Cedar Rapids council handles urban renewal and street matters
The council approved ESOLUTIONS of necessity for water mains in Rompot, amended Cedar Rapids urban renewal program, final plat for C. E. Ross first addition, and various easements and abandonments. Objections to sidewalk work were filed. zoning hearing set for June 1. leases and waivers referred to engineering, city attorney, and fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rompot
Memorial Drive
George Lee
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Ross
Petition for stop signs at Otis Road and Otis Avenue SE
A petition containing 18 signatures requests installation of stop signs at the intersection of Otis Road and Otis Avenue SE. The request was referred to traffic engineering for study and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Road
Otis Avenue SE
May City Lanes Seeks Lighting On Highway 149 Area
May City Lanes requests improved street lighting at the Highway 149 and Trent Street SW intersection. The matter was referred to a lighting company and to Mr and Mrs F R David son of 362 Second Avenue SW who asked for two loading zones in that vicinity. action referred to.
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Highway 149
Trent Street
Action
Light Company
F. R. Davidson
Second Avenue
Neighborhood zoning petition filed at 1066 Center Point Rd NE
Fifty residents signed petitions opposing a zoning change from B-1 neighborhood shopping to B-2 commercial at 1066 Center Point Road Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gerdes
Center Point Road
Frances Prescott
Fifth Avenue
Grace Episcopal Church
Zoning Changes Referred and Tractor Purchase Approved
Harry Edleman seeks zoning change from R-11 to R-3 at the northwest corner of 6th Avenue and Hillside Drive NW. Action referred to plan commission. Waterworks authorized to buy an International tractor with back hoe and end loader from Herman Brown Co for 5547 plus trade of an older tractor. Approval on all three readings of an ordinance changing from R-11 to R-2 on property owned by F Richard Whitters on Outlook Drive SW between 29th and 30th avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edleman
6 Avenue
Hillside Drive
Plan Commission
the Waterworks
Herman Brown Co
F. Richard Whitters
Outlook Drive
Twentyninth and
Thirtieth Avenues
Want Ads Dominate Advertising Use in Local Economy
In a broad survey, want ads emerge as the most utilized advertising form, surpassing newspapers, radio, and billboards. Businesses and individuals rely on classified notices for sales, services, and employment leads, reflecting a robust demand for direct, searchable outreach within the community.
Gamble Pays for Flyable Saturn Stage Carrier
Los Angeles area firm Aero Spacelines wins a 194 850 contract to fly the 40 foot Saturn top stage from California to Cape Canaveral. ThePregnant Guppy aircraft carries the section in a 12 hour flight once FAA certification is complete. The contract runs through July with potential extension.
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van Nuys
Calif
California
Cape Canaveral
John Conrey
Aero Spacelines
Conroy
The
Space Agency
Florida
Federal Aviation Agency
Alabama
Douglas
Pioneer Ascent Reaches Mt McKinley First By Guides
Six mountain guides reached the summit of Mt. McKinley on May 25 via the mile high east buttress. The team included Al Reed, Jed Williamson, Rod Newcomb, Warren Blesser, Pete Lee, and Fred Wright. Rescue and return flights by Don Sheldon aided two climbers while frostbite was avoided, though Blesser suffered heat exhaustion on the descent. The ascent was verified by photographs and a snow sign reading pick up was found later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talkeetna
Alaska
North America
Mt. McKinley
Mary Carey
Talkeet
Fairbanks News-Miner
Warren Blesser
Middlebury
Conn
Ruth Glacier
Blesser
Pete Lee
Boulder
Colp
Fred Wright
Burbank
Calif
Don Sheldon
Fairbanks
al Reed
Lakewood
Colo
Jed Williamson
Pawling
N.Y
Rod Newcomb
Jackson
Wyo
Lutheran Church in America Establishes Nine Member Court
New York AP reports the 3,200,000 member Lutheran Church in America formed a nine member court of adjudication. The body will rule on questions of principle and practice under the church constitution and resolve jurisdictional issues among members and ministers' interpretive powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lutheran Church In
Hearing Monday on Vining School Closing
The South Tama Community School district board will meet in Vining Monday evening to hear objections to closing the Vining school and moving students to other centers next fall. A 72 signature petition was presented at the last meeting. Vining opposes closure until a new high school is built and the building lacks modern facilities. Board members listed include Russell Lyon president, Howard Bro, Robert Ingles, Adolph Kovarik, and Charles Lebeda.
