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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1978
Page
5
Mike Turner resigns as director of the Foundation 2 shelter for runaway youths effective August 31. At 29, Turner led the facility at 122 18th St NE since September 1976, amid funding cuts from the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
The City Planning Commission eyed approval of a zoning change from R-4 to R-T to clear eight houses for an office building for Job Service of Iowa. The plan would displace nineteen families on First Ave NE and A Ave NE, with specific addresses listed. Don Menke of Job Service stated plans provided to The Gazette.
Construction will begin this fall on a 15 000 square foot masonry building with occupancy planned for March 1. The facility on First Avenue NE will house the unemployment insurance program and feature a parking lot on A Avenue. General contractor named is Morris Humke of Dubuque. Residents opposed to zoning change held a meeting to review the plan and submitted a petition with over 400 signatures to the planning commission.
Linn County supervisors and AFSCME Local 231 signed a two year contract retroactive to July 1. The package forecasts an 8.3 percent first year and 7.4 percent second year with 7.5 percent and 6.5 percent wage increases and a $25 annual rise in each longevity step at 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th anniversaries. Medical, Social Security and IPERS benefits praised. minor non economic changes included.
The city plans to assemble twenty 35 by eight foot air conditioned buses from General Motors in Pontiac Michigan. Five units will arrive in the first September week with five more each week to pass inspections. The buses seat about 37 instead of 50. City officials expect UMTA grants totaling 503,598 and a state grant of 122,000 to fund the 1.8 million purchase.
City Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer told the council signalization of two Milwaukee Road crossings will cost about 159200 dollars with federal funds covering 90 percent and the city the rest. The project involves B Avenue and 29th Street NE and Ninth Street and 10th Avenue SW and should be completed within a year. Francis Scott Key was born on this date in 1779.
Josephine Dillon, 20, of Route 1 Marion, listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital with head, neck and arm injuries after a moped crash four miles north of Cedar Rapids on Highway 94. Linn sheriff's officials said the moped went out of control and flipped over at 4 45 p m. No charges filed.
The Iowa State Fair is described as a value packed event great for families and friends. The piece invites friends to attend and encourages a closer look at the fair’s offerings and entertainment.
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