Public servant Bosh leaves Cedar Rapids to pursue progress
A. Bush, Cedar Rapids official for eight years as mayor and safety commissioner, resigns to return to private life in Scottsdale Arizona. He advocates regional planning and government restructuring while noting possible party alignment and a desire to preserve representation as he plans further study and family life.
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A. Bush
Cedar Rapids
Bosh
Bush
Iowa City
Scottsdale, Ariz
Coe College
Janet Wessale
Joni Lynn
Laura
Christa
Not Always a Hero in Own Backyard
In a Naples style clash of fame and hometown pride Enrico Caruso faced lifelong bias from Naples yet earned a commemorative plaque and a perpetual flame at his birthplace. Rudolph Valentino, from Castellaneta, rose posthumously with a statue after decades of neglect and a memorial fire idea gaining traction.
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Aples
Italy
Enrico Caruso
Rudolph Valentino
Hollywood
Caruso
Valentino
Naples
Castellaneta
Guy
San Carlo Opera House
Enrico
San Carlo
Donizetti
High Seas
Fino Alla Fine
Valentin
Guglielmi
Sheik
Ohio
No Contests in College District Board Election
No contests on two College Community school district board seats with Lloyd Williams and Elmer Grissell running unopposed. Five polling places open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters also choose a seat on the joint four county school system board where Merle Stockman of Oxford faces Dr. Arthur M. Van Cleve of Cedar Rapids.
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College Community School
Lloyd Williams
Elmer Grissell
Merle Stockman
Oxford
Arthur M. van Cleve
Cedar Rapids
Old Car Prefers To Stay Retired In Toledo
In Toledo Ohio a 1928 Marmon, purchased by the Leffingwells and the Nelsons for a hobby restoration, balked at being started. The car coughed backfired belched fire and burst into a blaze before firefighters could quell the flames. The owners planned a safe retry with a fire extinguisher nearby.
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Toledo, Ohio
Edward Leffingwell
Richard Nelson
Leffingwells
Leffingwell
End of 25 Year Program at Amistad Dam Dedication
Nixon and Diaz Ordaz dedicate the Amistad dam on the border 12 miles upstream from Del Rio Texas and Ciudad Acuna Mexico forming a two pronged flood control complex with Falcon dam downstream. The 86 mile reservoir will be the 11th largest man made lake in North America offering flood control water conservation power generation and new recreation for communities on both sides of the border.
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Mexico City
UPI
Nixon
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Amistad
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
U.s.-Mexican
del Rio
Texas
Ciudad Acuna
Mexico
Falcon
North America
U.S
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Jerry Elsen
City Hall
the Gazette
Pony Express
Police Department
Edgewood Road
Cedar River
Central Business District
Garzette
Duane Crock
Frank Bush
By Nino Lo Bello
Siegel’s Jewelry
Third Ave
Family Shoe Store
Dial
Armstrong
Dorothy Arnold
Armstrong's, Inc
Iowa
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