Tornadoes Strike Minnesota Towns Killing and Injuring Many
A pair of tornadoes ripped through Waseca and Albert Lea causing five deaths in Waseca and two in Albert Lea, with more than 60 injured and about 40 treated and released. Homes damaged or destroyed, eight in Waseca and near 100 in Albert Lea, as National Guard units secured the affected zones. Victims include Mr and Mrs John Ripple, George Willock, Art Rux, Merton Bickford, and the Bickford grandchildren. Owatonna, Wells, Clarks Grove, and Shakopee reported casualties or damage. The Daylight Saving Time shift reportedly spared residents at St John’s Home for the Elderly from its dining room tragedy.
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Waseca
Rochester
Clear Lake
National Guard
George Hurley
George Willock
Albert Lea
Elmer Manuel
Lucy
John Ripple
Art Rux
Rux
Merton Bickford
Albert
Lea
Owatonna
Minneapolis
Wells
Minn
Herman Nehrling
Clarks Grove
Michael Hessing
Alden
St. John’s
Lnvent
Sewage bypass at plant shows no adverse effects
The Cedar River bypass over the weekend caused untreated sewage discharges while contractors connected pipes in the wet well. Plant Superintendent M. D. Wen said tests found very little drop in dissolved oxygen and no evidence of conditions causing a fish kill as treatment resumed after repairs.
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M. D. Wen
Cedar River
Owen
Highway 20
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Penick
Woman 40 posts bond on shoplifting count
Jean M. Young, 40, of 5450 Wyoming drive SW, was arrested Sunday afternoon for shoplifting at the Giant store on Sixteenth avenue SW. An employer said she attempted to take cosmetics valued at 2.39 without payment. She was released after posting a 110 bond.
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Jean M. Young
Wyoming Drive
Giant
Sixteenth Avenue
Cust
Nummela urges mergers to avoid loss of federal funds
Les Nummela, outgoing president of the Iowa Association of Community Action Directors, urged LEAF and other anti poverty agencies to merge or risk losing federal funding. He backed area community colleges as a model and urged planning mergers before directives force consolidation. Federal officials have supported merging small county agencies.
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Linn Economic Action Project
LEAF
Les Nummela
Iowa
Iowa Assn. of
Community Action Directors
Nummele
Nummela
LEAP
M. Peter Hart
Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc
Cedar Rapids Man Arrested For Drunk Driving After Minor Crash
A 58 year old Cedar Rapids man Harold E Holubar of 704 E avenue NW was arrested for drunk driving after a minor two car crash at Sixteenth avenue and eighteenth street SW. He appeared in district court with a May 3 plea deadline. His wife Charlotte was charged with intoxication and fined in municipal court along with jail time costs. The report also notes a separate TV program The Rat Patrol on KCRG TV Channel 9.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Harold E. Houbar
E Avenue
B. J. Maxwell
Holubar
Charlotte
Howard McLaughlin
Major reconstruction planned for ten railroad crossings
Public Improvements Commissioner Donald Canney announced planned reconstruction of at least ten railroad crossings in Cedar Rapids this spring or summer. The city will work with Rock Island Northwestern Illinois Central and Crandie railroads. Milwaukee representatives will meet later. City crews will repair approaches using the self propelled heater box and existing equipment. Crossings include B avenue NW Ninth street and C avenue Ninth street North Western. Twelfth avenue and Fourth street SE. Sixteenth avenue and A street 5SW and Third street SE at Ninth avenue and Center Point road and G avenue NE with Rock Island. Sixth street SW near Highway 84 Airport road Crandie. Eighth avenue SE First Second streets and Coldstream road NE Illinois Central. Additional smaller projects planned at other crossings.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
City Department of Streets
Canney
B Avenue
Ninth Street
C Avenue
North Western
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street
Rock Island
Ninth Avenue
Center Point Road
G Avenue
Sixth Street
Airport Road
Crandie
Eighth Avenue
First
Second
Coldstream Road
Illinois Central
Youth Wounded In Spanish Ritt
A 19 year old Spanish student was gravely wounded by gunfire during May Day protests in San Sebastian Spain as police moved to disperse about 300 demonstrators. The youth was shot in the neck, according to witnesses. Police reported no immediate arrests.
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San Sabastian
Spain
Jack Fulton Named Iowa Public Safety Chief
DES MOINES UPI Jack M Fulton took over the Iowa public safety commission promising unmarked patrol cars and driver education to curb highway fatalities He oversees the state highway patrol and traffic safety Fulton, 35, a Cedar Rapids native and former Linn County attorney, was appointed by Gov Harold E Hughes and replaces Gene Needles after senate delays His plans include possible changes but no immediate personnel shifts
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Des Moines
UPI
Jack M. Fulton
Fulton
Linn County
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Statehouse
Council Manager Ward Bill Passed in Des Moines
Des Moines approved a council manager ward form of government bill by 87 to 9. The measure follows a prior council campaign on public safety and seat belts, noting Fulton cited personal use of seat belts in his own car as he led the effort.
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CMON
Fulton
Des Moines
UPI
Car Hits Pedestrian, Driver Fined $100
David E Kaufman 22 of Dy Sart was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court for failure to yield to a pedestrian. Officers said Kaufman driving east on A avenue NE on April 28 struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk as he attempted a left turn onto Second streets. The witness described the incident as a council government debate note.
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David E. Kaufman
Dysart
Zene Pene Acees
Kaufman
Howard McLaughlin
Lerge
Toacat Tha Bh
Two Teens Arrested Over Break-ins at Ellis Pro Shop
Two boys aged 14 and 15 were arrested Friday at home on two counts of breaking and entering. They are charged with separate Ellis Park pro shop break-ins on April 14 and April 18, stealing golf clubs, balls, cigarets and gum valued at $114.54. After juvenile questioning they were released to their parents. leases referred to county probation officers.
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Ellis Park
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Arthur Kost
Mankato
Kost
Bickfords
Freeborn
Thar- Jan Holleschau
Shakopee
Sam Levenson
New York
Man
Kcrg-Tv
Atkins
Tory
Glenn L. Ruckle
Streets Department
Rock Island, North Western
Illneis Central
Milwaukee Railroad
Tipton
Dave Paulson
Charles Paulson
Doug Fields
Richard Fields
Boys State
University
Burns
Benton County
Lovell Jacobi
Franklyn Jacobi
Harold Burch
Johnson County
Jack Fulton
Safety Post
Hughes
University of Iowa
College of Law
Gene Needles
Minnette Doderer
Lown City
Dial
Ellis Pro Shop
Ilten & Taege
Dal
General Motors
Second Avenue
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