Cedar Rapids Officials Readjust Grade School Assignments
Cedar Rapids officials outline plans to move 250 students to outside neighborhoods next fall to ease enrollment. Monroe will keep double shifts with class sizes about 40 and two teachers per room. Several transfers include 23 at Tyler to Buchanan and 75 Coolidge sixth graders to Taft junior high.
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Cedar Rapids
Monroe School
Newell Lash
Tyler School
Twelfth Avenue
Eighth Street
Buchanan School
Mt. Vernon Road
Lash
Monroe
Hiawatha School
Kenwood School
E Avenue
Coolidge School
Cedar Hills
Taft Junior High
Highway 30
Pierce
Pierce School
Kennedy High School
Williams Assault Charges Dropped
Two assault and battery charges against Russell Williams of 1547 Avenue NE were dismissed in Cedar Rapids municipal court Thursday. The alleged assaults occurred May 19 on James B. Sears and Wanda Sears. charges dropped due to absence of witnesses.
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Russell Williams
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Williams
James B. Sears
Wanda Sears
Interlocks Broken Up Across Major Firms
The Justice Department announced that interlocking directorates involving sixteen major firms have been broken up under an agreement with the companies to avoid anti trust litigation. Notable pairs include General Motors with Gulf Oil and Standard Oil of New Jersey. Ford with Standard Oil of Indiana. B F Goodrich with Mobil Oil. Chrysler with Continental Oil and Texaco. TRW with Midland Ross. White Motor and Eaton Yale. Halle Brothers and Gray Drug Stores of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Clark
Department
General Motors
Gulf Oil
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Ford Motor Co
Indiana
B. F. Goodrich
Mobil Oil
Chrysler
Continental Oil
Texaco Inc
TRW, Inc
Midland-Ross
White Motor Corp
Eaton, Yale & Towne, Inc
Halle Brothers Co
Cleveland
Gray Drug Stores, Inc
Burglary Reports Hit Commerce Exchange Building
Detectives investigate two Cedar Rapids break ins on Thursday after thieves accessed the Commerce Exchange at 2720 First Avenue NE by slipping a front door lock. Vending machines in the basement lounge were pried, a total amount stolen undetermined. Earlier, Ron's Conoco at 1040 Old Marion Road NE reported $180 taken.
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Commerce Exchange
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Ron
Conoco
Old
Marion Road
Insurance suit over Royale ballroom fire foreclosure
Eleven insurance firms sue Fairfax owners James and Mrs. Kurtz for 16135.45 arguing they paid off the mortgage after the November fire at the Royale ballroom. They seek foreclosure and repayment of mortgage costs while access was barred and damage claims remain unsettled. Fire crews from multiple cities fought the blaze as investigators ruled natural gas not a factor.
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Royale
Fairfax
Linn District Court
James H. Kurtz
Kurtz
Plantiffs
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Hiawatha
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
L.P
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Insurance company amounts listed for multiple carriers
A list shows several insurers with two amounts each: seven thousand five hundred and one thousand seven hundred twenty eight dollars and eighty cents, plus five thousand and one thousand one hundred fifty two dollars and fifty three or forty cents, including National Fire Insurance and National Union Fire Insurance among others.
North Western Sues Farmer Over Unpaid Shipping Bills
The North Western railroad sues Hardin county farmer Gene Kulow of Alden in federal court for 243.10 alleging unpaid cattle shipping charges based on freight bills attached to the complaint.
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The
North Western Railroad
Hardin County
Gene Kulow
Alden
Robert Richey elected eminent grand warden at Iowa Knights Templar
Robert Richey of Iowa City was elected eminent grand warden of the Order of Knights Templar of Iowa during the 104th annual conclave at Templar Park on Big Spirit Lake Wednesday.
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Knights Templar
Iowa City
Robert Richey
Order of Knights Templar of
Iowa
Templar Park
Big Spirit Lake
Larceny Charges Dropped Against Young Cedar Rapids Men
Petty larceny charges against two Cedar Rapids men, Gerald D. Hepker and Ronald Wheeler, for siphoning gasoline from Gene W. Terry’s car were dismissed by Judge Clinton Shaeffer citing lack of evidence. Action against a third suspect, Cecil Edgeton, was continued due to unavailable counsel.
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Cedar Rapids
Gerald D. Hepker
Fourth Street
Ronald Wheeler
Eighth Avenue
Gene W. Terry
Clinton Shaeffer
Cecil Edgeton
Want Ads Bring Buyers by One Call
Simple classified line invites readers to post want ads to attract buyers with a single phone call to 369 1234. The note emphasizes easy response and direct contact for listings.
Time to Change Our Attitudes Toward Cancer readers digest item
In the July issue a feature highlights undetected cancer cases and diagnostic advances. The piece argues doctors can share responsibility and urges awareness of new techniques readers should know about.
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Gazette
John McIvor
Darrell Schumacher
C.R
Johnson School
Washington Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Polk School
E Avenue NE
Taylor
Fillmore School
Sue Royale Ballroom
Elmcrest Country Club
Vlcgam
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Iowa Mutual Insurance Co
London
Lancashire
L. W. Ward
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ninth Street
Gilbert Williams
William May
Bob Janett
Tom Collins Mixer
Rock Spring
Shakopee
Minnesota
Frigidaire
Mie
Air
Ilten& Taege
Second Avenue
DIAL
Second Ave
North Western Sues Farmer
Young C.R. Men
Reader’s Digest
Rome
First Street
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