Five-Point Highway Plan Outlined for Cedar Rapids Chamber
Cedar Rapids civic leaders unveiled a five point highway program at a Chamber of Commerce dinner led by William Culver. The plan includes an underpass for highways 151 and 64, four lane widening of Williams Boulevard and First Avenue East viaduct, brick street resurfacing, and a four lane link to the future interstate north of Iowa City. J A Dutch Paulsen received a meritorious service certificate as he retires after 43 years with the Iowa Highway Commission.
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Carl Pranks
Paulsen
J. A
Dutch" Paulsen
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Civic Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Martin Wiley
Bureau
Vernon Court SE
Civic Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
J. A. “Dutch” Paulsen
Commission
William C. Culver
Culver
Milwaukee Railroad
Maricn
Williams Boulevard
First Avenue
Allis-Chalmers
Iowa City
Chamber
Highways Committee
Ogee Highway Commission
Loomis
John G. Butter
R. M. Tutton
W. C. O’connor
C. C. Lerner
Japan
Hal Linker
Cedar Rapids highway study advances with 1000 dollar survey
The Chamber board approves a 1000 dollar preliminary survey by Howard R. Green Engineering of Cedar Rapids to link northeast Cedar Rapids with downtown via a new road. The study should finish in 90 days, with financing concerns noted as growth increases demand for safety oriented access. Paulsen honored for 43 years in highway engineering. remarks praise his pioneering work as the highway field evolves.
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Chamber
Howard R. Green Engineering Company
Cedar Rapids
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Three Americans
The 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to William Shockley of Pasadena Jay Bardeen of Urbana and Walter Brattain of Murray Hill for developing the transistor at Bell Labs. The $38,633 prize was shared three ways recognizing advances in solid state physics and micro-amplifiers.
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Stockholm
U.S
Bell Telephone Company
William Shockley
Pasadena
Calif
Jay Bardeen
Urbana, L
Walter H. Brattain
Murray Hill
N.J
Bankruptcy Review Denied in Durant Motor Case
Federal District Judge Henry N. Graven denied review of the Durant Motor Company bankruptcy ruling. The court held the bankruptcy court has exclusive jurisdiction over liens on mortgaged property, denying district court review. Edmond and Camiel Bleyart held the mortgage. Albert O. RedmanDismissal of petition approved. costs charged to C. A. Johnson and Son.
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Durant Motor Company
Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
Edmond
Camiel Bleyart
Albert O. Redman
C. A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids Hearing on Fire Station Plans 1956
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa schedules a hearing at 10 a.m. November 26 1956 in Council Chambers City Hall to review proposed fire station plans specifications and contract forms for Station No 5 and Station No 6 improvements at estimated costs. Objections may be filed in writing and oral testimony heard. funding via general obligation tax levy approved by voters. Published in Cedar Rapids Gazette November 1 and 8 1956.
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San
Ceda
Iowa
Cedar Rapiids
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Krebs
Tech
Transistors vs Vacuum Tubes Highlight Early Electronics
Notice records the appointment of Velmal Merritt as Administratrix of Edith L. Hollenbeck’s estate in Linn County Iowa dated October 31 1956. The document requests all creditors to present claims and directs investigations through Linn County District Court with attorney Velma Brashaw listed.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Edith L. Hollenbeck
Iowa
Velmal
Merritt
E. W. Brashaw
Two Professors Win Half of 38000 Prize for Chem Reactions
Prof. Cyril Hinshelwood of Oxford and Prof. Nikolai Semenov of Moscow share 19000 dollars each for their research into the mechanism of chemical reactions. Semenov becomes the first Russian to miss a Nobel chemistry prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
Oxford University
Nikolai Nikolaevich Senenov
Moscow University
Hinshelwood
Semenov
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C.R. Chamber
Bruce Fishwild
Bernard Lans
Ely
Martin
Little Hoover’ Commission
John M. Ely
Frank L. Martin
Center Point
Emery Loomis
Highway Commission
Carload
Standard
Philco Laboratories
Chandler
2Nd Ave
Philco
Standard Appliance CO
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Worry
Lumber & Mill CO
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