Council Questions NDP Housing Plan For Oak Hill Time Check
Cedar Rapids residents attend 55 minute public hearing on the Neighborhood Redevelopment Program first year plans for Oak Hill and Time Check. Mayor Bosh says focus is rehabilitation not displacement and new loans/grants were approved after questions.
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Cedar Rapids
NDP
Oak Hill
City Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Frank Bosh
Bosh
Carl Landino
Ben Isaacson
Environmental Planning and Research, Inc
Chicago
Laundry Permitted Temporary Office Site by City Council
The Cedar Rapids city council approved 3-1 a temporary permit for Troy Launderers and Dry Cleaners to use a mobile home as an office and pickup station at the southeast corner of avenue and Second Street SW. Safety Commissioner Oberthein opposed, citing traffic concerns and the permit’s potential long duration despite its temporary intent. The request supports urban renewal relocation, with planning and redevelopment recommending approval and the building department urging denial.
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Cedar Rapids
Troy Launderers and Dry Cleaners
Avenue and
Second Street
John Oberthein
Oberthein
City Department of Planning and Redevelopment
City Building Department
Kennedy High Featured in JFK Library Exhibit
Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids is showcased at the Kennedy Memorial exhibit of the JFK Library for Minorities at the Park Sheraton in New York starting Thursday. The display, organized at the request of Congressman Culver and Library Director Sommer, includes photographs pennants and the school's first annual from Kohlmann Eckman Hukill. Selected items will join the Kennedymobile traveling exhibit touring the nation from June 5 in Los Angeles.
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John F. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
JFK Library
Park Sheraton Hotel
New York
John C. Culver
J. P. Sommer
Kohlmann- Eckman-Hukill
Kennedy High
Los Angeles
Robins Man Held On Morals Charge
Donald D. Peterson a 41 year old Robins man was arrested by Linn sheriff deputies on a warrant charging lascivious acts with a child stemming from a May 16 incident involving a 13 year old girl He is held in Linn county jail on a 5000 bond in the Robins city court before Mayor Leonard Pallas
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Donald D. Peterson
Robins
Linn
Peterson
Leonard Pallas
Glassboro Talks Bring Johnson Kosygin Meeting in 1967
In June 1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin met at Glassboro New Jersey in the Glassboro Talks to discuss Cold War tensions and strategic issues.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Kosygin
Glassboro, N.J
Glassboro
Cedar Rapids man indicted on draft count in Wisconsin
Amphers Junior Welch of 727 Memorial drive SE appeared before U S Commissioner E W Fuelling after being indicted by a Milwaukee federal grand jury for failure to report for military induction. He was released on a 1000 dollar unsecured bond. No arraignment date set. Welch was indicted May 13 for failure to report for induction in 1967 at Shawano Wisconsin. It is unclear if federal officials had pursued him for two years or if his file was misplaced.
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Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
U.S
E. W. Fuelling
Amphers Junior Welch
Memorial Drive
Welch
Shawano
Wis
Local Graduates Headline Davenport Area Tales
Graduates include Robert Elliott son of W F Elliott of 3601 Cottage Grove Ave SE who will graduate from Missouri Valley College Marshall Missouri May 31 Catherine Cartwright daughter of A C Cartwright of 524 Twentieth St NE will receive a BS in speech pathology and audiology from Arizona State University Tempe June 3 Jesse Duarte of Cedar Rapids will receive a high school diploma at Father Flanagan's Boys Home Boys Town Nebraska June 1 Virginia Ramer Mahan formerly of Center Point will receive a BS from Pan American College Edinburg Texas May 25
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Robert Elliott
W. F. Elliott
Cottage Grove Avenue
Missouri Valley College
Marshall, Mo
Catherine Cartwright
A. C. Cartwright
Twentieth Street
Arizona State University
Tempe
Jesse Duarte
Cedar Rapids
Father Flanagan
Boys Town, Neb
Virginia Ramer Mahan
Center Point
Pan American College
Edinburg
Texas
Opening of Jones Park Road Petition Seeks Evening Weekend Access
A petition signed by 58 residents requests opening the road through Jones Park to ease traffic on Fruitland boulevard SW. The group urges evenings and weekends access to prevent a perceived traffic hazard. The petition was referred to the city parks department.
