Zoning Board OKs Prime Ag Land Amendment in Linn County
The Linn zoning commission at the courthouse heard strong objections to an amendment aimed at preserving prime agricultural land. It recommends approval to the board of supervisors with a change to require a commercial permit for gravel extraction and farm implement service, amid calls to specify such use.
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Zoning Board
Prime Ag Land
Linn
Board of Supervisors
Zoning Commission
Linn County
Board of Adjustment
Linn County debates prime agricultural land amendment
County officials and residents discuss a proposed ordinance that would designate prime ag land by CSR ratings and allow denser development near Cedar Rapids and Marion. Critics warn of tax increases and inequality while supporters insist on preserving land for future food needs. a public hearing is set for next Thursday at 7 30 p m on the courthouse third floor.
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Muscatine
Huber
Linn County
Robert Lam
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Dale Strother
Linn Farm Bureau
Richard Freeman
Deny Request of 59 Linn Phone Customers By ICC Action
The Iowa Commerce Commission denied a petition by 59 Linn county rural residents seeking to switch from General Telephone Co. of the Midwest to Alburnett Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. due to long standing service problems. The ruling keeps the case open pending further improvements while noting completed repairs and planned stormproofing.
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Iowa Commerce Commission
Linn County
ICC
Eugene Kohl
Mar‘ion
General Telephone Co
Midwest
Highway 13
Central City
Alburnett Exchange
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co
Shellsburg
Kohl
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett
General Telephone
Michael Blouin
Blouin
Maurice van Nostrand
Unwed Father Seeks Halt to Woman's Abortion in N J
John Rothenberger Jr of Orange obtains New Jersey Supreme Court injunction delaying abortion for Wendy Chasalow of Morristown until at least Monday afternoon. He argues he is the father and guardian to protect the unborn child. Chasalow's relatives deny coercion and note Wendy has ended relations with Rothenberger.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
John Rothenberger, Jr
Orange
New Jersey Supreme Court
Wendy Chasalow
Morristown
Miss Chasalow
Othenberger
Teleone
Chasalow
Rothenberger
Wendy
John
Mrs. Chasalow
Richard Maggs
U.S
Supreme Court
Maggs
Three Held On Drunk Driving Charges In Linn County
Laura E. Chapman 19 of 3807 Weing road NE faces drunken driving and speeding charges after a late Thursday stop on Third Street NE. Bond set at 1125 dollars. Sidney Lee Arnold 24 of 1905 Johnson avenue NW arrested Friday on the First Avenue Bridge. Daniel Laverne Molitor 19 of Thirtieth Street SE arrested Thursday night at Sixteenth Avenue and Edgewood Road SW for disobeying a traffic control device.
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Laura E. Chapman
Weing Road
Chapman
Third Street
Linn County
Sidney Lee Arnold
Johnson Avenue NW
First Avenue
Daniel Laverne Molitor
Thirtieth Street
Sixteenth Nue
Edgewood Road
Banks of Iowa Dividend Up
Banks of Iowa Inc increases the regular quarterly dividend by one cent to 27 cents per share payable June 15 to holders of record May 25. First quarter 1977 net income $1.7 million, earnings $1.05 per share, up from 1976. Total resources $833 million, deposits $715.3 million, stockholders equity $59.2 million.
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Board of Directors of
Banks of Iowa, Inc
B.L. Anderson
Duane Arnold
R. Dudley Conner
James
Lutherans Install Schmidt as Education Executive
Schmidt of Clinton was installed Thursday night as executive for education youth and evangelism of the Iowa District East Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at Zion Lutheran Church. The installation closed Friday at the Town House convention center with discussions led by Missouri Synod educators and university extension sociologists from Iowa State University. Schmidt will move to Cedar Rapids after May 1 and has a background at Trinity Lutheran Clinton and Concordia Teacher’s College River Forest Illinois.
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Les Schmidt
Clinton
Iowa District
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Zion Lutheran Church
Hiawatha Schmidt
Town House Convention Center
Arthur Johnson
Benjamin Yeo
Iowa State University
al Senske
Board For Parish Education
The
Missouri Synod
Norbert Streufert
Synod
Concordia College of
Seward
Neb
Schmidt
Cedar Rapids
Trinity Lutheran Church
Concordia Teacher's College
River Forest
Ill
Illinois
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Bali Pan Am crash claims 107 aboard on Bali
On this date in 1974 a Pan Am 707 jetliner crashed on Bali killing all 107 passengers and crew. The disaster shocked Indonesia and raised concerns about aviation safety.
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Bali
Men Charged In Breakin In Linn County
Police charged Kevin Joseph Claussen 18 and Wesley T. McWherter 19 in a burglary tied to an April 16 break in at Richard Houser home 5200 Gordon Ave NW. Items taken valued at 4150 included liquor meats a TV set a radio and several guns. Claussen held on 20000 bond.
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Kevin Joseph Claussen
Richard Houser
Gordon Avenue NW
Linn County
Wesley T. McWherter
Bilner Manor
Fifth Avenue SE
Houser
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