One Week Left to Register for Cedar Rapids School Bond Vote
Final week to register for the June 2 Cedar Rapids school bond issue. Registration closes at 5 p.m. next Monday. New residents or precinct movers may register at the city clerk’s office. eligibility requires six months in Iowa, 60 days in Linn County, and 10 days in the precinct. Absentee ballots available at the Board of Education, 346 Second Ave. SW, with extended hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays May 22 and May 29.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community School
Iowa
Linn County
Secretary’s Office
Board of Education
Second Avenue
School Board
Bronze Star for Vietnam Action Awarded to Cedar Rapids Native
Former Cedar Rapids resident Staff Sergeant Rex B. Patton received the Bronze Star at Fort Lee Virginia for heroism during a June 26 1964 helicopter mission in Vietnam He helped load a medical team and carried two seriously wounded crew members from a downed helicopter under heavy fire His sister in law Mrs Vernon Dighton lives at 219 Seventh Street SW Airman Douglas L Cook 19 has been assigned to medical technical school at Gunter Air Base after basic training at Lackland Also home on leave First Lieutenant Richard P Shay and Airman Robert J Dunlop are listed with their respective assignments and addresses in Iowa and Nebraska
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Cedar Rapids
Vietnam
Rex B. Patton
Ft. Lee
Air Force
Doris Peterson
Patton
Vernon Dighton
Seventh Street
Douglas L. Cook
Kenneth Cook
Gunter Air Base
Ala
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Funding to Build New Senior High School Approved
A plan secures 4.2 million dollars for the construction of a new senior high school. The proposal outlines site selection and timeline for groundbreaking and completion in the coming years.
Speed Limit Sought on Old Highway 218
The Johnson County board of supervisors adopted a resolution asking the state highway commission to set a 50 mile per hour limit on the six mile stretch of old Highway 218 between Iowa City and North Liberty due to a series of serious accidents caused by speeding.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
North Liberty
Sorority Honors Top Member At 16th Epsilon Sigma Alpha Meet
Mrs. Ralph Krone received the outstanding member award at the 16th annual Epsilon Sigma Alpha convention in Oelwein. Linda Mason and Mrs. John Roy took second and third. Five Cedar Rapids women were elected to state offices including presidents, secretary, treasurer, and chaplain with seventeen other Cedar Rapids members in attendance.
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Ralph Krone
Forty-first Street
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Oelwein
Linda Mason
Davenport
John Roy
Cedar Rapids
East Iowans Receive Engineer Scholarships
East Iowa students at the University of Iowa receive engineering scholarships. Recipients include David Hyde Cedar Rapids Raymond Machacek Iowa City Larry Levsen Clarence Gary Phillips Delhi Richard Lammers Dyersville William Seifert Homestead David Berry Dennis Kaiser James Longstreth Dwight Walker Theodore Verch Gustave Fink Richard Shogren Lansing Evan Gerard Norman Ogden Marengo Kenneth Burda Oxford Junction Peter Seaba Sigourney Erwin Toerber Stanwood.
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Iowa City
Oelwein High School Expansion Bids Set for June 15
Contracts for the 790000 addition to Oelwein high school will be awarded at 2 p.m. June 15 by the board of education.
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Oelwein
Board of Education
Flunk Day Kickoff Signals Coe College Mayhem
Coe College marks Flunk Day with a campus carillon concert and student led evacuation drill. Police deploy six officers and report a water bucket incident but no arrests, as the day proceeds peacefully.
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Coe College
Coe Auditorium
William Rowland
Richard Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edilberto K. Tiempo
Silliman University
Philippines
Edith Tiempo
Silliman
Waterloo- Cedar Rapids
National League of American Pen Women
Wartburg College
Ray Lageschulte
Waverly
National League of Pen Women
Peoples Church
C.R. Man
Richard P. Shay
F. L. Shay
Central City
Fortuna Air Force Station
Westby
Mont
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Robert J. Dunlop
Clyde C. Dunlop
Center Point Read
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
East
Lowa
Swab’s
Sixteenth Avenue
S.W
Robinson’s
16Th Avenue
S. W
Robinson
Blom
Women’s Work
Oxfords
Oxford
WORK
Romeo
16Th Avenue S.W
Coe
John Casey
Saga Food Service
Blue Lustre Electric
Hampe Sre
Peterson’s Home Furnishings
Town & Country
Tance Pace
East Side
West Side
First Avenue
Robb
Watt Prang
Nen IE Thin
RCA Whirlpool
Gas & Electric
RCA
Whirlpool Corporation
RCA Whirlpool Appliances
Radio Corporation of America
Second Street
S.E
Penney's
Dial
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