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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1967

Page

5

Hiawatha Mayor Fined Ten Dollars In Own Court

Hiawatha Mayor George Bowler fined himself ten dollars after school patrols charged him with running a stop sign at highway 150 and Emmons street. Patrol boys Rich Moss and Joel De Sousa filed the complaint as Bowler drove toward city hall. He joked he must have been sleeping and noted about ten children waited to cross.

Hiawatha George Bowler Rich Moss Joel de Sousa Bowler Highway 150 Emmons Street

Lake Hart project could offset lake excavation costs

Delaware County Memorial Hospital report notes that excavating for the Squaw Creek park lake may be partly funded by selling excavated materials. Linn County Conservation Board discussed borings to locate sand and gravel and other salable materials for dam and roadway construction.

Squaw Creek Earlville Theo Tuttle Linn County Conservation Board Central City Iandscape Architects Jerry Olson Soil Testing Services of Iowa Cedar Rapids Soil,testing Company

Erosion Control Rocks Spark Waste and Safety Concerns

Parks at Buffalo Creek and Pinicon Ridge have rocks placed along the shore to slow erosion but are being tossed into the water causing waste and danger. The board approved a resolution urging the attorney general and state offices to address boating controls on the Pinicon Ridge dam lake, with prior requests to the state conservation commission on March 15, 1966 and to the attorney general on June 21.

Buffalo Creek Pinicon Ridge State Conservation ‘Commission

No Objectors at Council Hearing on Zoning Law

No objectors appeared or submitted objections as the city council opened a public hearing on amendments to the zoning ordinance concerning sign regulations. The council tabled the proposals, which specify political sign posting rules including a 45 day pre election limit and a seven day post election removal requirement.

Guitar Strings Helped Two Inmates Escape Hancock Jail

Sheriff Sylvan Ladner reports guitar strings and hacksaw blades found in Hancock county jail cells after two prisoners used a guitar string to cut cell bars and flee. The incident underscores security lapses at the Bay St. Louis facility.

Bay ST. Louis Miss Sylvan Ladner Hancock County

Farmhand Killed as Tractor Overturns on Local Farm

A farmhand Melvin Detterman age 33 of Early was killed when his tractor overturned Tuesday in a field on a farm near here. The incident occurred in the morning and authorities reported no other injuries.

Early UPI Here Melvin Detterman

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