Induction Call For May Stirs Senate Debate On Voting Bill
Washington AP report lists Linn County residents among petition signers urging limits on debate over the Negro voting rights bill. Senators aim to invoke a rule shortening speaking time, with a two-thirds vote required. Several local figures and Eastern Iowa men are named, plus military notices from Des Moines and Norfolk trainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Regis- Washington
Senate County
Senate
Garth R. Mingo
Avenue NW
William H. Ray
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Curtis G. Rawson
Richard W. Roberts
Hart
D-Mich
Center Point
Steven J
Stone
E Avenue NW
John M. Zahorik
Dondo Beach
Calif
Mike Mansfield
California
Mansfield
Fort Des
Moines
Dirk
Iowa
Sen
Illinois
Fort Dirksen
Leonard Wood
Thomas L. Schwendinger
Monticello
Lawrence A. Carter
Sherman Street
Twenty-seventh Street
San Diego
Naval Training Center
Emi
Car Slides Under Truck in Early Morning Collision
Stephen Pickart, 32, of Fairfax, escaped serious injury when his car struck the rear of a truck at First Avenue and Fifth Street East Friday at 6 40 a m. He had a head bump. hood and windshield damaged. damage estimated at 350 dollars. Pickart treated at Mercy Hospital then released. He was charged with failing to stop in the assured clear distance ahead. The truck was driven by Dallas O Smith, 34, of Augusta Missouri. The truck's speed about ten mph. the car 30 to 35 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Pickart
Fairfax
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Pickart
Mercy Hospital
Dallas O. Smith
Augusta
Chuckhole Work Nears Half Way Mark
Public Improvements Commissioner W. W. Stolba said about 40 percent of winter chuckholes in city streets have been repaired. The street department has focused on major thoroughfares and will move to secondary streets next. He estimated the program would take about two months from mid April and require nearly 1000 tons of patch material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Stolba
Stolba
Eggs and Rocks Hit Cars on Cedar Rapids Streets
Cedar Rapids police hunted vandals after egg and rock throwing on the southeast side. At 9 20 p m on First Avenue West a car windshield was struck as Marie Thayer of Sharon Lane NW drove in the 900 block. A thrown eye hit Merle Reed of route one Fairfax in the same block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Marie Thayer
Sharon Lane
Merle Reed
Route One
Fairfax
City Briefs and Ads Mix Local Happenings
A collage of notices lists local hospital patients, new businesses, dance events, and ads. Mentions Mercy hospital patient Frank Swatosh, New Ambassador Cocktail Lounge downtown, a Saturday dance at UFW club, and absentee ballots for a June school bond election. Also notes parking fine for Jack Ball of Detroit, garden and florist ads, a garage sale, and meal specials from local eateries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board For Education
Second Avenue SW
Shrine Parade Route Told and Banquet Stated
Shrine temple El Kahir schedules a Saturday spring ceremonial parade at 3 p.m. with initiation of a large class. More than 100 men from 27 counties will join parade marshals Sands and Bright Livesay. After the parade, a banquet for 1,200 Shriners and an initiation at 8:30 p.m. precedes a rathskeller at the Embassy club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine
el Kahir Shrine
R. F. Brispir
el Kahir
Brisbin
Second Avenue
Second Street
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Sands
Bright Livesay
Zor Shrine
Madison
Wis
Davenport
Waterloo
Independence
Oelwein
Manchester
Dubuque
Charles City
Mason
Donald J. Fisher
Fifth Street SE
Memorial Coliseum
Embassy Club
Community event invitation with door sales
The notice advertises a local event with tickets sold at the door for 1.00. It invites all attendees and signs with Ady.
