Independence Firm Fined In Grain Case
Fined $5,000 total against Oliver M. Greenley Inc. No. 3 of Independence in the Cedar Rapids federal court for five counts accusing deceptive loading of grain cars. Judge Edward McManus imposed $1,000 on each count after a July guilty verdict. Greenley appeals to the Eighth Circuit. Also noted are lineup for 1964 jury panel and bankruptcy petitions by Fayette residents Harry Junior and Lois Katherine Conner with large debts and small exempt assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver M. Greenley Inc. No. 3 of
Independence
Cedar Rapids
Federal Court
Edward McManus
Greenley
U.S
Craig H. Mosier
Sydney A Thomas
Waterloo
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Fayette
Harry Junior Conner
Delaware County
Lois Katherine Conner
Bids Submitted for NE Side Pierce Elementary School
Cedar Rapids school district opened low bids totaling 510 926 for the Pierce elementary school on Forty second Street NE The project aims to seat two sections per class and includes a combined cafeteria auditorium and gymnasium The board will assess bids and study cost figures before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Pierce
Paulson Construction Co
Bowker and Son
Justice Electric Co
Justice
Pierce School
Forty-second Street
Ernest Pence
Pence
B. A. Jensen
Fire havoc at Roosevelt hotel leaves multiple dead
The Roosevelt hotel fire killed several people as smoke filled upper floors after flames began near the Emerald room. Mayor and owner pledge no negligence. origin undetermined with an insurance claim noted and victims identified include Marian F. Curry of Santiago, Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnston
Roosevelt
Meyer Hotel
Chile
Marian F. Curry
Santiago
Greensboro
N.C
E. C. McDerman
Emerald Room
Banish Ban Welcomes Pope Viad Papal Banner Displaced
Police banished a 30 foot banner across a Bethlehem street that welcomed Pope Paul VI. A currency dealer Ibrahim Handel erected the banner bearing Viva il Papa and Handel money changer in red and blue letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Jordan
Paul VI
Ibrahim Handel
Pope
Handel
Union Rejects Quaker Offer At Quaker Oats Plant
About 300 RWDSU Local 110 members met at CSPS hall and authorized a strike after rejecting a three year contract. They cited insufficient wage gains and hospital plan. Talks resume Jan 6 with company executives hopeful for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats Co
Csps Hall
Sam Clark
G. Garnet K. Davis
Quaker
Clark
RWDSU
Quaker Oats
International Association of Machinists
Cedar Rapids firms get New Year’s Eve 1 hour extension
City council grants 13 establishments permission to stay open until 2 a.m. on January 1. Named venues include Danceland Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Town Club The Paradise Windsor Hotel Al’s Alley Inn Green Gable Inn Hide Away Fraternal Order of Eagles Club 88 Local 100 Club DeVar Supper Club Fidelity Lodge. Firms must follow beer and liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Danceland
Third Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Second Avenue
American Legion Town Club
Fourth Avenue
the Paradise
First Avenue
Windsor Hotel
First Street
Green Gable
Avenue
Hide
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Club
Sixteenth Avenue
Local 100 Club
Firststreet
DeVar Supper Club
Bowling Street
Fidelity Lodge
Ninth Avenue
Armed Forces Two Servicemen Home on Leave
Airman third class Jon D. Ern berger visits his parents at 2100 L Street SW before reporting to Larson WA for administrative specialist duties after eight weeks of basic training. Navy Airman Apprentice Steven Pudil, son of the Pudils of Swisher, also spends 14 days with family before reporting to Memphis for aviation fire control technician training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon D. Ernberger
John Ernbergers
L Street
Larson
Wash
Air Force Base
Navy Airman
Steven Pudil
Edwin Pudils
Swisher
Pudil
San Diego
Memphis
Cyprus Accepts Move For Neutral Zone Agreement
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders accepted British Secretary Duncan Sandys proposal to create a neutral zone in Nicosia and to allow British troops to patrol parts of the capital at the British commander’s discretion. The accord was signed by Archbishop Makarios and Turkish Cypriot vice president Fazil Kutchuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia, Cyprus
British Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys
Nicosia
Cyprus
Sandys
Makarios
Fazil Kutchuk
Johnson to dedicate National Geographic Society building
Washington AP President Johnson will dedicate the National Geographic Society's new headquarters on January 18, as announced by the society on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
National Geographic Society
Society
Cedar Rapids Bird Club reports 39 species in 25th Christmas census
