Last Delay Licked as Jones Pool Opens
Jones pool opens Monday after a last minute rush to secure Ramac rubber joint filler. The delay stemmed from caulking shortages and a vanished supply briefly halted by airline limits, with Des Moines suppliers and Karls firm coordinating rapid delivery to Cedar Rapids.
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Jones Pool
Chamberlain Co
Des Moines
Nichols
Noelridge Pool
Jones
Midwest
Inertol Co
Newark
City offers $25 reward to curb roadside dumping
Cedar Rapids health officials announce a $25 reward for information leading to the conviction of illegal trash dumpers. About twenty to thirty warning signs will be posted at problem spots. citizens are urged to report sightings to police and provide license numbers if available.
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Cedar Rapids
Woody Stolba
Asst
Carl Smith
Health Department
Smith
C Street
Air Crash Detectives Weigh Heavy Burden in Race to Solve Wrecks
Washington AP profile of CAB investigators who have solved 90 percent of fatal air crashes over 21 years. The piece details their demanding hours, equipment shortages, reliance on private and government partners, and ongoing work on Electra disasters near Tell City Indiana and Buffalo Texas.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northwest Airlines
Tell City
Ind
Lockheed’s
Burbank
Calif
CAB
Braniff
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aviation
FAA
Chan Gurney
Russell
Associated Press
City to forge stronger bent steel plows for winter use
Street department to manufacture blades bent every 1.5 inches for extra strength. Each plow costs an estimated 80 to 100 dollars to build versus 300 or more dollars to buy ready made. The department believes home made blades will be stronger and longer lasting. Blades for all trucks will be built this summer for the next snow removal season.
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Ing
Brigadier Destroys Window at Barracks Dedication
Colchester England Brigadier John Doyle after dedicating a new barracks walked through a 7 foot glass window. He muttered Dash it it looked like an opening to me and was unhurt.
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Colchester
England
UPI
John Doyle
Easy Way To Make Money Story From Dallas
A boy named Robert Lee Bean 11 in Dallas threw a stone at a rat that had chewed a paper. The rat scampered away and the boy found a five dollar bill in the issue.
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Dallas
UPI
Robert Lee Bean
Robert
Town Rescinds Its Curfew Law in Hudson
Hudson officials repeal a 1911 curfew ordinance that prohibited children from lingering on the streets after 9 30 p m. The Common Council votes to lift the restriction, allowing minors to be on streets past that hour.
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Hudson, N.Y
UPI
Common Council
Missing upright piano left in road confounds Southampton police
In Southampton England police seek the owner of an upright piano abandoned in the middle of a road. The discovery occurred during routine patrols, prompting a public appeal for identification and pickup. No injuries reported.
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Southampton
England
UPI
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Continental Trailways
Waldo Wegner
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Gardner
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Kingston Stadium
Don Salyer
Cedar Lake Region
B Avenue NE
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Penick and Ford
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Homestead
E City
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First Street
Lowe and Smith Furniture
Council
Ralph Mikesell
Mikesell
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
10Th Avenue
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Burke
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Lockheed
Los Angeles
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Denior Debs
Treadeasy
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THURS
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Olivetti
Underwood Olivetti
Merveaux Typewriter Co
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