Community Notices and Local Ads Roundup
City brief covers Vernon Heights meeting at All Saints school. public invited. March 16 removes winter decorations at Linwood Cemetery. Advertisements for Swiss Colony Irish cheese, Temple Judah Sabbath topic, Blue Moon bar specials, and florists. Arrest reports ID two youths for break in. Nelson’s Meats weekly specials. various service ads and social events at local clubs and shops.
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Vernon Heights
Alan
All Saints School
C R Woman Faces Larceny Charge
Marlene L Wilson 21 of 219 Eighteenth Street NE was released on 500 bond after arrest on larceny charge. She allegedly took a handbag valued at 25 from Enzlers 215 Third Street SE and was chased on foot by Cedar Rapids police officers who responded to the incident.
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Marlene L. Wilson
Eighteenth Street
Enzler
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Senators Push Tolls and Transit Funds Amid Highway Bill Debate
The Senate debated diverting 2.3 billion from a federal trust fund to local road or transit programs while considering an 800 million two year subsidy for failing municipal transit firms and a 3 billion rapid rail grant. White House opposition and House resistance cloud the measure amid broader debate on federal support for urban transit versus highways.
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Weicker
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Harrison Williams
D-N. J
White House
House
Williams
Nixon
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Baker
Senate
Land Mine Kills 10 Years Ago Near Lebanon Border
Israeli military command said a land mine near the Lebanese border killed three Israeli Arabs. The report notes thousands of troops were withdrawn from the area as part of a purported fulfillment of a security promise.
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Russia
Tel Aviv
Insmine
Charges Dropped in Municipal Court Actions
Charges against Melville Middleton of 2265 C Street SW for rape and Roy Williams of 525 Ninth Avenue SE for assault with intent to do bodily injury were dismissed after preliminary hearings. Middleton faced an incident dated March 8 and Williams faced an incident on January 12.
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Melville Middleton
C Street
Roy Williams
Ninth Avenue SE
Albert Whiteside
Nemer Pleads Guilty To Food Stamp Count
Everett Nemer of Cedar Rapids pled guilty in federal court to 13 counts of unlawfully acquiring food stamps. The offenses occurred between August 15 and October 13. Sentencing was deferred after a jury was impaneled.
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Cedar Rapids
Everett Nemer
Park Avenue SE
Myers Pleads Guilty To Trespass Charge
David Myers of Harpers Ferry pled guilty in municipal court to an amended criminal trespass charge. He received a 30 day suspended jail sentence for the offense linked to breaking windows at the Taft hotel on March 3.
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David Myers
Harpers Ferry
Taft Hotel
Doug Smith Bound Over On Stolen Property Charge
Doug Smith of Palo has been bound over to the grand jury after a municipal court preliminary hearing on receiving stolen property. He is accused of possessing a tool box owned by Hilary Zeller of Palo between December 4 and December 21.
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Doug Smith
Palo
Hilary Zeller
Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in Municipal Court
Loren Oakley, listing a Mr. Vernon address, pled guilty Tuesday to an amended reckless driving charge. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs after being arrested for drunk driving on April 8, 1970.
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Loren Oakley
Mr. Vernon
Three Injured in Cedar Rapids Traffic Accidents
Three persons sustained minor injuries in two Cedar Rapids crashes on Wednesday. Russell Jarvis, 8, was treated at Mercy hospital after being struck by Diane Montgomery, 27, in the 800 block of Nineteenth Street SE. A second two car collision injured Beverly Connor, 28, and Harold Wehrman, 69, as Connor’s car hit Wehrman’s near Sixteenth Avenue. No charges filed in either incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Jarvis
Camburncourt SE
Mercy Hospital
Nineteenth Street SE
Diane Montgomery
Bel Air Drive
Beverly Connor
Fleetwood Road
Harold Wehrman
Luzerne
Connor
Williams Boulevard
Wehrman
Sixteenth Avenue
Kidney Seminars Held At Cedar Rapids High Schools
Six Cedar Rapids area high schools host kidney disease seminars this week by the Kidney Foundation of Iowa. Marion LaSalle Jefferson and Kennedy high schools hosted Friday sessions after Linn-Mar Prairie and Washington earlier. Foundation President R. L. Lawton and Executive Director John Davis participated, aligning with the Gift of Life campaign.
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Cedar Rapids Area
Kidney Foundation of
Iowa
Marion High School
LaSalle, Jefferson and Kennedy
Linn-Mar
Prairie
Washington
Gift of Life
Foundation
R. L. Lawton
John Davis
Wapsi River Crest Report Near Independence
The Wapsie River crested at 11.66 feet at 6 30 a m Thursday in Independence, below the 12 foot flood stage. The city opened flood gates at the dam to relieve rising water.
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Independence
Wapsipinicon
Service ads invite users by phone dial number
An old classifieds line offers help to find users for a service with a contact phone number 398 8234. The brief notice focuses on connecting customers to providers via a single dialing instruction.
Blaze at Cargill Plant Caused by Overheated Dryer
An overheated dryer sparked a fire at the Cargill plant located at 1710 Sixteenth Street SE. The blaze was reported at 7:30 p.m. and confined to the metal dryer with no injuries reported.
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Cargill
Sixteenth Street SE
Two Men Held on Breakin Charges in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids men Carl Duggan age 30 and Charles Andrews age 43 are jailed in Linn County on break ing and entering charges after a Weather Shield Corp. breakin on Kirkwood boulevard and Waconia drive SW. Entry was through a broken glass and door screen. Andrews car was found at the rear. he is charged with giving false information. Bonds were set at $10,000 for each.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Carl Duggan
Cornell Street
Charles Andrews
Devonwood Avenue
Weather Shield Corp
Kirkwood Boulevard
Waconia Drive
Andrews
Duggan
Driscoll Faces Drug Charges in Linn County
Lawrence Driscoll, 21, of 1803 Ellis Boulevard NW, held on two counts of violation of the controlled substance act. Metro narcotics squad searched his home with a warrant Wednesday afternoon and found a quantity of a substance believed to be LSD.
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Lawrence Driscoll
Ellis Boulevard
Linn County
Metro
Driscoll
Labor Plans Work Camps for Teens in New Zealand
The Labour government announced a program to discipline delinquent youths by sending them to work camps in Wellington to clear land, as reported by AP. The proposal outlines compulsory placement for teenage offenders to perform forced labor tasks.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Prush
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Blue Moon
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Beautician
Becky
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Seeley’s
Ellis
Stickney’s
Deane
Ellis Pro
Floyd Mumm
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Youth Bureau
Nelson
Nelson’s
Bank Americard
Master Charge
Embassy Club
Charles C. Howard
Masons
Mt. Vernon
Ave. South
Pierson’s Florists
Moose
Eagles Club
7Th Ave
Johnny’s Parkway Corner
Ellis and
Sil
Stickney
Marion
C.R. Woman
Nemer
Myers
Grand Jury
Chawkeye
Third Ave
Smite Sea Ae
Wapsie
C.R. Breakin
Pierson
Shot
Uate
F.T.D. Florist
United State Bank
Your Family Bank
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16Th Ave
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Wickes
Eer
Aegean
Florentine
Borg
Starline
Vanity
Mi Fenats
Iowa City
Liberty
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