Job Service chooses First Avenue site for accessibility
Job Service of Iowa selected the 1700 block of First Avenue NE for a new office citing better public access and service despite higher lease fees. State official Hal Cantonwine said neighborhood history is known and not deteriorated, while local officials note issues at the current 601 Eighth Ave SE location and demand for expansion.
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Job Service of
Iowa
First Avenue
Hal Cantondine
Des Moines
Eighth Ave. SE
Cantonwine
The
Gazette
Dick Clark
State Job Service
Clark
Job Service
Allied Glass
First Street
Iowa Resources Council
Gohman Realtors
A Avenue
Tom Kelly
Gohman
Humke
Kinderknecht Associates
Eighth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Mike Millard
Cantondine
Millard
City Planning Commission
Kenneth Barger
First and
A Avenues NE
Floyd Bergen
Planning Commission
First Ave. SE
Third Ave. SE
Job Service weighs sites for First Avenue location
Cantondine says First Avenue chosen for public familiarity while Fifth and Eighth avenues offered lower bids. Morris Humke Corp won the First Avenue lease at 9 840 per month with other bids higher. Police advised First Avenue due to crime concerns though reevaluation may shift position.
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Cantondine
First Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Morris Humke Corp
Dubuque
James Barnes
RAGBRAI riders praised as a social cross Iowa event
The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa brings thousands of participants and spectators like Lucy Dingman and Leila Blake to Urbana and Baldwin. Riders such as Harley Van Dyke and Bill Cox describe the dedication of the group, while Amanda Geiger at 7-year-old Cedar Rapids completes the 97 mile day ahead of her mother. The piece ends with reflections that the ride is beautiful and a promise of next year.
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Maquoketa
Register
Iowa
Lucile Dingman
Leila Blake
Urbana
Ed Mattis
Des Moines
Vinton
Carl Wazak
Lost Nation
Baldwin
Ragbrai
Harley van Dyke
Mount Vernon
Bill Cox
Lake Country Cyclists
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Amanda Geiger
Cedar Rapids
Gene
Marian Geiger
Todd Hedenstrom
Hanover Park
Clinton
Teen bicyclists injured in Highway 64 collision
Two teens riding in the RAGERS event near Anamosa Iowa were hurt when their bicycles collided eight miles east of Anamosa on Highway 64. Douglas Moulds 17 Webster City and Tim Jansen 13 Emmetsburg were treated at Jackson County Public Hospital.
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Maquoreta
Anamosa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Douglas Moulds
Webster City
Tim Jansen
Emmetsburg
Jackson County Public Hospital
Inmates Sue Linn County Jail Over Conditions
Three prisoners at Linn County Jail file suits in Cedar Rapids alleging discriminatory visitation rights for ministers of the Church of the New Song and seeking 20000 dollars from Sheriff Orlie Workman and Chief Jailer Dennis Blome. Additional suits accuse officials of allowing adverse living conditions and lack of a law library. All filings proceed without attorneys.
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Linn County
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Larry Smith
David Hungerford
Church of the New Song
Orlie Workman
Dennis Blome
Smith
Linn County Board of Super
Jacob Poorman
Iowa City woman sues RCA for 10.5 million over microscope radiation
Elizabeth Courtney and husband William sue RCA Corp in Johnson County District Court seeking 5 million in actual damages and 5 million in punitive damages plus 500000 for loss of companionship. Court says Elizabeth operated an electron microscope at University Hospitals 1968 to 1977 and alleges a missing rear shield caused radiation exposure linking to cancer risk. The suit cites RCA knew of leaks in 1967 and failed to shield the specific model.
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Iowa City
RCA Corp
Johnson County
Elizabeth
William Courtney
Courtney
University Hospitals
RCA
Cities seek final decree on court costs in Iowa squabble
Cedar Rapids and the League of Iowa Municipalities ask Linn County to pay court costs for city ordinance cases terminated by acquittal or dismissal. A Aug. 25 hearing seeks a statewide ruling on whether counties bear costs after unified courts replaced city and justice courts in 1973.
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Linn
Iowa
City of
Cedar Rapids
League of Iowa
Lunn County
Merle Kopel
Kenneth Perry Jr
Iowa Supreme Court
David McGuire
Linn County
Linn District Court
Robert E. Ford
Ford
Harold Swailes
Perry
Iowa Cities
Toledo Man Hurt in Tama County Crash
A 58 year old Toledo man B H Benjamin was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a Thursday night traffic accident on a Tama County blacktop road. Deputies say he drove off the shoulder crossed the road and struck a ditch, suffering a fractured wrist and facial injuries at about 6 45 p m.
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Toledo
Marshalltown
Tama County
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Southeast Side
Truong Son
Newton
Cross-Iowa
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Department of Labor
Bergen
U.S. General Accounting Office
Pentagon
Ween
Hier
Osaka
Opa
2Nd Ave
DIAL
Wilson Ave
Bowling St
Eveready
L‘ Key Sale
Stiles Ace
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