Prairie Creek Camp Site Faces Flood Warning
The Iowa Natural Resources Council warned Cedar Rapids officials about possible hazards from overnight camping along Prairie Creek near Hawk Eye Downs. Officials discussed liability risks and proposed safeguards such as water alerts and warnings, with patrols by police.
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Iowa Natural Resources Council
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Creek
Hawkeye Downs
The
Resources Council
Cedar River
James Snyder
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Appointments
A weekly round of items notes a Coin Club meeting and member auction in room 109 at the YWCA on Wednesday evening and the Electrolux Corporation branch office relocating to 188 Jacelyn Dr NW. Sunshine Mission directors will meet Friday at 12 30 p.m. in the Palmer room. A preschool Story Hour is set for Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. in the public library auditorium with Mrs Nassif as storyteller. Also listed are classified ads for ads, a stolen class ring at Jefferson High School, job openings for a beautician, and obituaries for Lumir J Vondracek whose brother-in-law Dr E Novak died in New Prague Minnesota. A corned beef ad, Elks event notices, and farm market fare conclude the brief.
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Sunshine Mission — Board of
Palmer Room
Public Library
Sem Nassif
Coffee Urn Explodes Wounds Woman in Restaurant
In Council Bluffs Carolyn Loon, 23, lost an arm when an electric coffee urn exploded at a Pure Oil Truck Stop cafe. James W. Clark of Missoula, an airman at Offutt AFB near Omaha, aided the injured woman by applying pressure and staying with her en route to hospital.
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Carolyn Loon
Council Bluffs
Thieves at Work In Collins Lot
Thieves hit the Collins Radio Co. parking area on Cave Avenue NE late Monday night stealing items valued at 208 dollars from one car and tachometers from two others. William D. Wieben reported a camera flash unit clock and rage items were taken after a window was broken and door unlocked. Richard D. OConnor and Richard D. Emig reported tachometer thefts.
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Collins Radio Co
Cavenue NE
William D. Wieben
Mt. Vernon
Richard D. O’connor
Sixteenth Avenue
Richard D. Emig
Marion
Seven Cedar Rapids Men Enlist in Air Force and Navy
Cedar Rapids area men enlist in the Air Force including 5/Sgt Terry Kelley who re enlists and will report after leave to Scott AFB. Others named are Kimm Schatzle Whitenack Beyer Blanchard Getman Stephenson. Two men join Navy delayed active duty program, Luckason and Hart. Multiple service members report home on leave from San Diego and Pendleton. Car prowlers distract Cedar Rapids police. Bascom and Kopychi report thefts of tools and a tachometer respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
Air Force
Terry Kelley
Avenue XW
Kelley
Scott Air Force Base
Robert A. Kimm
Marion Mobilecourt
Steven R. Schatzle
Central City
Arthur L. Whitenack
Center Point
Allison E. Beyer
Eleventh Avenue
Timothy J. Blanchard
Vinton
James R. Getman
Mt. Vernon
Mark L. Stephenson
F Avenue
Amarillo
Texas
Navy
Robert E. Luckason
Thirty Eighth Street
Stephen JD. Hart
Longwood Drive
Edward Bas- Earl D. Morris
Thirdscom
Spruce Avenue SE
Raymond
Bascom
Sixth Avenue
James J. Kopychi
Park Towne Place
Government drops case against Gessner in nuclear data affair
Kansas City AP says the government dismissed charges against 29 year old George John Gessner after the circuit court reversed his conviction over an involuntary confession. U S attorney Newell George told the panel the confession could not sustain a new trial and Gessner was released from Leavenworth federal prison.
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George John Gessner
Newell George
U.S
Kansas
U.S. ‘Circuit Court of Appeals
Gessner
George
Mexico
Leavenworth
Ice Going Out Causes Minor Damage to Bridge
Iowa City consulting engineer Ned L. Ashton cites an early February ice breakup that knocked away forms and supports beneath the Third Avenue Bridge arches in the east channel. He notes hairline cracks in new arches but no serious damage, while Public Improvement Commissioner Don Canney backs the assessment. The eighth monthly report shows 36 percent of work complete, up six percent from January, with progress on east island back wall and initial island footings for the parking garage and preparations for utilities and subfloor drains.
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Third Avenue
Ned L. Ashton
Iowa City
Don Canney
Ashton
Woman Attacks Assailant With Purse. Suspect Flees
Police canvassed Cedar Rapids southwest side after 9 pm Monday for an 18 year old youth who grabbed Mrs. Tia Akin at 321 Sixth Avenue SW. She struck him with her purse and he fled north, described as tall, heavy, about 20 pounds, wearing dark clothing.
