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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1966
Page
13
Local notices cover a bakom of events and incidents including a Dean's List toast at Elis park, a 6:30 p.m. dinner, and social gatherings at the Embassy club. News items include thefts from Craemer's Beauty Salon, a stolen vehicle accessory, a missing battery, a bicycle wheel theft, a public works director resignation, and a call for community help in a fundraising drive.
The city approved 41 658 on Wednesday for adding 45.5 acres to Seminole Valley park along the Cedar river northeast of town. Earlier purchases included 15.5 acres from Oscar and Irene Young and 30 acres from Lois and Wilbert Feickert. Youngs receive 15 158 and Feickerts 26 600. The federal open spaces program will cover half of the acquisition cost.
A House subcommittee approved a civil rights bill expanding powers for the attorney general to seek court action to prevent interference with constitutional rights. The measure adds sweeping authority to enforce protections and curb violations.
An inmate at the Anamosa reformatory argued in federal court that Cedar county district court violated his rights by denying legal counsel. Frank Karpa, 65, said he would not have pled guilty had he known his rights. Judge Edward J. McManus appointed Robert Story of Anamosa as Karpa's attorney. Written briefs will be submitted before judgment. Karpa was convicted in 1951 on larceny of a motor vehicle burglary and later escape charges. Douglas Miller of Ames has been admitted to practice in the northern district.
Robert E. Carson, 31, of 3339 Oakland Road NE, named coordinator of the Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly succeeding Harold Ketchum who moves to AFL-CIO national work. Carson will become executive secretary Jan 1 as Ketchum shifts to staff roles. region four covers Iowa and Illinois.
Five substandard Cedar Rapids dwellings were posted as illegal to occupy in May. Four were demolished by owners and one by order of the board of health after 135 inspections by the housing division. The council backed rezoning of Center Point road property next to a church for a lounge.
The city council approved Hennessey Brothers bid of 15115 for reconstructing a sewer in the alley between Third and Fourth Avenues SE from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets, above the $9105 estimate but still accepted. A second contract for a new sewer near Indian Creek also went to Dave Schmitt Construction Co. with a bid of 13879, about 38 dollars over the 13841.75 estimate.
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