twenty-first Avenue
Gary Kudina
Toni L. Kudrna
Center Point
Mark Gates
Kenneth E. Taggart
F. F. Schulte
Fourteenth Avenue
Camp Lejjeune
Corp
Ronald A. Robinson
James N. Robinson
Edgewood Road
Marine Action
Vietnam
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Carl Otte, Jr
Carl Otte
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Navy
First clashes reported as CTK details Prague invasion
CTK reporters describe early Prague clashes with Soviet bloc troops. ambulances race to the radio building where a tank burns. a civilian motorcyclist is killed when a tank runs him over. Soviet troops fire as protests rise and foreign ministry protests the occupation.
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Vienna
Austria
CTK
Prague
Radio
National Museum
Opletalova Street
Zdenak Prihoda
Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry
Ludvik Svoboda
Amana man charged after I-80 collision with truck
Special to The Gazette Jerry Lee Cox 26 of Stanwood faced a Tuesday charge by the Iowa highway patrol for failure to control his car after a collision with a construction truck two miles east of the Amana interchange on Interstate 80. About 200 dollars damage occurred to the car which rolled into a ditch while the truck had minor damage.
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Gazette
Amana
Jerry Lee Cox
Stanwood
Iowa Highway Patrol
Interstate 80
Cedar Rapids Council Approves Two Fire Trucks Purchase
The Cedar Rapids city council authorized buying two pumper fire trucks from Peter Pirsch Co of Kenosha Wisconsin for 64870 includes equipment. Delivery expected after 360 working days about 18 months. One truck will replace a retirement 15 year old unit at No 9 station on Council Street NE. The other will serve Cedar Hills station once opened by the public safety department.
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Cedar Rapids
Peter Pirsch Co
Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin
Jesse Hunter
No. 9
Council Street
Cedar Hills
Public Safety Department
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Linn County Group
Robert D. Fulton
Waterloo
Dana
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Army
East Iowans
Floyd C. Gates
Eleventh Street
John Lightfoot
John W. Lightfoot
Thirty-second Street
Terrance Krejol
Joseph F. Krejol
Blake Boulevard
Jim Teeple
Robert Teeple
Coralville
David Gordon
Glen D. Gordon
Keota
William Adams
Arthur Adams
Iowa City
Bonnie Lou Griswold
Leo Griswold
Tenth Avenue
Women’s
Air Force
Miss Griswold
Wartburg College
Waverly
Navy Recruiting Station
Zemedelske Noviny
Czechoslovakia
Radio Prague
Buster Brown
Scotts
Pleate
Sondrol’s Variety & Hardware
1St Avenue
Maearig
Ride
LS Shoes
Woerderhoff
Third Avenue
Alan's Furniture
Chest of Drawers
First St
Old Post Office
Hawkeye Seed
Roper
Illinois
Council
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