City Expands Ice Street Gear with New Spreaders
The E Street Department adds two high capacity spreaders on International trucks from Highway Equipment Co. Cedar Rapids. Each unit carries 8.8 cubic yards of material. Total cost 23 517.92 dollars, a saving versus complete units. Additional smaller spreaders and city rink improvements follow.
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E Street
Cedar Rapids
Highway Equipment Co
Jack Eggleston
Kenwood
Woody Stolba
Stolba
Cgazette
Phone Booths Evolve From Cozy Rooms to Drive Up Cylinders
A National Geographic recounts the evolution of telephone booths from early coinless pay stations in 1883 to modern aluminum and glass booths. Innovations include drive up booths and push button operation aimed at the 1964 New York World's Fair, with over a million coin phones in use nationwide.
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Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
National Geographic Society
Thomas A. Watson
Watson
Boston
Geographic Society
New York
Courthouse Comment By Art Winter
The Linn County Home spreads Christmas cheer with 14 to 20 parties for 165 residents. Carolers donate treats as Nativity tableaux and 12 trees decorate the home. Santa, church services, a turkey dinner, and wide county-wide donations mark a festive season. The county jail joins in with candy and fruit packs for inmates and a turkey dinner.
Jobless Not Big Problem for Welfare Says Official
CHICAGO AP Unemployment once a major welfare issue now accounts for about one quarter of public assistance cases. Wilbur Cohen assistant secretary HEW told the American Public Welfare Assn that three quarters of current welfare cases stem from dependency due to problems more complex than unemployment, necessitating extensive rehabilitative services. He said the shift toward rehabilitation has met public support.
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Chicago
Wilbur Cohen
Mele Kalikimaka to You on KCRG-TV 9
The program follows the sun to night on KCRG TV 9 at 6 30 p m. The segment features holiday greetings and a seasonal schedule for viewers tuning in for a Christmas themed broadcast.
Golfing Tickets To Sell Well In Cedar Rapids
EASON tickets for three municipal Cedar Rapids courses are selling well at 40 dollars. The city treasurer’s office accepts orders for Christmas gift certificates that can be exchanged for season tickets after new prints. Three have been sold at the 40 dollar price. the 20 dollar employee specials have not yet sold but are expected to be in demand for morning weekday play only.
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EASON
Cedar Rapids
Berlin landlord forgives rent for Christmas
An 80 year old owner of two West Berlin apartment blocks canceled one month’s rent averaging about 70 marks as a Christmas gift to his 42 tenants. He said he wanted to make the people happy and asked to remain anonymous.
Skating Rinks Open in C R Holiday Hours Publicized
The Playground and Recreation Commission announced all 15 skating rinks in Cedar Rapids will open today from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will adjust hours to serve more skaters during Christmas holidays. Rinks at Jones Park Noelridge Park Manhattan Ellis Park upper end, and 12 others in parks and schools, plus supervised heated shelters at several locations, will operate 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on school vacation days.
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Manhattan
Armstrong's Sporting Goods
Cedar Valley
Eby’s Sporting Goods
Cedar Rapids Gazette- Kcrg
Playground Recreation Commission
Cedar Rapids
West Side Civic Club
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Nestor Johnson North Star
Nestor Johnson Skate Co
Playground and Recreation Commission
Jones Park
Noelridge Park
Ellis Park
Park
River Road
Fillmore
13Th St
E Ave
Cedar Hills
Ivy Lane
Hayes
19Th Ave
Hayes St
Alandale
21St Ave
12Th St
Jones
Ely Ave
Bever
Bever Park
Arthur
27Th St
Cave
Noelridge
Council St
42Nd St
Daniels
Fireworks Banned in East Berlin on New Year's Eve
East Berliners are forbidden to set off fireworks within 100 yards of the Red Wall and rockets are banned anywhere in East Berlin. The police chief cited maintaining good order on the state border as the decree’s purpose.
Fifth Season Joke Turbans Fourth Grader’s Seasons
In Cripple Creek Colorado Ann White asked her fourth grade class to name the seasons. A pupil quipped there are five spring summer fall winter and deer.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Ann White
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Art Winter
Linn County
George McLeran
Santa
Averynane
Dail
Gram
Sisters of Mercy
Mercy College
Jim Smith
First Lutheran Church
Rev
T. A. Youngquist
Harry Christiansen
John W. Ried
Iowa
Dick and
Stanley
Stanley Reeder
Sixth Street
C.R
Ted Foltz
1St Street
East Berlin
Typographical Union
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