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Cedar Rapids
Jones Park
Fruitland Boulevard
City Parks Department
Youth Hurt in Cycle Accident Near E Avenue NW
Glenn D. Nelson twenty one of 1057 Fifth Avenue SE suffered minor injuries Tuesday evening in a motorcycle accident near the intersection of E Avenue and Twenty seventh Street NW. He was treated at Mercy hospital for a laceration to the left hand and right side injuries and released. No charges were filed. Georgia M. Brown twenty three of 408 Seventeenth Street NE was treated at St Luke's hospital for whiplash after her car was rear ended by an auto driven by Bruce Pennington Mechanicsville at Third Avenue and Second Street SW. Pennington was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Glenn D. Nelson
Fifth Avenue SE
E Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street NW
Nelson
Mercy Hospital
E Avenue NW
Georgia M. Brown
Seventeenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bruce Pennington
Mechanicsville
Third Avenue
Second Street
Pennington
Testimony Under Advisement in Contempt Case
Judge Edward J. McManus has taken under advisement testimony from a two day trial of a Waterloo man charged with contempt of court in a civil dispute with Shell Oil Co. Shell sues Barke Corp Evansdale and its president John Barakat over DDVP patent infringement. In 1966 the firm was found guilty and enjoined from further manufacture. Shell also alleged trademark infringement for marketing as Vapona. Last November Shell sought criminal contempt against Barakat for continuing to produce and sell the insecticide despite the injunction.
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Edward J. McManus
Waterloo
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Barke Corp
Evansdale
John Barakat
McManus
Barakat
Werling Couple Files for Bankruptcy in Cedar Rapids
Kenneth and Judy Werling of 2007 Worthington Drive SW Cedar Rapids have filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court. They report debts totaling $13330 and assets of $725 with $350 exempt. Werling works as a laborer.
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Kenneth and
Judy Werling
Worthington Drive
Cedar Rapids
Werling
Cedar Rapids Seeks Federal Funds for Public Safety Building
Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner John Oberthien announced the proposed public safety building is regionally eligible for federal funding up to about 50 percent of the police portion, potentially $900,000 to $1 million. The project, estimated at $2.5 million, hinges on a bond election next fall and a regional feasibility study by SUA Inc. Federal grants would depend on bond passage and regional needs beyond Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
John Oberthien
Oberthien
George Matias
Department of Justice
Washington
Office of Law Enforcement Assistance
Police Department
Safety Department
SUA, Inc
Wilson’s Laurel R Anderson Receives Merit Scholarship
Laurel R Anderson of 1806 Seventh Avenue SE was honored at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon as a Wilson and Co finalist in national merit scholarship tests. Wilson’s awards four year college scholarships to two children of its employees annually. Anderson, daughter of James Anderson Cedar Rapids traffic manager, plans sociology and psychology at the University of Iowa. D A Lyon Wilsons vice president presented the award with industry, school and civic group representatives present.
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Laurel R. Anderson
Seventh Avenue SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Wilson and Co
Wilson
Miss Anderson
James Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Anderson
U. of Iowa
D. A. Lyon
Wilson's
Willie Hillsman Accused of Assault in Family Disturbance
Willie M Hillsman aged 29 of 1132 Fifteenth Avenue SE was arrested Tuesday night for assault and battery and resisting an officer. He posted bonds totaling 220 and was released. Police were called to quell a family disturbance between Hillsman and his wife Madalyn. He struck his wife in their presence and resisted officers when charged.
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Willie M. Hillsman
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Hillsman
Madalyn
Scouts Honor Roll at Monroe School Awards Night
Cub Scouts Pack 82 awarded Tuesday at Monroe School to Randy Remington David Lyman Jeff Abraham Bill Detwiller Eddie Hidder Stuart Wilson John Davisson Kean Rich Dick Barr John Haddy Scott Miller Frank Murphy Mark Rowet Mike Hahn Dan DeBrower Rex Reeve Tom LeBuhn and Tom Gibson for achievements and participation.
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Pack
Monroe School
Randy Remington
David Lyman
Jeff Abraham
Bill Detwiller
Eddie Hidder
Stuart Wilson
John Davisson
Kean Rich
Dick Barr
John Haddy
Scott Miller
Frank Murphy
Mark Rowet
Mike Hahn
Dan DeBrower
Rex Reeve
Tom LeBuhn
Tom Gibson
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I. M. Tschantz
Fourth Street NW
Ask
Jones Park Road
C.R. Couple
Cording
Congress
Armstrong
OshKosh Sale
Cub
Dept. Wa-1
P.O. Box
G.P.O
N. Y
Oshiro
SEN
Oshkosh
Interbank
Merchants National Bank
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