Three Guinea trainees join Cedar Rapids at airport tower
Fifteen Guinean youths train at U S airports with three in Cedar Rapids to boost tower staff as they start FAA academy work in Oklahoma City. Ahmadou Hanne Mary Dore and Martin Bangoura describe English study, tower duties, and impressions of American aviation and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinea
Cedar Rapids’ Municipal
Cedar Rapids
Federal Aviation Agency
Oklahoma City
Ahmadou Hanne
Conackry
Mary Dore
Beyta
Martin, Bangoura
Kindia
FAA
Ra Che
Martin
Washington
Mary
Ahmadou
Keith Taylor
Cedar Rapids Municipal
Martin Bangoura
Labor backs full employment goal over shorter week
At a 10 day AFL-CIO session in Miami Beach leaders said a 35 hour week is a symbolic tactic to spotlight unemployment. They seek a full employment, full production economy aided by tax cuts and public works, while acknowledging political hurdles and possible shifts if unemployment rises. Harmony emerged among rival labor factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Congress
National Economic Medicine
Training Guinea Officials Abroad Expands Skills Drive
The text notes shortages of skilled workers in Guinea including air traffic controllers engineers and doctors. It explains efforts to send trainees abroad to study, with about 150 in country or abroad in Bulgaria Russia France Italy Germany and Switzerland. French is official with three native languages also common. English serves as the international language in air traffic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
France
Guinea
Bulgaria
Russia
Italy
Germany
Switzerland
Plan More Satellites To Watch Hurricanes
Two more Tiros satellites will be launched this year to monitor hurricane breeding grounds in the Northern Hemisphere, a federal spokesman said Tuesday from Tallahassee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahasse
Fla
Courthouse Debate Over Newman Tax Bill Reduction
The Cedar Rapids board of supervisors met with Attorney Abe Bass to consider reducing 1961 taxes for former Newman's department store at 117 Second Avenue SE. The store, closed May 1961, was taxed $4 221.81 for Jan-Apr 1961 and seeks a lower bill due to alleged assessor and official errors. Bass proposed 1000 dollars. supervisors offered 2000 and postponed action until a meeting in Joplin, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Abe Bass
Newman’s Department Store
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue SE
Bass
Joplin
Drivers Reminded to Display 1963 Plates by March 15
Deputy Treasurer Lloyd Curtis cautions motorists that 1963 license plates need not be displayed until March 15. The office reports calls about an March 11 deadline error. Beginning March 1 penalties jump to 10 percent for noncompliance. Motorists failing to show new plates by March 15 will be ticketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Curtis
Curtis
County Board Vacates Road Sections Near Fairfax and Western
County supervisors approved vacating a quarter mile of two road approaches to Highway 149 about 1.5 miles southwest of Fairfax. They also vacated old approaches to the Center Point bridge over the Cedar River and an unbuilt alley in Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Fairfax
Center Point
Cedar River
Western
Man Ordered To Pay 80 Monthly Child Support
A court ruling requires the husband to pay eighty dollars per month in child support to his former wife Delores following their divorce dated July 14 1961.
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Delores
Supervisors Grant Mae Connor Pay Raise and New Title
The board of supervisors approved a $10 monthly raise and promoted Mae Connor from employee to special clerk in the clerk of court office. Connor has served in the office for more than 11 years, earning a new salary of $280 per month.
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Mae Connor
Zoning Preliminary Plat Approved on West Fortytwo Street Side
The Chadima first addition preliminary plat approved by the board of supervisors shifts from the east to the west side of Forty second Street SE. The decision was made at Tuesday’s meeting, altering earlier directions.
