City Briefs and Community Notes from Edks cub and More
Community items include a Friday noon talk by Dr. Walter Block on Child Evaluation at the New Child Evaluation Clinic, dean’s list mention for Michael Van Hamove of Cedar Rapids Iowa Wesleyan, and a note that vacation is over with reopening dated Jan 31. Also included are local short notices: a motel driver fined, Cub Scout awards, a move for Dr. Fathie’s neurosurgery practice, placement tests at LaSalle High School, bake goods and local ads, and obituaries for Mrs. M. Howell of Greenville and Mrs. Mary Lucy June of Monrovia with service details. Local business notices cover barber service, florists, a steak house, and safe company updates.
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Walter Block
Michael van Hamove
Ray Vas Hamme
Route One
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Wesleyan College
Scheetz Asks For Hearing In Assault Case
Oscar W. Scheetz 20 faced charges of assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm after three attacks on Cedar Rapids women. He requested a preliminary hearing set for next Wednesday. Scheetz admits the assaults but denies involvement in four knife-threat attacks. He is held in the Linn county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar W. Scheetz
Cedar Rapids
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Scheetz
Bever Avenue SE
Linn
George L. Gillis
Des Moines
Kathryn Richards
Oscar Scheetz
Linn County
Student Given Suspended Term In U S Court
Steven C. Berg a 19 year old Upper Iowa University student from Park Ridge Illinois received a 30 month suspended sentence in federal court for possessing an illegally drawn draft card Berg pled guilty earlier this month Judge Edward McManus sentenced him under the youth offender act The maximum penalty is a 10000 fine and or five years in jail Berg will be under federal probation supervision for 30 months Gidget meets Jeffs parents Thursday at 7 00 PM on KCRG TV Ch 9 in COLOR.
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Steven C. Berg
Upper Iowa University
Park Ridge
Ill
Edward McManus
Berg
McManus
Selective Service System
Iowa City Man Admits Forgeries
Iowa City man James K. Swails 73 admitted signing 26 forged checks totaling 745.37 using five aliases. The checks passed at Arm strong's Sears Roebuck Younger's Killian's Kresge's Penney's and Seifert's last January. Swails was booked and released on existing Iowa City bond and faces more bad check charges. Cedar Rapids handwriting experts linked Swails to similar Iowa City forgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Swails
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Navratil
Swails
Armstrong’s
Sears Roebuck
Younker’s
Killian’s
Kresge’s
Penney’s
Seifert’s
Navratil
Helicopter Crash in Pakistan Kills 23 Including Foreigners
Twenty three people die when a Pakistan International Airlines helicopter crashes in DACCA. One Pakistani survivor is reported. An unconfirmed note says a rotor may have struck a vulture, causing the wreck. The deceased include a Canadian and two Britons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacca
Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines
Udall Warns Pesticide Pollution Could Endanger Humans
Interior Secretary Udall warned at a National Academy symposium that chemical pesticides threaten wildlife and may someday kill humans if pollution trends continue. He called for more research and safer alternatives while noting evidence of harm to cats and other wildlife from insecticides. A UW geneticist warned rapid pesticide development risks untested health effects and compounding existing dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Udall
National Academy of Sciences
James Crow
University of Wisconsin
Crow
Riley to announce plans Monday noon
State Senator Tom Ruey said he will lay out political plans in a noon address to the Rotary Club at Geiwein. Riley, long mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for Congress in the Second District, may also seek re election to the state senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ruey
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Geiwein
Riley
Senate
Speech Contest Date Changed for Young America Speaks
The teenage district speech contest of the second district Republican Women moved to Saturday March 5 in Cedar Rapids. It had been set for February 26 and is titled Young America Speaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second District Council of Republican Women
Cedar Rapids
Young America
Pants Heist Leads to 1160 Pants in Cedar Rapids Home
Richard J. Plonsky 26 faced larceny charges after police found 1 160 pairs of pants from Jack's Store at his Cedar Rapids home during a Wednesday search. Detected by Walter Fineberg during an inventory check, the case raises questions about stolen merchandise and origins of other items found, while Plonsky received treatment for stomach illness and was moved to a psychiatric ward.
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Richard J. Plonsky
Walter Finehave
Minneapolis
Cedar ‘Rapids
Jack
First Street
Plonsky
Third Street NW
St.Luke’s Hospital
Act
Fineberg
Cedar Rapids
Algiers University Students End Three Day Strike
Algiers university students vote to end a three day strike protesting police action against rioters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algiers University
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E and R
Vernon
16Th Ave
Dew
Merrill
Truman School
Mike Mortland
Craig Beadle
Randy Kruse
David Oehler
Scott Erwin
Ben’s
Sportsman’s Barber Service
Fathie
Guaranty Building
Commerce Exchange Building
1St Ave
LaSalle’ High School
Science Research Associates High School
LaSalle
Wisconsin
Evans
Embassy Club
Ed Morris
Cedar Rapids Cardinals
Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Blvd
Tony
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Eddy Lee
Texas
M. Howell
Greenville
B. T. Howell
Fifteenth ‘Avenue SW
Mary Lucy June
Monrovia
Calif
Paul M. June
Twentieth Avenue SW
Edward M. Mack
Veterans Administration Hospital
Fireproof Safe Company
Nelson Jewelers
Charles Kramer
K Street
Kramer
Carol Nuehring
Sixth Avenue SE
Sixth Street
Miss Nuehring
U. S
Gidget
Jeff
Kcrgtv
ACBRF
Ctrabes
MON Council
Shakey's
Sharkey
Pizza Parlor & Ye Public House
Dial
Sen. Riley
Gazette
iThursday
QUR Professional Pharmacy
Woodbury
NEW Woodbury Golden Rich Shampoo
AJAX
Pinwale
Norpole
Grourets
REGAL
Sander Reg
Prestone
Dupont
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