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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1988
Page
2
The writer recalls U S Postal Service twice daily mail rounds ending in 1950 and first class stamps rising from 3 to 25 cents over time. They note a 1919 price drop to 2 cents and detail various stamp costs through decades, plus reflections on changes in mail service and other memories.
Cedar Rapids Marion economic developers plan a New Business Center in the former Longfellow Elementary School to incubate about 15 new firms in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. The three year project budget is 455000 with a 109000 grant from the Iowa Economic Development Board. The center will offer low rent space plus business planning, financial advice, counseling and access to computers and copying machines. An entrepreneurship program will boost client skills as Kirkwood Community College and local partners lease the building for one dollar.
The Iowa Department of Transportation approved a second RISE grant in Cedar Rapids totaling 530 179 to complete paving 41st Avenue near the Eastman Kodak biotechnology plant site. The two grants total 1 169 171 of state funds toward a 1 615 000 project with local match.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Donald Canney urged the federal government to back a $10 million, four year study to recover valuable byproducts from waste generated by Eastman Kodak's Cedar Rapids plant. He cited proteins and carbohydrates as recoverable assets while supporting a joint effort with the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the city to cut sewer loads and boost biotechnology development. Senators Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley expressed support though funding remains tight.
The Iowa Economic Development Board approved 14 projects totaling 1.57 million dollars from lottery profits. Eastern Iowa recipients include Agriprocessors in Postville, Exide in Manchester, Iowa Laser Technology in Cedar Falls, Advanced Heat Treat in Waterloo, and Kendrick Logging in Edgewood, creating or retaining 98 jobs across the five projects. The board also formed Tama Projects Ltd to develop Tama Toledo area businesses with state bank participation pending approval.
A Linn County Iowa jury awarded Harold E. and Anita S. Crutchley 536 250 for alleged negligence by real estate salesmen Jim Short and Don Fishel in selling their 600 acre Marion County farm for 1 65 million in 1981. The award was reduced 25 percent for contributory negligence.
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