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Cedar Rapids
Tia Akin
Sixth Avenue
Roy L. Greene Brokerage License Revoked
The SEC announced the revocation of Roy L. Greene and Co. Cedar Rapids broker-dealer registration for violations of federal securities law. Greene, sole officer and stockholder, may seek supervised nonmanagerial employment. The firm operated in 1965 violating net capital rules and hid insolvency. Greene claimed the firm ceased business last Oct. 4 and discharged all liabilities. A related federal case saw an injunction requested. a temporary injunction was granted but not made permanent as the firm appeared out of business having paid obligations.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange
Roy L. Greene
SEC
Greene
Edward J. McManus
Ozark Air Lines Plans First DC-9 Jet Training Flights
Ozark Air Lines station manager Dick Park said Cedar Rapids will likely join the Chicago to Kansas City jet route after the second DC-9 is delivered. The first DC-9 will train pilots with delivery due April 21, with a late 1960s start for north south and east west routes stopping at Moline. The six DC-9s will replace F-27s, increasing capacity to 78 passengers per jet.
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Dick Park
Ozark Air Lines
Gazelle
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Park
Ozark
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Moline
Ill
Cigarettes Stolen in Cedar Rapids Grocery Break-In
Burglars took 10 to 15 cartons of cigarets from the Thrifty Food Store at 1201 Fourth Avenue BE. Entry was gained by breaking a rear door glass. Cedar Rapids police discovered the break-in at 1 16 a.m. Monday night.
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Fourth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Alice Birch Retires From Peoples Bank After 40 Years
Miss Alice Birch retires from Peoples Bank and Trust Co after nearly forty years of service. She began in 1927 as a clerk and later worked as teller in the loan department, secretary to Presidents John Burianek and Frank Welch, and most recently a secretary in the trust department.
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Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Alice Birch
George Hamilton Attending Regional Land and Water Seminar
George Hamilton director of the Linn County Conservation Commission attends a Minnesota seminar on land and water use in the Upper Mississippi basin northern area. The event includes 48 participants from Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin and runs from Tuesday to Tuesday focusing on interrelated land and water development issues.
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George Hamilton
Linn County Conservation Commission
Minneapolis
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Mississippi
League of Women Voters to sponsor water policy session
The League of Women Voters sponsors a water resources and pollution session under a demonstration grant from the US. Hamilton was nominated for the session by the Cedar Rapids Marion area League of Women Voters.
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League of Women Voters
Hamilton
Cedar Rapxis- Marion Area
Woman 81 Injured Falling at Home Sent to Mercy Hospital
Hattie Bousek 81 of 538 Forest Drive SE suffered leg and facial injuries after a fall down stairs at her home Monday night. She was admitted to Mercy Hospital for treatment.
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Hattie Bousek
Forest Drive
Mercy Hospital
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Dick Jensen
Gardner
County Conservation Board
Morgan Creek Park
Highway 74
Palo
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YWCA
Electrolux Corporation
Jacelyn Dr
Evans
Dial
Adv
Jeff Johnson
Twelfth Avenue SW
Jocker
Jefferson High School
George Uhl Hairstyling Salon
Lumir J. Vondracek
Maplewood ‘Drive
FE. E. Novak
New Prague
Minn
Dr. Novak
Johnson County
Harding
Hladky’s
Attention Elks
Jenny Lee
the Sparks
Pierson’s Florist
Collins Lot
Armed Forces
William J. Kristan
Marcella Kristan
Lisbon
San Diego
Terrance J. Barta
Kester Barta
USS McGoffin
James LaGrange
Joseph LaGrange
Amana
Long Beach
Michael D. Cnossen
B. E. Cnossen
Camp Pendleton
Calif
John W. Noyes
Dale H. Noyes
Victor
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Darwin L. Hartson
Archie Hartson
Fifth Street SE
Thomas G. Henderson
John E. Henderson
Eighth Avenue
Uss
Coral Sea
Vietnam
Kansas City, Kan
Public Improvement Com
LOX Re
America
1St Ave
New West Side
Third Ave
East Side
Set. & Son
O.R
Trades Uncnt Council
Peoples Bank
Span Brook Dishllery
Dincihat
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Aruba
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Topay
Bolek
Buick
Missouri
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R. L. Polk and Co
P.O
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