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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1966

Page

8

Backwards Day At Camp Bill Malone At YMCA

Backwards Day at Camp Bill Malone featured 10 year old 3715 Elmwood drive NE and 15 year old Chuck Rinehart from Iowa City trying backward fishing in a trout pond. The pond holds over 250 rainbow trout stocked by the Independence federal fish hatchery with help from the State Conservation Commission. Senior Counselor Steve Doty, a five year veteran, attempted the climbing pole backward. Camp registrations for the year exceed 1,000, with two sessions Aug 7 13 and Aug 14 20 still available.

Bill Malone Elmwood Drive Chuck Rinehart Iowa City Federal Fish Hatchery Independence State Conservation Commission Steve Doty

Kit Carson era theme dominates city playground week

Playground programs across 36 sites kick off Tuesday with Kits Carson era crafts and activities. Highlights include balloon stamps, bubble blowing contests, paint and knee contests, a track meet on Friday, and Penny Carnivals at multiple parks. Public invited.

Kit Carson United States Cavalry America Grant Wood Kenwood Noelridge Cleveland School Lincoln Way Harrison Arthur Franklin Cedar Valley Ellis Cleveland Park Hayes Alandale Fillmore Apache Reed Sinclair Pierce Monroe Jacelyn McKinley Cherry Hill Riverside Wright Johnson St. Jude's Grant Madison Daniels Jones Whittum Erskine Adams Dee Bever Franklin Athletic Field West Side Roosevelt Athletic Field Whitlam Coe Lincolnway St. Jude’s Cherry Hills Cee Grant, Noelridge Jacoisa Jones Park

Rats Feasting on Red Tape Ties Up Uttar Pradesh

In Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, rats ruin government files and binders. State entomologist A P Srivastava says officials balked at his free rat-extermination offer, demanding a proper estimate. The issue has stalled for two years amid procedural snags.

Kanpur India Uttar Pradesh A. P. Srivastava Srivastava State House

One Way Road Switch Reduces Accidents in Cedar Rapids

After Oakland and Center Point roads became one way on Jan 23, traffic crashes dropped from 49 in 1965 to 34 in the first half of 1966 in the Oak land Center Point corridor, with injuries cut three ways. Residents complain of speeding trucks and driveway backing difficulties amid higher traffic counts on Thirty-second Street NE and surrounding avenues. Police note lower injury risk but acknowledge enforcement and tolerance issues on the new routes.

Center Point Oakland Henry Overman E Avenue Thirty Second Street Overman Center Point Road Oakland Road Cedar Rapids Ek Avenue Thirty-second Street Center Point Roads Thirty - Second Street City Traffic Engineering Department Sid Vedder

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