Cedar Rapids Leads Iowa Manufacturing Employment Figures
Cedar Rapids shows the lowest city unemployment among Iowa's largest cities with a rate of 1 percent. State data place Des Moines at 18 percent, Waterloo at 28 percent, Dubuque 25 percent, Sioux City 3, and Cedar Rapids 2.3 percent, with March totals around 198,900 employed in manufacturing.
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Cedar Rapids
Marge
Des Moines
Lot
Dubuque
Waterloo
Sioux City
Iowa
Cedar Rapids youths jailed for beer possession and resisting arrest
Two Cedar Rapids minors received one week in jail in municipal court on charges of possessing beer. James A. Armstrong 20 faced seven days for possession and seven more for resisting an officer after a police stop in the 500 block of Fourth Street SW. Ronald Lee Wheeler 17 drew seven days for possession. A third youth, 17, was sent to juvenile authorities on parole.
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Cedar Rapids
James A. Armstrong
Sixth Street
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Ronald Lee Wheeler
Eighth Avenue
Eldora Training School
Fourth Street
Armstrong
Three 30 Day Terms for Gary Gaal
Gary Gaal aged 18 of 517 Eleventh Avenue SE received three 30 day sentences in municipal court after a Tuesday one car crash on the southeast side. He pled guilty to striking a fixture without a driver’s license and driving left of center. sentences run concurrently. A passenger, James Toolate aged 19 of Quincy Illinois, may face larceny charges. County Attorney Jack Fulton says the car was not stolen and the case remains under investigation. Toolate also drew a 30 day vagrancy sentence Tuesday.
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Gary C. Gaal
Eleventh Avenue SE
Weday
Gaal
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Twenty-fourth Avenue SE
Rompot Street
James Toolate
Quincy
Jack Fulton
Toolate
Fulton
District Legion Names Officers
Charles Decker of Cedar Rapids was elected commander of the Second District American Legion Saturday at Bellevue.
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Charles Decker
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Bellevue
Thief Steals $15 From Camp Fund at Local Church
Mrs. James C. McCoy reported a theft at First Pentecostal Church 90 Center Point Road NE. A man was seen upstairs by the pastor's wife after hearing noises. the collection money for a camp fund was missing.
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First Pentecostal Church
Center Point Road NE
James C. McCoy
Sidewalk Art Sale Thursday at Fayette
A Fayette sidewalk art sale will be held Thursday at the Grand Mound tennis court from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. featuring paintings drawings and sculpture by Upper Iowa University students and other works. Organizers include W.C. Conklin and the Upper Town university Art Fraternity with local officers named.
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Clinton Farrington
Cedar Rapids
Ray Parsons
Anamosa
Wallace St. John
Calamus
Louis X. Dumnbes
Boy, 15, Drives Car Into House Injuring Passenger
A 15 year old driver with no license hit the front of a house at 108 Ellis Boulevard NW and caused about 900 dollars in damage. Passenger Kevin Moncar, 14, suffered a nose injury and was treated at St Luke's Hospital.
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Ellis Boulevard
Gardeman
Harold Kehne
Kevin Moncar 14
Tenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gerald Hepker Pays $100 Fine For Resisting Arrest
Gerald D. Hepker 18 of 31 Fourth Street SW paid a $100 fine in municipal court for resisting arrest. He had failed to pay by the Monday deadline set by the court after changing his plea to guilty from innocent on April 26 for the April 3 incident in the 600 block of Sixteenth Avenue NW. He was released after payment.
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Gerald D. Hepker
Fourth Street
Hepker
Sixteenth Avenue
Nsw
Theft at McNamara residence reports missing cash and shotguns
Lea McNamara reports burglars entered his home at 2208 Forty second street NE and stole 208 in cash and shotguns valued at 215. The incident occurred between April 23 and this Monday. Police are investigating.
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Lea McNamara
Twesdhey
McNamara
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Wolf's
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