Six of 24 Attend Linn County Conference Budget Meeting
Only six of the Linn County conference board members attended the Monday session to approve County Assessor Forrest C. Holveck's $72 320 budget with a raise to $9 000 and to authorize a new clerk hire. The board, comprising mayors, the school board, and supervisors, set a public hearing for July 9 at 2 30 p.m. in the courthouse.
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Linn County Conference Board
County Board of Education
Board of Supervisors
Conference Board
Forrest C. Holveck
Holveck
Don Kensinger
Marion Realtor
Wagner
Ely
Kensinger
One Act Comedy for Cedar Rapids Summer Festival
The Cedar Rapids playground commission will stage George S. Kaufman’s If Men Played Cards As Women Do at the Summer Festival in Greene Square on June 26. Directed by Mrs. Donald W. Stribling, the cast includes Stribling, Larry Stern, Dave Bolt, and Terry Durland. The festival also features the Cadets drum corps Junior League pets Sweet Adelines Municipal Band and Jazz Two with free admission over the three day event.
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George S. Kaufman
Drama Department
Cedar Rapids Playground
Mr. Stribling
Community Theater
Jaycee
Charley
Larry Stern
Children’s Theater
Terry Durland
State College of Iowa
Otto Ambroz Recreation Center
Cadets
Sweet Adelines
Municipal
Jazz
Six States Enter El Kahir Shrine Horse Show at Hawkeye Downs
Entries from Kansas Illinois Minnesota Nebraska Missouri and Iowa total 215 with more post entries expected. The six states participate in a three day event at Hawkeye Downs starting Friday with performances and matinees. Vernon Spurrier says exhibitors and Shrine members will attend a buffet dinner and dance Saturday night at the Embassy club after the show. Advance ticket sales run Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The twelfth annual show opens Friday at 7 30 p m with shows Saturday and Sunday.
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el Kahir Shrine
Hawkeye Downs
George Griffith
Kansas
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Vernon Spurrier
Embassy Club
Cedar Rapids Controls Elm Disease With Tougher Ordinance
Cedar Rapids council advances an ordinance to widen powers against Dutch elm disease. The plan requires property owners to remove infected elms. if they fail after notification, the city may remove the trees and bill the owner. About 80 percent of suspected trees are on private property with three cases confirmed. The measure also covers brush and debris around elm trees as disease breeding sites. Drafting targets Thursday council action.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Gardner
Gardner
Boat Sinks After Collision With Dam on City Bridge
Witnesses saw a boat strike an old underwater wood dam above the regular dam on the river. Firemen and bystanders used ropes and life preservers to assist. The motor quit as the boat struck, and it was pulled from the water by a crane on the First Avenue bridge project. The vessel belonged to Herman’s brother. Hundreds watched as traffic halted on the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard
Herman
First Avenue
First Avenue Bridge
Three Cedar Rapids Residents Named by DAV
At the state convention in Burlington over the weekend three Cedar Rapids residents were elected to offices in the Iowa Disabled American Veterans and its auxiliary. Robert Frye was elected judge advocate of the DAV, Mrs. Frank Suchomel became first junior vice commander of the auxiliary, and Mrs. A. M. Frye was named chairman of the auxiliary's finance committee.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Iowa Disabled American Veterans
Burlington
Robert Frye
Coldstream Avenue NE
DAV
Frank Suchomel
Haroldcourt SE
Auxiliary
A. M. Frye
Kennedy declines news conference this week
Washington AP reports President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. No schedule for media briefings is announced as the nation awaits upcoming statements on domestic and international affairs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Oberlin graduate Lemley earns chemistry honors abroad
James R. Lemley son of Mr and Mrs R W Lemley 2535 Vernoncourt SE was graduated last week from Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio with a BA cum laude with high honors in chemistry He earned high honors in chemistry and received a BA degree from the institution.
