Clean-Up After Storm in Cedar Rapids Underway
About 60 workers will clear debris from streets from dawn to dusk while city officials assess damage and seek federal aid. Debris and trees will be hauled to the C Street SW landfill for burning. Red Cross offers emergency housing food clothing and medical care with a helpline at 363-2673. Children are urged to stay away from damaged areas due to hazards from wires and fallen limbs.
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Robert Johnson
Marie Clancy
Red Cross
The
Anc
Sheriff's
Thomas J. Ransom
Wilkinson
Pa-Lond Avenue
Cedar Rap
Ralph Ruedy Ol
Middle
Amana
Phi Alpha Theta
Iowa State University
Severe wind and storm batter Cedar Rapids farms
Swift winds north of Cedar Rapids damaged farms and homes with torn roofs, flooded basins, and multiple barns and sheds destroyed. One man hospitalized with a shoulder injury. several citizens treated for lacerations and abrasions. The outage impaired city services and communications as authorities noted tornado-like patterns and scattered hail.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Milo Cerveny
Joe Cerveny
Johnson
Mila Cerveny
Arnold Frey
K Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
Raymond O. Drury
Marion
Emil D. Tiss
Fairfax
Robert Fanbord
Benton Street
David Carson
Loraine Street
Lawrence Olson
Route Two
Tald
Joe Parks
Churchill’s Captor to Wed at 84 in War Memories
Oom Jaap Botha, 84, who captured young Winston Churchill in the Boer War, plans marriage on July 3 to 70-year-old Mrs. Mattie Derksen, a longtime friend living at the same old age home. he was ill during Churchill’s January illness.
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Churchill
Warmraths
South Africa
Oom
Jaap Botha
Winston Churchill
Jaap
Mattie Derksen
News Tonight
Kcrg-Tv 9
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Red Cross Aid
Stewart Shank
Frank Bush
Don Gardner
City Hall
Kevin Kennedy
Emery S. Kennedys
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Gerald M. Duenow
E Avenue
Sheriff's Office
Walter Grant
Grant
Carl Smith
Rushmore Drive
Gardner
Manhattan
Ellis Jukies
Aft Park
Forestry Department
Lavenue
May
Island Plaza
Iowa Highway Patrol
St. Luke’s
St. Luke's
Wendy Renken
Series Street
Eva Kruger
Oakland Road
James McPartland
B Avenue
Lola Frala
Regal Avenue
Parnell Proctor
Lolah Schmidt
Sherman Street
David Sands
Central City
ISU Society
WANS
Audi
Nepad
Lindale
Lindale Plaza
Igraemer
Raemers
New
Florence
Sepou
Craemers
Sypee
Lindale and Downtown Jewelry Dept
2Nd Ave
Buster Brown
Downtown Cosmetic Dept
Spo
Glove Dept
Chabette and
Sepco
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