Cedar Rapids Firms Named for Civic Center Urban Renewal
The urban renewal board recommended two Cedar Rapids firms for major engineering and architectural work on the Civic Center project with total costs up to 136 000 dollars. Shire Hall Hattery Engineering would handle demolition backfill fencing and sewer work while Leo C Peiffer would create a master design plan with color renderings. The board also urged a 248 000 dollar second loan for real estate purchases and considered four property deletion requests from Claxton Pharmacy Hawkeye Seed Co Skogman Darragh Morris Plan and Souvenir Pen and Pencil Co
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Urban Renewal Board
City Council
Cedar Rapids
Civic Center
Shire-Hall - Hattery Engineering
Leo C. Peiffer
Don Salyer
Earl Miller
Salyer
Claxton Pharmacy
Third Avenue SW
Hawkeye Seed Co
First Street
Skogman- Darragh
Morris Plan
First Avenue NE
Heavy Red Toll Taken By Koreans
South Korean Tiger division reports 92 more Viet Cong killed to raise five day total to 300 near South Vietnam's central coast. Ninth Korean division adds 4,000 troops, bringing Korean forces in Vietnam to 36,500 as air campaigns continue against infiltration routes in the DMZ.
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Saigon
Tiger
South Vietnam
White Horse
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Washington
Sen. Morse
Core
Arthur Goldberg
U.N
Morse
Ghana Orders Cuban Embassy Closed Amid Alleged Interference
Accra Ghana authorities accuse Cuba of meddling in Ghanaian affairs and order the immediate shutdown of its embassy. Government spokesman says evidence links Cuba to training guerrillas in Cuba and neighboring Guinea for an invasion to restore Nkrumah.
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Accra
Ghana
Cuba
Nkrumah
Guinea
Poodle Chews Up Man's Dentures in California
Bakersfield report says a poodle damaged a man's false teeth and a new product PLATE-WELD repaired the break on the spot. The man declares the plate holds like new and the company says PLATE-WELD is available at all drug stores.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
Jury of Eight Negroes and Four Whites Chosen in Klan Case
In Hayneville Alabama a 12 member jury consisting of eight Negroes and four whites was selected to try Eugene Thomas a 43 year old Bessemer steel worker for the murder of Viola Gregg Liuzzo from Detroit. The panel was amid protests as Attorney General Flowers and defense attorney Hanes disputed juror strikes and a judge admonished the AG for a remark deemed to imply biased venue.
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Hayneville
Ala
Eugene Thomas
Thomas
Bessemer
Steel Company
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Mich
Richmond Flowers
Arthur Hanes
Hanes
Birmingham
Flowers
Worth Thagard
Thagard
Lowndes County
Prelate calls for church updating not Graham
Vancouver report quotes Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey who says the Christian church needs updating but not Billy Graham. He notes Graham's England crusade converted some, but did not change basic English religious habits. Ramsey advocates an intellectual approach over emotional evangelism.
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Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Billy Graham
Graham
England
Kamloops
British Columbia
Canada
Johnson Opposes Open Housing Law and Urges Vietnam Summit
Mayor Robert Johnson of Cedar Rapids, Republican candidate for Second District congressman, told the Rotary Club he opposes an open housing law and urged President Johnson to pursue a summit with North Vietnam. He defended equal rights to live where one chooses but rejected compelled sales and cited 5,000 American lives lost and 25,000 wounded or missing as grounds to end the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Johnson
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Bond Forfeiture Follows Failure To Appear
Raymond E. Randall 36 of 217 Seventh street SE forfeited a $30 bond after failing to appear in municipal court on a fighting charge. Randall was arrested after a disturbance at the Melody Inn 329 Twelfth avenue SE late last Friday night.
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Raymond E. Randall
Seventh Street SE
Randall
Melody Inn
Twelfth Avenue SE
Donovan named head of Mt. Mercy gifts campaign
Thomas Donovan of 2267 Washington Ave SE Cedar Rapids was named chairman of the 1966 67 gifts campaign for Mt. Mercy college. He has been active in United Good Neighbors and serves on the Mt. Mercy board of trustees and other local organizations. His appointment was announced by John J. Locher Jr. chairman of the college board.
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Thomas Donovan
Washington Avenue
Mt. Mercy College
Donovan
United Good Neighbors
Cedar Rapids
Welch- Donovan Insurance Agency
Mt. Mercy Board of Trustees
Linn County Cancer Society
The
County Cancer Crusade
Cedar Rapids Association of Independent Insurance Agents
Elks Club
John J. Locher, Jr
College Board of Trustees
Young G O P to Hear Party Leaders
Linn county Young Republicans host leaders at their 17th birthday party at 7 p m Tuesday. Mayor Robert Johnson State Senator Tom Riley and Bob Tyson Iowa Republican headquarters staff will speak at the Grand pavilion Bever Park Des Moines. All G O P candidates for Linn county offices and the legislature are invited.
