Weather snapshot from major cities and Iowa forecast
Sunday temperatures span from 35 to 84 degrees with varied precipitation. Program notes cooler, rainy spells across Iowa and unsettled conditions from northwest to southeast through Tuesday and Wednesday with showers and thunderstorms.
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Bismarck
Minapolis
Chicago
N. Orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Omaha
L. Angeles
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Iowa
Weather and local notices from LaCrosse area
Weather summary lists high 44 Sunday, low 48 overnight, noon Monday 65, 2:30 pm 66 with none precipitation. Wind SSE at 7 knots. October totals and normals shown. Local births and police fines for a wide range of infractions including speeding no license and leaving accident scene. Numerous names and addresses cited with penalties.
Birth Announcements and Fire Alarms Across Cities
At Scott air force base Hl M Set and Mrs Richard T Drew a daughter Oct 23 Mrs Drew is the daughter of Mr and Mrs B M Humbert 237 Thirteenth street NW Sgt Drew is the son of Mr and Mrs R D Spooner 1945 Ninth Avenue SW At San Francisco Mr and Mrs Joan Busterud a son John Oct 22 Mrs Busterud is the former Ann Witwer At New Orleans Mr and Mrs A J Laiche a daughter Oct 21 Mrs Laiche is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Rock 4164 First Avenue NW Esther V Emery from Jessie R Emery Bernice I Pnovsky from Emil J Pnovsky Shack burning on river bank at Tenth Avenue and First Street SE caused general alarm at 535 Sunday companies 1 4 and No 2 aerial Rubbish fire scorched garage at 2812 Third Avenue SE at 858 Monday general alarm companies 3 7 and No 2 aerial
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Scott Air Force Base
Hl. M
Set
Richard T. Drew
Drew
B. M. Humbert
Thirteenth Street
Sgt. Drew
R. D. Spooner
Ninth Avenue
San Francisco
Joan Busterud
John
Busterud
Ann Witwer
New Orleans
A. J. Laiche
Laiche
C. J. Rock
First Avenue NW
Tenth Avenue
First Street
Third Avenue SE
Local motorists fined and jailed in city court actions
No muffler Larry White of route 8 is fined 2 dollars and costs. Faulty brakes Larry White of route 3 is fined 5 dollars and costs. Intoxication cases Louis Batchelder and Walter Semerroth, both at large, receive 10 days in jail. Arthur Saul, 600 Fifth Street, is noted without further action.
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Larry White
Route 8
Route 3
Louis Batchelder
Walter Semerroth
Arthur Saul
Funeral service notices from several towns in Iowa local area
Obituary notices list several funeral services for residents including Mrs August Krueger 66 at Hargrave funeral home Wheatland and Trinity Lutheran church Lowden Hattie K Yates 68 heart attack Monticello hospital buried Coggon cemetery Albert Aiken 31 at Marengo burial Ladora cemetery IOOF memorials Hoover funeral home Edward C Rice 94 Audubon Oelwein Henry F Pringston 70 Dewey funeral home burial Pleasant Hill Monticello Mrs William H Luedeman 65 Castle Grove Lutheran burial Wyoming Sam H Porter 62 Urbana burial Mary Leverich 75 Miller funeral home Vinton Evergreen cemetery
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Lowden
August Krueger
Hargrave
Wheatland
Trinity Lutheran Church
Coggan
Hattie K. Yates
J. J. Yates
Christian Church
Monticello
Coggon
Marengo
Albert Aiken
Methodist Church
Ladora
IOOF
Hoover Funeral Home
Oelwein
Edward C. Rice
Audubon
Blairstown
Henry F. Pringston
Dewey Funeral Home
Pleasant Hill
William H. Luedeman
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Wyoming
Goettsch
Urbana
Sam H. Porter
Miller Funeral Home
Vinton
Mary Leverich
Evergreen Cemetery
Penick and Ford Workers Approve 3-Cent Raise Contract
Penick and Ford employees voted to accept a new company union contract effective October 1. It provides a three cent per hour across the board raise and doubles shift differentials for second and third shifts to six and ten cents. The agreement runs at least one year with no wage reopening and covers arbitration vacation pay and related terms requested by Grain Millers Local 100.
