Parking on Plaza Deck Is Proposed for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council favors plans to add 60 cantilevered parking spaces over the Cedar River on municipal island and to draft renovations for the Second Avenue Bridge. Estimated costs total 800000 for the bridge and 63000 for the parking deck.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar River
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Ned Ashton
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Second Avenue Bridge
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City Hall
Cedar Rapids School Board Reconsiders Married Students Policy
Cedar Rapids school board paused a proposed rule allowing married students to join extracurricular activities with principal approval. A massive petition drive opposing the policy urged rejection to avoid encouraging early marriages. The board voted to table and seek further consultation before any final action.
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Cedar Rapids
Jefferson
Washington
Schweppe
Lewis L.howard
Fourteenth Street SE
Frank Nye
Ernest Pence
Pratt
Four more indicted in Hoffa juror tampering case
Nashville AP four more defendants including an ILA official were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of attempting to bribe or influence jurors in the Hoffa conspiracy trial. The indictments name Henry Bell ILA vice president and local leader, Herman Frazier Huntington detective chief, Alfred Paden Huntington detective lieutenant, and Albert Cole former investigator for Frazier's agency.
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International Longshoremen’s Assn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Henry Bell
ILA
ILA Local 1804
New York
Herman Frazier
Huntington
W.va
Alfred Paden
Albert Cole
Frazier
Winter Weather Nips Iowa With Below Freezing Lows
The region felt a cold snap as temperatures dropped across Iowa with lows in the 34 to 45 degree range. Highs reached the upper 60s to mid 70s in several cities before a cooling trend and scattered showers moved in.
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Mercury
Iowa
Mason City
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Burington
Kennedy news conference to be on KCRG radio and TV
President Kennedy’s news conference will be broadcast live on KCRG radio at 2 p.m. KCRG television will air the event at 4 30 p.m.
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Kennedy
KCRG
Kennedy Honors Cooper With Space Medal
President Kennedy awards the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to Gordon Cooper who completed 22 orbits. Kennedy praises Cooper for giving the country a great lift as dignitaries attend a White House ceremony in the Ellipse garden with the Cooper family present and Vice President Johnson guiding them.
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Gordon Cooper
Kennedy
NASA
America
Space
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Andrews Air Base
Cape Canaveral
White House
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Johnson
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White House Rose Garden
John Glenn
Japan
Vandals Smash 156 Windshields at Cedar Rapids Used Car Lots
Police report 156 windshields damaged across eight Cedar Rapids used car lots over the weekend. Damage estimated at about 15 600 dollars with pellet guns, police chief says the acts were wanton and deliberate. Car dealers list included Rapids Chevrolet H ndler Motors Mc Grath Motors Schamberger Motors Baxter Motors Daman Motors Gaddis Motors and Allen Motors.
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Cedar Rapids
George Matias
Rapids Chevrolet
First Avenue
Handler Motors
Eighth Street
McGrath Motors
Third Avenue
Schamberger Motors
Second Avenue
Baxter Motors
Seventh Street
A Avenue
Daman Motors
Gaddis Motors
Allen Motors
Space Hero Gordon Cooper Feted by 250000 in D.C.
The capital welcomed astronaut Gordon Cooper with a 250000 strong crowd and a two minute standing ovation in the Capitol as he praised fellow astronauts. A parade along Pennsylvania Avenue featured heavy windshields damaged at several car lots and ticker tape showers from office windows. Cooper read a personal prayer on his 16th orbit as his mother watched from the gallery, smiling through tears.
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Washington
Gordon Cooper
Congress
Cooper
Manned Space Team
John Glenn
Burglars Take $2147 From Apex Loan Co
Police said burglars forced a back door to gain entry at the Apex Loan Co on Third Avenue SE and chiseled the dial off a small safe to steal 2147 dollars in cash. Detective Captain John Kuba noted the burglary was reported at 9 am Tuesday by Apex manager Marlin Kerkman.
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Cedar Rapids
Apex Loan Co
Third ‘Avenue SE
John Kuba
Marlin’ Kerkman
Apex
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