Cedar Rapids News Briefs Highlights Local Events and Crimes
Local notices report hospital patient Mrs Richard Kaftan at St Luke s hospital and various ads for fundraisers bake sales and sales events. Stolen items include tools copper tubing air conditioner revolver and coat with multiple businesses named. Community updates mention a law student honored at Harvard and political candidate Dick Wenzel as Linn County Supervisor candidate.
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Dick Wenzel
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
County Home report flags unsafe exits and costly fixes
The county home report notes locked exits and nailed exterior screens. Fire marshal criticizes a wood ceiling in the food service area while deeming the old building fundamentally sound but out of regulatory compliance. Estimated costs and patient care needs render renovations unlikely, as 19 fire departments back the association’s stance. A meeting delay is attributed to incomplete data collection. Theft reports describe missing packages worth 132.98 from a Lindale Plaza carport, with dates and locations referenced but details lacking.
County Supervisors Discuss New County Home Plan
At a closed board meeting Supervisor William Martin explained the county plans to build a new county home on the county farm to avoid an institutional high rise. He noted volunteers and professionals already visit the current county home. Supervisor Floyd Emmons added transportation could bring residents to Cedar Rapids for training and day care. The board stressed they aim to inform voters about the bond issue rather than frighten them.
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Board of Directors
William Martin
Floyd Emmons
Cedar Rapids
Benton Jury Funds for Defendant in Lawsuit
In a $675 000 damage suit a Benton County district court jury sided with defendant Thomas Scott of rural Cedar Rapids. Plaintiff Carlos Sauer of Vinton, a passenger in Scott’s car, sought damages for disability pain and future harm after the December 11 1965 incident on Mt. Auburn road. The case has had two prior trials, including a hung jury in the second trial following an Iowa Supreme Court order for a new trial.
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Vinton
Benton County
Carlos Sauer
Thomas Scott
Cedar Rapids
Sauer
Scott
Mt. Auburn
Here
Iowa Supreme Court
Suggestions To Avoid Thefts In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police officials advise shoppers to take precautions during the holidays. They urge locking packages in the car trunk rather than leaving them in the passenger area where thieves can see them.
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Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa highway plans face year delay and shifts
The Iowa highway schedule shows several delays from 1974 to 1978 including Strawberry Point to Eb kader and highway 52 around Guttenberg. Highway 149 by-pass and Cedar Rapids area I-380 work slide back, while Reed and Garst push extensions on highway 13 toward Manchester and the I-380 corridor remains unsettled amid funding and environmental reviews.
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Reed
Stephen Garst
Coon Rapids
Garst
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Iowa City
The
Highway Commission
J Road
Twenty-eighth
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Seventh
H Avenue NE
Hiawatha
District
John Saunders
Cedar Rapids Gazette history and pricing details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa subscription rates are listed by carrier and mail with varying monthly and yearly prices. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Richard Kaftan
Knollwood Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Johnny’s Parkway
Ellis and “F
Embassy Club
Tom Dressler
St. Wenceslaus Gym
Fifth St. SE
Sun
Cartwright’s
iInc
Third Avenue SE
Bonnie Baum
James Ware
Fourth Avenue
Marion
Sixth Street
Temple Judah
B'nai B’rith
Adv
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Pt. Rd
Hallmar Beauty Salon
Dorothy Arnold
LaVon Divoky
2Nd Ave
Methodist Bazaar
Harvey Phillips
Coe Auditorium
Humane Society Auxiliary
Mt. Vernon Rd
Tom Bowker and Sons
Cold Stream Avenue
Paris
Buel Harris
Fifth Avenue SE
Vine Avenue SE
St. George Orthodox Church
10Th St
12Th Ave
Minneapolis
Chicago
Travel & Transport
James Benest
Vermont Street
Nelson’s
Wright
Council Street
Hollywood Boulevard
Lindale Plaza
William M. Dallas, Jr
William M. Dallas
Forest Drive SE
Harvard Law School
Property Taxpayers Assn
Paul Huber
Margaret Kassen
Alleghany Drive
Son
Huber
Varsity
Holley’s Shop
Benton Jury
Strawberry Point
Ebkader
Guttenberg
Harry Reed
Winterset
Central City
Manchester
Rigler
Commission
William Gray
Gray
I-80
Homestead
Thirty-third Avenue
Thirty-third
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Morris Plan
Morris
Jim Shafer
Skip Wells
Bill Burke
Jack Vaughn
John Wolfe
Jim Riehl
Emart
Crocus
Daffodils
Earl
Prt Ena Vay
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