Parking: A King Size Cedar Rapids Parking Dilemma
The Cedar Rapids traffic survey by Harland Bartholomew and Associates finds downtown curb spaces hold more all day parkers than similar cities and the Greene square lot is dominated by all day parking. Street spaces total 2 339 with 995 meters. offstreet lots total 1 814. Majority of curb spaces are two hour or longer, hindering turnover. The Civic Development Association lot at A avenue and Second Street NE shows 85 percent shopper use with 226 spaces turning 400 to 500 cars daily and 90 percent of shoppers staying under three hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Harland Bartholomew and Associates of
St. Louis
Greene Square
Loop
Parker
Civic Development Association
A Avenue
Second Street
Parkers
Spotter Plane Pilot Faces Peril Over Korea
In Korea near the Yongdong line First Lt. William J. Maddox flies a tiny L-5 spotter over enemy territory with the 1st Cavalry Division. The mission seeks enemy concentrations while watching for a missing patrol and a carrier plane crash. After three hours of fuel the helicopter heads home.
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Korea
1St Cavalry Division
William J. Maddox
Washington, D. C
Yongdong Line
Maddox
Foto Facts reflections on postwar self obsession
John Reynolds muses that society should shift focus from personal comforts to broader world concerns amid ongoing conflict. He laments how postwar expectations shape vanity, consumption, and status, noting the struggle to balance self image with shared global realities.
Forgetting ourselves amid wartime daydreams on Glory Road
A reflective, ironic exhortation imagines soldiers in Tokyo typing citations for the Silver Star while civilians forget personal ambitions. It mocks postwar vanity and armchair strategists, urging disengagement and letting others speak while the war’s pull lingers in daily life.
Referee Sale of Benton County Real Estate in 1950
Notice of referees sale in Benton County Iowa listing a diverse property mix including parts of sections 26 36 township 82 range 11 and Lots 2 3 and 4 in Block 3 Morris Second Addition to Blairstown. Sale set on August 1950 at 1 30 PM on the premises with geographic details and asserting bidders must meet terms announced by George Schultz low Wilkinson and Wilkinson attorneys.
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District Court of Iowa
Benton County Equity
Benton County
Iowa
Township Eighty Two
North Range
Morris
Blairstown
Towa
Malik Is Least Fiery of Soviets
Jacob A. Malik heads the Soviet Union’s U.N. delegation in New York. The 44 year old diplomat is calm and affable, often a mechanical mouthpiece with limited personal power. He has chronic heart trouble that has sidelined him at times.
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Malik
Lake Success
Jacob A. Malik
Kremlin
U.N
Molotov
Vishinsky
Gromyko
Submarine Off Newfoundland Identified as Astute
The British admiralty confirmed the submarine sighted off Newfoundland on July 10 was the Astute. Ottawa reported the identification as of Thursday, noting the vessel belongs to the British Navy and was observed near Canadian waters.
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Ottawa
Newfoundland
Astute
Joe Simonton Reports New Barking Nuisance
In Birmingham, Joe Simonton, once fined for barking neighbors, says his sleep is disturbed again by barking dog supporters calling him at odd hours and greeting him with loud dog sounds.
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Joe
Birmingham
Joe Simonton
Simonton
Prospectors and Donkey Locate Rich Bunker Hill Mine
Legend recounts a prospector and his donkey finding the Bunker Hill mine in the Coeur d Alene mining district of Idaho. The tale frames the discovery as an enduring myth tied to early mining days in the region.
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Bunker Hill
Coeur d’Alene Mining District
Idaho
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Art Heusingveld
Gazette
Art Heusinkveld
Meter Income
Robert Bennyhoff
John Reynolds
Tokyo
Espe
Cially
Boss
Jones
England
South Korea
George Fielding Eliot
George Schultz
Pee Ma
Low Wilkinson& Wilkinson
Marengo
Iewe Savings
Bartz & Eckert, Auctionneers
Hatch & Brookman
Pluie
Hamilton's
wEzDor
HAM Neton
First Street
Ginsberg
Diamond Council OF America
Che
Pam
KCRG
Craemer
Debutog
Kay McDowell
Craemer's
Elle
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