Linn Work Force Tops 70 000 for First Time
The Iowa State Employment Service reports Linn County May totals show a 1,700 rise in the labor force to 70,870 with unemployment at 1.3 percent or 1,170 jobless. Employment reached 69,700, while manufacturing workers numbered 25,930 and non agricultural wage earners stood at 59,610. Robert Frye predicts further gains into July and notes labor shortages in machinists, metal workers, engineers, draftsmen, domestics, and sales staff.
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ISES
Robert Frye
Frye
Vandals Strike Cedar Rapids Causing Property Damage
Police report multiple vandalism incidents in Cedar Rapids over the weekend and Wednesday night. A LeFebvre Corp sign at 308 Twenty-ninth Street NE was smashed costing 1645 dollars. Vandals damaged a 1966 convertible and a 1966 car at Rapids Chevrolet Co. lots. Ten cars at St Luke's hospital lot had tires slashed or air let out. E Z Wash back plates were stolen. Jefferson High School windows were broken.
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Cedar Rapids
LeFebvre Corp
Twenty-ninth Street
Rapids Chevrolet Co
First Avenue SE
First Avenue NE
Employes
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jefferson High School
Burned Cedar Rapids Girl Faces Two to Three Years Care
Three year old Kathy Sue Everts remains in serious condition after a May 19 apartment fire. She underwent skin graft surgery at the Shrine Burns Institute in Cincinnati, with more operations planned. Kathy suffered burns over 75 percent of her body, and doctors anticipate long hospitalization. Glen Brehm's shrine group arranged transfer. this is Cedar Rapids' first patient at Shrine institutes expanding nationwide.
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Kathy Sue Everts
Third Street NW
Shrine Burns Institute
Cincinnati
Glen Brehm
el Kabir Shrine Temple
Kathy
Brehm
Galveston
Texas
Boston
Cedar Rapids
Speeding Costs Iowa Youth 50
David A. Damm, 18, of Waterloo, forfeited a $50 bond Thursday after failing to appear in municipal court on a speeding charge. He was arrested after police clocked him at 55 mph in the 1600 to 1700 blocks of Twelfth Avenue SE, where the limit is 25 mph.
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David A. Damm
Waterloo
Damm
Twelfth Avenue SE
William Smith seeks second term in Iowa legislature
William R. Smith 54 of 1601h Avenue NE announced his bid for re election on the Democratic ticket. He urges constitutional amendments from the last session, tax reform, higher education funding, and state aid to public schools to match national averages to reduce local property taxes. He stresses programs for mentally ill and orphaned children, vocational tech growth, and keeping educated youth in Iowa. Smith has long ties to labor groups and wildlife organizations.
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Wiliam R. Smith
Iowa
Smith
Chicago
Wisconsin
Phelps High School
Allis Chalmers Co
United Automobile Workers Local 1316
Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly
UAW Citizenship Committee
Wildlife and Outdoor Club
Iowa Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation
Iowa Historical Society
Second District Committee of Political Education
Richmond elects first Negro vice mayor in city council
In Richmond Virginia Fred Mundle an insurance man won the 5 to 4 council vote to become the first Black vice mayor as the new city council organized. He had secured a seat in the June 14 election and two other Black officials were elected.
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Richmond
Winfred Mundle
Mundle
First Black Deputy U.S. Marshals Sworn in Texas
In Houston, two former policemen were sworn in as deputy U.S. marshals, believed to be the first African Americans to hold the position in Texas. The ceremony took place Thursday.
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Houston
Texas
U.S
Cedar Rapids Army Recruiter Reports Sixteen Enlistments
The Cedar Rapids Army recruiter listed sixteen new enlistees on Friday. WAC members include Bertha Brown and Kathy Lumsden, both 18, from Coggan and Iowa City. Regular Army inductees are Gerald Serfling Cresco John Florang Eldon Jenison 19 Randolph Papakee 18 Richard Wyeth 23 James Plank 22 Leonard Thumma 18 Lynn Selk 19 Dean DeSotel 18 William Dunn 19 Roger Houts 18 Eric Ash 18 and Ralph Aten 18 plus addresses in Coggan Iowa City Dysart Anamosa Keystone Marion Alburnett Hiawatha.