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Robert Johnson
Tom Riley
Bob Tyson
Iowa Republican
Des Moines
Linn County
Grand Pavilion
Bever Park
Jim Albert
G.O.P
Minor Fails To Appear Forfeit Liquor Bond
Mary K. Ressa aged 19 of 1709 Eleventh Avenue SW forfeited a $30 bond after not appearing in municipal court on a charge of consuming beer as a minor. She was arrested at 12:50 a.m. last Wednesday at the Merri Mac Lounge on First Avenue SW.
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Mary K. Ressa
Eleventh Avenue
First Avenue
Fremont Man Fined 300 for First Offense Drunk Driving
Keith LeRoy Thomas of Fremont appeared before Judge L R Carson and was fined 300 dollars plus costs on a first offense drunk driving charge. He was arrested by Patrolman Virgil Behrens at the junctions of highways 149 and 92 in Sigourney on September 11.
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Sigourney
Keith LeRoy Thomas
Fremont
L. R. Carson
Thomas
Virgil Behrens
Valerie Percy Train Meeting Gets Study
Chicago police chief Robert Daley said Sharon Percy, Valerie Percy’s twin sister, may hold the key to a meeting with a mysterious youth seen on a September 16 elevated train. Investigators plan to question up to 150 more people as the search expands to Winneka.
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Chicago
Valerie Percy
Charles Percy
G.O.P
Robert Daley
Kenilworth
Sharon Percy
Wilmette
Valerie
Sharon
Daley
Percy
Calvin Fentress
Tully Friedman
Thai Official Warns Halting Raids Risks Southeast Asia
Thanat Khoman Thai foreign minister tells the U N General Assembly that a unilateral U S halt of bombing or troop withdrawals would aid aggressors in Vietnam. He calls for preserving South Vietnam's freedom and sovereignty and condemns liberal support for unconditional end to the war. He cites demonstrations and warns against appeasement. The report ends noting a TV show listing.
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United Nations
Thailand
U.S
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Thanat Khoman
U.N. General Assembly
Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.N
License Check Proves To Be Downfall of Youths
A routine license check at Russo's Pizza House led to the arrest of 18 year olds Ronald Utley and Steve Stastny for underage drinking. Utley faced beer as a minor and resisting charges after a struggle with Officer Ammeter. Stastny fled then was found with another youth's altered license and pled guilty.
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Russo’s Pizza House
Vince Russo
Darwin Ammeter
Ronald D. Utley
First Street
Steve Stastny
Fifteenth Avenue
Russo
Utley
Stastny
Ammeter
Russo’s
A Avenue
Ninth Street NW
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Death Rate Among Young Adults Sparks London Symposium
London health economists report rising deaths in men aged 35 to 44 from heart disease cancer and suicide amid sedentary modern living. The symposium on medical aspects of preventing premature death will review past century trends and discuss prevention and treatment advances.
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London
UPI
Office of Health Economics
George Teeling- Smith
Britain
Teeling-Smith
Honor Status to all New Students At Mt. Mercy
Mt. Mercy college named 11 students for honor student recognition from about 200 entering freshmen. To qualify, students must be in the upper ten percent of their high school class. Recipients include Cheryl Trachta and Kathleen Lyzette Cedar Rapids Diane Konzen Marion Barbara Foley Cole Ruth Brecht Holy Cross Annette Hammes Harper Susan Kirby Edgewood Margaret Kuennen St Lucas Janis Rosauer Gilbertville Diane Weaver Iowa City Joann Sobocki Aurora Ill.
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Mt. Mercy College
Mt. Mercy
Cheryl Trachta
Kathleen Lyzette
Cedar Rapids
Diane Konzen
Marion
Barbara Foley
Cole
Ruth Brecht
Holy Cross
Annette Hammes
Harper
Susan Kirby
Edgewood
Margaret Kuennen
St. Lucas
Janis
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Old Marion Road
42Nd Street
New Lindale Plaza
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L. W. Ward
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Roosevelt Hotel
A. E. Heinrich
E Avenue
Carl Dalin
Ottumwa
John Abild
C. R. Sanborn
Blair House
Eleanor Houts
Susan Bender Eddy
Dorothy D. Lowell
Fairfield
Gerald Boddicker
First Avenue SW
Tom Donovan
Mt. Mercy Gifts
Young G.O.P
Winnetka
Jack Lalanne
Channel 9
Bob Worley
R. G
Bob” Worley
Mayflower
America
By Jerry Elsen
Hullinger
Robert Moses
Toll
Smulekoff
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