City Briefs and Local Ads Highlight Community Happenings
City Briefs cover informational meeting at Kirkwood Community College on the 2-3-2 part time program and a youth ambassador from the 1972 Experiment in International Living speaking at the Roosevelt. Short advisories announce plays, fundraisers, and services. crime reports note stolen tools and lumber from a construction site. Community notices urge candidate votes, rides to polls, late-year bazaars, library story hour, church events, and local shopping deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro Kiwanis
Roosevelt
Halloween Vandalism Reports Light Citywide Damage
Cedar Rapids police said Halloween night was quiet with minimal damage. Park Towne Place apartments saw the most incidents including ten gas lamps struck by rocks, four outdoor floodlights broken, and a car window shattered. Eggs and yard light damage were reported at other locations.
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Cedar Rapids
George Matias
Matias
Park Towne Place
Forty-second Street
Sherman Avenue
Cold Stream Avenue
Alburnett C R Drivers Injured In 3 Car Crash
A three car crash on the 4400 block of Sixth Street SW Tuesday left two people with minor injuries. Freida Hite of Alburnett stopped to turn into a driveway and was rear ended by Steven Bouska of 1600 Fourteenth Avenue SW. Bouska was then rear ended by Theodore Mienders of Waterloo. Hite was treated at St Luke’s hospital and released. Bouska also released from Mercy hospital.
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Sixth Street
Freida Hite
Alburnett
Steven Bouska
Fourteenth Avenue
Bouska
Theodore Mienders
Waterloo
Miss Hite
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Unborn Daughter Waits For Father's Release
BELLEVILLE N J UP I Anne Bridge kept her promise to wait for her journalist husband Peter to win release from jail for refusing to reveal sources. On October 30 six days after his release their daughter Jennifer Marie eight pounds one ounce arrived at 1125 p m. Bridge joked it was a matter of mind over matter and she had expected delivery between October 1 and 12.
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Belleville
N. J
UPI
Anne Bridge
Peter
Bridge
Jennifer Marie
GI Surrounded By Girls and Doesn't Like It
Pvt. Jerry Garrett 18 of Greenfield Indiana arrived in Europe last Friday and found himself assigned to a women’s army corps unit. Surrounded by girls he calls the arrangement a nightmare though he hoped to become a military policeman. Capt Anna Young notes clerk roles are scarce and a possible MP school opening in two months may move him.
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Heidelberg
Jerry Garrett
Greenfield
Ind
Europe
Garrett
States
Army
Anna Young
WAC
Col. C. J. Shay
Special Troops
Two Injured in Two Car Crash at Intersection
Cynthia Baker 21 and Christopher Baker 16 of 3000 J Street SW were treated and released at Mercy hospital after their car was rear ended at Sixth Street and Twenty-seventh. Larry Milbach of 700 Thirty-fifth Street Marion was charged with failure to have the vehicle under control.
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Sixth Street
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Cynthia Baker
J Street
Christopher Baker
Mercy Hospital
Miss Baker
Larry Milbach
Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
Baker
Milbach
10 Years Ago Defense Planes Reconnoiter Cuba
The U S defense department reported reconnaissance flights over Cuba returning with photographs. The disclosure underscores heightened tension during the Cold War era and signals ongoing monitoring of Cuban activities by American authorities.
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U.S. Defense Department
Cuba
Students Ask City Council About Garbage and Housing
Sixth graders from Tyler School questioned Cedar Rapids officials on city trash pickup, abandoned houses, and safety. The mayor and council explained debris removal deadlines, ongoing demolitions, and that professional sports are privately owned, not city work. A girl reported finding a needle in candy prompting concern.
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Tyler School
Kirk Hobbs
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Donald Canney
Tina Downs
Eleventh Avenue SE
Careless hunter hits rider kills horse in Colorado
DURANGO Colorado wildlife division said a hunter mistook a horse for an elk in a heavy snowstorm. Nugen Dodge 56 of Henrietta Oklahoma was wounded and his horse killed. A careless hunting misdemeanor charge will be filed against T H Dusdadek 37 of Faribault Minnesota.
