Traffic signals in operation on Marion boulevard
News notes list traffic signals now operating at the Marion boulevard intersection with Blairs Ferry road and Sixth avenue. E and B Electrical Contractors of Cedar Rapids installed the system, synchronized the signals, and work began last fall with equipment installed in the past two weeks. City plans paving 200 feet of Blairs Ferry road near the intersection in the 1966 project.
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Marion Boulevard
Blairs Ferry Road
Sixth Avenue
Police Department
8. Electrical Contractors, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek
Marion Court Actions This Week In Police Court
Judge Miles Adams presided as drivers faced penalties in speeding cases. Ronald K. Walters of Guttenberg paid a $15 bond, while others from Cedar Rapids and neighboring towns were fined for traffic violations including failure to control, following too closely, and intoxication with individual amounts listed.
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Miles Adams
Ronald K. Walters
Guttenberg
Richard L. Giese
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Robert O. Wright
Twenty-fourth Street
John M. Knodle
Belair Drive
Helen T. Barske
Hillview Drive
Robert L. Pose, Jr
Thirteenth Street
Chester L
Irvin J. Burkle
Manchester
Lawrence M. Gollaher
First Avenue
Josephine C. Nelson
Twelfth Street
Melford A. Ockenfels
Palo-Shellsburg Merger Rejected
Benton county board of education rejected a plan to merge Palo and Shellsburg school districts saying the merged district would be inadequate and lack expansion potential. The Palo board had submitted petitions to County Superintendent Floyd Ellson while the Shellsburg board approved the proposal.
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Winton
Palo
Shellsburg
Benton County
Edith Andrews Lew dies. Midland resident and retired teacher
Center Point notices Edith Lew Andrews four, a retired Center Point teacher, dies in Midland Texas after three years there. Born June 2 1881 Elk Point daughter of Joseph and wife. Survived by son H D Penne of Midland and two grandsons. Services 2:30 p.m. Sunday Murdoch chapel Center Point burial Palo cemetery. Friends may call after 11 am Saturday.
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Center Pt
Edith Andrews
Center Point
Edith Lewis Andrews
Midland
Texas
Joseph Coverdale
Elk Point
H. D
Two Killed in Benton County Headon Crash
Two persons, James Artis 31 and Randy Norwood 17, were killed in a two car headon collision on a Benton county rural road about five miles northwest of Mt. Auburn. The accident occurred Wednesday evening and involved drivers from rural Mt. Auburn.
Local man Artis dies in crash near home. Norwood dies later
Artis, manager of Dubuque Packing Co. in La Porte City, died instantly when the car he was driving went south about a mile from his home. Norwood, son of Spencer Norwood, died shortly after at Virginia Gay hospital in Vinton. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Fry and Holland funeral home with viewing from Friday after 10. Norwood, an only child and junior at Washington High, was a member of the FFA.
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Virginia Gay
Vinton
Artis
Dubuque Packing Co
la Porte City
Spencer Norwood
Fry and Holland Funeral Home
Washington High School
FFA
Shoplifter Gets 15 Day Suspended Term
Ethelyn Ferguson, 40, of 900 Eighth Street SE, was given a 15 day suspended sentence by Municipal Judge Loren Hulinger Jr for shoplifting an 85 cent lunch meat from Eagle Food Store at 1420 Mt. Vernon Road SE on February 16.
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Ethelyn Ferguson
Eighth Street
Eagle Food
Mt. Vernon Road
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Trial set March 24 in shoplifting case
Trial of Steven Ladage 20 was rescheduled for March 24. He lives at 211 Twentieth Street NE and is accused of taking a 68 cent bottle of deodorant Feb 20 from the Giant Store at 3111 Sixteenth Avenue SW. Ladage is free on $110 bond.
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Steven Ladage
Ladage
Twentieth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Funeral rites set for Harry Healey in Marengo
Harry M. Healey 69 of Marengo fatally injured in a fall from a pickup truck on highway 411. Services scheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Friday night Masonic services and American Legion graveside rites. He died Thursday in an Iowa City hospital from head injuries. He was a retired postal clerk and longtime local worker. Survivors include his wife Zola, children Charles, Mrs. Kleinmeyer, Mrs. McCulla, a brother, two sisters, and seven grandchildren.
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Harry M. Healey
First Methodist
Hoover-Valentine Funeral
American Legion
Healey
Iowa City
Frank Mathes
Millersburg
Zola Jack
Jahr Real Estate
The
Three Sigourney Breakins Probed
Burglars hit three Sigourney sites Wednesday night taking more than 400 dollars. At Town and Country Lanes cash from a safe was taken after the safe was peeled and a juke box and cigarette machine pried open. Gilbert's cafe lost 30 to 35 dollars from the cash register and juke box. Phelps Auto Supply on North Main street saw 2.50 stolen from a cash register.
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The
Gazette Sigourney
Gilbert's Cafe
Phelps Auto Supply
North Main Street
Dutch plan to replace carrier with nuclear submarines
In The Hague Defense Minister de Jong told parliament that the Dutch government intends to replace its sole aircraft carrier with nuclear powered submarines.
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the Hague
UPI
de Jong
Law change urged by Senator Riley on child welfare
State Senator Tom Riley spoke to the Linn County Muscular Dystrophy club about a new child welfare law. He said the legislation encourages reporting suspected child abuse even if unfounded and requires doctors and health workers to report suspected cases to authorities within 96 hours.
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Senator Riley
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Riley
Linn County
City issues 98 building permits in February report
The city building department issued 98 permits in February totaling 1 199 750 for new construction remodeling and other work. Single family homes accounted for 21 permits valued at 281 344 and duplexes four permits at 34 792 along with three commercial permits 204 215. Remodeling on dwellings 41 permits valued at 34 893 and commercial remodeling 16 permits at 357 666. Total receipts from permits 1 960 50 and other permit proceeds 2 505 85.
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City Building Department
Building Department
Ed Winter
Two Missing Students Return Home After Overnight Pickup
Two missing students from Iowa were found east of Coggon late Wednesday. Dennis Lee Williamson, 18, a Lamont senior, and Cindy Ann Phelps, a Strawberry Point freshman, were hitchhiking when last seen Sunday. A state highway patrolman located them and returned them to their homes.
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Coggon
Stormont School
Here
Iowa
Dennis Lee Williamson
Lamont
Cindy Ann Phelps
Strawberry Point
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Lloyd C. Kellams
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Peter F. Crivaro
International City Managers’ Assn
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YMCA
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Sorg Pharmacy
Marion High School
Paul Wright
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Charlotte Lund
Busy Beaver Blue Bird Group
Charles Boots
Tana Lasho
Kerri Thompson
Theresa Fett
Paige Klingler
Jennifer Barnes
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Claudia Schorle
Rudy Schmidt
Brockman Avenue
John Melcher
Twenty-seventh Street
F. R. Wills
Allison Pratt
Twenty Seventh Street
Copper Construction Co
Orchard Road
Vincent Dougherty
Fairview Drive
Ben Franklin
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Clever Homemakers Club
Joe Kopecky
Farmers State Bank
Joe Bennett
South Eleventh Street
University Hospitals
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Keith Beck
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Begorra
ST. Patrick's Day
Boston Stores
Cedar Hills
11Th St. Lot
Benton
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Zedbek
Edward Moore
Harry Healey
Marengo
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