Precautionary Steps Taken At Hospitals During Storm
St Luke’s and Mercy hospital staff activated disaster plans as storms battered the region. Emergency power engaged after a five minute outage. Sixth floor maternity patients and visitors moved to halls, new babies with mothers, ambulatory patients relocated, bedridden patients sheltered from glass, and curtains drawn. Approximately 150 people sought shelter in the basement. No injuries reported despite downed power lines and tornado activity nearby.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Midsection Hit by Rain Hail and Storms Across States
Severe weather swept the U S midsection with tornadoes hail and heavy rain. Tornado watches stretched across 10 states from plains to Great Lakes. A twister struck Solo Springs Wisconsin damaging power lines unroofing part of a high school gym with no injuries reported.
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Emporia
Kan
Mound City
Kansas City
Topeka
Ixonia
Wis
Milwaukee
Texas
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Grand Island
Oklahoma
Missouri
Plains
Great Lakes
Solo Springs
Superior
Edgeton Denies Resisting Count Trial Set May 24
Cecil A. Edgeton and two others deny resisting execution of process in Cedar Rapids case linked to attempted escape of Rus Williams. Edgeton pleads innocent. trial in municipal court scheduled for July 25. Williams pleads innocent to two counts of assault and battery with June 19 trial. additional charges include resisting an officer and resisting execution of process.
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Cecil A. Edgeton
Fourth Street
Edgeton
Russell Williams
Cedar Rapids
James Healey
Victor
Norma Jean McGrew
Belle Plaine
Williams
F Avenue NW
James B. Sears
Avenue NE
Sears
Wanda
Karl Caulder Charged With Larceny
Karl S Caulder 28 of 115 Eighth Avenue SW was arrested on a larceny charge. He was held in the city jail awaiting arraignment in Linn district court. Police say he tried to steal items valued at 37 40 from Woolworths downtown and had 32 97 in merchandise from Montgomery Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl S. Caulder
Eighth Avenue
Linn District Court
Caulder
Woolworth
Montgomery Ward
Columnists and Entertainment Staff Pages Listing
The page lists Today's Columnists Roscoe Drummond Marquis Childs William S. White C L Sulzberger with Entertainment and TV listings by Rick Du Brow and Leonard Lyons. It notes Women column Erma Bombeck and Gus Schrader Al Miller features across the page.
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Roscoe Drummond
Marquis Childs
William S. White
C. L. Sulzberger
Rick du Brow
Leonard Lyons
City Briefs Highlight Latest Local Notices And Changes
Obituary notes Ced ar Rapids resident Former Resident Dies in Atlanta June 4. Advertisements for Fathers Day mug from Pierson's Florists and a local salon update. University honors Steven Van Pelt at UW Madison. Lost camera near Kingston Stadium. Corrections on Betty Kaplan death. Coleen McQuire joins Debonaire Beauty Salon. Veterans Administration outreach in Linn County Court House. St Pius ice cream social postponed. Coin Club meets at YWCA room 109 tokens and store cards exhibit. Smiths trousers sale at Albert's. Berger Furrier offers fur storage. Erskine grade school principal Clarence Luvaas to summer session at Cal State Fullerton.
Judith Schappert Seeks Iowa House Nomination
Judith Ann Schappert 32 founder and past chair of the Linn ADC Organization announces her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state representative from Linn county sub district 2. She lives on Blairs Ferry road NE in Monroe township with five children and has been an Iowa resident five years. She seeks positive Des Moines representation and pledges intelligence and energy for creative state solutions.
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Judith Ann Schappert
Linn Adc
Aid To
Linn County
Schappert
Cedar Rapids Gazette Adopts Rates and USPS Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883 at 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids IA, outlines subscription prices for carrier and mail editions. It notes no mail subscriptions in carrier areas and reserves AP republication rights.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cme
U.S. Territories
Milwaukee man challenges Linn County Jail conditions in federal court
James F. Tomlin, 37, filed a writ of habeas corpus in Cedar Rapids federal court alleging two jail defects, including locked cells with no water and lack of coffee for disturbances. Judge McManus denied the petition but ordered an internal investigation. Tomlin received a three year federal prison sentence. judge noted alcohol issues.
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Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
James F. Tomlin
Freeport
Tomlin
Edward J. McManus
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Eugene Krekel
U.S
Linn
M. Tony Coons
George Griffin
Coons
McManus
Auto Seat Theft Reported At Holiday Inn Parking Lot
Edward Scharrer of Bowling Green Ohio reported a breakin and theft of the front and back seats from his rental car parked at the Holiday Inn located at 2501 Williams Boulevard SW. The incident occurred Monday night and police were notified.