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TAMA
South Tama
Vining
Russell Lyon
Howard Bro
Robert Ingles
Adolph Kovarik
Charles Lebeda
Kovarik
Fred Leighton Named To Staff at Cornell
Fred B. Leighton 44, formerly vice president for public relations and development at Iowa Wesleyan College since January, is named to a similar post at Cornell College. A Carleton College graduate and former newspaperman in Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota, he worked on the Winona Daily News and the St Paul Pioneer Press before directing alumni services at Carleton for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Fred B. Leighton
Iowa Wesleyan College
Cornell College
Leighton
Carleton College
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Winona Daily News
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Space Prober Contract Granted to Collins Radio
NASA selected Collins Radio Co to supply electronic systems for a large space probing antenna near Rosman North Carolina. The contract, worth about 1.5 million dollars, covers servo drive mechanisms operator consoles command transmission gear and ground communicationsequipment to be built at Collins Richardson Texas plant with completion planned for late next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Collins Radio Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rosman
N. C
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Collins
Collins’ Richardson
Texas
Earth
U. S
Winterset Man Killed In Corn Bin Accident
Keith Davis age 22 of Winterset died when buried under tons of corn in a grain elevator bin at Reed's Grain Elevator where he worked. Another worker escaped.
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Winterset (Ap
Keith Davis
Winterset
Reed
FAA Approves Iowa City Airport Plan for Federal Aid
The FAA approved a revised master plan for Iowa City municipal airport, allowing eligibility for federal matching funds. Changes include a steeper glide-slope, reduced clear zones, and extended runway displacement to clear adjacent highways. Phase one and two cost about $180,000 with the city matching half and a proposed $45,000 bond issue in 1964 or 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Federal Aviation Agency
Airport Commission
of Powers & Associates
East Iowans To Get SUI Honors Degrees
Nine eastern Iowans among 391 liberal arts students at the University of Iowa will receive honors degrees at commencement exercises Friday. Named are Janis Bulgren Anamosa English Nancy Files Cedar Rapids French Joan Anderson Hiawatha journalism Jane Bader chemistry Mary Hazard mathematics Andres Zellweger all of Iowa City David Campbell Oxford physics David Lamborn Postville mathematics Evan Garrett South English history for participation in the honors program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Death Toll Rises to 3000 in Pakistan Cyclone
Officials say about 3,000 people died in Tuesday's cyclone along East Pakistan's coast with the toll expected to rise. Rescue and relief efforts continue as authorities assess damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pakistan
Dacca
East Pakistan
Tama Correction on Fire Truck Purchase
The Tama Gazette corrects a Thursday listing stating the Tama city council bought an $11,920 fire truck chassis from American LaFrance Co. The purchase was for fire apparatus to equip a chassis the council had bought earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
American LaFrance Co
Meredith Aid Fund Named After James Meredith
New York city event honors James Meredith for civil rights effort. Mayor Wagner praises Meredith discipline and dedication while announcing a Meredith Education Fund to aid college and high school students with loans and gifts. Javits and Ole Miss professors support the fund as unions present awards and gifts at the Savoy Hilton dinner.
