Council Awards Contracts for Police Station Additions
Blahnik Construction Co. was awarded the contract for a 71 by 48 foot addition to the police station at 310 Second Ave SW. The bid edged the $30,000 estimate by Architects Leo C. Peiffer and Associates by $850. The addition on the Third Street side will house vehicle maintenance and temporary parking for police cars and motorcycles. Completion is targeted within two months. Peiffer says both projects can finish in 30 days, with daily progress reports to George Lee, water works superintendent.
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Blahnik Construction Co
Twelfth Avenue SE
Second Avenue SW
Blahnik
Leo C. Peiffer and Associates
Peiffer
Johnson
George Lee
Freese Awarded Water Main Contract in Marion
The Marion city council awarded Milan W. Freese Inc a 3 580 contract for 2 639 feet of water main on Wilson avenue SW. The completion date is June 1, but work has not yet begun. Mayor Johnson urged timely completion and noted prior projects ran over. Freese also holds water main work on Fifth avenue and Foote street SW.
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Milan W
Hargrave Low Bid On Cedar Rapids Street Project
Hargrave Construction Co. submitted the low bid of $19,818.80 for reconstruction and asphaltic concrete hot mix surfacing on Southeast Cedar Rapids streets. The project covers First Street SE, Sinclair Avenue SE, Blake Boulevard SE, Sixth Avenue SE, and Fourth Avenue SE. Estimated cost was $23,776 and completion is set for July 31.
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Hargrave Construction Co
Thirty-third Street Drive
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Fourth
Eighth Avenues
Sinclair Avenue
Forest Drive
Eastern Avenue
Blake Boulevard
Third
Nineteenth Avenues
Sixth Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Streets
Fourth Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Hargrave
Man Sentenced to 30 Days for Park Disturbance
Robert Donald Whitney, 21, of 1134 Nineteenth Avenue SW, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail for disturbing the peace after a disturbance at Allendale park. Judge Loren M. Hullinger Jr ordered city and county attorneys to review Whitney’s police record following the incident near Twenty-second Avenue and Thirteenth Street SW. A 17-year-old playground supervisor reported Whitney dunked several teens in a park wading pool and attempted to throw her into the pool.
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Robert Donald Whitney
Nineteenth Avenue
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Whitney
Allandale Park
Twenty-second Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Piano or Puppy Gazette Want Ads Find Buyers
A compact local listing notes readers can place ads in the Gazette to sell a piano or a puppy. The notice invites inquiries and outlines simple steps to respond.
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Gazette
AOK Pak Co to Open Cedar Rapids Trial Basis
Cincinnati based AOK Pak Co plans a three month trial opening in Cedar Rapids employing more than 30 initial workers. The plant will lease 10,000 square feet in a Sixth Avenue SW building near the Takin Brothers terminal, with production expected to start around July 20. Procter and Gamble involvement noted, details on packages uncertain.
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Cedar Rapids
AOK Pak. Co
Cincinnati
Procter and Gamble Co
Chamber of Commerce
AOK
L. M. Effron
Sixth Avenue SW
Nissen Trampoline Co
Takin Brothers
Giesseman Tool and Production,Co
Cheyenne Seeks Aid on KCRG TV Thursday at 5:30
Cheyenne residents were urged to seek help from an elderly Native American guest on KCRG TV Channel 9. The program airs Thursday at 5:30 PM.
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Cheyenne
Kcrgtv
SHISKEY 60 PROOF SPIRITS IN NY
An archival listing notes SHISKEY 86 PROOF 60 PERCENT GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS in New York. The entry records the product type and proof level for a historical inventory or advertisement.
President outlines Great Society drive and national unity
President Johnson pledges a nationwide program for all Americans and declares leadership must alert the nation to problems. He envisions a Great Society where fear poverty and hatred vanish and every person has opportunity. The speech stresses continued forward momentum despite obstacles. Patty Duke Show listings follow.
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Johnson
America
Man Fined For Use of Ammunition in Federal Court
Norman L. C. Johnson formerly of Waterloo was fined 500 dollars in Cedar Rapids federal court for converting 3000 rounds of government owned ammunition to his own use. Judge Edward J. McManus allowed payment in 100 dollar monthly installments starting August 1. Imprisonment was suspended and Johnson placed on one year probation with the fine due as a condition. He was charged as a National Guard member with taking the ammo. a May verdict found him guilty. An extortion case trial for Ross James DeFrancesco, 39, is set for July 7 in Dubuque.
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Norman L. C. Johnson
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. McManus
Johnson
National Guard
McManus
Dubuque Court
Ross James DeFrancesco
Illinois State Prison
Joliet
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Blahnik Police
Freese
C.R. Man
Ohio
C.R
Robert H.caldwell
Chamber
James Connelly
Procter and Gamble
Iowa City
Len
Patty Duke
Channel 9
Patty
Penney
Dacron
Shop Penney's
Scotchgard
Penney's
Superior
Towncraft
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