State Director Promises Aid in Counseling System
The state selective service director promised help Tuesday to set up a Cedar Rapids area draft counseling panel with clergy, school counselors, and youths. Bowles urged better information, offered full cooperation, and suggested a nine man reserve unit could aid local efforts while youth input grows through pilot advisory committees at the state level.
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Cedar Rapids
Glenn Bowles
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Iowa
Bowles
Reserve Iit
David Watters
Council of Churches
Watters
Council of ‘Churches
Washington and
Kennedy
Jack Bates
Bates
Selective Service
Sewer Bowles
Council Plans to End Basement Flooding
The council works Saturday to 8 p m to ease sewer burden. Workers used jumping equipment at points to bypass full lines. Permanent solutions are at least two years away, with options including an auxiliary sewer line or Morgan Creek Interceptor. A pumping station and automatic flow control are pursued to move Cedar Hills excess to Vinton ditch.
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Morgan Creek
Cedar Hills
Vinton Ditch
Conservatory Greenhouse Project in Cedar Rapids
The Bever park and ten conservatories supply all plants and flowers for city parks. Decker estimates the project cost at about 300000 dollars.
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Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Decker
Catholic Board Elects Officers for Metropolitan School District
Emmett Scherrman was elected president of the Catholic metropolitan school board at a Monday meeting, succeeding acting chairman Gerard Glaza. Also chosen were Dr William LaVelle as vice-president and Brother Raymond Pleiss as secretary and treasurer. The board discussed a proposed citywide adult education program and formed a committee to plan it. In Brayton, Clarence Legg, 21, a Des Moines construction worker, drowned Monday evening while swimming in a gravel pit nearby.
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Emmett Scherrman
Beyax Avenue
Catholic Metropolitan School Board
Scherrman
Gerard Glaza
William LaVelle
Raymond Pleiss
LaSalle High School
Towan
Brayton
Clarence Legg
Des Moines
Burlington Ticket Mixup Ties Cedar Rapids Court to Overdose Case
A 28 year old woman Elizabeth Robinson of Pioneer Avenue SE Burlington was treated for an overdose and released. A municipal ticket printed for Burlington wrongly directed to Cedar Rapids due to printer misprint and mail routing, with the address listing St Luke's Hospital. The error linked the case to Cedar Rapids court despite Burlington origin.
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Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Municipal Court
Burlington's
Burlington’s
Elizabeth Robinson
jPioneer Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Winfield
City approves greenhouse conservatory plans at Noelridge Park
The Cedar Rapids parks department received authorization Tuesday to begin plans for a greenhouse conservatory complex in Noelridge Park. Commissioner Charles Decker outlined a Hive greenhouse complex of linked structures with a storage wing, a major dome, and side gated areas. The plan envisions visitor trails to display local plant life and rare flowers, supplementing the city's three existing greenhouses.
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City Parks Department
Noelridge Park
Cedar Rapids
Charles Decker
Decker
Towa
Letting Set for Cedar River Eighth Avenue Bridge Work
Iowa City officials expect bid letting for the Eighth Avenue Bridge over the Cedar River late September or early October with plans to widen the roadway by 12 feet to 54 feet total. The 1938 structure will be renovated by retaining all piers abutments and girders at an estimated cost of 200000 to 350000 dollars, with no federal aid.
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Eighth Avenue
Cedar River
Ned Ashton
Iowa City
Cedar Rivers
Ashton
Don Carey
Lone gunman robs Mike's Derby station on Sixth Street
A lone armed man robbed the Mike's Derby station at 9 Nineteenth Avenue SW of about $75 near midnight Monday in front of five witnesses led by Gary Felexman. The suspect, described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and 165 pounds, wore sunglasses and a checkered hat. Police link the incident to a spate of armed robberies on Sixth Street SW since May 22.
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Mike
Derby Station
Nineteenth Avenue
David M. Pease
Wilson Avenue
Sixth Street
Pease
Lash
Bob
Apco
66 Avenue
Clark
Boy, 6, Injured Run Into Moving Car
Six year old Bryan Brannamanas of 1503 Third Street SW was injured Monday afternoon after running into a moving car. He received treatment for head injuries at St. Luke's Hospital. In local TV news, Paul Harvey commentary on Ro. Sarese's "Student Backlash" airs on TV 8 at 5:30 and 10:00 PM Tuesday.
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Bryan Brannnamas
Third Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Toddville
Brannaman
Ro. Sarese
Paul Harvey
TV 8
Deadly Litter Facts About Prairie Rattlers
The prairie rattler typically bears a litter of nine to twelve young in late summer, a deadly species known for its venomous bite.
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Andelman
the Jacobys
Nobby van Buren
Suzy Knickerbocker
Erma Bombeck
Picture Page
Rick DuBrow
Leonard Lyons
Sam Shulsky
Gus Schrader
al Miller
Catholic Board
O-Teria
el Aue Kan
L Spirits
Gary Felexma
the Guaranty
Tom Nugent Asst
Tom
McGregor
Iowa University
U. S. Air Force
Guaranty
Flrst National Bank
Marion
Northview
Charlotte
Peter
Paul
Lenchen
Tommy
Bob Rogers
Coe College
C Avenue N.E
Helen
Jim
Joel
Bill
David
Guaranty Bank & Trust CO
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bill Malloy
Malloy Jewelers
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Third Avenue SE
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