Cedar Rapids seeks public use of old interurban right of way
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company renewed its offer to dedicate the land for public use if high lines are moved at no cost to the owner. The City Plan Commission will study options with engineers and the plan for routing to Third Avenue or Bever Avenue is under consideration. The project is valued around 75 000 dollars for within city work, with county costs not included.
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First Avenue
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Bever
Emergency street crew to guard icy conditions this week
Public Improvements Commissioner Swede Halvorson announced that two or three men will serve on a standby basis in the street department at night to handle hazardous conditions from icy or snowy weather. The emergency crew will be on duty beginning this week to ensure readiness.
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Public Improvements
Swede Halvorson
City Limits Christmas Tree to One Big Lighted Spruce
The city parks department will light a single 35-foot spruce in the Plaza with about 400 bulbs, replacing the usual two-tree display. Greene Square will be bare this year as Commissioner Gardner bets the new tree will outshine past efforts and satisfy local holiday spirit. The mayor plans a talk at a Central City Commercial club dinner honoring the fall state baseball champs. Bever Park Zoo escape monkey counts dwindle, with one remaining at large and in perilous cold.
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Elmer Delaney
Mayor Jim Meaghan Re-elected Despite Absence at Chicago Meet
Mayor Jim Meaghan was re-elected last week though he did not attend the Chicago meeting. The official results confirm his continued leadership amid regional discussions and political activity associated with the office.
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Jim Meaghan
Boy Scout Councils From Iowa Meet in Cedar Rapids Monday
National directors of the Boy Scouts of America join 11 Iowa councils in Cedar Rapids for a day long meeting at the Roosevelt hotel starting at 9 a.m. The program features camping planning and safety discussions with leaders including Jack L. Rhea Wes Klusman Don Higgins Horace Gorton and Ray Jenkins. The Hawkeye Area Council hosts with Les Nelson leading the local organizing staff.
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New Mexico Mountains
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Horace Gorton
Ray Jenkins
National Committee On Camping
O. A. Kitterman
Elmer Ogren
Hawkeye Area
Les Nelson
Unfinished Bermuda Church Ruins Grown Over by Nature
In St George Bermuda an abandoned nineteenth century church lies incomplete with no roof. Wild flowers and trees have grown around and inside the ruined walls as a small congregation never finished the building.
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Bermuda
Decadent Commies Sell Girlie Cards in East Berlin
In East Berlin the Parliament lobby news stand began selling pin-up postcards showing bikini clad women. The regime, long opposed to Western cheesecake, offered no explanation for the new items and the stand has become a local attraction with little sales so far.
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Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
Los Angeles approves elevator operator elimination ordinance
The Los Angeles city council passed an amendment authorizing the removal of elevator operators in fully automatic lifts. Councilman Charles Navarro quips that the change leaves riders with no one to talk to during rides.
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