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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1979
Page
7
Marion City Council hosts a public hearing at 7:30 tonight on creating an urban revitalization district under a new state law. Officials expect tax relief for property improvements in the downtown CBD project, with phased-in tax increases as valuations rise.
The fourth Marion City Council incumbent filed nomination papers for re election joining Dr. Vic Klopfenstein and Carl Foster as candidates. Mayor Grundy and Mary Lou Pazour also took out petitions. Park board chairman Bill Nelson seeks re election with no opposition. Nominations due Sept 27 with the potential Oct 16 primary.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Kosman sold their 3200 Elshire Street residence to Mr and Mrs John Gorman of Houston Texas. They move to 2710 24th Avenue. Sale handled by CBS Real Estate Mandel Long and Luce Realtors. Also listings include Sweet Corn 90c a dozen and a pierced earning clinic by a licensed nurse Saturday noon to 4 at Ray's Jewelry. Pauline Rick thanks friends for prayers cards flowers and kindness during illness.
The Cedar Rapids City Council deadlocked a rezoning request from Evans and Big Hawk Co. at 3875 Oakland Road NE after no council member seconded the motion for first reading. The proposal to build two six unit and an eight unit condominium faced opposition from over 250 residents who argued it would create spot zoning in a single family area. The plan had been recommended for approval by the zoning committee and planning commission with conditions such as a cul de sac to curb traffic. The measure cannot be resubmitted for a year unless substantial changes occur. Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen said he did not second the motion citing the opposition and housing context. Commissioner Hal Schaefer and Mayor Don Canney attended.
The Cedar Rapids mass transit system will receive 100 percent of its diesel fuel needs for August and September due to an extended Special Rule 9A from the Department of Energy. The rule may become permanent. Getty Oil allocated 75 percent of its August supplies, while Amoco Oil has not state its August allocation. Getty previously provided 65 percent gasoline and 75 percent diesel. The base-period allotment assigns funds based on past city usage, not actual need. ON THIS DATE in 1914 the British Expeditionary Force landed in France in World War I.
The column lampoons landlords who seek tenants without children and mocks those out of the social loop. It suggests a forthcoming tenant shortage as a warning and accuses the upper crust of half baked notions.
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