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Penick
Ford
Defacement of Paving on Eighth Avenue SW
A paving defect on Eighth avenue SW was turned to the police Monday for investigation. Public Improvements Commissioner W W Stolba said a section near Chandler street was defaced with footprints and a name scrawl. A photo was sent to Police Chief William Kudina for possible ordinance violation analysis.
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Eighth Avenue
Police Department
Public Improvements
W. W. Stolba
Chandler Street
William Kudina
Stolba
Smog Clears Over Los Angeles In Inversion Break
Los Angeles and surrounding areas enjoy relief after 17 days of severe smog as a northward weather change lifts the inversion. Emil Kurtz of the weather bureau says 2-3 more days of clean air possible, but inversion return could Bring smog again.
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Los Angeles
INS
Los Angeles Basin
Emil Kurtz
Weather Bureau
Park land dispute over Cedar Rapids 120 acre purchase
Skogman objects to Cedar Rapids plan to buy 120 acres on Forty second Street NE near Wright School and utilities arguing price is too high for a park. He says city pays more than for other parks, competes with builders, and may not need such near utilities or a school. He offers no alternative site.
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Skogman
Forty-second Street
Fred Kloubec
Fother Park
Kiwanis Club to discuss traffic safety program
City briefs report Kiwanis club will host a noon program on traffic safety at the Roosevelt hotel on Wednesday. A turkey dinner is planned. Central City Methodist church hosts first date. Planned Parenthood clinic meets at St. Luke's hospital Tuesday evening. rummage sales are announced at First Presbyterian and Salem EUB churches. Canopus club to screen a coffee film at noon at the Montrose hotel. Dr Hoyt Thomas advertises at the Iowa Theater Building.
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Kiwanis Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Central City Methodist Church
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Clinic
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Charles City Plant To Hire More Help
Oliver farm equipment plant in Charles City will hire several hundred more workers over the next months, part of a company wide production boost announced by president A. K. McCord. The largest increase will be at Charles City as demand for new Oliver tractor models grows, with other plants in South Bend Indiana Shelbyville Illinois Cleveland and Springfield Ohio York Pennsylvania also expanding.
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Charles City
INS
Oliver
George W. Bird
A. K. McCord
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Shelbyville
Ill
Cleveland
Springfield
Ohio
Land York
McCord
Oliver Tractors
Death of Rock Island engineer C B Iosty in California
C B Iosty a Rock Island locomotive engineer who retired in 1945 died in Glendale California on Saturday morning. He had moved to Glendale in 1946 and was a life member of the Kahir Shrine among other fraternal organizations. Surviving are his wife Lula two sisters a brother and he and Lula celebrated a golden wedding in Cedar Rapids in June 1953. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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C. B. Iosty
Rock Island Railroad
Glendale
Calif
Iostys
Mr. Iosty
Mae Iosty
D Avenue NE
Apollo Commandery
Trowel
RAM
Crescent Lodge
Cedar Chapter
CES
Presbyterian Church
California
Lula
Carrie Mason
Mechanicsville
Fanny Beaver
Racine
Kan
Clifford
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Services for Earl O. Whitehill in Turner Chapel
Earl O. Whitehill, 54, a Cedar Rapids native and former major league pitcher, died Friday in Omaha. Services will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. in Turner chapel led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. D. Kearn, with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Earl O. Whitehill
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Turner Chapel
J. D. Kearn
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Ramble of Frank Zivney 88 dies after long illness
Frank Zivney aged 88 died at the Mental Health Institute Independence at 10 40 p m Sunday after a long illness He was a Cedar Rapids resident 18 years born in Melnik Czechoslovakia August 12 1866 came to Francis Creek Wisconsin in 1867 A retired farmer he belonged to Zis kov Dub No 91 ZCBJ Surviving wife Marie A Rajsky Zivney of Austin Texas a son Jaroslav of Austin two daughters Mrs Vennie Vertrees Milwaukee and Mrs Rufus Rebec Cedar Rapids four grandchildren and three great grandchildren three brothers Joseph Fort Atkinson Anton Stevens Point and Adolph Antigo and two sisters Mrs Polly Konash Brokaw and Mrs Anna Beranek Milwaukee Services at Janeba funeral home at 2 pm Wednesday Rev Milo Filipi and Theodore B Hlubucek officiating Cremation to follow Friends may call after 4 pm Tuesday Contributions to a Czech refugee children fund may be sent to Theodore B Hlubu cek