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James R. Lemley
R. W. Lemley
Vernoncourt SE
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Nails Scattered On Road Cause Dozens Of Punctures
County authorities say no leads on who scattered nails along a mile of the Springville Mt Vernon road. The nails caused over 50 flat tires on 11 trucks from North Central Trucking Co. as Cameron and Joyce Keokuk work on a crushed rock sub base for high type surfacing. County Engineer William Harrington reported he collected 30 nails over the weekend after flats occurred Thursday to Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Mt. Vernon
Cameron
Joyce Keokuk
North Central Trucking Co
Iowa Falls
William Harrington
Iowa liquor commission sets sanitation rules for bars
Des Moines AP Iowa to require sanitation standards for liquor by the drink venues. Rules target avoiding speak easy atmospheres with measures on cleaning hot water 110 degrees per detergent washed glasses, restrooms per seating capacity, and clean work attire. Licenses applications blanks to be mailed to city clerks and county auditors starting Thursday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Commission
Homer Adcock
Adcock
Ga zette Want Ads
A compact notice highlights value and bargains in a local want ad section. It showcases affordable items and daily deals aimed at shoppers seeking low prices and quick sales in the community.
Armed Forces Five in Delayed Enlistment Called to Duty
Five young men in a delayed enlistment program were sent to active duty this weekend. Nick and Dick King aged 19 are twins of the Kings of 1506 Ninth Street NW. Charles G. Tichy 18 of Ely. Darrell Van Scoyoc 18 of Belle Plaine. Robert Platz 18 of Belle Plaine. Carol Ann Mader 18 of Center Point was also enlisted by the Marines to Parris Island. Dean A. Dunlap 23 of 3037 Leonard Avenue NE joined the Air Force for four years and was sent to Lackland AFB. Wayne Hennings 30 days from home leave from USS Monticello.
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San Diego
Marine Corps
Nick
Dick King
John W. King
Ninth Street NW
Charles G. Tichy
Charles W. Tichy
Ely
Darrell van Scoyoc
Robbins van Scoyoc
Belle Plaine
Robert K
Dean A. Dunlap
C. A. Dunlap
Leonard Avenue
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Airman Lee P. Denin Returns on Fifteenth Day Leave
Airman Third Class Lee P. Denin is home on a 15 day leave from Randolph Field Texas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lee A Denin 1013 D avenue NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee P. Denin
Randolph Field
Texas
Lee A. Denin
D Avenue NW
Dantas To Lead Brazil Economic Mission Abroad
Finance Minister Francisco de S. Dantas, architect of a three year development plan, will resign to lead a Brazilian mission to Europe and the United States seeking investment and aid.
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Brasilia
Francisco San Tiago Dantas
Brazil
Europe
U.S
Fire destroys barn on Lynn Munger farm near Hazleton
A barn on the Lynn Munger farm at the edge of Hazleton was destroyed by an early Tuesday morning fire. The blaze, reported by neighbor Jim Bachman around 3 30 a m, caused total loss with no mention of injuries.
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Hazleton
Lynn Munger
Jim Bachman
Inmate Buckley Escapes Hospital Escort in Iowa City
Dennis Buckley, 20, Fort Dodge, an Anamosa Reform School inmate serving a 10 year term for breaking and entering, escaped from University Hospitals in Iowa City about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday while being treated for an eye ailment.
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Iowa City
Anamosa
Dennis Buckley
Fort Dodge
Buckley
Service Ltd of 18 Months for Trainees Voted
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a major revision extending six month training to up to 18 months and making the program permanent. The bill also imposes a six year reserve obligation for all trainees and changes enlistment and recall rules tied to Berlin crisis lessons.
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Washington
UPI
House
Armed Services Committee
Berlin
Hardy Boys Series Debuts With Mystery Fun
A new series titled The Hardy Boys premieres on TV 9 hosted by Sheriff Steve. The program airs Wednesday night at 5 giving viewers mystery filled adventures and light suspense.
