Decorah Firm Wins Two Eastern Iowa Highway Contracts
Fred Carlson Company of Decorah won awards for paving 16 miles of highway 150 from West Union to Calmar and an 8 mile bypass around Iowa City and another 9 miles of highway 30 west of Jefferson. Carlson also secured the Iowa City project bid at 701,392, while Hargrave Construction won 34.5 miles on highway 63 in New Hampton. Total bids exceed 10 million dollars with federal emergency funds supporting primary and farm to market work.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Fred Carlson Company of
Decorah
West Union
Calmar
Iowa City
Winneshiek County
Carlson
Winneshiek Line
Towa City
Riverside Drive
Iowa River
Newton Road
Iowa Avenue
Jefferson
Hargrave Construction Company of
Cedar Rapids
New Hampton
The
Highway Commission
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Gazette
Bob Kerns
Kaser Construction Company
North Liberty
Cedar County Board Approves Interstate 80 Route Changes
Cedar county supervisors approve interchanges and grade separations for Interstate 80 across the county including Farmington Sugar Creek Rochester and Springdale townships. Hearings on road closures are to be held and alternative grade separations proposed alongside closures and interchanges.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Farmington
Sugar Creek
Sreene
Iowa
Springale
Objections To Road Plan Overruled In Cedar County
Cedar county board of supervisors overruled protests to a southern Rochester township road improvement project. Appraisers’ damages, 580.25 for J. H. Witmer and 254 for Blanche M. Carnes, were approved. Auditor ordered to solicit bids July 10 for four grading and surfacing projects across 5.9 miles of county roads including segments west of Bennett and Durant and a section between Fremont township sections 4 to 6.
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Springdale
West Branch
West County
Board of Supervisors
Tipton
Rochester Township
Trinity Church
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
J. H. Witmer
Blanche M. Carnes
Cedar County
Bennett
Durant
Fremont
UAW Splits Over Fifth District Candidate Paul Cunningham
The UAW Area Council refuses to back Rep. Paul Cunningham of Iowa citing anti union voting history. A UPI report notes the split within the labor unit while a separate item mentions a trail ride at the Har old O Neill farm near Des Moines hosted by the Upper Iowa Saddle Club.
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Polk County Labor Council
Cunningham
Neal Smith
Fifths
Waukon
Upper Iowa Saddle Club
Harold O’neill
Des Moines
UPI
United Auto Workers Area Council
Paul Cunningham
R-Ia
Bob Roberts
UAW
Area Council
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Russell Lundy
State Executive Council
Cedar
Farmington Township
East Bounty
Wilton Junction
Sugar Creek Township
Rochester
Cedar River
Isten
Targe
S. S. Kresge CO
Pressive
Davenport
Ist Ave
P.M
Bemberg
Blousons
Newman
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