Dog owner’s fine suspended after keeping dog on property
James E. Convey of 1924 Mt. Vernon road SE faced a $50 municipal court fine for his poodle running at large. Judge Howard McLaughlin suspended the penalty on the condition the dog remain on Convey’s property after complaints to city animal warden Charles Lockhart who had warned repeatedly. Mrs. Convey attended court for her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Convey
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Howard McLaughlin
Theine
Convey
Charles Lockhart
Lockhart
School Lease Purchase Bill Sent to Governor
Iowa House approves lease-purchase plan to acquire school buildings sending the bill to Gov. Harold Hughes by a 97 to 2 vote after rejecting a senate-amendment. It allows districts to use lease-purchase contracts with 60 percent voter approval, backed by about 60 districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa House
Harold Hughes
House
Senate
Iowa
Subcommittees Study Municipal Court Space Problem
A ten member committee appointed by Mayor Boo Johnson is divided into three subcommittees to study municipal court space. The group will meet June 3 to discuss the issue and aim to present recommendations by July 1 on facility need location and financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boo Johnson
Winfield White
Manior
White
Linn County Bar Assn., N
William Eads
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Harold Schaefer
Johnson
Vinton Man 23 Hurt in Auto Crash
Terry Raitt of Vinton, 23, was treated at Virginia Gay hospital Friday for bruised kidneys after an auto crash Thursday afternoon. Authorities say his car went out of control while turning from highway 218 onto Mt. Auburn road and he was charged with failure to have his car under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Terry Raitt
Virginia Gay Hospital
Mt. Auburn Road
Child injured after slide foil incident at Perk
Two Cedar Rapids men were fined after a fight in front of a tavern on Allendale street. John Hach, 22, fell from a slide and suffered a head injury. his mother rushed him to Mercy hospital where he was listed in good condition Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hach
Mrr
Lester
Hach
Cedar Rapids
Allendale
Mercy Hospital
Fight in front of Brown Derby tavern leads to court
In a Thursday incident outside the Brown Derby tavern at 1136 Ninth Street SE Ed ward A. Lee 32 and John S. Har ford 45 of 1138 Tenth Street SE fought. Harford was treated for a facial laceration at Mercy Hospital and released. Both appeared in municipal court Friday receiving 30-day suspended sentences for disturbing the peace and $25 fines for drunkenness. Lee failed to pay and was sent to county jail to begin a seven-day alternate sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Lee
John S. Harford
Tenth Street
Harford
Mercy Hospital
Lee
Marine Ambush Near Da Nang Wounds Lieutenant
A Viet Cong unit ambushed three Jeeps of U S Marines four miles from Da Nang air base. One lieutenant was wounded in the chest after a mine exploded before the lead vehicle. Marines, eight weapons, countered as three women reported eight attackers in black garb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DA Nang, Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Seamen Picket Federal Sites in Washington Protest
American seamen picked from federal buildings in Washington to protest what they call appeasing foreign governments at the expense of the American merchant marine during a Friday action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morris
Dave Glanz
Kreg Kregel
Youth Injured In Bike Mishap Reported
Richard King aged 17 of 750 Thirtieth Street SE sustained chin and arm injuries when his bicycle flipped in the 1700 block of Mt. Vernon Road SE. Police said the accident occurred as the bike toppled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard King
Thirtieth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Boy Suffers Injuries In Bike Accident on Eighth Ave
Harold Menger seven year old son of the Mengiers of 1531 Seventh avenue SE sustained head and wrist injuries when his bicycle struck a rock on a sidewalk in the 1806 block of Eighth avenue SE. He was treated at Mercy hospital and released after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Menger
Alan Mengiers
Seventh Avenue SE
Eighth Avenue SE
Mengier
St. Luke’s Hospital
Janitor Faces Larceny Charge in Nighttime Theft
Merle McDonough age 32 of 1014 First Street SW was arrested Friday on a larceny charge. Detectives say he admitted stealing 127 dollars from the 100 Club at 213 First Street SW on May 13 while employed as a janitor with a key to the building. He is held at the city jail pending arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle McDonough
First Street
John Scriven
McDonough
Scriven
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Chadwick
Draft
Michael P. Byrne
Fifteenth Street
James L. Holub, Jr
San Jose
Kenneth L. Hooiman
Danny R. Jensen
Richard A. McCoy
C Avenue
Jana
Agency
Harold J. Mahnke
Harold F. Mahnke
James L. Battleman
Center Point Road
Naval
Fire Training School
Norfolk
Frank Swatosh
Fourth Street
New Ambassador
Junction East Marion
Jack Ball
Detroit
UFW Club
Bob Preston
Wisconsin Cheese Store
Thirteenth Street
Advo
Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Boulevard
Parkview Court
Highway 30 West
Berton
Dick Kaufman
Dixieland Band
Hall
Italy
McKesson & Robbins
N.Y
Lila
Anthony Scolaro
Jack Bates
Ernest Rejsa
Memorial Commission
al Lowell
George Matias
Union Label
Bertani Bardolino
Vinton Man
Standard Appliance Company
Appliance Company
Brown Derby Tavern
Ninth Street
Eee
DAT
Northwestern Bell
Pee
Bondar
Rheed
Lindale
Oxfords
Atoll
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