Two Cedar Rapids Men Charged After Weapons Incidents
Cedar Rapids residents Charles Hodges and Mitchell Turner were arrested Thursday on weapons counts. Hodges faced a driving while license suspended charge with a razor found in his possession. Turner was stopped near Sixth Street and Fourth Avenue SW where police alleged he possessed a .45 caliber automatic weapon. Linn County deputies also reported the arrest of George Humble for possessing a stolen bicycle.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Edward Hodges
Park Court SE
Mitchell J. Turner
St. NE
Sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Turner
Meawhile
Linn
George Leon Humble
Route 2
Central City
Humble
John Loughren
Vintage cars draw Early Ford Club crowd in Linn County
About 100 to 150 classic cars gathered at a club event hosted by Lowell Meier Walker. Among the displays was a 1935 Ford roadster shown to Dan Pixler and Luana resident. A separate Linn District Court suit seeks 127500 from Charles F Butler over a September 11 1976 Cedar Rapids crash leaving a woman with near total vision loss in her left eye.
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Ford Club
Lowell Meier
Walker
Dan Pixler
Luana
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Elizabeth F. Schnee
Charles F. Butler
Linn County
Walker Homecoming Days Showcased Downtown June 30–July 1
Walker marks its annual Homecoming Days with a free pro wrestling match at 8:15 p.m. Friday and Little League games at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. A 1 p.m. kiddie parade and park games follow. A waterball fight with area fire departments, band concert at 6:45 p.m., Lynx singers at 7:30 p.m., and a local talent show at 8 p.m. headline the events along with a downtown carnival. Sponsored by the Walker Lions and merchants.
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Walker
C R pair held in Johnson break ins
Two Cedar Rapids youths Scott Elson 19 and a 17 year old boy are held in Johnson County Jail awaiting arraignments on breaking and entering charges. They were caught inside Spenser Tire Co Iowa City early today and tied to break ins at Bob Bells Standard Station Towncrest DX Station and Mall Mobil Station. Police recovered a car and a small amount of cash and other items.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Scott Elson
Spenser Tire Co
Bob Bell
Towncrest DX
Mall Mobil
Lane painting program sputters to late start
The Cedar Rapids marking project on arterial streets is behind schedule due to cold wet weather equipment failures and adhesion problems. Century Fence Co. of Wisconsin undertakes the $200000 demonstration program funded by the federal government to test durable visible markings on crosswalks stop bars and several major lanes.
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Cedar Rapids
Fri
Mel Meyer
Meyer
Century Fence Co
Waukesha
Wis
First Avenue
Cedar River
Collins Road
19Th Street
City marks road lines in two part night work plan
The marking project lacks a fixed completion date though officials expect summer to be enough. Night work begins Monday in two phases with gaps during resurfacing and a restart set for August 31. City Hall reports numerous complaints as traffic engineers call it a test program to evaluate a new product.
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Meyer
FAA officials warn rising general aviation takeoff landing crashes
Cedar Rapids FAA official Roger Clark says about 68 percent of GA accidents happen during takeoff or landing though these procedures use only 2 percent of pilots time. In May Iowa logged 14 accidents with 10 during takeoffs or landings and 7 due to incorrect speeds. He cites lack of proficiency as cause and urges improved training to reduce crashes.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Cedar Rapids
Roger Clark
FAA
Iowa
Clark
Dysart farmer pleads guilty to tax evasion in Cedar Rapids
Larry Fleshner 41 pleaded guilty in U S District Court to one count of tax evasion for 1973 after being indicted on three counts for 1971 to 1973. He faced up to 10 years, received 18 months probation and a $10,000 fine due by July 5.
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Dysart
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Larry Fleshner
Internal Revenue Service
Fleshner
James Reynolds
Edward J. McManus
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Christine Osberg
Debbie Warren
Lost Valley Road
Laurie Lehdigh
41St St
North Linn High School
Lynx Singers
The
Walker Lions and
Walker Merchants
Sandy Bassin
McLean-Bassin Insurance Agency
C.R
Johnson
Mike Deupree
Gazette City Hall
Moscow
Bonn
Saxony
Collette
Peck
Norway
Schwedler
Cavan Coyyetsy
Flower & Garden Shop
Center Pt. Rd
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