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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1963
Page
4
Mayor Bob Johnson fielded questions from Cedar Rapids Consumer Credit Assn members, offering informal remarks and personal observations. He praised the city’s low crime rate, warned of a coming reckoning when government oversteps, noted a $1,700 police station renovation, and defended earlier street widening as prudent despite protests.
The Cedar Rapids board of review raised the front foot valuation of 3401 Mt. Vernon SE from $61 to $100 due to a property-card error found during routine commercial checks. The board’s changes require state tax commission approval, with no liquor-license pronouncements until lawmakers review the new law. The council discussed annexation, anticipated bridge projects, and a shift toward substantial industry costs, plus traffic improvements attributed to recent valuation fixes. The board will reconvene Thursday at city hall.
United States senator addresses Linn County Republican Central Committee at an evening session on Saturday May 18 at 8 p.m. The talk titled Report from Washington will be held on the Roosevelt Hotel's second floor and invites attendance.
Arthur Stocks of Mason City will speak in Cedar Rapids at a Linn County Cancer Society meeting at noon in the Sheraton Montrose hotel. The event includes officer elections and a report by Robert O'Meara on the county crusade. Volunteers with unfinished crusade reports are urged to submit this week to complete the Monday briefing.
Don’t store it put it in a classified ad to get its worth. Reports welcome year round at the society’s headquarters for items to sell free of charge. Call EM 2-112 for an ad. Margaret and Howard Hall advertise the Radiation Center taker.
Scuba diving displays and spelunking demonstrations highlight the city wide Boy Scout exposition at Hawkeye Downs. Explorer posts will show diving skills in a giant tank while others perform rope work in the rafters. Cubs will stage a country fair and a medical history exhibit as mystery houses prompt ticket sales with prizes. Exhibition hours are 7 30 to 9 p m Friday and Saturday.
Carl Thacker 55 of Yakima Washington grand worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles paid an official visit to Cedar Rapids Aerie on Wednesday. Thacker is a past president of the Washington state aerie and was elected grand worthy president at the order’s sixty fourth international convention in Pittsburgh last August.
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