Chlorine storage blamed for blaze in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Fire investigators link a weekend 14 story frame house fire at 2514 Second Ave SE to powdered chlorine stored with grease and garbage in a waste container. Officials warn pool owners to keep dry chlorine in a safe dry area and away from open flames or moisture.
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Second Ave. SE
Phil Arnell
Cedar Rapids
R.G. Whiteaker
Pool Tech Inc
Saunders
Whiteaker
Jim Wescott
Ideal Pool
Wescott
Planning Commission Approves Two New Cedar Rapids Businesses
The Cedar Rapids Planning Commission approved rezoning for Single Key Investment and Schwartz Metals Group to convert over 26 acres on 12th Street SW from restricted industrial to general industrial. The project includes an 80,000 square foot warehouse complex and a scrap processing yard with an $8 million cost, potentially financed by development bonds, with a public hearing to be set by the City Council in about two weeks.
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E. Cohn & Sons
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Highway 149
Wiley Boulevard
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Payless Cashways Inc
ZZ Top lights up Five Seasons Center in 7000 crowd show
ZZ Top delivered 80 minutes of heavy rock at the Five Seasons Center drawing about 6,700 fans. The Texas trio Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, and Dusty Hill featured a laser display on three numbers and closed with an encore including LaGrange and Tush. Lover Boy opened, delivering two crowd-pleasers but with distortion and feedback noted by critics.
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Texas
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Billy Gibbons
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Gibbons
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Lover Boy
Kansas
Mike Reno
Paul Dean
Matt Frenette
Doug Johnson
Scott Smith
Reno
Dean
Police receive award for pedestrian safety in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Police Department earned a citation for outstanding pedestrian safety from the AAA Motor Club of Iowa after a nationwide survey ranked the city 98 percent in pedestrian safety. AAA experts compared Cedar Rapids with 72 other U S cities with 100 000 to 200 000 population. Police Chief Raymond Baker will receive the plaque at a ceremony at the police station.
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Schuck
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Hiawatha Council to counteroffer for IDOT land near I 380
The Hiawatha City Council voted to counter the Iowa Department of Transportation offer for about four acres between Highway 150 and I 380 near the proposed interchange. If accepted, the city will build a maintenance building on the site.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Interstate 380
IDOT
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Carpenter Road
Joan Biedermann
Helms Questions TV Telecast of Senate Sessions
Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina comments on televising Senate sessions. He says it likely would not be No 1 in Nielsen ratings but could be worth attempting.
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Jesse Helms
R-N.c
U.S. Senate
County Workers May Get Government ID Cards
Linn County officials consider government employee identification cards for travel to secure hotel discounts. Sixty officials support the program with a $1 printing fee, citing savings from use since 1979. The card includes social security number address birthdate and photo.
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Jean Oxley
Iowa State Association of Counties
Ken Schriner
Linn County
Oxley
Iowa Department of Transportation
Linn
Pat Kane
Kane
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Martin Bruns
Tom Theis
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Reclina
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