Cedar Rapids bird club members logged 39 species during the 25th annual Christmas census with seven observers visiting Cedar Lake Marion Springs water works grounds Bever Ellis and Shaver parks and nearby nurseries and cemeteries. rarities included a pair of Red Crossbills and Evening Grosbeaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bird Club
Cedar Lake
Marion Springs
Water Works
Bever, Ellis and Shaver
Audubon
Driver Fined After Hit-and-Run in Avenue SE
James E. Huckvale of 1529 A avenue NE was fined 100 dollars and costs for leaving the scene of an accident after his car struck a parked vehicle in the 800 block of First avenue SE on December 20 at 10 p.m. He pled guilty before Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Huckvale
A Avenue NE
Huckvale
First Avenue SE
Howard McLaughlin
Goldwater to announce Friday on 1964 nominating bid
Phoenix AP report says Senator Barry Goldwater will disclose on Friday whether he will seek the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. Goldwater, viewed as the frontrunner, sent telegrams to supporters nationwide to relay the plan. His Arizona aide Paul Sexson declined further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Arizona
Paul Sexson
Patriarch Athenagoras Urges Pan Christian Conference
Vatican confirms Patriarch Athenagoras I urged Pope Paul VI to convene a Pan Christian conference of Catholic Orthodox Protestant and Anglican leaders to oppose atheism and tyranny. The two leaders plan a meeting on the Mount of Olives in the Holy Land next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Athenagoras I
Paul VI
Vatican
Istanbul
Athenagoras
Holy Land
Mount of Olives
Paul
Thiatiron
John XXIII
Palestine
Pope John
Strikes Parked Auto Injures C R Woman
Pauline Melsha aged 38 of 2207 Lauren Drive SW suffered minor injuries Sunday afternoon when the car she was in struck a parked vehicle in the 2200 block of C Street SW. She was treated at Mercy Hospital for lip and chin injuries and released. The parked car belonged to Harold Poduska of Route One Ely. No charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Melsha
Lauren Drive
C Street
McLoud Run Sewer Contract Awarded by Council
Cedar Rapids approves an $8,106.50 contract to Bjornsen Construction Co. for a 1,585 foot sanitary sewer extension in the McLoud Run area to meet the Cedar Rapids-Hiawatha agreement. Estimated project cost is $9,632.50 with bids from Hennessey Bros., Quad Cities Construction, and Milan W. Freese, Inc. The 12th draft of the intercity agreement was adopted Dec. 5 by both councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjornsen Construction Co., Inc
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids-Hiawatha
McLoud Run
Blairs Ferry Road
Hennessey Bros
Marion
Quad Cities Construction
Milan W. Freese, Inc
Truck Driver Fined In Cow Legs Case
John L. Candler, 33, of 215 Fifth street NE, was fined $20 and costs in municipal court for failing to yield half the roadway and violating vehicle width rules. Police say his rendering truck shattered windshields of two semi-trailers on highway 149 inside city limits after loading cow legs. Judge McLaughlin continued the case on leaving the scene without identifying. Candler, of National By-Products Co., said he did not hear the collision and was unaware of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Candler
Fifth Street
Candler
Rendering Works
Highway 149
Howard McLaughlin
National By-Products Co
Unpublicized LBJ Decree Cuts Budgets Across Agencies
President Johnson issued a secretive economy directive that trimmed agency budget requests, resulting in about 731 million dollars in cuts and more than 10 000 jobs eliminated for fiscal 1965. Officials warn the 1965 budget will still rise above 101 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Labor Department
Department of Welfare
Peace Corps
Johnson City
Texas
Pilot Lands Roughly Near Camanche Iowa in Fuel Fiasco
John W. McDonald an engineer for Amana Refrigeration escaped injury in a Sunday afternoon forced landing of an 85 horsepower single engine plane near Camanche Iowa After fuel vanished he chose a field by Marvin Thomas farm en route from Hastings Michigan to Clinton Iowa He said one landing gear was shear ed yet the fuselage remained intact and the incident was more embarrassing than costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camanche
John W. McDonald
Cedar Rapids
McDonald
Hertz Drive
Hastings
Mich
Clinton
Marvin Thomas
Amana Refrigeration
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Independence Firm
Federal Court Clerk’s
Union
Company
Kcrg-Tv
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Geographic
C.R. Bird Club
Bird Census
C.R. Driver
America
Sovurson
OLD Hickory Distulers CO
PHILA
World Church
Eugene Levin
C. R
Council
LBJ
Harry
Cabi
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Post Office
Veterans Administration
C.R
Russ Landis
Wite’s
Landis Loans & Investments, Inc
First Ave. S.E
Novak
RCA
GAS & Electric
RCA Victor
Appliance Company
Iowa
Tenth Street
S.E
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