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Frank Zivney
Hamilton Street
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Cedar Rapids
Melnik
Czechoslovakia
Francis Creek
Wis
Zivney
Ziskov Dub
ZCBJ
Marie A. Rajsky Zivney
Austin
Texas
Wisconsin
Jaroslav
Vennie Vertrees
Milwaukee
Rufus Rebec
Joseph
Fort ‘Atkinson
Anton
Stevens ‘Point
Adolph
Antigo
Europe
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Charles H. Ramer Dies in Cedar Rapids After Long Illness
Charles H. Ramer, formerly with Penick and Ford, died at a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 1:30 p.m. Sunday after a long illness. Born February 15, 1868 in Hardin County Ohio, he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1916 and belonged to Linden Camp MWA and Unity Church of Christ. Survived by daughter Hazel and son Fred, both of Cedar Rapids, granddaughter Mrs Harold Druschel and great granddaughter Georgia Lynn of Waterloo. Wife Minnie Phoebe Worley died January 6, 1928. Rohn Funeral Home to conduct services at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. burial in Columbus City cemetery. Flowers omitted per family request.
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Charles Henry Ramer
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids
Hardin County
Ohio
Linden Camp
MWA
Unity Church of Christ
Hazel Ramer
Fred
Harold Druschel
Georgia Lynn
Waterloo
Millie Phoebe Worley
Columbus Junction
Rohn
Mabel K. Swanson
Columbus City
Death Notice of Nettie Marshall Widow of Frank V Marshall
Nettie Marshall died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 7 15 a m Sunday. She was born Mary Martha Jeanette Lee July 7 near Whittier and resided in Linn county. Survived by granddaughter Leora Marshall Swacick and two great granddaughters Sandra Sue and Sharon Lee Swacick of Patrick Air Force Base Florida. Son L B Marshall preceded her in 1953. Member of St Pauls Methodist church. Turner chapel service 3 30 p m Wednesday by Rev W Jackson Burns. Burial in Springville cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. Family suggests friends.
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Nettie Marshall
Frank V. Marshall
Avenue
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Mary Martha Jeanette Lee
Whittier
Leora Marshall Swacick
Sandra Sue
Sharon Lee Swacick
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
L. B. Marshall
John T Risk longtime Cedar Rapids sign painter dies
John T Risk 704 Eighth Street SE Cedar Rapids lifelong resident and sign painter died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 7 15 am Monday after a brief illness Born October 17 1922 in Cedar Rapids he is survived by his mother three sisters Tillie David Julia Kacere and Helen Moses and one brother Mike Risk of Phoenix Arizona He belonged to St George Syrian Orthodox church the Masonic lodge Hanford post American Legion Painters union The service is Turner chapel at 1 30 pm Thursday and St George’s Syrian church at 2 pm by Rt Rev George Ghannam Burial in St George’s cemetery Friends may call after 1 pm Wednesday
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John T. Risk
Eighth Street
Cedar Rapids
Mary Risk
Tillie ‘David
Julia Kacere
Helen Moses
Mike Risk
Phoenix, Ariz
Risk
St. George Syrian Orthodox Church
Death Notice for Miss Minnie Shaffer of Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids resident Miss Minnie Shaffer died in a local nursing home after a brief illness. Born March 15, 1865 in Lyons she came to Cedar Rapids at age three. Survived by nephew Albert Shaffer and niece Aggie Hoo berry. Burial in Linwood cemetery with services at Turner chapel to be announced. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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Minnie Shaffer
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
Lyons
Albert Shaffer
Aggie Hooberry
Pine Bluff
Ark
Shaffer
Peoples Church
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Suspect identified in drive-by assault case near Cedar Rapids
The suspect was traced to a Paramount theater lobby booth then to Cedar Rapids where a girl planned to view him at 2 30 p m Police linked him to two earlier assaults on sisters aged 11 and 14 near their home as they walked with a car driver making obscene remarks The 14 year old memorized the license plate and reported it leading to identification by police County Attorney Willis Glassgow asked Judge Charles Penningroth to revoke a four months suspended sentence from 1952 for an incident with intent to commit a felony The case involves a small girl.
