Finishing Work on TOPICS Portion of Project Started
City Engineer Janda says TOPICS section of Mt. Vernon road SE widening is near finish with final patches and cleanup. Work from Nineteenth Street to Memorial Drive under Federal Aid to Municipalities funding began last week and aims to complete within 105 working days. A tree planting program is planned for autumn. the traffic island at Tenth Street and Eighth Avenue will be landscaped.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Jor Janda
Nineteenth Street
Janda
Memorial Drive
Tenth Street
Eighth] Avenue
City Briefs Indoor club potluck picnic Sunday at Mohawk Park
Community notices include an indoor sports club potluck Sunday at 10 am in Mohawk park pavilion. Bring a covered dish and own meal. Also details a special Embassy Club picnic buffet and a city beautification project with median plantings along Mt Vernon road and 8th to 9th streets SE. A toll free order line 800-302-7978 appears in the segment. A local theft report notes stolen paving bricks from a traffic island on Nineteenth street SE.
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Mohawk Park Pavilion
Embassy Club
Dane
Eighth Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Mt. Vernon Road
Fifteenth Street
Linda Harris
Nineteenth Avenue
Vernon Road
Nineteenth Street
Engineer Pact in Cedar Is Okayed
MIPTON The Cedar county board of supervisors Thursday entered into an agreement with Jones county on engineering projects. Charles Paulson's resignation as county engineer was effective Friday and a successor has not been named. Earl Beiselt of Anamosa will certify completion and grant final approval for projects including Massilon paving Springdale to Cedar Valley paving and two bridges west of Cedar Bluff. The board also voted to install four way stop signs in Maasilon and Sundbury.
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Mipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Phursdiy
Jones County
Charles Paulson
Hag’ Nat
Earl Beiselt
Anamosa
Massilon
Springdale
Cedar Valley
Cedar Bluff
Maasilon
Sundbury
Randall Murdock
Juchanan
Commission
Buffalo Creek
Murdock
Robert Holz, Jr
Valley View Drive
Marion
Linn County
Bury
Cedar
Ranids
Winthrop
Mat County
Private party sale and local notices scattered in Moose area
Saturday afternoon private party sale at the Moose Home with Moose members and guests. Jubilee Lanes announces new summer hours 1 PM to closing Tuesday through Sunday, closed Monday. Luncheon meats 49 cents per pound and Schutz beer two dollars and twelve pack at Ady Food Center 866 SB Ave SE. Mackin Diamond Vogel Paint Center advertises at 2704 Mt Vernon Rd SE and phone 365-6901. Moving sale ads cite corner 30th Parkview Ct SE end Breakins. Hans Thorne reports five home entries in a month at 329 Crandall Dive NE. Liquor valued at 125 and records valued at 400 reported stolen. R. J.'s presents the Shoe Friday and Saturday nights. Ladies free. Advertisement RO for experienced hair stylist 364-2391 or 385-301.
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Hans Thorne
Crandall
Municipal Court Actions: Man Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving
David Frost of Til seventh Street SE appeared in municipal court in June and pled guilty to a drunk driving charge. He was fined 400 dollars and required to attend a drunk driving school at Kirkwood Community College in lieu of a fine. He was arrested February 14.
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David Frost
Seventh Street SE
Kirkwood Community College
Dudley Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Charge
Lorin Dudley of 801 J Avenue NE pled guilty in municipal court in June to a possession of a controlled substance charge. He received a six month suspended sentence for allegedly having marijuana on March 29.
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Lorin Dudley
J Avenue NE
Thomas Convicted of Defrauding Hotel
Thomas Convicted of Defrauding Hotel Dave Thomas found guilty in a municipal bout in June on a charge of defrauding a hotelkeeper and was sentenced to 20 days in jail with credit for time served. He faced the Roosevelt hotel case and related accusations.
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Dave Thomas
Roosevelt
Vo Foh We
Tennessee Man Is Accused of Assault
Billy J. Garret, a8, Dixon, Tern., held on 125 dollar bond in Linn county jail Friday on assault and battery charges. Police said Garret struck Jim Hall on Third street SW at the ATL Iowa fair Thursday afternoon.
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Billy J. Garret
Dixon, Tern
Linn County
Garrett
Jim Hall
Far Third Street
Youth Attacked Stabbed in West Cedar Rapids
Patrick Mimay 17 of 1909 Gretchen Drive SW remained in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City Monday after a Thursday night stab wound in Cedar Rapids. Kinney was found in Jerry's Back Room parking lot and said a stranger attempted to steal his wallet on First Avenue near the bar. He was treated at St Luke's and transferred for surgery.
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Patrick Mimay
Gretchen
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Kinney
Jerry
First Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Ionas City
Cellar Rapids
Jerry's
Blaze Damages Foarde House In Cedar Rapids
Fire caused extensive damage Thursday afternoon to the Joe Foarde residence at 1311 avenue No. 1 in Cedar Rapids. Fire officials say it started in a bedroom of the one and a half story frame house and spread to walls and ceiling. Cause is undetermined. no one was home and there were no injuries.
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Joe
Foarde
Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Sire
Freeway 520 project hearing outlines future plan
State officials outline right of way acquisitions for Freeway 520 with costs for 1976 77 and 78 totaling nearly 14 9 million. Public input continues as planners expect maintenance questions and a proposed curved overpass near Buffalo Creek road. Officials noted seven mile gaps between interchanges and encouraged further statements by July 16.
