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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1965
Page
14
City briefs list a theft from auto on East Side and multiple local notices. A tachometer and small items were stolen from a car early Sunday, with police reporting other thefts and a fire extinguisher taken from the Parkade.
Detectives report burglars attempted to drill open a floor safe at the Hy Vee Food Store on 11% Forty second Street NE Sunday night. Entry was gained by jimmying the front door but nothing was stolen. The safe showed drill marks from a core drill and officials suspect professional out of town burglars.
A bill before the Iowa Senate could raise general election costs by over 25 000 city clerk Harold Schaefer said. The measure sponsored by twelve senators would change registration procedures and expand absentee ballot procurement with new branch locations based on population. He called the bill not economically feasible.
An Alabama town faces racial violence amid a debate over new voter registration. A proposed bill would create eight branch registration sites and six mobile registrars, with deputy registrars from top voting parties and a one week post first Monday in October window.
A Des Moines forecast predicts a slow runoff for Iowa's heavy snow and ice through March. Lt Col Eric Berner says cold nights and mild days mean no rapid thaw. official caution warns a sudden thaw or warm rain could worsen floods despite the current milder risk.
In Selma Alabama a state measure requiring motorists to signal at least 300 feet on highways over 45 mph passed 116 to 0. The bill, to be sent to the governor, keeps current 100-foot signaling rules for slower streets and would add two firemen per shift as mobile registrars, with costs estimated above 25 000 dollars.
A pedestrian in a crosswalk was struck by a car leaving the man with injuries to an arm. The incident occurred in Des Moines as authorities investigated and gathered statements from witnesses.
Gwenaui Anderson of Winter Park Florida pled guilty to a gambling charge in a hotel raid tied to a Christmas bombing case. Police said she and three men were playing cards at Liz's Tap rear booth when officers seized about $1.50 in change and fined her $10 plus costs.
El Kahir Shrine Temple sponsors a three day Las Vegas holiday with 85 participants. A chartered plane departs Thursday at 1 p.m. from Municipal airport and returns Sunday morning. The group stays at the Dunes hotel with a full reservation list and a waiting list for replacements.
Mrs. Carl O'Connor 22 of 1709 Eleventh avenue SW suffered minor injuries in a three car collision on First avenue W near Fifth street Sunday at 10 p m She was treated at St Luke's hospital and released Police said the drivers were Carl O'Connor 27 Glenn A Etscheidt 37 of route one Watkins and Michael D Walker 18 of Riceville Walker was charged with failing to stop in the assured clear distance ahead.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette was established in 1883 by The Gazette Co and is published daily and Sunday at 300 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Cedar Rapids officials say no further high water problems expected this spring unless upstream precipitation is heavy. Street Commissioner W. W. Stolba confirms the Cedar crested at 11.5 feet and has been falling to 8.3 feet by 1 p.m. with no serious upriver stoppage anticipated.
DES MOINES A new Iowa senate member Charles Balloun of Toledo took his seat on Monday but could not be sworn in because the certificate of election had not reached the senate secretary. Balloun won the seat in a special election to fill the late Senator Burrows term.
The buried bomb crater on Highway 5 in Long An is filled as bulldozers clear wreckage from a 1964 Viet Cong blast that killed 23 civilians. Officials reopen Route 5 and repair bridges with heavy trucks as civilians ride scooters along the restored road. U S advisers had shuttled by helicopter while residents walked ten miles to the district capital Tan Tru.
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