$9 Million in Dispute Over Cherry Land Use
Five Cherry Hill Ltd. partners sue General Growth Properties and others in Linn District Court seeking a declaration of access rights across a Lindale Plaza area, plus 1 million dollars for lost profits and 4 million dollars in punitive damages. The suit centers on a 1958 agreement granting access through Younker Brothers and Sears and the right to develop an office complex on the old Cherry house parcel adjacent to Collins Road NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindale Plaza
Cherry Hill Ltd
Linn District Court
General Growth Properties
Younker Brothers Inc
Sears Roebuck and Co
Duane A. Schmidt
C. C. Seidel
William T. Johnson
Beryl Halterman
Jerry A. Blick
Cherry House
Schmidt
Dental Clinic
Collins Road
Younkers
Sears
Iowa State Highway Commission
50Th Street
Fiftieth Street
President of
General Growth
City weighs paved skateboard area proposal at meeting
City Council forwarded a request to the Recreation Commission after Eugene Sharp urged a public skate area. He proposed a supervised, paved track with an admission fee to cover insurance, noting Davenport has a private example. Council voiced liability concerns but will have the commission study the idea.
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Recreation Commission
Eugene Sharp
Westview Drive
Hawkeye Downs
Sharp
Davenport
Hiawatha OSHA hearing delayed amid settlement talks
Mayor Dale Guthridge says two hearings on Hiawatha’s alleged OSHA violations were postponed as city officials and the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission negotiate an out-of-hearing settlement. The state cited the city last summer with 29 items and $3,300 in fines.
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Hiawatha
Dale Guthridge
Guthridge
Mike Donohue
Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Man Injured in Cedar Rapids Car Motorcycle Crash
A Cedar Rapids man, Michael J. Dalton, 26, is in good condition at St Luke's Hospital after a Tuesday evening crash at Grande Avenue and Forest Drive SE. Dalton, a motorcycle passenger, sustained shoulder and foot injuries. driver Dorothy Richardson, 37, faces charges for improperly entering a stop or yield intersection. John R. Vaughn, 22, was treated and released.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Grande Avenue
Forest Drive
Michael J. Dalton
First Ave
Dorothy D. Richardson
Ridgemore Drive
Dalton
John R. Vaughn
B Ave
Richarson
Vaughn
Junior High Chess Tourney Set for Saturday
Area junior high students are invited to Harding Junior High School for a chess tournament from 8 30 a m to 4 p m with trophies for seventh eighth and ninth graders. Registration runs 8 30 to 9 a m. entry fee is 50 cents per participant and attendees should bring a sack lunch. For details contact Marge Meyer at 398 2381.
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Harding Junior High School
Marge Meyer
State law gap prompts dismissal of $500000 suit
Cedar Rapids orthopedic surgeon Dr. Earl Bickel had filed a $500,000 retaliatory federal suit after a malpractice action against him was thrown out. U.S. District Judge McManus dismissed the countersuit against Missouri residents Lenore Mackie and attorney Roger Hibbits, citing a seeming gap in Iowa law as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Earl Bickel
Bickel
U.S
Missouri
Lenore Mackie
O'Fallon, Mo
Roger Hibbits
Florissant, Mo
Mackie
Hibbits
McManus
Iowa judge rules in libelous suit lack of reputational damages
Judge McManus notes Iowa law does not recognize reputational harm as a basis for malicious prosecution. He applies state law in the federal case and suggests the issue belongs to state courts and the Legislature. The ruling finds Bickel failed to substantiate other claims and caps potential damages.
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Bickel
McManus
Iowa
Shelton Chamber Dissolves After 20-Year History
Shelton Connecticut AP reports the Shel ton Chamber of Commerce disbands after decades with no activity. Treasurer James Morgan cites aging members and says Thomas White is listed as president though few recall the last meeting. The dissolution takes effect at the next chamber meeting.
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Shelton, Conn
Thomas White
Shelton Chamber of Commerce
James Morgan
Chamber
Morgan
White
Paving projects to be discussed at April public hearing
Seven areas are included in the 1978 paving program with concrete work on Locust Road SW 21st Avenue SW Wiley Boulevard NW 26th Street NW and Q Avenue NW. Alley paving is planned between Fifth Sixth Seventh avenues SE and between Sixth Seventh Streets SW. Property owners to be assessed are being mailed notices. the hearing starts at 9 a.m. in the City Council chambers. ON THIS DATE in 1827 Sir Joseph Lister was born in London.
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Locust Road
60Th Avenue
Waconia Avenue
21St Avenue
Mallory Street
Haven Court
Wiley Boulevard
Midway Drive
E Avenue
26Th Street
Q Avenue NW
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Sixth
Seventh Street
Seventh Streets
Eighth
Ninth Avenue
City Council
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Sugar
Linn County Humane Society
Mount Vernon Road
Osha
Gap’. M.D
Tom Fruehling
Federal Courthouse
Sir Joseph Lister
London
Dacron
Antron
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