N J Firm Buys LeFebure Stockholder Okay Needed
New Jersey based Kidde Inc agrees to acquire LeFebure in a deal valued around 14.5 million dollars. LeFebure operates a Cedar Rapids plant employing 300 with 210000 square feet and a 10 acre site. Kidde, headquartered in Belleville, New Jersey, plans to broaden security equipment offerings for banks and financial institutions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
Thirty-first Street
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-first Streets
Twenty-ninth Street
Kidde
Belleville
N.J
Sullivan
LeFebvre
Randers
Passenger Hurt In 2 Car Crash At City Intersection
Joe F. Murrin of 1228 Eleventh Street NW suffered minor injuries in a two car crash at Third Avenue and Sixth Street SW at 2 20 PM Tuesday. He was not hospitalized. The Murrin car, driven by his wife, collided with a car driven by Karen Lee Smrecek of 1217 Third Street NW. Mrs. Murrin paid a $10 fine for disobeying a traffic signal in municipal court.
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Joe F. Murrin
Eleventh Street
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Murrin
Karen Lee Smrecek
Third Street
Health Board orders three houses boarded up for repairs
The Linn County Board of Health ordered three homes at 1000 Sixth Street SE 1002 Sixth Street SE and 611 Tenth Avenue SE boarded until they meet city housing standards. LEAP filed the complaint and owners plan repairs while relocation housing is found. The action aims to retrofit the properties with upgraded plumbing wiring and windows.
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Sixth Street
City Board of Health
Board of Health
Linn Economic Action Project
Conrad Svoboda
Eighth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
1000
Leap Neighborhood Council
Joe Cook
City Health Department
LEAP
Virgil Carr
Fined for Disobeying School Stop Sign in Cedar Rapids
Virgil W. Meyers and Richard L. Butcher, both Cedar Rapids residents, each paid a $10 fine in municipal court for failing to stop at a school sign on Bowling and D streets. A third driver, Bernice M. Sasek, also paid a $10 fine for the same offense from November 1964 after a delayed case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bowling Street
D Street
Virgil W. Meyers
Fourth Avenue
Richard L. Brutcher
Vermont Street
Bernice M. Sasek
Forty-third Avenue SW
Gazette Classified Ad Urges Action and Contact
A compact classified notice promotes using Gazette lines to get tasks done with a call to dial 362-1121 for services and listings. It emphasizes reliability and prompt results in local ads.
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Gazette
Dial
Cedar Rapids Tops Iowa Fire Prevention Contest
Cedar Rapids was named the Iowa winner in the 1965 NFPA fire prevention contest, earning first place in state classification and honorable mention nationwide for Class 3 cities. Des Moines took second, Glenwood third, with honorable mentions for Dubuque Charles City Independence Earling and Mineola.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Fire Protection Assa
Bob Ellison
National
Des Moines
Glenwood
Dubuque
Charles City
Independence
Earling
Mineola
U Dubuque Seeks 615000 Housing Loan for Dormitory
The Department of Housing and Urban Development reserved 615000 in college housing loan funds for the University of Dubuque. Congressman John Culver said the reservation rests on the universitys application to build a five story dormitory for 154 male students and awaits final review and federal approval.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
University of Dubuque
John Culver
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LeFebure
Craig Systems of
Lawrence, Mass
LeFebure Inc
Massachusetts
Craig Systems
Oakland Road
Fruehauf Co
Craig
By Ken Sullivan
Svoboda
Roberta Ebbesen
Seventh Avenue
Ebbesen
The
Health Department
1000 Sixth Street
Tenth Avenue SE
Carl Smith
Carr
Board of Health Action
Cern
Leap Agency
City Health Board
Selig
C.R
Craemers
Lindale Plaza
Dacron
Lindale
Peterson Stroller
Peterson HI
Fieldcrest Royal
Fieldcrest
Millie
DuPont
U. of Dubuque
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