United Hospitals Campaign Nears One-Third of Goal
More than 100 volunteers attended the Key Gifts kickoff Tuesday for the United Hospitals Campaign. Officials report 1,027,300 in pledges toward a 3,500,000 goal from advance gifts and the primary Cedar Rapids division. Russell Knapp, vice-chairman of advance gifts and St Luke's board member, says the drive is Cedar Rapids history’s biggest campaign. In-Plant campaigns are underway or planned for most major area firms, says Key Gifts Chairman Harold Sovern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Hospitals
Mercy and
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Cedar Rapids
Russell Knapp
Advance Gifts
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
Key Gifts
Harold Sovern
Cedar Rapids Hospitals Campaign Totals Reported
In 1956 Cedar Rapids St Luke's and Mercy hospitals target 1 750 000 with pledges over 2 000 000. Harmony lodge 831 submits first industrial report while Iowa Manufacturing Co. provides a partial. Four divisions to present at 4 30 p m May 13 in Montrose hotel ballroom. Audit committee to announce new total once tally is complete. Firemen post new totals on United Hospitals Campaign thermometer at Guaranty building Third Street and Third Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
Mercy Hospitals
Harmony Lodge
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Montrose Hotel
United Hospitals Campaign
Guaranty
Third Street
Third Avenue SE
Sale of Land To McGrath Gets Council Approval
Cedar Rapids city council approved selling 166 500 square foot urban renewal land to McGrath Pontiac Inc for 140 000 dollars to build a new and used car sales and service facility in the 500 and 600 blocks of C avenue NE. Title transfer likely in about a year due to Cedar Lake urban renewal delays tied to Cedar Valley freeway planning and possible interstate status. Utilities relocation hinges on freeway designation and federal cost sharing.
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Cedar Rapids
McGrath Pontiac, Inc
C Avenue
Don B. Salyer
Cedar Lake
Cedar Valley
Salyer
Car Rolls In Marion Driver Unhurt Aged 17
Robert B. Rowlands, 17, of 935 West Tenth avenue, Marion, escaped injury when his 1958 car overturned in a ditch on Bowman road near Devonshire drive at 3:45 p.m. He walked away but was later charged with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Bowman Road
Robert B. Rowlands
West Tenth Avenue
Marion
Rowlands
Devonshire Drive
Plans Filed for Urban Renewal Paving Program
City filed specifications for east side urban renewal street paving. C avenue NE from Fourth to Seventh and Fourth street NE from C to First will be paved. A public hearing and bid opening set for May 29. Work estimated at 106000 dollars with 6000 dollars city share for a non renewal segment. rest financed by federal urban renewal funds.
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Cedar Rapids
East Side
C Avenue
Fourth Street
Seventh Street
First Avenue
Woman Reports Being Molested In Cedar Rapids
A 19 year old woman reported to Cedar Rapids police that she was molested by a youth in the 1700 block of Third Avenue SE. He followed her for about three blocks around 1 30 p m. He grabbed her around the waist and covered her mouth then kissed her and struck her in the face before fleeing. The assailant is described as about 18 years old, five six, with curly blond hair, wearing a green checked shirt and blue jeans.
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Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
City Briefs and Local Advertisements Highlight Community Items
Saturday meeting for Chinchilla Breeders at Farmers State bank room in Marion and Chloe St John new at Goodale Barber Shop. Story Hour at Kenwood library Thursday. Theft report from car on First avenue East and a May travel bus tour to Pella Tulip Festival. Mother's Day corsages and beauty salon specials noted. Deans List honor for Martin Sammons at Central College with film tonight. Local obit notes Mrs R J Darragh of Cedar Rapids. Various ads for services, thefts, yard work, and fashion items.
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Chinchilla Breeders
Farmers State Bank
Marion
U S Funds to C R for Crime Prevention Study
Cedar Rapids has been awarded a $12,000 federal grant for a crime prevention study Gov. Robert Ray announced. The program lists nine grants across Iowa including Waterloo Sioux City Des Moines Davenport Council Bluffs Dubuque Mason City and a four-county northwest Iowa planning commission with varying amounts. Half the funds will be distributed immediately and each recipient will conduct a study on different lines.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Robert Ray
Waterloo
Siouxland Metropolitan Planning Commission
Sioux City
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Mason City
Iowa
Ray
Trophy Used By Cedar Rapids Man In Street Attack
Bill Coghlan 56 of 627 Eighth Street SE told police he used a bowling trophy to ward off two men who attacked him on the 500 block of Eighth Street about 2 am. The trophy broke as the pair fled after he struck one assailant. Coghlan was treated for a cut hand and bruises at Mercy hospital. He described the attackers as two Black men, about six feet tall, in their late 20s.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Coghlan
Eighth Street
Coghlan
Mercy Hospital
Paul Harvey Declares Marijuana Not Harmless on TV News
Paul Harvey comments on marijuana being not harmless during Channel 9 news at 5 30 PM and 10 00 PM Wednesday. He warned viewers about risks and urged caution in policy discussions. The televised remarks highlighted public health concerns and enduring debate on legalization.
