Ice Knocks Out Wells For Hours In City West Side
An oversized block of ice struck a power pole in Manhattan park near the river Saturday, disabling six west side wells for hours. Waterworks crews using a civil defense amphibious craft restored part of the field by night, with two wells pumping five million gallons daily and reducing river water use. The remaining four wells were back in service Sunday.
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West Side
Manhattan Park
Civil Defense Agency
George Lee
East Side
West Side Field
Lee
Firemen Rescue Youth by Bridging Gap With Ladder
Cedar Rapids fire crews used an extension ladder as a bridge to help 17 year old Jeff Erwin cross a waterlogged walkway from a boathouse to shore after the Cedar River rose. The 25 foot gap was bridged and Erwin walked across safely. The incident occurred early Sunday at Ellis harbor.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Harbor
Jeff Erwin
Grande Avenue SE
Cedar River
Erwin
Cedar Rapids Traffic Spot Checks Find Licenses Violations
Cedar Rapids police checked over 400 cars and licenses at four locations over the weekend. Six motorists were charged with lacking licenses, one was cited for no license, and 34 received equipment memos. Warnings require repairs or risk court action. Checks occurred at Twelfth avenue SE, Ellis boulevard NW, Eighteenth street and Eighth avenue SW, and Thirty-second street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Twelfth Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Eighteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Fayette Jury Awards $20 000 To C R Man
A Fayette county jury awarded Ronald N Hansen of Cedar Rapids 20 000 in a damage suit against Jim Cross for injuries from a Sept 6 1962 one car crash between Maynard and Oelwein. Judge G B Richter presided. deliberation lasted six hours ten minutes.
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West Union
Fayette County
Cedar Rapids
Ronald N. Hansen
Jim Cross
Maynard
Oelwein
Hansen
Cress
G. B. Richter
Waukon
Senior Life Insurance Offered by Old American Co
If you are under 80 you can apply for a lifelong life insurance policy via mail. The ad invites readers to tear out and mail their name address and year of birth to Old American Ins Co Kansas City Missouri for enrollment.
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Pioneer Insurance
Old American Ins. Co
Oak
Dept
Kansas City
Burglary at Jefferson High Steals $60 In Damage
A burglar pried open doors at Jefferson High School weekend, broke into a walk in safe and stole about $50 plus $10 from desks, leaving extensive damage. Detectives pursue links to a suspect held in Iowa City. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City investigators cooperate.
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Jefferson High School
John Kubal
Iowa City
Jefferson
Kent Lee Anderson
St. Paul
Iowa City High School
Kuba
Cedar Rapids
McKeesport Man Jailed After 20 Mile Police Chase
Kirk Mowat a 26 year old of McKeesport Pa was jailed after leading Marion and Cedar Rapids police on a 20 mile chase in a stolen truck He faced eight charges including larceny of a motor vehicle reckless driving failing to stop and attempting to elude police The chase ended when the vehicle overturned at a corner in Linn County and the truck was recovered undamaged Mowat received a 120 day sentence on misdemeanor counts in Marion and was jailed awaiting further proceedings.
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McKeesport
Kirk Mowat
Wuck
Darwin Ammeter
Dennis Kelleher
First Avenue
Mowat
Cedar Rapids
F Avenue
First Street
Marion
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Wat-'dar Rapids
Linn
J. W. Hendricks
Two Cedar Rapids Men Fined After Twilight Room Fracas
Two Cedar Rapids men faced fines after a Friday night disturbance at the Twilight Room. Larry J. Null paid two $25 penalties for fighting and resisting an officer, while Harry F. Hittie Jr. paid $25 for disturbing the peace by profane language. Police reported involvement of Edward Davis in a separate vehicle-related incident and noted a truck theft tied to George Miller’s Automotive Service with a $30 bond for the suspect.
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Cedar Rapids
Twilight Room
First Street
Larry J. Null
Sixth Street
Harry F. Hittie, Jr
Shaver Road
Ammeter
Keller Mowat
Null
Edward T
Mowat
Early Sun
Davis
Ellis House
M. Davis
George Miller
Au-ment
Monat City Steel Co
Dallas
Texas
Burglary Attempt at Ely Elevator Fails
Linn county Sheriff Walter Grant said Monday that burglars attempted to break into the Kroh Elevator office at Ely late Saturday night. They broke a window but were unable to enter the building.
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Linn County
Walter Grant
Kroh
Ely
Boy Struck by Car In City. No Charges
iBoy 7 listed in fairly good condition at St Luke's hospital recovering from injuries from a car pedestrian crash Saturday. Police say he darted into the path of a car driven by Wibert Stern 45 of 1104 0 Avenue NE in the 3300 block of First Avenue East. No charges filed.
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Earl Kirklin
Third Street
St. Luke’s ‘Hospital
Paul High
Wibert E. Stern
First Avenue
Learn to dance fast with Arthur Murray instructors
A breezy promotional feature touts a new breed of Arthur Murray teachers offering quick fun dance lessons. It promises rapid, inexpensive mastery of ballroom Latin and discotheque styles for couples or individuals to become social successes.
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Arthur Murray
Five Injured in First Avenue Two-Car Crash
A two-car collision at the First Avenue entrance to Lindale Plaza Sunday at 9 45 a m injured five people from Maquoketa and Marion. Ralph Batey 53 his wife Thelma 49 son Richard 14 and Leo Zigler 45 and his wife Esther 42 were taken to St Luke s hospital. Richard was not treated released others discharged.
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Maquoketa
Marion
First Avenue
Lindale Plaza
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ralph Batey
Thelma
Richard
Leo Zigler
Moore
Court
Essther
Richard Batey
Man Charged After Rear-End Collision Injures Worker
Police said a car driven by Batey hit the rear of a stationary truck operated by Zigler. Batey was charged with failing to have his car under control. He was fined ten dollars and costs in municipal court Monday.
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Batey
Zigler
Burglars Take $6.10 From Pop Machine
Burglars mauled a soft drink machine at Iowa Concrete Products 3921 J Street SW over the weekend stealing $6.10. Detectives said a window was smashed to gain entry and only the vending unit was touched.
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Iowa Concrete Products
J Street
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Seventh Avenue
Sixth S
Sharon Allen
Twenty-seventh Street
Peggy Buffington
Fairview Drive
iBoy
Arthur Nurray
Rey
MNB
New Motor Bank
Second Avenue
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