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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1962

Page

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Area Road Plans Aired By Chamber

Officials from the highway commission county and city met Marion Chamber of Commerce directors to discuss road projects. Cedar Rapids district engineer Van R Snyder outlined work on Highway 64 east of Marion the Anamosa bypass in 1965 and extensions of Highway 13 from Mt Vernon road to Highway 30 in 1965 66. County officials pledged efforts to improve old Highway 94, pave county home road, and extend pavement east with cooperation among Marion Cedar Rapids and the county. Mayor Brewer announced Blairs Ferry road would be paved in 1963.

Larry Tanner Highway Commission Marion Snyder Mt. Vernon Road William Behrens Whittier Springville Mt. Vernon Blairs Ferry Hiawatha C Avenue Collins Radio Behrens Cedar Rapids Eighth Avenue

Building Permits Issued for Office and House

City clerk's office issued permits for a one and a half story office building at 760 Thirteenth Street costing about 20000 and a house at 2565 Twenty-first Street costing about 14000. Additional permits include garages, remodels, reroofs, and an addition at multiple addresses, with varying costs.

B. A. Westbrook Thirteenth Street Westbrook Twenty-first Street Robert Schone Knollcrest Drive Eugene de Young Starry Drive William van Natta Harry Simonsen Fifth Avenue Twentieth Street Oliver Klein A Avenue Mabel Simsonsen Mary Frederick Eighth Street Dave Hallock Grand Avenue Leslie Smith English Boulevard Ivan Mann Eighth Avenue John Sheely Fourteenth Street

YMCA Friday schedule at Marion branch

Marion branch YMCA announces Friday activities led by Senior men's club at 1 30 p m junior and senior high boys at 3 30 p m air rifle and chess clubs at 7 p m open night to all ages listed in Marion News Offices.

YMCA Marion Branch

Parish ham dinner at St Joseph's school Sept thirty

Parish ham dinner at St Joseph's school on September 30 runs from 12 to 5 pm. Adv. Boys Site The Glenn Larson Construction Co bought a building site at 2285 Twenty sixth street in Mc Gowans Country Club additions. Sale was made by Thomas E. McGowan real estate firm. Make Sorg Pharmacy your family pharmacy for prescription and drug needs.

St. Joseph’s School Glenn Larson Construction Co Twenty-sixth Street McGowan Country Club Thomas E. McGowan Sorg

Marion Court cases heard this week in police court

Judge Miles Adams presided over a list of traffic and public disturbance offenses in Marion. defendants include Gerald C. Buis Viola Jennings Georgeanna Schmitz Gary Kamp Clarence Mercer Edward Van Antwerp John Floyd Besse Boyer David Cory Verner Thuesen Caroline Davidson John Gustafson Gene Min cy Arnold Camenisch Nanolia Miller Stephan Hull Terry Baugh Max Oelschlaeger with fines and jail terms ranging from 3 to 50 dollar bonds and a 15 day jail sentence for beer consumption.

Miles Adams Gerald C. Buisman Thirty-fifth Street Viola N. Jennings Mt. Vernon Georgeanna Schmitz Fond du Lac Wis Gary L. Kamp Thirty Fifth Street Clarence E. Mercer Seventh Avenue Edward J. van Antwerp Fortieth Street Cedar Rapids John R. Floyd Thirteenth Avenue Besse M. Boyer Anamosa David A. Cory First Avenue Verner T. Thuesen Twenty-seventh Street Caroline Kay Davidson John I. Gustafson Viking Minn Gene T. Mincy F Avenue NW Arnold R. Camenisch Nanolia P. Miller Stephan G. Hull Thirty Fourth Street Terry L. Baugh Thirty-fourth Street Max F. Oelschlaeger Lindale

Halloween Prank Hits 15 Cars In East Union Street

Manchester officials report Wednesday night vandalism on East Union Street where fifteen parked autos were smeared with corn starch and shaving cream in what police describe as a Halloween prank.

Manchester East Union Street

Two from Van Horne Injured in Car Crash

At 7 20 a m Thursday two Van Horne residents were hurt when their car rear ended another about a mile south of the 218 84 junction toward Cedar Rapids airport. Frank L Witte 47 suffered a broken kneecap. his mother 71 had a dislocated right hip. Witte’s father 76 was uninjured. The other driver Jesse Franks 52 Cedar Rapids escaped injury.

van Horne Cedar Rapids Frank L. Witte St. Luke’s Hospital Iowa City Witte Frank Jesse Franks Highway Patrol Franks

Derailment Causes $100,000 Loss in Davenport

A Rock Island freight train derailed near west Davenport, with more than $100,000 in damage estimated by railroad officials. A transient passenger, Roy Cocaine, 28, of West Warwick, R I, suffered a fractured arm and back injuries and was hospitalized. Cleanup aims to clear east and west tracks by late Thursday. the 133-car train carried frozen food, newsprint and an oil tanker, which did not ignite. Milwaukee and Rock Island trains were rerouted.

Davenport Roy Cocaine West Warrick R. I Rock Island

Committee To Select 3 Judge Nominees Named

Gov Norman Erbe appointed an 11 member committee to nominate three candidates to succeed Supreme Court Justice Ralph Oliver who resigned effective Oct 1. Chief Justice Theodore Garfield will chair. members include Atty Gen Evan Hultman Lloyd Karr John Boeye Judge Stanley Pratt LeRoy Voights Rep Frances Hakes W Earl Hall Jack Lewis Mason Ladd and Martin Tollefson The panel will submit three nominees from which Erbe will choose Oliver, 76, served on the court since 1938.

Des Moines UPI Norman Erbe Supreme Court Ralph Oliver Erbe Oliver Sioux City Theodore Garfield Evan Hultman Lloyd Karr Webster City Iowa Bar Assn John Boeye Red Oak Iowa County Attorneys Assn Stanley Pratt Indianola Iowa District Judges Assn LeRoy Voights Iowa Junior Bar Assn Frances Hakes R-Laurens W. Earl Hall Mason City Globe Gazette Jack Lewis Iowa Federation of Labor Mason Ladd University of Iowa Law School Martin Tollefson Drake University Law School Iowa

Hearing Set on ISU Negro's Bid to Clemson Admission

A three judge panel of the U S circuit court of appeals will hold a hearing next week on an Iowa State Negro student's bid for admission to South Carolina's all white Clemson College. The case centers on integration of Clemson College in Columbia.

Harvey Gantt South Carolina Gantt Alexandria

Former Korean Chief Sentenced to Ten Years

Seoul reports former South Korean premier John Chang was sentenced by a military court to 10 years for giving 770 dollars to a member of a group plotting to overthrow the military regime. The court also handed death to two of 16 convicts, with varied sentences for the rest.

Seoul UPS John Chang

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