Cedar Rapids Weighs 60 Percent Margin for Library Bonds
Cedar Rapids voters head to polls Tuesday on a 2.6 million central library plan with a 1.94 mill levy. If approved, land acquisition and a west side branch accelerate a two-building package including a historic Carnegie space and an archives center. The council abstains from voter guidance as turnout is expected light.
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Cedar Rapids
Grose
Third Avenue
West Side
Carnegie Library
Fourth Street
Carnegie
Kenwood
First Avenue SE
Central
Voting Places Cedar Rapids Referendum Precincts Listed
Cedar Rapids voters, 65 554 registered, eligible for Tuesday library referendum. Precincts named with locations and registered voter counts including YMCA First Avenue NE, Fire Station No 3, Adams School, Franklin Junior High, Washington High, Grant Wood, McKinley, Mercy Hospital nursing school, Jane Boyd House, Hayes, Cedar Rapids Public Works Center, Board of Education, Harrison, Roosevelt, Jefferson, Garfield, Lincoln, Hoover, Eisenhower, Kenwood, Monroe, Madison, Cleveland, Taft, Waterworks Office and others with per-precinct voter totals.
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Cedar Rapids
YMCA
First Avenue
B. Avenue
Adams School
Linmar Drive
Franklin Junior High
Twentieth Street
Sth. Arthur
B Avenue
Firstation
Jackson School
Fourth Avenue
Washington High School
Forest Drive
Johnson School
Washington Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Bever Park
Memorial Drive
Bever Avenue
Grant Wood
Twenty-sixth Street
McKinley Junior ‘High
Tenth Street
Fra ‘Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Eighth Street
Joey
Jane Boyd
Fourteenth Avenue
Hayes
D Street
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids Public Works Center
First Street
Board of Education
Second Avenue
Harrison School
Eleventh Street
Ells Community Center
Ells Boulevard
Roosevelt Junior High School
Thirteenth Street
Jefferson High School
Prairie
Monroe
Pioneer Avenina SE
Madison
Woodside Drive
Cleveland
First Avenue NW
Taft Junior High
Avenue NW
Sith
Shaver Raad
Harrys N Y Bar Branches Out With Paris Lyons Tie
Feene Harrys N Y Bar mimics the Paris original birthplace of the bloody mary and cocktails. Andy McElhone's franchising expands to Lyons and Paris locations run by Franela Delzeux as 48 year old McElhone preserves his father s standard.
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York
Patis
Mewlay
Rue Mulet
Lyons
Harry's
Andy McElhone
Paris
McElhone
Harry
iHarry
Knights Armor Weighs 120 Pounds In Older Fortunes
The National Geographic Society notes in its book The Age of Chivalry that ceremonial knight armor could weigh 120 pounds, with some suits taking three years to craft and costing a fortune.
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National Geographic Society
Milk Board Forgets the Cream at Helena Hearings
The Montana milk control board agreed to furnish coffee for all participants and newsmen at hearings but forgot the cream. The first day offered only a powdered substitute.
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Helena
Mont
UPI
Montana Milk Control Board
Indian Film Star Convicted for Tax Evasion
Bombay AP reports film star Kishore Kumar sentenced to two months in jail for income tax evasion for 1961 62 period. This appears to be the first modern Indian conviction of its kind. The case involved undeclared funds totaling about 21000 dollars.
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India
Bombay
Kishore
Kumar
Come
Way
Texas Tycoon Mistletoe Is His Field
Brady Texas tycoon Austin J. Cole ships mistletoe by air to the Midwest and beyond from November 15 to December 20, aiming to move tens of thousands of pounds. A Bellaire insurance agent, he sources mesquite-tree mistletoe in Brady and Goldthwaite areas, hires haulers, grades by leaf greenness and berry count, and sells wholesale to Dallas then out by plane to cities including New York and Chicago.
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Brady, Texas
UPI
Austin J. Cole
Cole
Texas
Midwest
Bellaire
Houston
H.W. Elliott
Brady-Goldthwaite
Brady
Coles
Dallas
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Omaha
Chicago
Europe
Italian Village Polluted Ronco River in Coccoli
In Coccoli Italy residents call the Ronco river polluted due to two sugar factories a distillery a village and a rayon mill discharging waste into the river They say river pollution stains buildings tarnishes metals and makes nearby apples and grapes inedible triggering headaches for about 18000 locals.
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Coccolia
Italy
Coccoli
Ronco
Marijuana hawkers claim innocence in Mexico City sighting
Three local youths shouted Mata Mota on a street corner in an upscale area of Mexico City selling marijuana rather than newspapers. An official called mota slang for weed while tourists noted the river carries sewage and the coast area is described as a cesspool of activity. The youths said they passed the area to stay away from town, and police were told they did not know it was a crime to keep marijuana.
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Mexico City
Silvio Lombard
Provincial Health Institute
SuigeHom
Y Ont
Adriatic
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Maplewood Drive
Lincoln Schno
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Grant
Outlank Drive
Hoover
Johnson Avenue
Pn Wright
Council Street
Hallywood Street
Eisenhower
Forty-sixth Street
Hsing
Clark Road
Thirty-sixth Street
N.Y
Feene
Rue Daunou
Franela Delzeux
Iowa
Centrol Board
Osco
2Nd Ave
Bewstown
Nice
Saale
Wwe
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Altest
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42Nd Street
Old Marion Roeddindale Plaza
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