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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1975
Page
4
Marion city registration opens for Legion Memorial pool summer swim program with three sessions from June 9 to Aug 8. Programs include all levels, age based grouping, 10:15 am daytime adult lessons, and no lifesaving class in the second session. Registration requires stamped self addressed envelope. blanks available at city hall. registrations at pool June 5 and 6.
Mrs Thieman recounted a frantic Saigon airlift rescue of 300 babies and children in cardboard boxes, with Mitch the nine month old smiling amid chaos. She spoke of red tape delays, a plane crash, and gunfire while noting foster placements and awaiting Vietnamese families. Seven children on her flight were to be adopted by Iowa parents as other relatives planned to collect their kin in Cedar Rapids.
In Des Moines AP digest lists bills gaining votes and committee referrals across Iowa's legislature. Key items include HF108 removing highway patrol driver license examiner authority, HF146 restoring license privileges after one year, SFH9 creating corn checkoff, and HF230 standardizing interstate estate tax halts among others with broad support. Other measures cover probation supervision, inmate services, driver education, postsecondary goals, liability insurance, alimony standards, and taxation funding. Names Kelly Doderer Welden and O'Halloran appear among patrons.
Marion's water board of trustees has authorized a study of the citys water rate schedule. A consulting firm Shire-Hattery and Associates was hired to conduct the review, expected to be ready in about three months. The 1952 rate structure funded the water system purchase, with rising costs squeezing profits despite $750,000 in improvements funded by developers. Major work includes upgrading the original 1950s system and completing well No 5 installed in 1973.
Bids for the upper Kenwood storm sewer extension came in well under the $144,075 engineering estimate. Concrete Maintenance Inc led at $116,692.80, with other bids from Hennessey Brothers, Dave Schmitt Construction, Bowler Construction, Ray Fertelli Sons, MF Goerdt, and Bjornsen Construction. The project target location is Prairie Drive and Houston Street NE.
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