City Briefs and Ads Note Local News and Events
Hospitalized Arthur C. Kep hart, 37, surgical patient at Mercy hospital. Ads include Albert's Dry Cleaning half-price skirts, Coe College talk by Dr. Joseph McCabe, and beauty course enrollments. Rifle theft reported. larceny cases dismissed. various sales and events listed with venues. NAACP speaker Don Salyer discusses Cedar Rapids urban renewal Sunday at Jane Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Kephart
H Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
NAACP
Don Salyer
Cedar Rapids
Loak Hill-Jackson
Jane Boyd
County Board Approves Health Services Pact 1968
The County Board, Cedar Rapids City Council, and City Board of Health agreed the county will act for the city on health matters for the first half of 1968. City workers temporarily assigned to the county will remain city employees with preserved rights. A health fund established with county treasurer will pay salaries and expenses, funded by arrangements with county officials and the board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Health
Iity of
Cedar Rapids
City Board of Health
County Board
City Health Department
Board of Supervisors
Springville Firm Files for Bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids
A Springville firm seeks relief in Cedar Rapids federal court. Everette W. Hoyle, head of D and E Excavating Co., reports debts of 104,453 and assets of 30,145. Tax records are with federal income tax officials. The petition says no tax reports were filed after 1964. The business began in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Everette W. Hoyle
D and E Excavating Co
Skiing Soars for Koons in Antarctic Powder
Bob Koons, part of the U S Antarctic research program at Byrd Station, reports skiing on six inches of powder atop an 8,500 foot base. He notes his Maine home state lacks such deep snow. The location is 600 miles from the South Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Maine
Bob Koons
Koons
U.S. Antarctic Research Program
Byrd Station
South Pole
Absenteeism in Cedar Rapids Schools Near Normal After Holidays
Cedar Rapids public schools report attendance improving to near normal in the two days after Christmas. Seven elementary schools show absences under six percent on Wednesday while Franklin Junior High and Jefferson High vary with midweek jumps. Regis Catholic High notes near normal absenteeism on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Public
Franklin Junior High School
Jefferson Hgh School
Regis Catholic High School
Four Cedar Rapids residents fined after cafe disturbance
On a Sunday disturbance at the Cedar cafe on highway 30 W Cedar Rapids four people were fined ten dollars each. Thomas Leroy Carney and Gloria Ann Carney both of 1424 Bever avenue SE faced charges for blasphemous and obscene language. Carl Edward Gleason of the same address and Mary C. Wilcox of 1453 Se cond street SE were fined for using profanity. Municipal Judge Clinton E Shaeffer imposed the fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Cafe
Highway 30
Thomas Leroy Carney
Gloria Ann Carney
Bever Avenue SE
Carl Edward Gleason
Mary C. Wilcox
Second Street
Clinton E. Shaeffer
House Damaged by Fire Near Waukon Farm
Firefighters battled a morning blaze at the Thomas Knuerson farm home on Highway 9 near Waukon. The kitchen stove sparked the fire, spreading up the chimney to the attic and was confined to the kitchen and attic floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Thomas Knuerson
Highway 9
Here
Parke Davis Cuts Arthritic Drug Price 80 Percent
Sen. Gaylord Nelson says Parke Davis & Co Detroit will reduce Paracort price by 80 percent for a package of 1,000 pills from 169.98 to 34.50 Following earlier action by Schering Corp which cut Meticorten price by 40 percent Nelson reported the firms faced questions at his subcommittee hearings over why such drugs cost up to 20 times the price of prednisone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Parke
Davis
Senate
Nelson
Schering Corp
Nelson voices concern over past price levels under scrutiny
Industry official Nelson asserts that previously charged prices did not withstand scrutiny, signaling heightened regulatory attention and the need for price adjustments amid ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Waterloo Couple Settles For $1 000 Damages Suit
A Waterloo couple Ernest and Edna Koester settle a federal suit over a July incident near the Waterloo post office. They sought 25 000 for Ernest and 10 000 for loss of relationship, but will receive 1 000 and pay their own attorney fees. Three northern Iowa federal attorneys are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ernest and
Edna Koester
Koester
Iowa
John W. Hayek
Iowa City
Norman R. Graven
Greene
Richard R. Chabat
Des Moines
Let a want ad help you solve buying or selling problems
An upbeat note encourages readers to use want ads for quick solutions to buying and selling needs, promising fast results and broad reach for listings.
Ward Insurance Charge Plan Draws Minnesota Objection
About 6.5 million Montgomery Ward charge accounts nationwide must accept insurance unless they opt out. Minnesota officials call the program a violation of consumer best interests and plan action if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Montgomery Ward & Co
Minnesota Insurance Division
Lance Johnson
Prison Sentence For Leroi Jones In Newark Riot
Leroi Jones Negro poet playwright was sentenced to 2 1 2 to 344 years in state prison and fined 1000 for carrying weapons during Newark race riot last July. Barry Wynn 24 received 18 months in workhouse and 250 fine. Charles McCray 32 got 18 months in Essex county workhouse and 500 fine. Wynn is an actor and McCray was former chief accountant for Newark anti poverty program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
UPI
Leroi Jones
Barry Wynn
Charles McCray
Essex County
Wynn
McCray
Letter Arrived 30 Years Later With King George VI Stamps
George Rodell of Harpenden, England, received a long awaited letter 30 years after it was mailed. The note arrived with stamps commemorating King George VI's coronation. Rodell doubted the mail’s whereabouts and suggested it sat unused in a post office dust shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luton
England
UPI
George Rodell
Harpenden
Ascension Island
Rodell
George VI
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Albert's
Joseph McCabe
Coe College
Embassy Club
Paris Academy
Arthur Mallon
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Bishop’s Cafeteria
F Machine Company
Steven Whitesell
B Avenue NE
Heese
Cedar Hills
Boston
Leroy H. Fifield
Ninth Avenue SW
Jerome
Burrell T. Rupe
Route One
Walker
Audubon Wildlife Film
Coe Auditorium
Adv
the Gazette Want
Charles Pope
Glass Road
Second Avenue
Berger Furrier
Marion
Pierson’s
F.T.D. Florist
Kenneth Moore
Twenty-sixth Avenue SW
Tait and Wagner Co
3Rd. Ave
Aaa
Pullman
Third St
M Manisota
Ward Biling Insurance
Leibsohn's
Leibsohn
Mediterranean
Westminster
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