Airport cuts eyed to trim Cedar Rapids terminal cost
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission considers reducing the new terminal plan by about 2.07 million dollars after bids exceeded estimates. Architect Edward Sauer notes a May estimate of 2.205 million and outlines major savings from canopy reductions and space eliminations. The project objective remains eight million dollars, contingent on federal aid and passage of airline tax provisions.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Sauer
Brown Healey Bock
Commission
C.I. Rice
Rice
Reagan
Congress
City Briefs potluck and meetings at IBEW Hall
Community notices list a Thursday noon potluck and business meeting at IBEW Hall 1211 Wiley Blvd SW with business items and local groups. Additional ads promote services and events including Medicare approved aids, travel tours, upcoming dances, classes, and local businesses.
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UAW
Ibew Hall
Wiley Blvd
Cedar Rapids Airport Sees Passenger Slump Amid Funding Talks
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission grapples with funding a larger terminal as passenger counts slip. July 1981 passenger total fell to 32,748, an 8 percent drop from July 1980 and well below the 1979 level of over 50,000. Revenue rose 14 percent to 150,000 while expenses edged down slightly.
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Cedar Rapids
United Airlines
Theater showtimes list with multiple venues and ratings
Theater listings across Iowa venues show films including Porky s An Officer and a Gentleman Star Wars Night Shift Pirate Movie Friday the 13th Part II Annie ET The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Six Pack The World According to Garp Over Cheech and Chong s Nice Dreams Beach Girls Forced Vengeance Moonraker Raiders of the Lost Ark Firefox across PLAZA STAGE EASTOWN WESTDALE MALL GARDEN ODEUM and TWIN theaters with scheduled times and MPAA ratings.
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Eastown
Westdale Mall
E.T
Texas
Garp
Collins
Cheech and Chong
Garden
Marion
Airport flooding spurs neighbors to demand action near Cedar Rapids terminal
Neighbors east of the Cedar Rapids Airport pressed the Airport Commission at a Monday meeting over repeated floods blamed on construction runoff. Roy Jameson and engineers outlined drainage fixes including water retention ponds and ditch maintenance by Linn County, with Don Hattery promising a report by September 20. Neighbor Max Hinkle warned against being neglected as basements flooded this year and one farmer cited a $20,000 tile cost to solve field water backup.
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Cedar Rapids
Commission
Max Hinkle
C.I. Rice
Hinkle
Rice
Roy Jameson
Jerry Nelson
Linn
Airport Road
College Community School Board to review bus routes
Vanessa Shelton Lazette reports the College Community School District board will review next year’s bus routes at an 8 p.m. meeting in the Prairie High School library. The director expects no major changes and discusses a May ad hoc committee plan to adjust staffing and activity funding.
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College Community School
The
Prairie High School
Food Service
Linn County Civil Service Commission
Linn County
College Community School Board
Cedar Rapids local government and school board meetings
A series of public meetings and hearings across Cedar Rapids and Linn County. Sessions include the Cedar Rapids City Council informal meeting at City Hall and a Civil Rights Commission hearing on Willard Wright and Consolidated Freightways Inc. at 400 Fourth Ave SE.
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Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Willard Wright
Consolidated Freightways Inc
Commission
Fourth Ave
Linn
Linn County Health Center Board of Directors
Fairfax City Council
Leonard Davis
Star West Cable
Linn County Civil Defense
Outdoor Fun Fighting Fat workshop at Cedar Valley Trail
A 6:30 p.m. session on fat fighting outdoors is scheduled on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail along Boyson Road in Hiawatha between Robins Road and Highway 150. The town State Fair is in Des Moines with Dolly Parton set to entertain. Movies list accompanies the page.
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Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Boyson Road
Hiawatha
Robins Road
Highway 150
Des Moines
Dolly Parton
Fire Investigators Probe Suspected Arson In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids arson investigators from the Police and Fire Department probed a Sunday fire at 316 Ninth St NW. Owner Tom Fritz and renter Paul Barta were away when the blaze began under the back porch. Neighbors reported the 11 21 p m alarm and responders stopped the fire before major damage. A mason jar with gasoline and a partially burned sock were found in a woodpile under the porch, traced to the fire source.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion man recuperates after Dubuque gunshot wound
A 29 year old Marion man, Jerry Hupe, remained in good condition at Finley Hospital after being shot in the abdomen Saturday. The weapon was a .357 revolver. In the Dubuque Inn room were Hupe Tim Kadlek Ellanor Maxwell and Joan Rhyner. Maxwell admitted giving Kadlek the loaded gun and was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
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Dubuque
Marion
Finley Hospital
Jerry Hupe
Route 2
Hupe
Dubuque Inn
Tim Kadlek
Marion Road
Cedar Rapids
Ellanor Sue Maxwell
Oregon, Ill
Joan Rhyner
la Crosse
Wis
Maxwell
Kadlek
Hope
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Hanford Post
American Legion
4Th Avenue S.E
Adv
Metro Kiwanis
Embassy Club
Fifth St
Melvin Carson
Amelia Earhart
Youngs Cosmetology College
Hopps Ranch
Oak Gallery
Lindale Mall
Younkers
Virginia Mickmas
Krall’s Shoes
Call
United Birthparents
YWCA
Earl Slaton
Backhoe & Sewer Service
Everharts
18Th St. S.W
Siebke’Hoyt
Westdale
Theater Times
Iowa
Porky
Plaza
Porky's
He Ernest S
Aig Hk
Ete Rial Terrest
Gajp
Robin Williams
Nelson
Dave Dohnalek
Highway 218
Dohnalek
By Vanessa Shelton Lazette
Transportation Director
William Bach
Bach
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Cele di Eee
Outer Space
Chuck Norris
First Run Horror
Cheech & Chome
Cheech & Chong
Iowa City
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Hwy. 6
Connie Boyd
Linda Edwards
Dist
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Johnson County
Howard Fine
TEA E Beer
10Th St
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