By Pass Extension Proposed for Cedar Rapids Area
A public hearing in Linn County discussed extending Highway 13 from Mt. Vernon Road to Highway 30 to create a 3.5 mile bypass. The plan, likely ready by 1965, would shorten trips by about 12 minutes and reduce wear on drivers nerves while handling 3,250 vehicles daily rising to 5,850 by 1983.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
State Highway Commission
Raymond Kassel
Ames
Commission
Marion
Cedar Rounds
Kassel
Big Creek
Chicago-North Western Railroad
Bertram
Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Miles Sutera
B. L. Anderson
van R. Snyder
Edward Hartl
Hartl
Sophomore Wins Whipple Speech Contest at Coe
John Casey of Red Oak won the Whipple extemporaneous contest at Coe University. Casey spoke on Red China's rising population and food production. J Means of Corning took second and John Wilson of Roanoke, Va., third. Awards totaling 25, 15, and 10 dollars were posted by sponsor William Whipple.
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John Casey
Red Oak
Whipple
Coe
Casey
Red China
China
Cedar Rapids Home Show reserves 66 display areas
Cedar Rapids Home Show organizers report 66 display areas already reserved for the 12th annual event. Stewart Clapp noted at an Elks Club meeting that 21 spaces are held for prior exhibitors and 16 remain unreserved. The show runs April 18 to 21 at Hawkeye Downs and is co sponsored by the All Iowa Fair.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart Clapp
Home Builders Assn
Skinner
Cedar Rapids Association
State Association
Clapp
Hawkeye Downs
McHales Navy Bridegroom Ensign Parker
Ensign Parker nears a new life as he is described as about to become a groom on a Thursday night broadcast at 8:00 on KCRG TV 9. The local program highlights the impending nuptials in a light feature.
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McHale’s Navy
Kcrgtv
Ensign Parker
Soviet Slaps at Mao Published In Peking Paper
Tokyo AP reports the Soviet press sharply challenges Maoist line with Pravda defense of Cuba missile withdrawal and accusations against Yugoslavia while Khrushchev speech rebuttal widens Beijing Moscow ideological clash.
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Peking
Tokyo
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tze-tung
New China News Agency
Peking People’s Daily
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Cuba
Yugoslavia
U.S
People’s Daily
Khrushchev
China
Farmers Mutual Telephone stockholders meet in Shellsburg
The Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. will hold a stockholders meeting Monday at 1 p.m. at the IOOF hall in Shellsburg.
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Shellsburg
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co
IOOF
Robert Keyton to solo with Coe-Promenade Unit Sunday
Organist Robert Keyton will perform as soloist with the Coe-Promenade orchestra Sunday at 4:30 in the Coe auditorium. The program includes Bach and Gould works, with Keyton cited as St. Pauls Methodist church organist and former Cedar Rapids educator. The event is free to the public.
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Robert Keyton
Coe
Coe-Promenade Orchestra
Coe Auditorium
Keyton
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Bach
Gould
S “Pavanne
N. Louise Wright
Robert Goldsand
George MacNabb
John Sims
Iowa City
Luther T. Spayde
Arthur Poister
Central Methodist College
Fayette
Eastman School of Music
University of Iowa
Central College
Upper Iowa University
Victor and College
Concession at Science Fair Open for Bids
Organizations or individuals may bid to operate the refreshment counter at the Eastern Iowa Science Fair. Dr. Stanley Watkins said past PTA and school groups funded their organizations through the stand, but this year the counter is open to other groups. Contact Dr. Watkins at Coe College. the fair runs April 6-7 in the Coe Fieldhouse.
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Iowa
PTA
Stanley Watkins
Watkins
Coe College
Coe
Russian Plane Hit En Route to Vientiane
A Russian transport plane was struck by a bullet while returning to Vientiane from Plaine des Jarres. Interior Minister Pheng Phongsavan said the pilot found a hole near an engine after landing. Soviet diplomat demanded action to prevent further attacks as crews continue flying the planes until Laotian crews are trained.
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Vientiane
Laos
Plaine Des Jarres
Pheng Phongsavan
Vassily Tchivilev
Pheng
Russia
Tunwall Elected Chairman of Cedar Rapids Tool and Manufacturing Group
John Tunwall of 1625 Forty seventh street NW is elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers. He succeeds Everett L. Weekley. Also elected are Mike Kouba as first vice chairman, R. A. Lubbock as second vice president, James Torbert as secretary, and Donald Bree as treasurer.
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John Tunwall
Fortyseventh Street
Cedar Rapids
American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers
Everett L. Weekley
Globe Machinery and Supply Co
Mike Kouba
Ninth Street
R. A. Lubbock
Eighteenth Street
James Torbert
Canton Drive
Donald Bree
Sherman Street
Mt Mercy Hosts Cedar Rapids School Officials
Mt. Mercy college will host a luncheon for eight Cedar Rapids public and parochial school officials including administrators and teachers. Guests include representatives from Washington and Regis high schools Franklin and Roosevelt junior high schools Polk Garfield Immaculate Conception and St Matthew's grade schools. Mt Mercy education faculty and students in the student teaching program will act as hostesses.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Mercy College
Washington and Regis
Franklin l and Roosevelt
Polk, Garfield
Immaculate Conception
St. Matthew's
College Education Department
Donna Reed Miffed at Charges of Life Being Soft
Donna Reed pushes back against critics who say modern women live cushy lives. The segment airs on KCRG TV 9 Thursday at 7 00 PM.
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Donna Reed
Kcrg-Tv
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