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Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Simmonds
Vandalism Reported at Herb Pratt Orchard
Linn County sheriff's office investigated vandalism in the Herb Pratt orchard after a car drove through Westwood Drive on Sunday, damaging fruit trees raspberries and the vehicle.
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Linn County
Judgment awarded in promissory note suit
Judgment of 299.94 was awarded to Wilson Cedar Rapids Employer Credit Union against Woodrow W. Ceasar and Clyde E. Brady in district court Monday.
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Wilson Ceaar Rapids Employer Credit Union
Woodrow W. Ceasar
Clyde E. Brady
Speech Clinics Planned for Iowa Teachers
ESTHERVILLE AP Walter B Hammer announces five speech clinics for Iowa teachers in Earlville Ottumwa Ottumwa and other towns. Clinic managers include Mrs Harold Sam of Earlville October 30 and Meredith R Moyers of Ottumwa serves as association president.
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Estherville
Iowa
Walter B. Hammer
Iowa High School Speech Association
Earlville
Harold Sam
Meredith R. Moyers
Ottumwa
Association
15000 Free Reds by Sea
About 15000 Viet Namese Roman Catholics escaped Communist north Vietnam by sea in a ragged flotilla of rafts and junks toward independence. The exodus followed sighting of French naval vessels off the coast near Indo China. Refugees carried scant belongings and even water buffalo as they fled.
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Saigon
Indo China
Nurses Convene in Cedar Rapids Across State Groups
More than 500 delegates registered Monday for joint conventions of Iowa nurses and student nurses in Cedar Rapids. By Wednesday night about 650 are expected. Officers race includes five nominees for two vice president seats and secretary candidates, with events, luncheons, and awards across eight sections and joint sessions.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Associations of Nurses
Coliseum
Association
Jessie P. Novelius
Mary Cormalita
Dubuque
Henrietta Graber
Fairfield
Marie Tener
Iowa City
Dorothy Snyder
Leon
Marjorie Gould
Mary Barbara Ann
Lucille Huntelman
Mt. Vernon
Students’ Association
Cedar Rapids fire safety school fills seats for event
More than 60 reservations were made for the fifth annual Chamber of Commerce fire safety school in Cedar Rapids. The program runs Tuesday and Wednesday with 9 a.m. sessions and a Wednesday afternoon fire extinguisher demonstration at the central fire station. Guest speaker L. B. Schloemer of Marathon Industries will discuss industrial fire problems and the fire causes.
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Chamber of Commerce Fire Safety
Chamber
Amana
Lisbon
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station
Homecoming Victory Triggers Unscheduled Coe Holiday
Coe College canceled Monday classes after a 35-15 Homecoming win over Cornell College. President Howell Brooks decreed the holiday Sunday night. offices remained open. Officials said no organized observance occurred as students mostly slept in.
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Coe College
Howell Brooks
Coe
Cornell College
Iowa Soldier Enroute Home on Sad Mission
A grief stricken Iowa soldier, Robert Van Brocklin, 21, travels from England to bury his wife and baby daughter. His wife gave birth Saturday in LaCrosse hospital, but the baby died shortly after birth and Mrs. Van Brocklin died Saturday night. The couple married last November. he was sent overseas a few months after.
