Firework related injuries flood Cedar Rapids area
A number of Cedar Rapids residents required hospital treatment Monday for fireworks accidents. Rickey Freese, 15, Robins, admitted to St Luke's with loss of fingertip tips from a homemade bomb. Robert Norman, 13, Marion route one, treated and released for chest puncture wounds. Two men treated at Mercy for burns from a fire cracker thrown into their car. Phillip Janaszak, 57, route two, burned on arm and chin. Robert Willey Jr., 22, Swisher, burned on chest chin and arm. Also treated at Mercy: William Zamastil, 48, Fairfax. Cheryl Anglin, 7. James Chalupsky, 178 Mayden Dr SW. Michael Dochterman, 3. Mrs Gene Clark, 23, admitted with heat exhaustion then released.
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Cedar Rapids
Rickey Freese
Robins
St. Luke’s Hospital
Robert Norman
Route One
Marion
Phillip Janaszak
Route Two
Robert O. Willey, Jr
Swisher
Mercy Hospital
William Zamastil
Fairfax
Cheryl Anglin
W. S. Anglin
Sixth Street
James Chalupsky
Mayden Drive
Gene Clark
C Avenue NE
Breakin At Tavern Leads Cedar Rapids Losss
Cedar Rapids police investigated a weekend breakin at the Annett Corner Inn on Third avenue and Second street SW. A small cabinet safe was stolen from under the counter, along with coins from two game machines. Entry was via a basement coal chute between 1 am Sunday and 6 pm Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Annett
Annett Corner Inn
Third Avenue
Second Street
Annett
Cecil E. Biswell
First Street
James C. O’donnell
C Avenue NE
Knife Threat Robbery in Cedar Rapids Near Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids detectives learned of a second weekend attack near the Fifth street SE business district. Ralph O. Benham reported two men threatened him with a switch blade at 11 10 p m Sunday and robbed him of 64 dollars. A second man was knocked down by two attackers Saturday at Seventh avenue and Fifth street. Both victims described the assailants as Negroes. investigators are unsure if the same two men were involved.
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Cedar Rapids
Fifth Street
Ralph O. Benham
C Avenue NW
Benham
Buddy
John Kuba
Seventh Avenue
Cedar Rapids City Briefs and Local Notices
City notes list hospital patient Marguerite Prosser at St Luke's with visitor welcome, plus Hinduisn course attendee John Walker from Coe College at College of Wooster, July 4 week closures, Dean's List for Nancy DeWees at Texas Christian University, social dance at 100 Club, county officials attending voting machines school in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids accident victims Esther Matheny and Carl Sundburg, religious workshop by Sister Maureen O Keefe for Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy July 9 10 at Sacred Heart Mother House.
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John Walker
Coe College
The
College of Wooster
Wooster
Ohio
John E. Arthurs
Harry Webster
Des Moines
Maureen O'Keefe
School
Sisters of Notre Dame
SSND
Mankato
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Tax Relief for Rent Supplement Housing Units
Cedar Rapids officials will be asked to consider tax relief for housing with residents on federal 221(d)(3) rent assistance. A. L. Smulekoff of Cedar Rapids Non-Profit Housing Corp. said FHA will seek tax abatement details as part of a $1.7 million loan for 200 units and $132,000 yearly rent subsidies.
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Cedar Rapids
A. L. Smulekoff
Smulekoff
FHA
Cedar Rapids Issues 89 New Single Dwelling Permits in June
Cedar Rapids building department issued 89 new single family dwelling permits in June with an estimated value of 1,200,710. Two permits were issued for multiple family structures valued at 185,332. The department totaled 132 permits for new structures worth 1,979,299 and 216 permits for remodeling and repair valued at 224,945. Overall 1,126 permits were issued for various building trades bringing permit income to 8,814.20.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Winter
Building Department
City Assessor Budget for 1967 To Be Discussed
The Cedar Rapids conference board will discuss the 1967 budget for the city assessor's office at 4 p.m. Monday in Mayor Bob Johnson's city hall office. City Assessor Dale Piersall proposed a $152,568 budget excluding salary, with $146,760 to be raised by tax. The 1966 budget was $151,350. The conference board includes city council members, the community school board, and the board of supervisors.
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Cedar Rapids
City Council
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established in 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, founded in 1883 by The Gazette Co, is published daily and Sunday at 50 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates list carrier 50 cents per week and mail options including night edition and afternoon editions with monthly and yearly rates. mail subscriptions are not accepted in towns with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Co
Third Ave
Iowa
U. S. Territories
Associated Press
Youth Injured in Fight with Two Men in Cedar Rapids
Police report a 16 year old youth injured in a northwest Cedar Rapids incident near Fourth Street and 1st Avenue NW. Donald G. Aucutt of 3211 Avenue NW received nose and scratch injuries at Mercy Hospital after two men approached him early Tuesday morning and a fight broke out. He walked home before seeking treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald G. Aucutt
Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Aucutt
Fourth Street
1 Avenue NW
Asphalt Overlay On Johnson Avenue Planned By City
Public Works will start a thin asphalt overlay on Johnson Avenue NW between Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets. Don Canney says an Iowa Manufacturing Co machine will lay a mat under one inch thick, with engineers on site to evaluate. Glass Road NE will close from Carriage Hills to Center Point Road as maintenance continues with oiling to control dust after rush hour.
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Public Works Department
Johnson Avenue NW
Public Improvements
Don Canney
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Canney
Johnson Avenue
Glass Road
Carriage Hills Apartments
Center Point Road
Weing Road
Twin Pines Golf Course
Italian Fire Losses Hit 160 Million in Italy
Rome AP reports Italy’s fire brigades answered 45,800 alarms last year averaging one fire every 12 minutes, with total fire losses around 160 million dollars.
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Rome
National Assn. of
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Cedar Drive
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Sondrel
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Fifteenth Street
C.R. Man
Marguerite Prosser
Eighteenth Street
Todd
Nancy R. de- Wees
Twenty-seventh Street
Texas Christian University
Genny Lee
Sparks
100
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Carl Sundburg
Esther Matheny
Gram
Don Duncan
Mayflower
America
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
James Basino
3Rd Ave.se
Atlas Concrete CO
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