Boudreaux Named Interim Secretary of Cedar Rapids Chamber
L P Boudreaux of 848 Sixteenth Street SE was named interim secretary of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce after the death of Robert H Caldwell. The appointment was announced by Chamber President Joseph F Hladky Jr and Vice President Harold Wendorf. Boudreaux will work part time until a permanent executive is chosen. The board plans a thorough search and has formed a screening committee led by Glenn Johnson of Collins Radio Co with former president James Coquillette Abbott Lipsky and the chamber officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Boudreaux
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Joseph F. Hladky, Jr
Harold Wendorf
Robert H. Caldwell
Boudreaux
Penick & Ford
Cedar Rapids Chamber
Manufacturing Bureau
Iowa Manufacturers Assn
Hladky
Chamber
Caldwell
National Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Johnson
Industrial Re
Lations
Collins Radio Co
James Coquillette
Abbott Lipsky
Hladky and
Wendorf
City Lines bus franchise renewal discussed with Cedar Rapids
The mayor noted Cedar Rapids voters approved City Lines in October 1958 and that the city cannot permit another mass transportation form besides taxicabs. The franchise expires in September 1967 and may be terminated only by mutual consent. City notice is required six months before expiration to indicate renewal.
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City Lines
Cedar Rapids
Drowning Victim Charles J Cooper Dies in Cedar Rapids
Charles Junior Cooper seven months Cedar Rapids resident born February 10 1953 Sedalia Missouri died after drowning attempts at Mercy hospital Tuesday police say they do not know if he swam one other boy also unable to swim city ordinance bans river swimming in city limits Memorial services set for 3 pm Thursday Turner Chapel with burial at Linwood cemetery.
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Mercy Hospital
Charles
Hunter
Charles Junior Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Sedalia
Marys Ann Backstrom
Joyce Dean Cooper
Eula M. McDonald
Jasper Thornton
Mo Charles
McKinley High School
Turner Chapel
Percy Burt
Linwood Cemetery
Elm disease drive to require more city forestry staff
City forester Gardner said crews will work ten hour days and two Saturdays to remove diseased elms. He urged four disposal sites in each city quadrant and two more sprayers, a brush chopper, extra chainsaws, and a boom truck at a cost of about 30 000 to 39 000 dollars. Oak wilt also damages trees statewide, including Bever Park oaks.
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Gardner
Don Gardner
Forestry Department
Bever Park
Two Accidents In One Afternoon In Cedar Rapids Driver Recall Lapse
Mary Cecilia Olson a longtime Cedar Rapids post office driver was involved in two downtown crashes within minutes Monday. Police say she may have fainted and could not recall either collision. Her car first hit Virginia Burgess then struck a parked LaCroix, with later impacts involving Richard Cederland Baird King and Gladys Klaas.
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Mary Cecilia Olson
Cedar Rapids
Miss Olson
Second Avenue SE
Fourth Street
Second Street
Olson
Virginia M. Burgess
Sixteenth Street
Fred LaCroix
Ingleside Drive
Richard A. Cederland
Cheyenne Road
Baird King
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
King
Gladys A Klaas
Crescent Street
Cedar Rapids police end probe of fatal train accident
Cedar Rapids police closed their investigation into a fatal train accident after interviewing the switch engine engineer. Orville Hullischer of Palo said the 11 car train was not moving under its own power when a car struck four year old Dixie Jo Truesdell at a Twelfth avenue SW crossing. Police explained freight cars normally jam then roll apart in a backlash, causing a car to hit the bicycle Dixie Jo rode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Dixie Jo Truesdell
Twelfth Avenue SW
Orville Hulshizer
Palo
Dixie Jo
Street Lights Headed For The Scrap Heap
Cedar Rapids plans to scrap over 200 retired street lights after a failed sale due to a miscount. Parks Commissioner Don Gardner will obtain quotations from scrap dealers as the city advances a five year replacement program by Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Loop
Don Gardner
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Accidents Cause Minor Injuries and Car Damage
A 2:45 p.m. collision left Kimberly and Miss Olson with minor injuries treated at a hospital. Police estimated damage to six cars at $2,550 as investigators continued their probe on Tuesday.
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Kimberly
Miss Olson
Southwest Side Service Station Hit by Burglars
Detectives investigated the weekend theft at the Sixteenth Avenue Deep Rock station reporting merchandise valued at 350 dollars missing. Station manager Terry Allen noted two entries and four tires an electric drill and tools were taken. A second break in on the McVey D X station at 3330 Sixteenth Avenue SW saw motor oil valued at 23.40 dollars stolen through a grease house window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Side
Sixteenth Avenue Deep Rock
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Terry Allen
Allen
McVey D-X
Building Firm Reports Theft of Copper Wire
United Consolidated Corp. reported a weekend theft at a Cedar Rapids apartment project on Glassroad NE. About 200 pounds of heavy copper wire on a large wooden reel was stolen, valued at roughly 350 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
United Consolidated Corp
Glassroad NE
C R Man Arrested On Assault Charge
Charles A. Ross twenty of 1244 Wilson avenue SW was arrested Monday for assault and battery on a neighbor’s complaint. Douglas D. Gatewood of 1248 Wilson avenue said Ross struck him after an exchange outside Gatewood’s house last Wednesday. Ross posted bond and was released from the city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Ross
Wilson Avenue
Douglas D. Gatewood
Ross
Gatewood
City Owns Titles To Over Half of Renewal Land
Cedar Rapids reports 62 of 148 parcels in the Cedar Lake urban renewal project are city owned. The renewal department has made 142 sales offers. 106 accepted, 82 titles turned over. City commitments total 1,326,850 with 941,850 paid. Sixty five families and 51 individuals have been relocated.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Lake
Don Salyer
Salyer
Fulton seeks third term as Linn County attorney
Jack Fulton 34 announced Tuesday he will run for a third term as Linn County attorney. native Cedar Rapids. Wilson High School 1950. Coe College 1954. UI Law 1957. practiced in Cedar Rapids since 1958. Member of Masons IA Historical Society Junior Chamber of Commerce Methodist church and various bar associations. Married Joan Williams. one son. Gazette want ad: 2421 Fifth Ave SE.
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Jack Fulton
Linn County At
Fulton
Cedar Rapids
Wilson High School
Coe College
University of Iowa
The
Masons
Iowa State Historical Society
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church
Linn County
Iowa State
American Bar Associations
United States Supreme Court
Joan Williams
Fifth Avenue SE
Baker Fined $100 for Striking Street Fixtures
Francis E. Baker Jr of 2517 Linwood Street SW paid a $100 fine in municipal court on a Tuesday after striking fixtures adjacent to the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Baker, Jr
Linwood Street
Man Pleads Guilty After Collision Incident
Baker pled guilty after police charged him Friday for failing to report an accident that damaged two telephone poles and a fence in the 400 block of J Avenue NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
J Avenue NE
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Bus Co
the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
Associated Press
C.R. Police
McGraw- Edison
Novak
Novak Heating & Air Conditioning
Canad
Lord Calvert
Canada
Es Calvert Distillersco
Nyc
C.R. Man
City
Atty
TWA H Plan
Illinois
Second Avenue
S.E
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