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Cedar Rapids
Wacs
Bertha I. Brown
Coggan
Kathy Lumsden
Iowa City
Gerald A. Serfling
Cresco
John M. Florang
E Avenue
Eldon K. Jenison
Center Point Road
Larry D. Edwards
Thirteenth Avenue
Randolph Papakee
Murray Drive
Richard P. Wyeth
James A. Plank
Dysart
Leonard H. Thumma
Anamosa
Lynn L. Selk
Keystone
Dean R. DeSotel
Eighteenth Avenue
Marion
William C. Dunn
Roger L. Houts
Alburnett
Eric Z. Ash
Hiawatha
Ralph W. Aten
B Avenue NE
Suspend Sentence for Cyclist Charged with Resisting Officer
Mark W. Appleoff, 18, of 1428 Twenty-ninth Street NE, received a 30 day suspended jail sentence on resisting an officer. He was fined $25 and costs for equipment standards violations after police stopped his motorcycle on Thirty-second Street NE. Appleoff fled on foot when officers tried to halt him, leading to the resisting charge.
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Mark W. Appleoff
Twenty-ninth Street
Appleoff
Thirty-second Street
Charge Reduced and Fine for Speeding Case
Joseph C. Snethen 23 of 1402 First Avenue NW was fined 25 dollars and costs in municipal court after pleading guilty to speeding. The charge was reduced from reckless driving following a motion by the city attorney. Snethen was arrested after his car struck a utility pole in the 1200 block of First Avenue on June 3 at 12 30 a.m.
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Joseph C. Snethen
First Avenue
Snethen
Landis enters Linn County Republican bid for state representative
Robert K. Landis aged 34, of 2232 Country Club Parkway SE, Friday announced his candidacy for one of six Republican nominations for Linn county state representative. He urged moving Linn forward, fostering tech jobs, and reforming business legislation to protect consumers while aiding growth. Landis, born March 6, 1932, in Cedar Rapids, former high school teacher and football coach, is a loan firm administrator and Empire Credit Co. manager with civic roles in Sun shine Mission and Kiwanis groups, married with three children.
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Robert K. Landis
Country Club Parkway SE
Linn County
Landis
Cedar Rapids
Arthur School
Franklin High
Grinnell College
University of Iowa
Midlothian
Ill
Russell Landis
Landis Loan and Investment Co
Empire Credit Co
State Consumer Finance Association
Kenyon
Lynette
Clinton
Sunshine Mission
United Good Neighbor Campaigns
Kiwanis, Elks, Ymca
Cedar Valley Bible Church
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established in 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established in 1883 by The Gazette Co, publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list Night edition six issues $1.25 monthly $13 yearly, Afternoon and Sunday seven issues $1.35 monthly $114 yearly, other states $23 40 yearly. No mail subs in towns with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U. S. Territories
Associated Press
Edwin P James elected director of national association
Edwin P James of 1356 Elmhurst Drive NE has been elected a director of the National Association of Accountants for a two year term starting July 1. He is manager of Collins Radio Co contract analysis department in Bowling. Special tonight Four fines one dollar Magnificent Tropic Lanes.
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Edwin P. James
Elmhurst Drive
National Association of Accountants
Collins Radio Co
Clinto n Woman Severely Hurt After Morning Car Crash
Amy Louise Clary 23 of 113 A Avenue NE suffered serious injuries in a one vehicle crash just north of Clinton after leaving Highway 67 at about 2 30 a m. She was thrown from the car as it crossed the road, went up an embankment and overturned. She received multiple injuries and was treated at Mercy hospital Clinton and transferred to University Hospitals Iowa City.
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Clinton
Amy Louise Clary
A Avenue NE
Here
Clary
Graduate Robert L. Wilson Completes Home Study Course
Robert L. Wilson of 1706 Eleventh Street NW completes a three year home study with Famous Artists Schools in Westport Conn. He specialized in commercial art and illustration.
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Robert L. Wilson
Eleventh Street
Famous Artists Schools
Westport
Conn
London youth narcotics exposure exceeds a quarter
A London government official says about one in four residents aged 16 to 21 have tried narcotics, but only a minority continue to use them.
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London
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K. W. Fuelling
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Elmer T. Smith
Eighth Avenue SE
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