Arson Case Review Sought Over Evidence Suppression
Linn County Attorney Jack Fulton traveled to Des Moines to ask the Iowa supreme court to review District Judge Warren Rees ruling suppressing evidence from the Citiizen Times arson case. Grant co owner Joan W Lee Grant faces trial for a fire causing about 100000 damage at 334 Seventh Street SE. The high court hearing is slated for May 12 at 1 30 p.m.
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Linn
Jack Fulton
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Warren Rees
Fulton
High Court
Rees
Supreme Court
Citizen-Times
Grant
Seventh Street SE
Theodore G. Garfield
Linn District Court
Walker Officials Seek County Paving For Shortcut Road
Three Walker town councilmen Bernard Rothfolk Junior Andersen and Henry Smith asked the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors and Assistant Engineer William Behren to pave an 8?mile road through Walker used as a shortcut to avoid other paved routes. They cite heavy truck traffic and rising maintenance costs while noting county crews are extending pavement east of Walker to link with Quasqueton. Supervisors will study the request as the road sits on the extension of Highway 150 from Independence toward Center Point.
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Walker
Quasqueton
Buchanan County
Independence
Center Point
Troy Mills
Bernard Rothfolk
Junior Andersen
Henry Smith
County Board of Supervisors
Asst
William H. Behrens
Roof and Carpeting Contracts Awarded by Linn Supervisors
Linn county board awards a roof contract for the county home shop to Fred Nelson Springville at 600 dollars and a carpeting contract for the new courthouse conference room to Smulekoff's Furniture Cedar Rapids at 397.88 dollars. Also: nurses Karen Pittman and Carolyn Leman to attend Iowa Public Health Assn meeting May 13 14 Cedar Rapids. salary adjustments for Betty Marx Zerox operator and others. hires of Sherrie Dingle Cora Blessing Irma Kloubec. monthly Linn county home report presented by Mr and Mrs George McLeran.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Fred Nelson
Springville
Smulekoff
Cedar Rapids
Karen Pittman
Carolyn Leman
Iowa Public Health Assn
Betty Marx
Sherrie Dingle
Cora Blessing
Irma Kloubec
Auditor’s
Linn County
George McLeran
Driver Receives Suspended Term in License Violation
James A. Daniel of 612 A avenue NW was sentenced by Judge Warren Rees to 30 days suspended after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. He was arrested April 16 in the 800 block of Second avenue SE after his car crashed.
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James A. Daniel
A Avenue NW
Warren Rees
Daniel
Second Avenue SE
Suit Filed in Liberty Loan Corp vs Dean on Promissory Note
Liberty Loan Corp sues Billy B. Dean and Beatrice Dean seeking 2384.58 dollars on a promissory note. The petition names the defendants and requests judgment for the amount plus costs.
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Liberty Loan Corp
Billy B. Dean
Beatrice Dean
Sam Brooks Given Probation After Check Fraud Conviction
Judge William Eads sentenced Sam Brooks, 36, formerly of Milwaukee, to seven years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison for false uttering of a $524.50 check. Brooks was convicted April 26 by a Linn district court jury for passing the bogus check on August 26, 1959 at Royal Tire Service in Cedar Rapids. Probation with restitution on the condition Brooks make reasonable restitution.
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William Eads
Sam Brooks
Milwaukee
Fort Madison
Brooks
Linn District Court
Royal Tire Service
Cedar Rapids
Woman Admits Forgery Count in Check Alteration Case
Susan Margaret Dziewanwoski, 19, of 229 Seventh Street NE pled guilty before Judge William Eads to forging by altering a check from 5.93 to 95.93. Sentencing was set for Thursday.
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Susan Margaret Dziewanowski
Seventh Street
William Eads
Mrs. Dziewanowski
Linn Supervisors Award Gas and Oil Contracts
Linn Supervisors awarded a year’s supply contract for gasoline diesel oil lubricating oil and furnace oil to American Oil Co Standard Oil division on low bids among eight firms Prices fluctuate with Wall Street Journal quotes Gasoline 11.34 cents per gallon 100000 gallons No 1 diesel oil 10 cents 15000 gallons No 2 diesel oil 9.05 cents 65000 gallons Lubricating oil 44.5 cents 3500 gallons Furnace oil 8.6 cents 55000 gallons Furnace oil for the county home others for the county engineer’s office
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
American Oil Co
Standard Oil Division
Wall Street Journal
Woman Awarded 930 After Crash Verdict
Jean Ross of Cedar Rapids won 930.35 in a traffic accident suit against Cedar Rapids residents H. C. Puckhaber and Carlene Weisley. The jury deliberated briefly after a trial seeking 10,000. The accident occurred on Center Point Road NE near B Avenue when Weisley’s car rear collided with Ross’s stopped vehicle.
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Linn District Court
Jean Ross
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Puckhaber
Carlene Weisley
Center Point Road
B Avenue
Puckhaber
Phone Company Suit Seeks 2101 80 After Fall Injuries
Wendl Melsha of Cedar Rapids filed a suit Tuesday against Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. seeking 2101.80 in damages for injuries from a sidewalk fall he says occurred May 12, 1963. He claims the hole was dug by the company for a pole and that proper marking and covering were neglected.
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Wendl Melsha
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Melsha
1865
O Avenue NW
Study Underway At County Home
The Chicago consultant firm of A. T. Kearney and Co. has begun its studies to assess operations and conditions at the county home. Details remain forthcoming as the review progresses.
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Chicago
A. T. Kearney and Co
Linn County Home long range improvement study underway
Gordon D. Boydston, staff consultant for the Kearney firm, interviews staff and compiles background data on the Linn County Home. The consultants were hired by Linn County supervisors to assess facility needs and plan future construction. Joseph R. Ryan will join the study, which is expected to take about three months.
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Linn
Gordon D. Boydston
Kearney Company
Joseph R. Ryan
Boydston
Hightower Trial Opens Over Assault Charge
A jury trial began Wednesday for 24 year old Thomas Hightower of 10914 Twelfth Street NE on a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. He is accused of attacking his father, 62 year old Howard Hightower, a Coe College professor, with a piece of broken glass on January 4.
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Thomas Hightower
Hightower
Twelfth Street
Howard
Coe College
Record 44 Japanese Climbers Dead in Mountains
A UPI report states 44 young Japanese climbers were killed in mountains during the spring holiday season.
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Tokyo
UPI
C R Youth 17 Hurt in Crash at City Intersection
Arthur Dunham, 17, of 50514 E Avenue NW, was hospitalized at St Luke's after a car truck collision at Eighth Avenue and First Street SW. His car struck a truck driven by Glen Wolfram, 43, of Kent, Illinois, at 10 40 a m. Dunham was in fair to good condition with cuts and bruises and received a summons for disobeying a traffic signal. Wolfrom was not hurt.
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Arthur Dunham
E Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eighth Avenue
First Street
Dunham
Glen Wolfram
Kent, Ill
Wolfrom
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