European goodwill tour notes skip to Genoa on Italian Riviera
Bruce Fishwild reports the Chamber of Commerce Europe goodwill tour travels from Nice through the French Riviera to Genoa Italy. The group notes sunny sightlines despite threats of rain and describes border checks, cliffside autostrada tunnels, Genoa streets akin to Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, and quirky travel tales including two women with identical suits and extra blouses.
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Chamber of Commerce Europe
Plaza Hotel
Nice
Ed Selmer
LaGrange, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Selmer
Barlow- Maney Laboratories
Mr. Selmer
Frank Nye
The
Gazette Star
Caryl Garbersons
Roy Taylors
Europe
Switzerland
Naples
Rome
French Riviera
Italian Riviera
Genoa
Plan Group Denies Mitvalsky Zone Change and Other Proposals
The city plan commission recommended denial Tuesday for R J Mitvalsky's zoning change from M-1 to M-2 at 901 Second Street SE, with similar denials for Edward Broderick’s B-2 to B-1 on Nineteenth Avenue SW, and various other zoning and development petitions. Only Viola Christensen’s R-1 to R-2 single family change on Twentieth Street NW was approved, while riverfront and subdivision items proceeded preliminarily or final. The council will review these matters along with additional zoning actions.
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R. J. Mitvalsky
Second Street
City Plan Commission
Edward Broderick
Nineteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Leslie E. Rawson
Edgewood Road
O Avenue NW
Viola Christensen
Twentieth Street NW
Commission
Ross
Riverfront Improvement Commission
Twentieth Street
Christensen
Edgewood Knolls
First Avenue
Hahn
Thirty-sixth Street
Northwood Knolls
C. E. Ross
Forty Sixth Street
Shepard
Mallory Street
Stolba
Thirtysixth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D.C
George Davis
Earl Williams
Josh Williams
Tenth Street
McKinley School
Eddie Rector
Jack Rector
Twenty-ninth Street
Garfield
Ja Coppers
John Coppers
Fifth Street
Harrison
Steven Ard
Russell C. Ards
Eighth Avenue
St. Patrick's
Joan Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
Third Street
van Buren
Bob Birr
Cedar Rapids Auto Club
Hertz Car Rental
Ing
First Avenue SE
Arthur Platt
David Ash
Fourth Avenue SE
Tax Commission
Nine plats approved by city plan commission
Ninety one lots across nine plats received approval on Tuesday from the city plan commission. The northwest section includes 65 lots. Approved plats include Cedarcrest Heights fourth addition with 18 lots at Wiley boulevard and Midway drive NW and Cheatham's first addition.
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City Plan Commission
Cedarcrest Heights
Wiley Boulevard
Midway Drive
Blame Welding Torch In Shipyard Deaths
Jacksonville AP report cites welding torch as the blamed cause in a series of shipyard deaths. Details suggest hazardous work conditions and potentialSafety violations are under review by investigators.
Anonymous Man Pays $693 in Georgia Taxes
An unnamed man identified as John Doe paid $693 in Georgia income tax for 1962. The payment, made via seven U S postal money orders from Chattanooga, Tennessee, covered a reported income of $12 750. Tax supervisor Fred Cox speculated the funds might come from moonshine sales, a lottery, or undisclosed income.
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Atlanta
John Doe
Georgia Revenue Department
U. S
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fred Cox
Christine Kaufmann Quits Movies After Marrying Tony Curtis
Actress Christine Kaufmann will retire from acting to become a full-time wife to actor Tony Curtis. Curtis said the decision was hers, noting they did not discuss it much. Kaufmann, 18, wed Curtis, 38, last February in Las Vegas after meeting on Taras Bulba in Argentina.
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Los Angeles
Christine Kaufmann
Tony Curtis
Curtis
Las Vegas
Taras Bulba
Argentina
Peppard Seeks Divorce From Helen Davies
George Peppard 29 and his wife Helen Davies announce plans to divorce as they cite it being in their best interests and their children s. The couple married in San Diego on June 30 1954 and have two children Bradford eight and Julie three. Peppard starred with Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys and appeared in How the West Was Won.
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Los Angeles
George Peppard
Peppard
Helen Davies
San Diego
Bradford
Julie
Audrey Hepburn
Property Board Finds Wrong Type Assessments In First Avenue Area
Property owners along First avenue may receive reductions after the board of review ruled some properties were misclassified as commercial instead of residential. F. E. Berry’s 1608-1612 First avenue NE was corrected to present use value, with further reviews to scan for similar errors.
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First Avenue
Board of Review
F. E. Berry
First Avenue NE
Exhibitor Secures Boa for Science Fair Exhibit
At the National Science Fair International in Albuquerque AP reports 17 year old Bill Hortsman of Riverside California requested a boa constrictor for his exhibit Pathological Study of Boidae. The first boa froze to death during the flight from California and Hortsman retrieved a replacement snake to keep at his motel for safekeeping.
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Albuquerque
N. M
National Science Fair International
Bill Hortsman
Riverside
Calif
Hortsman
California
Justice Tom Clark Receives Masonic Award in New York
New York AP report says Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark was honored with the distinguished achievement award by the Masonic Grand Lodge of New York at a grand master’s dinner Tuesday night.
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New York
USS
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
The
Masonic Grand Lodge of
New York State
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