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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
4
Iowa commerce commission plans a chief engineer chief accountant chief counsel and possibly a division head for the new utilities regulation division. salaries for top posts are seen at 12000 to 15000 annually, with a 300000 annual budget restricting total pay.
Northeast Iowa Council Boy Scouts at Camp Klaus near Colesburg to open June 23 with a record 600 campers for a five week season. Seven troops from Clayton Dubuque Delaware and Allamakee counties bring 150 Scouts and 12 leaders. Grand opening June 27 includes annual business meeting and officer elections. A Colesburg Day event is planned for June to invite public. Scotty Thompson is camp director. A new 24 foot road recently replaces the old access.
Ground-breaking ceremonies were set in Fort Dodge for a 1.8 million dollar addition to Friendship Haven, a Methodist care home. The expansion serves 252 chronically ill residents, boosting total residents to 430 with 135 in infirmaries.
The North Winneshiek district rejected a 2.5 mill levy for ten years to fund the school house with 192 votes against 174 in Monday's vote.
Johnson County Civil Defense Director Wayne Walters traveled to Des Moines to request federal matching funds for shelters in Swisher and Tiffin. Swisher plans a shelter under a new fire station, while Tiffin considers a separate structure. The group also discusses surplus government property for county offices and a 1964 budget.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette began publication in 1883 by The Gazette Co. It is issued daily and on Sundays and was mailed from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The notice lists subscription costs: by carrier 45 cents weekly. By mail night edition six issues at 1 25 per month or 13 per year, afternoon and Sunday seven issues at 1 35 per month or 14 per year. To other states and territories 23 40 per year. No mail editions in towns with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Miss Nelle Ann Brody 77 died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Fry and Holland funeral home with burial in Evergreen cemetery. A former Vinton teacher and deputy county superintendent of schools, she later lived in Clinton and Portland before moving to Cedar Rapids. Survived by brother William of Vinton.
Petitions calling for reorganization of the Newhall school district with Blairs town Keystone and Van Horne have been presented to the school board. They were reportedly signed by 62 percent of eligible voters in the Newhall district. A similar merger proposal was defeated earlier this year.
Dr. C. R. Smith, 64, longtime physician in Wyoming and Onslow, died Tuesday. Survivors include his wife and two sons Paul, in the service, and Phillip of Ames. Services set for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Wallace Funeral Home.
Local wants ad copy requests service sellers to place a classified notice in the eighth section. Advertisers seek concise wording to attract buyers, with emphasis on service type, contact method, and turnaround. Includes standard classified tone and brief call to action.
Sgt. Fred Lewis of the Iowa City police will retire July 14 after 23 years with the department. Police Chief Emmett Evans will interview replacements, promoting from eligible patrolmen to sergeant to keep 27 officers. Lewis, 55, who has led traffic sergeants for a decade, plans to manage family affairs during retirement and a month of vacation already taken.
The listing covers the downtown Strand building along with several apartment complexes and single-family residences. The sale aims to consolidate these distressed properties under one transaction for redevelopment. Potential buyers should note the mix of commercial and residential assets.
A West Branch man Merle Holland aged 52 is in Mercy Hospital with injuries after a Monday afternoon collision with a truck on former Highway 218 north of Iowa City. Passenger Adolph Zabloudil 46 of Iowa City was released after head lacerations treatment.
Highway Patrolman Howard Shapcott reported a gravel truck driven by Carl Agne of Tipton turned left into the path of a southbound Holland car short distance north of the Butler bridge at a quarry road intersection. Agne was not injured and was charged with an improper left turn. The car was heavily damaged while the truck sustained only minor damage.
Discovery visits the Miami seaquarium to view seals and porpoises with a 4 30 p m Wednesday broadcast on KCRG TV 9.
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