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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
5
The ordinance exempts weeknights 6 PM to 8 30 AM and weekends from Saturday 9 PM to Monday. Overtime parking is fined 1 dollar plus court costs. violations carry up to 100 dollars per offense or 30 days imprisonment. It bans defacing meters and placing slugs in meters.
Scientists hailed radar as a potential watchdog for pilots to distant worlds. Radar detected meteors across the sky despite cloud cover, recording echoes at Sterling Virginia and White Sands New Mexico as the Giacobini Zinner meteor shower passed within 132000 miles of Earth.
Cedar Rapids city council gave preliminary okay to downtown parking meter zones covering enforcement and inspection. The seven congested areas include First Ave from First St W to Fifth St E and Second Ave to Fifth St E with several cross streets.
Des Moines AP says an internal revenue real estate squad will review Iowa home sales since 1942 to identify unreported capital gains. Deputy collectors will contact Iowans who sold homes at high prices and may owe additional federal taxes. The unit has spent five months examining county records.
A collector spokesman notes sellers often unaware that profit from sales is taxable income. If questionnaires are not returned and taxes unpaid, penalties can apply, though many cases end once income tax is reported and paid.
The body of Allen Uhrrich, 49, was found in a car in his father's coal yard in Dubuque. Coroner F. S. Leonard ruled the death self inflicted by carbon monoxide gas poisoning.
Fire Chief E P Kohout urged fire prevention during Fire Prevention Week running Sunday to Saturday. He said 90 percent of fires are preventable and urged simple safeguards for homes including careful matches, checking heating equipment, repairing faulty cords, ensuring a fire resistant roof, avoiding stale rags, knowing fire alarm boxes, and keeping extinguishers in good order.
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