Police Deploy Pistol Grip Searchlights in Cedar Rapids Night Life
Cedar Rapids police equip squad cars with pistol grip searchlights that cast a beam reaching at least a quarter mile. The lights power from car batteries or removable dry cells and aid license plate reads, window checks, and street lighting during incidents. A 9:30 pm photo demonstrates the new gear during a night patrol.
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Cedar Rapids
Dave Baer
Gazette
The
L. E. DeVore
West Side
Highway Detours in East Iowa This Week
Road condition bulletin for week ending May 19 lists detours on federal and state highways in eastern Iowa. Details include U S 6 short detour in West Liberty U S 20 in Manchester U S 30 three miles closed in Clinton with paved detour Iowa 38 about 8.1 miles closed south of Delhi to U S 20 with 11 mile detour Iowa 128 seven miles closed Clayton county from Iowa 13 to U S 52 with 16 mile paved detour Iowa 136 seven miles closed Wyoming to Oxford Junction with seven mile gravel detour Iowa 261 ten miles closed Iowa City to Solon with 14.5 mile detour Iowa 291 one mile closed Low Moor to Wil. S 30 detour four miles gravel Iowa 297 four miles closed from Iowa 10 to Alexander detour six miles gravel Iowa 346 two miles closed Nashua to Bradford detour four miles earth.
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The
Highway Commission
Iowa
West Liberty
U. S. 20
Manchester
U. S. 30
Clinton
Delhi
Iowa 128
Nashua
Bradford
Engineers Develop Frozen Gasoline for Aircraft
Engineers experiment with a frozen gasoline for aircraft fuel. The inventor claims that cooling with dry ice and alcohol makes the fuel non ignitable by bullets.
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