Cedar Rapids urban renewal yields mixed results for firms
The Gazette reports on Cedar Rapids displacees reacting to urban renewal. Firms like Linn Candy Co. and Barnett's Appliance praise new locations with better parking and traffic, while others fear further moves. Notable figures include Chester Satterly, Joe Stephan, George Kuba, Charlotte Thornton, Paul Runkle, H. H. Davenport, Donald Gray, D. Steve McAdams, and Robert H. South facing potential relocation due to highway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stephan
Barnett
Third Avenue
First Street SE
Stephan
Barnett’s
George Kuba
Kuba Distributing Co
First Street
H. H. Davenport
H. H. Davenport Sales and Service Co
Town and Country
Davenport
Third Avenue SE
Donald Gray
Association Credit Control, Inc
Orc&b
Executive Plaza
Steve McAdams
First Avenue NW
Eighteenth Street SE
Mrs. McAdams
Space Benefit Electronic Nurse
A compact sensor system, developed for NASA by Boeing, would act as an electronic nurse at a hospital bed. The battery powered monitor worn on a limb links to a central station and can alarm on heartbeat, blood pressure, or temperature changes, extending patient observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Boeing Co
Huntsville
Ala
Kenneth Skinner
Skinner
Indian Tiger In Decline Shrinks Habitat And Population
New Delhi AP reports the Indian tiger is vanishing as habitat shrinks due to human encroachment. Officials say the population dropped from about 40,000 seventy years ago to around 4,000 by 1961, highlighting a critical conservation crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
K. S. Sankhla
Delhi Zoo
India
Cancer Drive tops Linn County fund record
General Chairman Frank Pfaff reported $58 180 raised in the Linn County American Cancer Society crusade with a final 1967 total expected to surpass last year’s. The annual meeting will convene at Tuesday noon in Cedar Rapids with Dr. R E Weland presiding and elections for 1968 69 officers planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pfaff
Linn County
American Cancer Society
Linn
Roosevelt Hotel
Cancer Society
Margaret and Howard Hall
R. E. Weland
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Society
Children Riot Over Dessert at Rochdale School
In Rochdale England a 160 pupil lunchroom riot broke out as desserts ran late. Plates shattered as knives and forks flew while staff hid and police arrived to quell the melee. School board chairman Cyril Smith called it a riot in every sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochdale
England
UPI
Eddie Peacock
Cyril Smith
Rochdale Board
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Orta
By Jerry Essen
Hammurabi
Babylon
the Gazette
Chester Satterly
The
Satterly
Linn Candy Co
Kuba Co
Charlotte Thornton
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Second Street SE
Miss Thornton
First Avenue
Paul Runkle
Runkle Insurance Agency
Lindale Plaza
Runkle
Iowa
Robert H. South
Apache Hose and Rubber Co
Third Avenue SW
South
Iowa Highway Commission
By Martin Heerwald
Landis Loans
Family Credit
Counseling Service
Landis
Andis
Pfaff
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Osterhaut
Coatrie
Terry Duster
Lindale
Lindale Store
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