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Holiday Inn
Williams Boulevard
Edward Scharrer
Bowling Green
Ohio
Scharrer
Scouts Honor Pack 10 Awards Given at Robbins Lake
Cub Scouts Pack 10 awarded members at Robbins Lake on Saturday honoring Gene and Paul Bockenstedt along with Dan Mooney Tim Guinnane Joe Fay Andy Murphy Scott Hamber and Craig Fischer for achievements.
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Robbins Lake
Gene
Paul Bockenstedt
Dan Mooney
Tim Guinnane
Joe Fay
Andy Murphy
Scott Hamber
Craig Fischer
Five Hurt In Separate Cedar Rapids Traffic Crashes
Five people sustained injuries in five separate Cedar Rapids traffic incidents over Monday night and Tuesday. Art Kemper, 54, was injured in a two car crash at Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE. Clifford Smothers was his fellow driver. Steven Fessler, 11, injured when his bicycle hit a parked car near Lewellen Drive. Charlie McCallister, 22, charged after his car struck a tree and left the scene near 1st Avenue and Eighth Street NW. Louise Doskocil, 41, injured in a two car collision at Eighth Avenue and Mt. Vernon Road SE. William Elliott charged with failing to control. Patricia McCalley, 39, neck injury in a two car crash at First Avenue and Nineteenth Street NE. Herman Thompson was driver of the other vehicle with Myrtle Caldwell as a third party.
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Seventh Avenue
Bever
Grande Avenues
Forest Drive
Sixteenth Street
J Avenue
Indiana Street
B Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
O Avenue
Grande Avenue
Trailridge
East Post Road
Pawnee Drive
Second Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Third Street
K Avenue
Second Street
Eighth Avenue
Tenth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Red Fox Road
Prairie Creek Trailer Court
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Street
Thirteenth Avenue
Fruitland Boulevard
C Street
Birch Avenue
C Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Fifth Street
Ellis Bowevard
White Pine Drive
Twenty-third Street
Bever Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Pleasant Drive
Thirty-first Street
Meadowbrook Drive
Cedar Rapids
Art Kemper
Twenty-sixth Street
Marion
C Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kemper
Clifford Smothers
North English
Steven J. Fesster
Kenneth Fessler
Cedar Drive
E Avenue NW
Lewellen Drive
Charlies W. McCallister
Ninth Street NW
1 Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Mercy Hospital
McCallister
First Avenue W
Mt. Vernon Road
Patricia McCalley
Nineteenth Street
First Avenue
Herman W. Thompson
Clifton Street
Myrtle I. Caldwell
Free Bus Transfers For Ellis Park Pool
The Regional Transit Authority announces free transfer service from Cedar Hills to Ellis Park pool effective immediately. Children may transfer at First Avenue and Fifth Street West to the Ellis Park bus at no extra fare, and on return they transfer at Thirteenth Street and Cove Avenue, walking to Bea Avenue for the Cedar Hills bus. The RTA is exploring transfers for other swimming pools.
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Ity
RTA
Cedar Hills
Ellis Park
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Ellis ‘Park
Thirteenth Street
C ‘Avenue
B Avenue
Mast Sentenced On False Uttering of a Check
Robert Dean Mast, 27, of Evansdale, was given a ten day suspended jail term for false uttering of a check. He was arrested on a Waterloo warrant after allegedly writing a $5 bad check to a Cedar Rapids supermarket on December 12. Municipal Judge John B. Reilly imposed the sentence.
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Robert Dean Mast
Evansdale
Mast
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
John B. Reilly
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Wellington
Wichita
Associated Press
Karl Caulder
Erma Bombeck
Gus Schrader
al Miller
Omar Flindt
Cedar, Rapids
Atlanta
Pierson’s Florists
Steven A. van Pelt
Sierra Drive
University of Wisconsin
Kingston Stadium
H. V. McCillivary
Independence
Ore
McCillivary
Coleen McQuire
Debonaire Beauty Salon
Jacelyn Dr
Aaron Delbridge
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Betty Kaplan
Jerome
Veterans Administration
R. G. Neppel
Linn County Court House
St. Pius
Adv
Coin Club
YWCA
Gerald L. Shephard
Albert's
Berger Furrier
Clarence B. Luvaas
Erskine
California State College
Fullerton
John Sagers
Em Tee Peoples Bel and Trust Company
OTR Niciet Am le
Judith Schappert
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Focal
Griffin
Tomliin
Ohio Man’s Auto
Cub
C.R
Louise Doskocil
Thirty-fifth Street
Regional Transit
R. D. Mast
Merle
Nowa Paint
3Rd Ave
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