New ILS reduces Cedar Rapids overflights and by-passes
Six months after the instrument landing system became operational at Cedar Rapids Municipal airport, aviation officials report an 80 percent drop in flights by-passing Cedar Rapids due to bad weather and a notable fall in missed approaches. United and Ozark Airlines cite far fewer overflights and circling landings, with FAA and tower officials calling the change significant for traffic control and safer landings.
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Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Ozark Air Lines
Carl Hatfield
Federal Aviation Agency
Keith Taylor
FAA
Taylor
Des Moines
Iowa City
Air Traffic Control Center
Aurora
Moline
Cedar ‘Rapids
Famed Louie the Dip Louis Finkelstein Dies at 68
Louis Finkelstein known as Louie the Dip died at 68 in Cleveland. Found in his car on the East Side, he suffered a heart attack and had a long criminal record with 120 arrests and more than 10 years in prison. The obituary recounts chronic thefts, escapes, and his notoriety among police nationwide.
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Cleveland (Ap
Louis Finkelstein
Louie the
Dip
Cleveland
Finkelstein
Parma
U.S
Odessa
Soviet Union
Former C R Man Is Given Citation for Saving Boy Life
Dennis B. Moffatt, a former Cedar Rapids man, received a citation at Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago for saving a 6-year-old boy who nearly drowned in a lagoon last June. He and the boy’s rescue followed moments after the boy was pulled from Jackson Park lagoon and revived by mouth to mouth resuscitation. Moffatt, a Coe College graduate of 1957, later studied at the University of Iowa in personnel administration.
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Cedar Rapids
Dennis B. Moffatt
Chicago
Moffatt
Elsie Moffatt
Twenty-fourth Street
Western Electric Co
Hawthorne Works
Donna
Allen Stanerson
Marengo
Jackson Park
Coe College
University of Iowa
Liars Club Finds Fishing Really Bad During ’63
Burlington Wis AP Richard Burton of Chatham Massachusetts won the 1963 world champion liar title in the Burlington Liars Club 35th annual contest Otis Hulett announced. Other entrants included John Legette of Charlotte Lloyd Legried of De Forest A Redding Ellensburg and Adrian Jeffes, each delivering humorous tall tales reflecting lean fishing and dry conditions.
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Liars Club
Burlington
Wis
Massachusetts
Richard Burton
Chatham
Mass
Burlington Liars Club
Otis Hulett
John Legette
Charlotte
N. C
Catawba
Lloyd Legried
de Forest
Wisconsin
Punster A. Redding
Ellensburg
Wash
Adrian Jeffes
Jeffes
Gazette Want Ad Declares No Boy Applicants Wanted
A local newspaper notice advertises a job opening, stating no boys will be considered and calling for general applicants from the public. The ad outlines basic requirements and contact directions for submitting applications.
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Michael Blackwell
City Workhouse
New York State
Sexton
Sing Sing
Ossining
N.Y
C.R. Man
Boy’s
Harry Chandler
Killian's East
Lindale Plaza
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