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Lansing
Iowa
Robert van Brocklin
England
van Brocklin
LaCrosse
van Brocklins
Supreme Court declines review on fair-trade law attacks
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear four new challenges by retailers to fair-trade law and the McGuire Act. The actions questioned the validity of minimum resale price policies and the binding effect of signed fair-trade agreements on all retailers within a state.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
McIntyre seeks zoning change for Ely estate home office
Scott McIntyre of United Fire and Casualty asks Cedar Rapids to rezone the 25 room Ely mansion at 2222 First Ave NE to a Bel residential category allowing institutional office use with no retail trade and city approval of exterior design. The plan also proposes an R-5 district addition. Council sends to Plan Commission for study. Rockteschel seeks light industrial zoning for Bowling Street property and truck depot pending negotiations.
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Ely
Insurance Company
Scott McIntyre
United Fire and Casualty Company
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Planning Board
E. J. Rockteschel
Bowling Street
Forth-first Avenue
McIntyre
Ely Heirs
City Plan Commission
Presidential
Petitioner Rockteschel
Forty-first Avenue
Plan Commission
Navy Reservist From Cedar Rapids Mobilized to Active Duty
Seaman Apprentice James R. Mahurin of the Cedar Rapids Unit reported for duty at the navy receiving station in San Francisco after being called to active duty by the Navy Reserve Training Center in Cedar Rapids. Linn County schedules college qualification tests for this year on December 9 and April 21 at designated college testing centers nationwide. Locations and application blanks are pending from the selective service system.
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Vinton Navy
Navy Reserve Training Center
Cedar Rapids
James R. Mahurin
Navy
San Francisco
Linn County Draft Board
Selective Service System
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Marion
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Robert
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Kenneth
Eleventh Street
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Ryan
St. Luke's
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Sterling
Blake Boulevard
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Long
Wilford
High Amana
Caldwell
Bruce
Marquis Court NE
Javenue
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Charles Gott
Charles Musil
J Avenue
Floyd Seiler
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Fourth Street
Albert Trosky
B Avenue
Richard Drafahl
Hiawatha
Donald Hanson
Tama _ street
Marion Armstrong
Washington Avenue
Preston Magoon
Iowa Avenue
Charles Wegner
Thirtieth Street
George Oxley
Twelfth Avenue
Cleta Coleman
Anamosa
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John Peet
Louie Johnsson
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Ellis Boulevard
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Ralph Meade
Jack Hudson
Twentieth Street
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Muscatine
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Keota
William Murray
Hopkinton
A. H. Clausen
Atkins
Addis Riley
Fourteenth Avenue
Robert Hahn
Sixteenth Avenue SE
James Caviness
William Burke
Tenth Street
Eugene Koeppen
Esther V. Emery
Jessie R. Emery
Bernice I. Pnovsky
Emil J. Pnovsky
John E. Lapes
3Rd Ave
Mt. Vernon Rd
Penick and
Ford Workers
Peter F. Bezanson
Agency
Harry
Whitehead
Dial
Wright School
First Presbyterian Church
Third Avenue
5Th Street
Sacred Heart Court
Joe Carroll
Twentieth Street NW
Salem
EUB Church
1St Ave
3Rd St
Hoyt Thomas
Iowa Theater Building
R.I
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Whitehill
Charles H. Ramer
Janeba Funeral Home
Sixteenth Ave
J St
Heart Fund
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Ene Se
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Clara Hardin
ANA
Ruth Weise
St. Paul
Dorothy Lewis
United Nations
Carmelita Calderwood Hearst
Catherine Tully
School For Nursing
Mercy Hospital
Nurses’ Convention
Gazette
Patricia Lattimer
S. V. Lattimer
Park Avenue SE
Clinton
National Baton Twirlers’ Association
Lattimer
C.R. Fire School
L. B. Schloemer
Marathon Industries
Menasha
Cincinnati Fire Department
City Managers’ Association
National Fire Protection Association
Beatty Bearle
8Th
10Th Streets
Ely Estate
Truck Depot
Murdoch
Center Point
Walker
Beatty-Beable
Wicks
Stef
Arco
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