Elm Disease Toll Brings Longer Hours for Crews
City forestry workers shifted to ten hour days amid a rising Dutch elm disease toll. Forester Bob Gardner and entomologist Harold Gunderson discussed late spring beetle hatch and treatment timing, urging property owners to remove dead elm wood. As of Friday 411 confirmed cases, including 179 on city property and 232 on private property, with testing continuing.
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Bob Gardner
Gardner
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
Bridge Work To Be Done By Jan 7
Iowa City officials report progress on the Third avenue bridge rehabilitation. Ned Ashton, the city consulting engineer, says work reached 67 percent by June and remains on schedule for a January 7 completion despite earlier delays from high water. Surface paving aims for October or November with all arch work finishing this month.
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Third Avenue
Ned Ashton
Iowa City
Ashton
Street Overlay Starts Tuesday On Third Avenue
Public Works crews begin cleaning Third avenue SE between Tenth street and Grande avenue in preparation for an asphaltic concrete overlay to protect the city streets investment.
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Third Avenue
Tenth Street
Grande Avenue
Public Works
Don Canney
Johnson Avenue NW
Fifteenth
Eighteenth Streets
Wiley Boulevard NW
Johnson Avenue
Highway 30
J Street
Cedar Rapids Man Beaten and Robbed After Night Out
David F. Edwards a 23 year old of 604 Third Avenue SE said five men beat him and robbed him of 12 dollars in an alley behind Shaheen's tavern 604 Fifth Avenue SE around midnight Saturday. He sought treatment at Mercy hospital Sunday afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
David F. Edwards
Third Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Edwards
Shaheen
Fifth Avenue SE
No Solutions Expected from Bus Committee
Cedar Rapids enters its third week of the bus strike as no bargaining has occurred since failed last minute talks. Federal mediator Robert McCann hopes for a meeting between City Lines and Local 638 by week’s end. The mayoral committee’s Wednesday recommendations are seen as unlikely to offer a fix. The strike benefits support 32 drivers and 13 mechanics at 25 dollars weekly while wage demands rise 50 cents per hour. Officials caution subsidies may be needed, though the mayor’s panel is not expected to favor that route.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert McCann
City Lines
Bob Hart
Johnson Budget Seeks 1967 Spending Plan in Iowa City
The Johnson county board of supervisors approved a preliminary 1967 budget totaling 3,076,457 with 1,952,993 to be raised by tax. Rural millage is 25.332 and urban 13.358 based on 1965 valuations, compared with prior year levies and actuals.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Two Injured in Two Car Accident at City Intersection
A two car collision near K avenue and Sixth street NW before midnight left Darryl D. LaGrange 24 and Dolores King 31 hospitalized then released from St. Luke's. King rode as a passenger in Richard D. Prosser's car. LaGrange was charged with failure to have his car under control.
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K Avenue
Sixth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Darryl D. LaGrange
Fifth Street NW
Dolores King
I Avenue NW
LaGrange
Richard D. Prosser
First Street
Prosser
Police Probe Cause Of Cedar Rapids Train Tragedy
Cedar Rapids investigators pressed Monday to determine how a freight train struck and killed four year old Dixie Jo Truesdell on Twelfth Avenue SW. The victim rode the rear of a bicycle when a switch engine and string of cars backed into the sidewalk crossing. Police planned to interview engineer Orville Hulshizer of Palo as part of the ongoing inquiry.
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Cedar Rapids
Twelfth Avenue
Dixie Jo Truesdell
Glenn Truesdell
Tenth Street
Dixie
Teresa Gould
Milwaukee Railroad
Orville Hulshizer
Palo
Youth 18 Receives Suspended Term in Delinquency Case
Darrell Bower an 18 year old of 1037 Oakland Road NE was sentenced to a 30 day suspended term plus a $35 fine in municipal court on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was arrested on First Avenue E with a 16 year old girl and a 13 year old boy after police stopped him for speeding. He also faced a $10 speeding fine and a $25 littering fine for tossing beer cans from his car. Judge Loren M Hullinger imposed the suspended sentence.
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Darrell Bower
Oakland Road
Bower
First Avenue E
Loren M. Hullinger
Seek Injunction To Stop Flow Of Mud On Property
Cedar Rapids couple seeks temporary injunction to stop mud clay and water flowing from neighbor Richard Niederriter's lot onto Merle and Eleanor Arends' property at 2126 Country Club Parkway SE They allege four foot height difference from excavation causes erosion and damage They seek a retaining wall removal of eroded material and re grading after a final hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
Merle D
Eleanor M. Arends
Country Club Parkway SE
Richard J. Niederriter
Manmade fibers to 52 percent of U.S. market by 1970
Fred Fortass of New York, president of the American Assn. of Textile Chemists and Colorists, predicts manmade fibers will account for 52 percent of the U.S. market by 1970 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
U.S
Fred Fortass
New York
The
American Assn. of
Radios Stolen From Cedar Rapids Rail Yard
Three valuable two way radios were stolen early Sunday at the North Western railroad yards in Cedar Rapids. Yard clerk Edward F. McClure said the radios were worth about 1800 dollars. The break in occurred between midnight Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday when a door knob was pried off.
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North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Edward F. McClure
Classified Ad Advice Prompts Selling Through Ads
Boost value by placing items in a classified ad. Call 362-1121 for an ad taker to list any item you no longer need. The notice urges readers to monetize unused possessions through local classifieds.
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