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Paul Harvey
Channel 9
Union Seeks To Force Pension Payments From Iowa Pipe
Teamsters Local 238 of Cedar Rapids filed a federal suit against Iowa Pipe and Supply Co. seeking payment into the Central States pension fund. The contract signed April 1, 1968, requires eight dollars weekly per employee on payroll over 30 days to be paid into the fund. The union says the company has refused, risking future pension rights for workers, and requests a court order to pay the delinquencies plus terms of the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters Local 238
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Pipe and Supply Co
Seventh Avenue SW
Iowa Pipe
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
William C Bushman Faces Check Charge
William C. Bushman, 28, of 323 Twenty fourth avenue SW, was arrested on a charge of false uttering of a check. He posted $110 bond and was released. He allegedly passed a faulty check for 61 dollars 54 cents on December 20 at the Sears Roebuck Co store in Lindale Plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Bushman
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Bushman
Sears Roebuck Co
Lindale Plaza
Salesmen Fined for Not Having Licenses
Two magazine salesmen were fined 35 dollars each in municipal court Wednesday for soliciting without a license. Giles Liddell Jr 24 of Chicago and Isadore McConnell 19 of Cleveland were fined by Judge Loren M Hullinger Jr. They were arrested by police Tuesday afternoon after complaints by southeast side residents.
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Giles Liddell, Jr
Chicago
Isadore McConnell
Cleveland
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Southeast Side
Illian Elected Iowa AP Managing Editors Chairman
Illian Jack Illian city editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette was chosen chairman of the Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors Assn at the spring Des Moines meeting. Win Watson Cedar Valley Daily Times Vinton was elected vice chair. The session heard reports from Judy Greary Ottumwa Courier and Phyllis Singer Iowa Electric officials. A talk on repair work followed the earlier coverage of a storm causing a tornado and severed transmission line in Charles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Illian
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa Associated Press
Charles City
Geneva Litzel
Charles City Press
Tree Falls on Power Line in Southeast C R
A Cedar Rapids area outage left power off for up to 90 minutes after a city tree crew severed a 34500 volt transmission line at Mt Vernon road and Twenty first street SE. Crews repaired the line by 10 30 am, but some areas saw low voltage during work.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Mt. Vernon Road
Twentyfirst Street
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln Heights
Wellington
Power Company
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Hospitals
McGrath
Pearson-Anderson
Russell Baker
Marquis Childs General
Bob Considine
Tom Tiede
Hal Boyle
Mort Reed
Virginia Payette Financial
John Cunniff
Sylvia Porter
Sam Shulsky
City Briefs
Chloe St. John
Goodale
Kenwood
First Avenue SE
First Avenue East
Mike Berns
YMCA
Pella Tulip
Call Travel and Transport
Pierson’s Florists
Adv
Armstrong
Buchwald
Martin Sammons
Lewis Sammons
Eighth Street NW
Central College
Pella
Coe Auditorium
Illinois
R. J. Darragh
Salt Lake City
Utah
Darragh
Anne Homolka Drahes
Old Washington High School
Nelson's Meat Markets
Hiawatha Garden Center
James Butler
Center Point Road
Green Grass Service Co
13Th Street
Coe
Sandy Arnold
Fifth Avenue SE
Richard Bausch
Woodland Drive SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Armstrong’s
Dial
Cerony OF
CEDA
Fashion Hour Foundations of
Fashion Hour
Foundation
Dr. Andelman
the Jacobys
Suzy Knickerbocker
Abby van Buren
Polly Cramer
Chuck Flynn
Rick DuBrow
Leonard Lyons
Rex Conn
Gus Schrader
U.S
C.R
Pierson
Lorist
Montego
Steitzer
Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
Lincoln
Union
Illian
Iowa AP
Merchants National Bank
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