Public Building Budget in Cedar Rapids Area Hits 15 Million
A Gazette survey tallies 15.1 million dollars in new Cedar Rapids area public construction for this year, split into 6.6 million for schools 5.44 million for government projects and 3.07 million for utilities. Major items include Cedar Rapids district additions at multiple elementary schools a large street and sewer program including Indian Creek and a 600000 parking ramp. The report notes Coe College dormitories Mount Mercy library and other college and public works under way with exact timing varying by schedule.
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Cedar Rapids
Forty-sixth Street NE
Schaeffer Heights
Northeast
Coe College
Mt. Mercy College
St. Joseph’s
Marion
College Community School
Rise in Cedar Rapids employment in 1959 tops 1958
The Cedar Rapids labor market area posted a 5.7 percent gain in nonagricultural employment in December 1959 versus December 1958, with every month of 1959 showing year over year increases. Durable goods led gains, while food processing fell due to a labor dispute.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Employment Security Commission
National Steel
Utility firm to spend 615000 on Cedar Rapids Marion mains
The company will invest 615000 this year to expand its distribution system in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Plans include a 3700 foot main in Marion and a 2500 foot main in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa Electric ‘Light and Power Co
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Gas and Elec
the Co
Coe to Host Four Session Political Party Workshop on Campus
The Coe College political science department will host a four program workshop on its campus in Daehler Kitchin auditorium. Dr. Richard W. Taylor outlines sessions featuring Leonard Wolf and James Bromwell Feb 15, Penn State professor Dr. Ferguson Feb 22, The Gazette editor Frank Nye Feb 29, and Taylor March 7.
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Lan Eastern
Coe
Richard W.taylor
Coe Political Science
Democratic Linn County
Cornell
Taylor
Daehler-Kitchin
Coe Music
Leonard Wolf
Elkader
U.S
James Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Wolf’s Post
John Ferguson
Pennsylvania State University
Frank Nye
The
Gazette
Dr. Taylor
Israel Syria clash runs border war into fourth day
Israeli and Syrian forces fought Monday with ground and air battles along the border near the Sea of Galilee. Deaths included three Israelis and two Syrians, with multiple wounded. a cease-fire followed a UN mediation as both sides traded competing accounts of Sunday’s exchanges.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Metullah
Galilee
Chaim Lasskow
Damascus
Tawafik
U.N
UAR
Are You Educated Gazette Want Ads Dial EM 2-1121
An old classified line urges readers to place or respond to Gazette want ads by calling EM 2 1121. The brief note emphasizes the service and the contact number.
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Gazette
Waterloo C R Boys Win Iowa Accordion Meet
Bill Heald of Cedar Rapids and Keith Haan of Waterloo were named Iowa's representatives in the U S Accordion Olympics to be held in Chicago next July after winning at Franklin school. Alternates named. 5 outstanding student awards were given from 260 competitors. Mort Herold and Vince Geraci of Chicago judged the Olympic contest.
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Bill Heald
Cedar Rapids
Keith Haan
Waterloo
Iowa
U.S
Chicago
Franklin School
Iowa Accordion Teachers
Assn
Heald
Gerald Boddicker
Haan
Music Corner
Jan Mayberry
Anamosa
Pat Johnston
Bob Wittenga
Betty Jo Moore
Des Moines
Mardini
Mort Herold
Vince Geraci
City Ends Free Overnight Lodging for Sleep-Deprived Vagrants
Johnstown New York police department stops offering free overnight lodging to homeless wanderers citing insufficient use of the service. The move ends a public aid program that formerly provided shelter to those without funds.
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Johnstown, N. Y
Wanderers
Cal Calhoun Uncovers Civic Corruption on Bourbon Street Beat
Cal Calhoun exposes a skeleton filled closet of civic corruption in a Monday 7:30 PM TV 9 segment on Bourbon Street Beat. The broadcast details hidden graft within local governance and media ties.
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Cal Calhoun
Bourbon Street Beat
Notice of Probate Hearing for Ernest L. McConkie Will
Iowa probate court in Linn County schedules February 4, 1960 at 9:00 a.m. for the proof and admission of the last will and testament of Ernest L. McConkie, late of Linn County, to probate in Cedar Rapids. Clerk Melvin J. McCalley announces the hearing. Mekota King Bye Koch are attorneys.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Ernest L. McConkie
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Oeed
Melvin J. McCalley
Clerk District Court
Mekota, King
Bye & Koch
Setting Things Right Day by John Reynolds
A light guidance piece proposes one Set ting Things Right day to fix small and medium annoyances. It suggests practical tasks like adjusting an office chair, straightening a crooked calendar, cleaning a car back seat, and tailoring slacks, while avoiding major issues like taxes or marital disputes.
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John Reynolds
Three Drowned as Crab Tender Sinks in Alaska Storm
In Kodiak Alaska a crab tender sank during a storm. Three crewmen and a hitchhiking fisherman drowned in the disaster.
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Kodiak, Alaska
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette outlines subscription rates for various delivery options and editions. The notice notes mail and carrier services, weekly and monthly pricing, and states Associated Press retains republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Aix
Iowa
A. Terre
Associated Press
Dewnpaper
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