Islands Control Traffic at Key Intersections in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids has four new traffic islands at crucial intersections to improve flow. The pictured island at Center Point Road NE and Thirty-second Street directs access, with crushed rock cores and asphalt overlays. Other islands sit at First Avenue and Third Avenue SW, Center Point Road and E Avenue NE, and Twelfth Avenue and Tenth Street SE. The project is a joint effort of the traffic engineering and streets departments.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Thirty-second Street
First Avenue
Third Avenue
E Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
Tenth Street
Wood Road
Archdiocese of
Smith and Kennedy
Wilson Avenue
Edgewood Road
Kenrich, Inc
Nunn Breaks GOP Gasket in Kentucky Governor Race
Louie B. Nunn wins Kentucky governor seat, the first Republican to hold the post in 24 years, defeating Henry Ward by about 21 000 votes as Democrats keep control of the legislature and lieutenant governorship. Ford defeats Ratliff for lieutenant governor.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Louie B. Nunn
Nunn
Johnson
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Henry Ward
Ward
Edward T. Breathitt
Breathitt
Sen
Wendell Ford
Thomas Ratliff
Car Boycott Ends as L A County Resumes Vehicle Purchases
The Los Angeles county supervisors approve buying new county vehicles again after a weeklong moratorium. The buyer’s boycott aimed at pressuring Detroit automakers over the clean air act. A Dingell amendment to curb California emission standards failed.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Detroit
John Dingell
Rmich
California
Stink Bomb Prank Repaid by Lincoln Priest
In Lincoln England a black-clad Anglican priest demanded stink bombs from a joke shop near the cathedral and paid a shilling for a packet. He dropped it on the floor and ground it under his heel, provoking a rotten egg smell cited by Walter Lees as a joke returned. The Very Rev Michael Peck questioned whether the priest was a cathedral chapter member.
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Lincoln
England
Lincoln Cathedral
Walter Lees
Lees
Michael ‘Peck
Mitchell mayor race sees Grissom brother defeated
Norman Grissom, Republican reporter for the Mitchell Tribune and brother of the late astronaut Gus Grissom, was defeated by Democrat Jerry L. Hancock. Unofficial results: Hancock 981, Grissom 672 in Mitchell, Indiana.
Cedar Rapids Plan Commission Approves 12 Rezoning Proposals
The Cedar Rapids planning commission on Tuesday approved 12 zoning changes with 11 unanimous votes and one 6 to 4 outcome. A notable case sought R 3 to B 1 zoning at 2821 Mt Vernon Road SE for a proposed carryout fried chicken establishment. The commission sent the 12th item to the city council along with the others. It also okayed plats for LaSalle Heights addition and Wilmar’s seventh addition, plus a highway/ right of way vacation for Johnson Gas Appliance Co and a Cargill bridge request. An amendment to the heliport zoning ordinance was approved in a separate vote.
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Cedar Rapids
LaSalle Heights
Wilmar
Johnson Gas Appliance Co
Cargill, Inc
Twelfth Avenue
Democrats File Suit Over Upstairs Karate Institute Disruption
The 49th ward Democratic organization sues claiming constant throwing of human bodies and pounding feet from the upstairs rooms housing the Korean Karate Institute disrupts its proceedings.
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Chicago
UPI
49Th Ward Democratic Organization
Korean Karate Institute
Toronto Test Pilot Builds Sopwith Pup for Fun
George Neal of Toronto, a test pilot, has rebuilt a Sopwith Pup, a top World War I Allied single seat fighter. He began flying it in September to explore the craft and satisfy personal curiosity about the old design.
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Toronto
George Neal
Neal
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By Sy Ramsey
South
Frankfort
Bert Combs
U.S. Supreme Court
First Street
L.A. Board
ISA
Sharey
154
Ave
Plan Commission
F. James Bradley
David and
Linda Schulte
Commission
Bradley
Sixth Street Road
Daniel and
Bianche Bizek
Edge
Modern Appliance Co
General Electric
Third Avenue West
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