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Durango
Colo
UPI
Nugen Dodge
Henrietta
Okla
Colorado Wildlife Division
Dodge
T. H. Dusdadek
Faribault
Minn
McDonough Held for Army Authorities
Patrick McDonough aged 21 of 1801 E Avenue NE was arrested Tuesday for being absent without leave from the army. He was taken to the city jail at about 8 p.m. and held pending pickup by army officials, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McDonough
E Avenue NE
McDonough
Plane Saboteur Curb Is Signed
WASHINGTON AP President Nixon signed the Montreal sabotage convention to extradite or prosecute individuals involved in aviation sabotage. He said the cabinet committee on terrorism has formed working groups to ensure government-wide cooperation in intelligence sharing and a coordinated response to any terrorist attack.
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Washington
Nixon
Montreal
Senate
Services Friday for Jacob Achenbach 93 in Lisbon
Jacob Edison Achenbach aged 93 died Monday in a Monticello nursing home after a lingering illness. Born October 14 1879 in Milton Pennsylvania he moved to Lisbon at age seven and farmed in the Lisbon Mt Vernon area. Survived by son Earl G Baxter Marion daughters Mrs Donald W Baxter Mrs Frank Benesh and Mrs George Gillespie eight grandchildren eleven great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 pm in Baxter Memorial chapel Mt Vernon burial Lisbon cemetery casket not opened after service. Call hours Thursday 7 to 9 pm Baxter chapel Marion and Friday 10 am Mt Vernon chapel until service.
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Lisbon
Jacob Edison Achenbach
Monticello
Milton
Lisbon-Mt. Vernon
United Evangelical Church
Earl G
Greeley
Colo
Donald W. Baxter
Marion
Frank Benesh
Vernon
George Gillespie
Piscataway
N. J
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon Cemetery
Baxter Chapel
Mt. Vernon Chapel
Home freezers sell quickly with low cost want ad
A low cost fast acting want ad drives swift freezer sales as buyers respond to standout pricing and immediate availability. Local retailers report brisk activity and quick turnover on in stock models.
Cedar Rapids Council Awards Renewal Related Contracts
The Cedar Rapids city council approved three urban renewal contracts including sewer work on First and Second streets to be funded by HUD. Lincoln Construction of Washington will start after Christmas, with sewers laid from A Avenue NE to Third Avenue SE on First Street and from north of A Avenue to midway between Second and Third on Second Street. The total project cost is 276212 dollars with HUD funding and city credits. Other contracts include Zodac Construction for an east side riverfront park at First and A avenues, and J C White Excavating for 28000 to remove 22 houses in the Jane Boyd area under the Neighborhood Development Program. All contracts await HUD approval.
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Cedar Rapids
Craig Taylor
Eighth Street
Lincoln Construction Corp
Washington
Don Salyer
First Street
Third Avenue
Second Street
Second
Third Avenues
Federal Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Zodac Construction Co
East Side Riverfront
A Avenues
Riverfront
J. C. White Excavating Co
Des Moines
Jane Boyd
Educator To Retire After 27 Years As Supt
Postville school superintendent K T Cook 65 announced Tuesday he will retire June 30 after serving 27 years leading the district.
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Postville
K. T. Cook
Cook
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Hillcrest
United States
Jerome’s
Hutchins
Leonard
Adv
Toddville Legion Hall
Nelson’s Meats
Seeley’s. Ellis
John Austad
Thirty-first Street
Myron Burger
Fairfax
National Guard
Lions Club
Herb Berry
the Roosevelt
South America
Jean Oxley
Linn County
Responsive
Responsible
Pol
St. Pius X
Collins Rd
Council St. NE
Bishops Downtown
Everett Hemann
All Saints Church
George Clifford
Clifford
Dick Wenzel
Iowa Council of Senior Citizens
Sandy
Maurice Hennessey
Pol. Adv
Kenwood
First-avenue SE
St. Mark’s Methodist
Johnson Ave
Johnny’s Parkway
Ellis and
St. John’s Episcopal Church
19Th and
Park SE
C.R
Kiimgers
Porcine
5Th Ave. SE
By Dale Kueter
Diane Matheny
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Canney
Ent
Jacob Achenbach
Council
Petitite Rose
Nnion
DuPont
Tsk
Ellsworth
Congress Committee
C. Kelly
TREAS
Poy
Bankamericard
Uvhome Hou
Rane Ee Ee
Woolworth's
Bank Americard
Cere
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