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New York
James
Wagner Com- Meredith
University of Gordon Cooper
Mississippi
Ole Miss
Waghe
Javits
R-N.y
Meredith
Afl-Cio
Club
Savoy Hilton
Experienced babysitter and housekeeper wanted
Experienced babysitter for care of two children ages 5 weeks and 3 years in home near Park Ave and 19th St SE. Contact 366-0901. Also need full time live in housekeeper and caregiver with references. address 448 Lewellen Drive. Apply in person at Irish Inn Cafe Powers Truck Port Highway 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buresh
INC
Rosen’s Tailor Shop
Handiss
Stohl’s Tailor Shop
Men’‘S Clothing
2Nd Ave
Belle Plaine
Salvation Army
Percomen
Liberty Drive
Conklin
Ellis Bird
N.W
Kenney-Weiss
3Rd Ave
McKinley
8Th Ave. S.W
Sands Printing
3Rd St. NE
Iowa
Reserve Life
RKO Iowa Theater
1St St. S.W
Amana
Gazette
Food Service
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Hunt’s
Cedar Hills Shopping Center
Lewellen Drive
the Gazette
Leonardo's Pizza House
Bileco
Lin House
Allaza
Rade
Morteings
Fairfax
Indian Creek Country Club
Pine Inn
Art Ropa, Stanwood Grocer, Dies at 65
Art Ropa 65 grocer here for over 40 years died Friday in Stanwood. He served on the town council and fire department. Survived by wife three brothers Ray William Erwin and sister Esther Babcock all of Stanwood. Services Monday at 2 pm at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Body at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence.
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Stanwood
Art Ropa
Ray
William
Erwin
Esther Babcock
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Chapman Funeral Home
Clarence
Five Convicted Swindle Case Error Corrected
Minneapolis UPI reports a correction after erroneously naming Philip Koolish as a convicted defendant in the Sister Kenny Foundation swindle case. Koolish, instead, testified as a government witness on March 29. the government says he was not a defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
UPI
United Press International
Philip Koolish
Sister Kenny Foundation
Davenport Man Charged with Murder After Jungle Shooting
Charles Andrew Binz, 56, of Muscatine died in a hospital after injuries from a Friday shooting in a hobo jungle near Davenport. Jackson Bolling, 28, of Davenport, is charged with murder following Binz's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Charles Andrew Binz
Muscatine
Binz
Jackson Bolling
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Robert E
Peggy Stewart
Cottage Grove Avenue
Northwood Knolls
Kenneth Borschel
Rystrom Engineering Co
Lost Valley Road
Bever Hills
Norman Lipsky
Edleman
Glass Road
Waterloo Railroad
Beatty and Wimner
Anton L. Nase
First Avenue
Lug Saturn
Lutheran
Fred Leighton
Cornell
Space Prober
Collins Radio
FAA
East
Gazette Classified Want
Coralville Lake
Solon
New Emrence
Lake Macbride
Gaddis Enterprises
C. R. Fort EM
Novak Monument CO
Washington School
Cedar River Lac Ivanhoe
Olon
Bever Ave
S.E
Robins
Boldt Nursing Home
Hover Jewelry
B.M
M.M
Ruth Thompson
Twist
Earl King
Draport Inn
Butterfly
Itarist Ist
Ennis Andrews
College
University of Your A
Madrid
Spain
Quaker Oats CO
Brown and Schafbuck Instuction Co
Victor
Midway
Phillips 66
J Street
Hwy
Who
Sparton
Jackson, Michigan
Military Electronic
Sparton Electronics
Mechanical Engineers
Electrical Engineers
R. T. Nordlund
Spartan Electronics
Ganson Street
Michigan
Ato
Hawkeye Imports, Inc
Walnut
Marion
Iowa Territory
McNall Machinery and Supply Corp
D Ave
Coal Rapids
Perl Cannon
Center FT. RD
1St Ave
Tom Quigley
Kalous and Sons
Shields
Welt Drilling
Milan Reese, Inc
John Rugg
Ken Cook
SEARS
Larry Hunter
Oecea
John Fields
Myers
Ronnie
R. Butters
W. Turner
Bob Waddington
W. Lyman
Nolan
Bell
F Avenue
Decorati
Fred Sacora
Ed Rathie
Heck
Harry
Ryan
Wilson Co
Cook Coffee Company
Porter
Richter
Roy Gaddis, Sr
Killian CO
Elks Club
Mr. Alberts
Tony Tony
Cedar Falls
Ila
Avenue
Third Street
Robert Clark
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
L Street
Pepperwood Hill S.E
Carhops
Marion A&w
Bill Weber
George
Dragon Cafe
Avon
Bever
Tain Ave
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