Railroads face crisis as unions cite abandoned bargaining
The Order of Railway Conductors and Brake Men board of directors in Cedar Rapids accuses railroads of abandoning collective bargaining after a two day meeting. They warn that if labor faces another crisis it will be due to railroad management abandoning bargaining and note that wartime focus and featherbeding work rule changes threaten thousands of jobs with a strike possible and a July 10 effective date.
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Cedar Rapids
Order of
George H. Harris
ORCB
Presidential Railroad Commission
Cedar Rapids garage owner re elected president of national group
Chase A. Fox of Cedar Rapids has been re elected president of the Independent Garage Owners of America at the annual Jackson Mississippi convention. He was unopposed and becomes the first two term leader in the association’s eight year history. Fox runs a garage at 109 Fifteenth Street NE and has 43 years in the business. The 1964 national convention will be in Indianapolis with Cleveland chosen for 1965 after Iowa withdrew its bid. The group counts 39 states as members.
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Chase A
Art) Fox
Cedar Rapids
Independent Garage Owners of America
Jackson
Miss
Fox
Fifteenth Street
IGO
Iowa
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Two Liquor Permits Filed For City
The city clerk records two early liquor by the drink applications the Elks club for a 500 dollar club permit and Flame Room at 310 Third avenue SE for a 1000 dollar commercial permit. Council plans to forward to the Iowa liquor commission for action Friday with Wednesday consideration and July fourth law transition. City inspectors will inspect the two premises Monday to verify local ordinance compliance.
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Elks Club
Flame
Third Avenue SE
Iowa Liquor Commission
David McGuire
Burglars Hit Golf Clubhouse in Iowa City
Burglars stole golf equipment valued at 2377 dollars from the South Finkbine clubhouse in Iowa City. The loot included nine sets of clubs and 159 dozen golf balls, with entry gained by forcing a ground level window and then a door to the storage room.
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Iowa City
South Finkbine
FDA Plans 18 Month Study of State Local Food Laws
FDA announced an 18 month study of state and local food and drug laws and their enforcement. Commissioner George Larrick said the effort should reveal needed improvements in laws and in federal state coordination.
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Washington
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
George Larrick
Elm Disease Confirmed In 28 Cedar Rapids Trees
Dutch elm disease confirmed in 28 trees in Cedar Rapids nine on public property nineteen on private property. Cases include Second avenue SE and scattered locations. all but twelve trees removed. Public sites list and private property owners cited with removal actions by city arborist department.
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Second Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Woodside Drive
Ninth Street
Ely Avenue
Avenue
Twentieth Street
Ellis Park
Blake Boulevard
Parkview Court
Fourth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Second Street
Iowa Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Nineteenth Street
F Avenue
G Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Ridgeway Drive
Redbud Road
Red Fox Road
Cresco Man Drowns In Mississippi River
Ronald Allen Wohlsdorf 29 of Cresco drowned while swimming with his wife and two children on a sand bar in the Mississippi River. An expert swimmer, he was teaching the children to dive when the incident occurred. His body was recovered about an hour later.
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Lansing
Ronald Allen Wohlsdorf
Cresco
Mississippi River
Wohlsdorf
Mount Vernon Farmer R. P. Ink Dies at 90
Raymond Peter Ink 90 a Linn county leader and longtime columnist known as Jim in the Diary died after a long illness in Cedar Rapids hospital. A Cornell graduate and farmer he served in WWI and WWII era service roles. He was married to Elizabeth Bennett and leaves a nephew Dwight Ink in Washington. Surviving wife Jane Diary and extended family.
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Raymond Peter Ink
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bu
Elizabeth Bennett
Pasadena
Calif
Ink
Jane
Country Diary
First Presbyterian Church of
Mt. Vernon
Funeral services set for Mt Vernon Presbyterian church
Funeral services will be held at the Mt Vernon Presbyterian church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends, if they wish, may contribute to a memorial fund.
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Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
C R Newsman Named to Post At Ohio School
Dr Marvin H Perry of the Gazette staff is named chairman of the Kent State University School of Journalism in Kent Ohio. He will assume the post in September after a career at Kansas State University Iowa City and the Veterans Administration. He holds a PhD in mass communications from UI and an MA in journalism. He is married with four children and resides in Iowa City for the summer.
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Marvin H. Perry
Gazette
Kent State University
Kent
Ohio
Perry
Kansas State University
Manhattan
The
State University of Iowa
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Mass Communications
SUI
Kansas
Kansas Press Assn
Rita Kaefring
Former Legislator Paul H. Anderson Dies at Gowrie
Paul H. Anderson 71 a longtime Democratic figure and former state legislator died at his Gowrie farm home Sunday after a heart attack. Survivors include two sons Charles D Sunday editor of the Sioux City Journal and John B publisher of the Britt Tribune, four daughters and 17 grandchildren. Services are planned for Wednesday.
Sueppel outlines plans for liquor law enforcement and patrol changes
Iowa official Sueppel said his department will take an extremely limited role in enforcing the state liquor law taking effect July 4. He will meet with deputy commissioners and highway patrol leaders to discuss enforcement while pursuing traffic safety education. A new highway patrol chief and two assistants will be appointed within two weeks, with the current chief Col. David Herrick retiring August 1. Unmarked patrol cars will remain in use until their effects are assessed.
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Sueppel
Moniday
Highway Patrol
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Department of Public Safety
Sueppel takes Iowa transportation post amid safety push
Sueppel, a Democrat, becomes head of Iowa Department of Public Safety with plans to reinstate a point system for traffic law infractions and discuss administration of the implied consent law. He names public instruction, attorney general, and highway commission among agencies aiding road safety. deputy Jack Leverenz and Duane Dubois remain in titles as meetings are considered. Bill Kendall of Des Moines named as department public information officer.
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Sueppel
Department of Public Instruction
Attorney General’s Office
The
Highway Commission
Carl Pesch
News Ionference
Jack Leverenz
Cedar County
Duane Dubois
Pesch
Mediate
Iowa
Bill Kendall
Des Moines
Kendall
Harold Hughes
Belgian King and Queen Visit Pope in Private Audience
Pope Paul VI received King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium in a 30 minute private audience at the Vatican. The Belgian royal couple met the pope during their Vatican visit, part of a broader European royal itinerary.
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Vatican City
Pope Paul VI
King Baudouin
Queen Fabiola
Belgium
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