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Chadima
Board of Supervisors
Forty-second Street
Two East Iowa cases filed and probate notices listed
East Iowa residents are involved in two new federal cases, one SBA loan dispute worth 58,055.54 linked to Larsen and partners, and a CBC loan suit against Kenneth and Hazel Welsh for 480.96 and 293.57 with farm stored corn shortfalls. Wills for deceased Coleman and Hays appoint executors and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard J. Larsen
Lucille Larsen
Larsen Construction Co
Cedar Falls
Kenneth
Hazel Welsh
Walker
Buchanan
Bad Check Count Against Grissom
Larry Grissom, 25, of the Allison hotel, arraigned before Judge Charles Penningroth on a false uttering of a check charge. Police say he admitted writing 11 bad checks in Cedar Rapids for 10 to 30 dollars and other checks in Des Moines Dubuque and Waterloo, drawn on Marion Waterloo and Des Moines banks. He is charged with cashing a $20 check on February 3 at Witwer Farm Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Grissom
Allison Hotel
Charles Penningroth
Grissom
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Waterloo
Marion
Witwer Farm Market
First Avenue
Thompson and Vincent Estates Names of Executors and Heirs
Marie Thompson and Thomas A. Thompson died Jan 9 naming daughter Ione Kendall as executrix. Heirs include Florence Foster, Thomas E. Thompson, Joseph F. Thompson, Karl L. Thompson, Marion A. Pitts, and Ione Kendall. Wallace G. Vincent died Jan 1 naming wife Helen as executor and heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lynch
Clara
Marjorie F. Bucknell
Bruce
Merri F. Rowden
Charlotte C. Thomas
W. J. Barngrover
Barngrover
Rollow Trumbull
Clarissa Rowley
Loretta Trumbull
Dewey Trumb
Evening Report Telecast Details Coverage Pattern
Evening Report airs each weeknight at 5 55 on Television 9 delivering full coverage of local national and international news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Television 9
Schilling Released After Purging Contempt of Court
Glen F. Schilling, 34, of 524 McKinley Street SE, was released from the county jail Tuesday after serving one day of a 15 day sentence for contempt of court. Judge Donald Barnes said Schilling purged himself of the contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen F. Schilling
McKinley Street
Donald Barnes
Schilling
Motor Freight Rate Increase Scheduled
An increase in motor freight rates between this area and Eastern Canada will take effect March 5, per the Transportation bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. The hike affects Cedar Rapids shippers with rises from 19 to 30 cents per 100 pounds under 2000 pounds, from 13 to 120 cents for 2000 to 5000 pounds, and 6 to 10 cents for over 5000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Transportation Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Congolese Premier Arrives in Belgium for Historic Visit
Prime Minister Adoula arrived in Brussels from Leopoldville marking the first Congolese premier to visit Belgium since Congo gained independence on June 30, 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Adoula
Leopoldville
Belgium
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CSA
UAT
Africa Airways
Air
Liberia
George Washington University
New York University
Bob Wenzel
Ole Sawyer
the Gazette Co
Third Ave
Iowa
Owa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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U.S
America
Norman Walker
Harvey News
KCRG
Audo Pyot
Africa
Orrie L.meyers
Mechanicsville
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Assn
Ralph T. Davis
Ron Ottaway
Smith Oil Co
James
Mary Lou McQuown
Paul Orcutt
Joan Boots
Joan Briles
Ralph L. Edwards
Rapids Mobile Home Sales
William H. and
Helen E. Shrope
East Iowa
Federal Court Clerk
Small Business Administration
Commodity Credit Corp
Hase
Black Hawk County
State of Iowa
Larsens
W. G. Block Co
D-X Sunday Oil Co
Ready-Mix Concrete Co
Schwitters Inc
Extra
Harken Lumber Co
North Western Railroad
Frodden Lumber Co
L. B. Johnson Concrete Inc
Chariton Lumber and Supply Inc
Shomont Ready Mix Co
Hallett Construction Co
Keith B. Merrill Agency and
Valley Supply Co
Jessie W. Coleman
Vernon
Merchants National Bank
Lester
Marjorie Baker
Lois Coleman
Jana Coleman
Leslie M. Hays
Goldie P. Nelson
Fred ‘Bjorndahl
St. Paul
Richard Beutel
Davenport
Bettendorf
Kentucky
Ankfort Distilling CO
Louisville, Kentucky
Crete
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