Iowa City Eyes Plan to Ease University Decline Impact
Iowa City officials hear a chamber and university warning that U of I enrollment could fall by about 5 000 by 1990 causing roughly 1 400 fewer campus jobs and 1 200 private sector jobs. A four committee economic development plan aims to attract new industries and support growth to maintain livability.
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Vunnson County
Iowa City
U of I
Chamber
Norman Bailey
Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Marty Kelly
University
Kelly
Iowa
Neal Berlin
John Balmer
Washington
Louisa
Brand X
Armstrong’s
Mary Neuhauser
Clemens Erdah
Alison Barlett funeral planned after county road crash
A 18 year old Alison Barlett died when a car overturned near Toronto on a county road after a bowling night. She was an honor student active in band choir athletics and was set to attend Iowa Wesleyan to study nursing and help handicapped children. Her death affects the high school's senior class and community.
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Toronto
Doris Hartwig
Bartett
Bandstra
Alison
St. Louis
Jones County
Camp Courageous
Monticello
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Deb Fleming
Fleming
Erin
Amy
Central College
Pella
John
Olin
Maria
Olin Community Mourns After Fatal Car Crash
In a snowstorm accident near Cedar Falls two Olin instructors Marcia Bandstra and Alison Freeman died after their car broke down. Driver uninjured. School cancels as Jaycees establish a scholarship fund and memorials are planned. Bandstra 1979 Northwestern College graduate. Alison funeral set at St John’s in Olin. Bandstra burial at Sully church service.
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Chris Corbett
Bandstra
Alison
Olin
Cedar Falls
Marcia
Bartett
Olin Jaycees
Freeman
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Olin School
Northwestern College
Orange City
North Mahaska
New Sharon
First Reformed Church of
Sully
Adorable nine week old kitten seeks permanent home
A white female kitten nine weeks old sits and waits for a permanent home. She has had distemper treatment and a shot, plus first warming. Adoption cost is $20 at the Linn County Humane Society on Mount Vernon Road SE.
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Linn County Humane Society
Mount Vernon Road
Board approves refunds for drivers education fees
The College Community School District board approved reimbursing students for drivers education fees this school year and gave first reading to a new student fees policy. Administrators cited legal concerns over charging during the regular year and noted about 125 to 130 students take the summer course at Prairie High School.
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Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
College Community
Educa- Education ii
Glenn Selzer
Selzer
the Gazette
Prairie High School
Ken Steine
William Bach
Norman Humble
Necklace Stolen From Car During Soccer Practice
A diamond necklace worth 875 dollars was reported stolen from a car owned by Mary Ellen Gilbert Frady at Jones Park while she attended soccer practice on March 31. Police noted the Triumph Spitfire convertible top opened in the park.
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Mary Ellen Gilbert-Frady
Shady Oaks Court
Jones Park
Louis Hill Jr
Hill
Glenbrook Drive
Zoning board to hear industrial rezoning request
Buchanan County Zoning Commission will meet at 8 p.m. in Independence to consider Kal and Catherine Knickerbocker's request to rezone 10 acres from A-1 agricultural to M industrial for an alcohol distilling plant one mile south and one mile east of Stanley in Buffalo Township section nine.
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Independence
Buchanan County Zoning Commission
Kal
Catherine Knickerbocker
Stanley
Buchanan County
Knickerbockers
Buffalo Township
Supervisors delay alcohol plant zoning decision
Supervisors postponed ruling on Richard Seamans 10 acre plan to rezone land from A-1 to M for an alcohol processing plant. Hearing drew opposition as Zoning Commission had recommended approval 5-1. Next decision set for Monday April 19.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Richard Seamans
Rowley
Seamans
Buchanan County Zoning Commission
Davis Electronics Inc
Waterloo
Freeman Electric Inc
Northeast
Iowa Criminal Justice Council
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For
Henry Witwer
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Witwer Insurance
Donna Jones
Satta
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