Sidewalk costs spark city wide debate over schooling and streets
Public Services Director Richard Jensen explains sidewalk battles stem from historic lack of subdivision rules and local clashes over who pays. Proposals focus near schools, with residents fearing front-yard disruption and assessments. city policy splits costs and waivers exist for steep terrains and undermining. The hearing targets three proposed sidewalks totaling about 24500 dollars with most funded by property assessments.
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Friday Last Day for County Dog Tags
Linn Auditor Charles Werner urges dog owners to timely purchase county and city tags. Dogs six months or older must wear rabies and county tags. Cedar Rapids leash laws apply. Penalty starts Saturday, delinquent tax due to county treasurer. licenses vary by sex and require valid rabies certificates.
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Linn
Charles Werner
Cedar Rapids
Journal From Provincial Congress Returned After 110 Years
A journal borrowed from the Massachusetts state archives over 110 years ago has been returned. The Capitol Journal of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts Bay for mid 1775 is the only known copy. It was borrowed in the 1850s by Worcester’s William Lincoln, later donated by his nephew William S. Lincoln in 1875.
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Marcus McComson
American Antiquarian Society
William Lincoln
Lincoln
William S. Lincoln
The
Antiquarian Society
Lawrence Kinvin Wroth
Harvard University
State Archives
Boston
Guantanamo Bay Marines Train Amid Quiet Base Life
U S marines race across a sunlit golf course during a practice alert at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. A community of 9050 military and civilian residents keeps daily life active while rifle armed guards fighter pilots and artillery crews maintain a constant vigil with exercises every six weeks. Women and children also participate in the drills at the base that remains a point of friction with Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Not Dry Behind the Ears Yet Explained
The piece defines the saying not dry behind the ears as innocence. It notes the phrase derives from where a newborn animal dries last, behind the ears, and explains the origin of the expression.
Conscience or Cold Feet Stole Television? Paris Man Finds TV Returned
Dan Vanderburg reported a color television missing from his Paris Texas home. Police investigated with no trace found. The next day the TV was back in place raising questions about conscience or cold feet.
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Paris
Texas
Dan Vanderburg
Vanderburg
Largest Telescope at Arecibo Observatory
The world's largest radio telescope is the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, a national research center operated by Cornell University under contract with the National Science Foundation.
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Puerto Rico
Cornell University
National Science Foundation
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