Cedar Rapids City Hall approves street light request on Twenty second ave
City council granted a 21 signer petition for a street light on Twenty second avenue SW between J and N streets. Other items were referred to departments for study including rock surfacing on an alley near Fifteenth street, curb and sidewalk changes on Third avenue, and a 15 minute parking zone for Davis Dairy Maid Company. The council also approved Zobac’s first addition plat and referred several road work and curb removal requests to engineering and police departments for analysis and recommendation.
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Twenty-second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fifteenth Street
East Highland Drive
Hinkley
B Avenue NW
Third Avenue
Eighth Street
A. G. Nassif
Davis Dairy Maid Company
1526
First Avenue NE
B Avenue
Police and Engineering Departments
Post Office Speeds Payments on Deceased Deposits
Post master General Arthur Summerfield announced a new system to speed payments of postal savings deposits to estates. After a December test at 11 large offices, the program expanded to 100 offices and aims to cover more, cutting about two weeks from payment times. Cedar Rapids currently lacks authority but may gain access as the rollout continues.
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Arthur E. Summerfield
Post Office Department
Postal Savings
Washington
Summerfield
Cedar Rapids
City Council Signs Permits and Deeds for Street Works
The council approves a Class B beer permit for Daisy Pisarik at 122 First Street NE after a permit surrender by Robert W. Baird at the same address. A warranty deed for street purposes on Twenty ninth Street NE is accepted from Betty Jean and Robert Eugene Shaw Jr.
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Daisy Pisarik
First Street
Robert W. Baird
Twenty-ninth Street
Betty Jean
Robert Eugene Shaw, Jr
Post Office Test Offices Endorse Estate Appointment Change
LAFF A DAY notes that a deceased depositor’s estate must be appointed in the state of the post office where deposits were made. Eleven offices in the first phase include Chicago New York Detroit Philadelphia Los Angeles Milwaukee Cleveland St Louis Boston Washington and Brooklyn. Summerfield said all test offices endorsed the change and the department has been complimented for it.
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Positor
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Brooklyn
Summerfield
One Request for Zoning Granted Three Withdrawn
A zoning bypass was granted by the board of adjustment on Monday while three other matters were withdrawn and two postponed. Vincent Bading's plan to build a reverse front house at 650 Twenty-ninth Street SE was approved subject to meeting yard-size requirements if the front faced Twenty-ninth. Withdrawn were Kenneth Abodeely's request to use the south 25 feet of his lot for commercial purposes at 3225 Old Marion Road NE and Paul Walter's plan to erect a 30 inch by seven foot pole sign on private residential property.
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Board of Adjustment
Vincent Bading
Twenty-ninth Street
Dalewood Avenue
Twenty-ninth
Kenneth N. Abodeely
Old
Marion Road
Paul Walter
Property Additions and Erection Requests Noted in NE City
The docket lists Pauline Rinderknecht seeking a front addition to her house and beauty shop at 112 Parkcourt SE. George J. Paulin proposes a seven foot rear addition to his attached garage at 525 Twenty-fourth Street NE. Merle P White seeks to erect a house at 123 Dawley Street NE on part of 124 Thirty-eighth Street NE. Postponed for later decision after more information from applicants.
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First Avenue F
George J. Paulin
Twenty-fourth Street
Pauline Rinderknecht
Parkcourt SE
Merle P. White
Dawley Street
Thirty-eighth Street
Examinations for Cedar Rapids Police Apr 6 at McKinley School
Chief William Kudina announced that examinations for police appointment will be held April 6 at McKinley School starting 7:30 p.m. Applicants must have grade school education be 23 to 32 years old and weigh at least 150 pounds. Applications are due at city hall by 5 p.m. March 31.
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Cedar Rapids
McKinley School
William Kudina
Working For A Dead Horse A Payback Phrase
A proverb explains that working for a dead horse means continuing effort after payment has been received, implying futility or lack of reward. It conveys cynicism about labor with no further compensation or progress.
Israeli Official Speaks at Coes Chapel Program
Isaac Daniel Anna, 33, vice consul of Israel in Chicago, spoke to Coe students on Middle East issues in a Tuesday chapel. He opposed arming shaky dictatorships and urged aid via industrial and agricultural know-how, praising Eisenhower’s regional irrigation push and stressing social and economic roots of Arab-Israeli strife. He cited the 1947 Palestine partition as part of a broader history.
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Middle East
Isaac Daniel Anna
Coe
Palestine
Coe Auditorium
Israel
Chicago
Israel Defense Army
Eisenhower
Eric Johnson
Anna
Wise words on Israel truce and borders in lecture
The speaker noted a 1949 truce and armistice, but said a real war persists except for regular units. He described Israel's small size and dense border, its population surge from 600,000 to 1.7 million, and the refugee crisis. He traced parallels to historic religious persecution and Palestine’s promised return.
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Israel
New Jersey
Anna
Tute
Haegg, Jr
Paul Kody
Schneider
Jack Hart
Bill Malloy
Palestine
Boy Struck by Car on Sixteenth Avenue
Byron Bodey aged six of 1700 Second Street SW was struck by a car on Monday afternoon in front of 80 Sixteenth Avenue SW. He suffered a dislocated right hip and cuts and bruises. Police said the driver was James Starkey of Anamosa and the boy was taken to St Luke's Hospital.
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Byron Bodey
Second Street
Sixteenth Avenue
James Starkey
Anamosa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jaycee Toastmasters Elect New Officers
Al Shank of 628 Thirty-fourth street SE was elected president of the Jaycee Toastmasters on Monday. Other new officers include Bill McMaster as vice president and Henry as another officer.
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al Shank
Thirty-fourth Street
Jaycee Toastmasters
Bill McMaster
Henry
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International Association of Machinists
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Zobac
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F Avenue
City Engineer’s Office
Universal Engineering Corporation
Eighth Street NW
California
Helen of California
Armstrong
Coes
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Koret
Jaycee
Witner
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