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Sheriff Steve
TV 9
Castro warns Britain France on exile bases in Caribbean
Fidel Castro told shipyard workers in Cardenas that Cuban forces will attack exile bases on British and French Caribbean dependencies. He claimed 14 counter revolutionaries were liquidated in Matanzas in eight weeks and warned France and Britain against aiding exiles, saying Cuba will pursue them anywhere. Aimed at exile leaders negotiating with France, Castro asserted Cuba will obtain any means needed to fight them if necessary.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Cardenas
France
Britain
Matanzas
Castro
U.S
de Gaulle
Tiros Delayed Launch At Cape Canaveral
Technical difficulties forced a 24 hour postponement Tuesday of the launching of a Tiros weather satellite designed to spot hurricanes and typhoons.
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Cape Canaveral
Job Security Unit Fund Crisis Averted
Gov Harold Hughes announced the Iowa Employment Security Commission will receive sufficient funds from the U S Bureau of Employment Security to prevent shutdowns. The money covers operations through the current fiscal year ending June 30, preserving agency functions in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
UPS
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Harold Hughes
Hughes
U.S. Bureau of Employment Security
Iown
NASA expands astronaut volunteer search nationwide
NASA broadened its hunt for volunteers by asking state national guard units reserve organization heads and major aerospace firms to submit qualified candidates for ten to fifteen new astronauts due by July 1 with appointments by October.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U.S
Frank Slofer Rites At Solon Thursday
Frank J. Slofer 90 died after a long illness. Born near Solon October 3 1872 he farmed the Solon area his life. Survived by wife Anna Bednashek Slofer one daughter Mrs Bruce McCullough Lisbon six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services at Brosh funeral home Solon at 2 p m Thursday with calling after noon Wednesday.
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Solon
Frank J. Slofer
Iowa City
CSA Lodge
Anna Bednashek Slofer
Bruce McCullough
Lisbon
Brosh Funeral Home
Classified Building Agencies and Contacts Listing
Directory of construction and bonding firms with agency names such as Cook Rowley Ru 201 American Bidg and Davis Jones Whitock Agency 702 American Bidg plus addresses and phone numbers including Dows Bidg Hedges Company and Kohl Threlkeld Agency. Provides firm names street addresses and contact numbers for building and guaranty brokerage services.
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Cook-Rowley
Davis-Jones-Whitock Agency
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Miles Sutera
Nevin Duffe
Ronald Wagner
Hiawatha
Glenn Plattenberger
Marian Savage
Board of Education
Coggon
Anthony Scolaro
Dudley Henderson
Rapunzel
Commission
Eastside Recreation Center Drama Club
YeLlowstone
Kentucky
Yellowstone Distillery CO
Louisville
Owensboro. RY
Council
Elm
C.R
Gazette
Wayne Hennings
Art Hennings
Thirtieth Street
Monticello
Dantas
the Touraide
Hall-Ekfelt
Third Avenue
Greene Square
Kitty Corner
Conoco
Pocket
Continental Oi Company
Tiros Delayed
Astronaut
Frank Slofer
Joe C. Ainsworth Agency
Granby
John Arthur Agency
Guaranty
Burkhalter Ins
Burleson-Wilts Agency
Carberry-Witwer Agency
1St St. NE
Carne Ins
3Rd St. SW
Inkle Agency
Hamilton-Newland Agency
Dows
Hedges Company
H. E. Kensinger Agency
Kohl-Threlkeld
American
E. D. McCoy Agency
Higley
Paul C. McCoy & Co
Mclean & Bassin
Agenc
3Rd St
Wreni
Asaran
L. C. McWhinney Agenc
Milchiser
Senith Agence
Ind Ave
Ray T. Moore Agenc
Pusoteri Ins
Ist Ave
Ralston- Nelson
Claude E
4Th Ave
Sherrebeck-Heidt
Slavia Realty Co
Tr. & Saw
Stary Ins
Ecasanie” Bidg
Welch-Donovan Agenc
Werning Ins
Cedar Rapids Association of Independent Insurance Agents
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