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Job Stoecker
Highway Commission
Aimes
Harry Budd
Ames
Goject
Stocker
Hotz Arrested on Burglary Charge
Andrew Short, Independence councilman, urged more direct freeway access points to the commission. Van Snyder of Cedar Rapids, district engineer, noted that lost items are found quickly with a lost and found ad. Dial 398 8234.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Short
Independence
Commission
van Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Dial
Magistrate Fines Ambrose for Assault Charge
Magistrate Ambrose fined C. C. Ambrose forty five dollars and costs after he pled guilty to assault and battery. The charge stemmed from an incident involving Donna Garth on Ninth Avenue Southeast.
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C. C. Ambrose
Ninth Aves
Donna Garth
Man Sentenced for Defacing Building Case
Keith Eddins of 1043 Tenth Avenue SE pled guilty in magistrate's court to an amended charge of defacing a building. He received a 30 day suspended jail sentence for an incident in May at All2 F Avenue NW.
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Keith Eddins
Tenth Avenue SE
F Avenue NW
Ritchison Sentenced On Assault Charge
Robert Ritchison of 1624 Second Avenue 8B pled guilty in a Magistrate's court to assault and battery. He received a $25 fine plus costs. The item also notes Fileen Stone on June 27 and a past reference to Chiang Kai-shek predicting Japan's defeat within two years from the time.
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Robert Ritchison
Second Avenue
Fileen Stone
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Court rejects Schaffron bid to drop charges over double jeopardy
Herbert Schaffron of Copiague New York had moved to dismiss state charges of false pretenses and conspiracy, arguing double jeopardy after a Cedar Rapids federal acquittal. Linn County District Judge Robert Osmundson overruled the demurrer, noting a single act can trigger multiple offenses. Schaffron and associates face trial in connection with alleged attempts to take over garbage hauling firms in Linn County last year.
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Herbert
Schaffron
N.Y
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Robert Osmundson
Area Met
Linn County
Edward J. Mec-Manus
ML. Vernon
Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in County Court
Hugh O'Meara of Olwmwa pled guilty in magistrate court to an amended charge of reckless driving. He was fined 100 dollars and costs after being arrested for drunk driving on September 13, 1972.
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Hugh O'Meara
Olwmwa
Magisttate
Tama County Gats Notice of Damages
Tama county board receives notice from Christine Mitchell estate claiming $25,000 for injuries and death of Mrs. Mitchell after a May 15 alley accident near Waterloo. Suit alleges Tama county negligence in road maintenance, a May 16 washout without warning, and a fatal fall into a ditch leading to medical expenses and pain.
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Tama County
Gats
Toledo
Tama County Board of Yuparvisers
Christine Mitchell
Éslate
Mitchell
Waterloo
Van Horne Man Injured in Cedar Rapids Crash
Van Horne resident D. Bierschenk, 19, remained in fair condition in ICU at St. Luke's Friday after a Thursday evening collision in Cedar Rapids. His motorcycle struck the rear of a car driven by Rose M. O'Hara, 49, of Augusta, D.C., who was charged with disobeying a traffic control device as her vehicle stopped at the Sixteenth Avenue and Wiley Boulevard SW intersection.
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van Horne
C.R
Gary W Bierschenk
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Bierschenk
Rose M. O'Hara
Augusta
D. C
Sixteenth Avenue
Wiley Boulevard
Dubuque Woman Injured in Crash At 32nd Street And Emerald
A Dubuque woman identified as Miss Wiley was treated at Mercy hospital and released after a car collision at the intersection of Thirty-second Street and Emerald Avenue around 4 p.m. Thursday. Thomas A. Gray, 2124 Larry Drive NE, was charged with failure to yield to oncoming traffic. In Tipton, 21 hogs were reported stolen from the Richard Anderson farm five miles east Tuesday night.
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Dubuque
Wiley
Mercy Hospital
T Steel Drive
Emerald Averque
Thomas A. Gray
Larry
Tipton
Cedar County
Residents Oppose New Apartment Plan on Thirty Fifth Street Drive
Residents contest Welsh and Welsh Investment Construction Co plans for a fifty-four unit complex at Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE arguing it will harm area appearance and worsen traffic. City council sets July 18 public hearing on rezoning, approved earlier by planning commission 6-5. A circulating letter says changes won’t curb traffic. opponents urged to contact councilors and write to The Gazette. A meeting is set Tuesday at 7:20 p.m. at John Culyer residence 264 Thirty Fifth Street Drive BE.
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Earliey
City Planning Commission
Ares
Gazette
John Culyer
Motorcyclist Hurt In C R Accident At Williams Boulevard
Maurice Veverka, 21, of 1803 Eastern Drive SB, was in good condition at St Luke's hospital Friday with injuries from a Thursday car motorcycle crash. Police say he struck the rear of a car driven by Herman A. Paulsen, 43, Keystone, at Williams Boulevard and Twelfth Avenue intersection. No charges were filed.
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Maurice
Veverka
Eastern Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pollce
Herman A. Paulsen
Keystone
Williams Boulevard
Twelfth Avenue St
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