Court Fight Expected If Four Rail Unions Merge
Clyde F. Lane of the ORC&B says four dissident leaders from the union will pursue a court challenge if the proposed four-way merger with three other unions is approved to form the United Transportation Union. Lane named four opposing ORC&B officials and noted plans to vote against the merger, which would relocate headquarters to Cleveland and end the Cedar Rapids association.
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the Gazette
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Pittsburgh
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N.Y
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Cleveland
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Hughes Granted Landing Permit for Cedar Rapids Visit
The Cedar Rapids city council granted Iowa Governor Harold Hughes a special permit to land a helicopter near Veterans Memorial stadium Tuesday morning. Hughes, a Democratic U.S. senate candidate, will speak at the Cedar Rapids Optimist club at noon Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel. City ordinance requires permits for helicopter landings.
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U.S. Senate
Optimist Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Tire Theft Reported At Vernon Heights Standard
Thieves stole six new snow tires valued at 150 dollars from a rack outside the Vernon Heights Standard service station on Mt. Vernon Road SE. A padlock was pried off the tire rack.
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Vernon Heights Standard
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Mismanagement Main Issue in Campaign Riley Says
Anamosa Republican candidate Tom Riley told a Fall Festival crowd the main issue is mismanagement of the country. He cited Vietnam, taxpayer dollars, inflation, crime, urban unrest, and a land war in Asia, urging voters to choose a new team for change.
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Washington High Defeats Jefferson High In Chess Match
Washington high school defeated Jefferson high school 3 to 2 in an inter city chess match at Jefferson. Board results list Lee over King Mason over Neiderhiser Grinberg over Klinsky Steitz over Tilden Grimm over Klahn. Contact Keith Erickson Washington high chess club adviser for participation.
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Councilmen To Study Madison Data System
Cedar Rapids city council members will travel to Madison Wisconsin to view that citys data processing facilities. Cedar Rapids plans to adopt data processing bookkeeping and accounting procedures within the next several years. Madison is converting its bookkeeping to computers.
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Madison
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Canney Named to Iowa State Advisory Council
Cedar Rapids public improvements commissioner Donald Canney was appointed to Iowa State University College of Engineering advisory council by Dean George R. Town. The council, with 21 industry and business representatives from Iowa and nearby states, advises on improving the college's instructional program.
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Iowa State University
Engineering College
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George R. Town
Engineering
Columnists and Humor Entries Featured on Page Six
The columnists Louis Harris James Reston Rex Conn and humorist Art Buchwald are listed for page six with the pages for Rex Conn and Buchwald indicated as 12 and the picture page respectively.
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James Reston
Art Buchwald
Charge Man 27 Held on Pandering Charge
Gale H. Nielsen of 4101 Sixteenth avenue SW arrested Saturday on pandering charges. He allegedly accosted teenage girls at K avenue and Fifth street NW and is ordered to the psychiatric wing of St. Luke's hospital pending action.
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Sixteenth Avenue
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K Avenue
Fifth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Separate Traffic Accidents injure Cedar Rapids residents
Three people were hurt in separate Cedar Rapids crashes Saturday and Sunday. Harold E. Thompson 53 of 1008 Beaver Court SE was treated for a cut after his car struck a utility pole at Sixteenth Avenue and D Street SW. Dora Mae Eden 34 of 652 Twenty second Avenue SW suffered minor injuries in a two car crash at Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue SW Sunday. Merle D. Renken 18 of 1716 Fifteenth Avenue SE was treated for whiplash after his car rolled in a ditch on Otis Road near Sixteenth Street SE Sunday. Police charged Thompson and Renken with failure to have his car under control and Renken with the same. Eden faced no charges.
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Sixteenth Avenue
D Street
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Twenty-second Avenue
Sixth Street
Eighth Avenue SW
Kenneth Eden
Stephen C. Shaver
Jacelyn Drive
Merle D. Renken
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Otis Road
Sixteenth Street
Renken
St. Luke’s Hospital
Extra Compensation for Some Policemen Approved
Cedar Rapids Police Chief George Matias announced tax free allowances up to 100 dollars a month for new recruits during their first year. Qualified veterans with six months in service since 1959 may receive 80 to 100 dollars monthly based on dependents, with a 20 dollar cut in the second half of the year. Three recruits Richard Brown Thomas Childs and Dennis Rupp are already benefiting and applications for new recruits are open with an exam January 19.
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Armed Services
State Department of Public Instruction
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Thomas Childs
Dennis Rupp
Des Moines
Iowa
Carl Badger
Council Approves Sewer Hook-Up With Mobile Unit
The council gave tentative approval to Broderick Industrial Park to connect to a city sanitary sewer north of Collins Road NE. The link would serve a mobile home court outside the city with a study on sewer rental rates and a resolution pending annexation once contiguity is achieved. The project aligns with a mobile home court ordinance being prepared for passage.
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Broderick
Collins Road
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