Rain Damps All-Iowa Fair Festivities in Marion
Rain drove crowds from the All-Iowa fair in Marion by midafternoon. Despite showers, events continued with delayed grandstand acts featuring George Kirby Jody Miller and the Ding a Ling Sisters. Fair manager Billy Greiner noted drainage improvements at Hawkeye Downs and brief parking concerns near flood plains.
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Cedar Rapids
Antique Auto Club
Fine Arts Building
Grandstand
George Kirby
Jody Miller
Billy Greiner
Ding-A-Ling Sisters
Greiner
Fairgrounds
Hawkeye Downs
Prairie Creek
Flooding Deluges Cedar Rapids Neighborhoods
Residents recall the worst flood in years as water depths reach three feet in yards and basements. Cars stalled in washouts, homes at multiple addresses report collapsed foundations and ruined basements, with businesses and residents evacuated or rescued by neighbors.
Rainstorm floods Cedar Rapids streets and homes
Monsoon-like rains flood Cedar Rapids northeast side and Marion causing thousands in damage but no deaths. Six to eight inches fall, hundreds of basements flood, cars swept away, 32 evacuated from flooded homes, with many rescues and injuries reported.
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Carma Lou Cox
Carma Lou
House of Music
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Northeast Side
Marion
Chuckle About Big Families and Ringing Telephones
A wry observation notes that large families ensure someone is always nearby to answer the phone and then forget the message. The light humor hinges on daily life and memory lapses.
Fire Dept. Cannot Pump Out Basements Amid Overwhelming Demand
District Chief Vernon Caine says the city fire department cannot answer calls to pump out basements due to the danger of tying up equipment and the vast scope of the task. He estimates many basements are inundated and notes they lack capacity to handle a long, nationwide effort.
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Vernon Caine
War per capita costs: $490 for Vietnam war study says
The Congressional Research Service estimates the Vietnam conflict cost about 120 billion dollars in budgeted outlays and 490 per person in the United States. Sen. J. William Fulbright warns the war undermines democracy here. The report cites far higher air and ground munitions than WWII and notes ongoing costs in foreign aid and veterans benefits.
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Washington
South Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Foreign Relations Committee
Severe Marion Rainfall Floods Streets and Fire Blaze
Heavy rain in Marion produced 6.81 to 7 inch totals, flooding streets and backyards. Firefighters battled a blaze at 2745 First Avenue amid waist deep water, leaving the home damaged and the family away. a dog perished. Indian Creek flooded parks and basements. Mentzer elementary escaped damage. A washout under the Milwaukee line and a car swept into a backyard were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Joseph C. Maerschalk
First Avenue
Legion Swimming Pool
Indian Creek
Thomas and Legion Parks
Mentzer
Milwaukee Railroad
D. W. Crowley
Third Avenue
Eleventh Street
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Home Service Department of Light
Tton
A Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Gazette
Hoyt Carrier
Kenny Arnell
Tammy
Sue
Alfred Knapp
Twenty Ninth Street
Kenwood Ditch
Staub Court NE
Phyllis Long
Spring House
First Avenue SE
George Osterhaus
John Schultz
Bernard Hayek
G Avenue NE
John Lafferty
G Avenue
Cedar Rapids Country Club
B Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Collins Radio
Sixteenth Street
National Weather Service
Des Moines
Center Point
Glass Roads
Thirty-third
Eastern Avenue
Waukon
Council Street
Harland Sprinkle
Hampden Drive
Noelridge Lagoon
Benton Street
Delbert L. Cole
Walter
Clark Station
Oakland
Gloria Heaton
Robert Heaton
Taylor, S.C
St. Luke’s Hospital
1 Avenue
Tenth Street
Fire Dept
Belle Plaine
Keystone
Newhall
Walter R. Mears
China
Indo-China
Korea
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