City council approves street closings and zoning actions
Cedar Rapids city council authorized Fifth Street SE closure from 5 to 10 p m June 22 to 24 for the Summer Art Festival and granted beer and cigarette permits. It approved final and preliminary plats, accepted subdivision and maintenance bonds, and referred rezonings to the planning commission. The body also authorized paving, water mains, street lighting, and crosswalk requests, plus an urban transit planning agreement with regional officials.
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Honorary Degree to Bellamy Award Originator
Miss Margarette S. Miller of Portsmouth Virginia will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Upper Iowa University on May 25 for tireless Bellamy Award research. The Bellamy program honors Francis Bellamy and Miss Miller initiated the award in 1942 and has overseen 22 iterations. Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in the Dorman Memorial gymnasium during regular commencement.
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Book burning push targets Bellamy as pledge author
A Jakarta AP report notes a campaign to burn books and push a different author for the Pledge of Allegiance. The movement criticizes current patriotic messaging and seeks to spark nationalist sentiment with a May 2 push.
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