Mayor plans to reactivate sewer study committee
Mayor Don Canney said he will revive the 1969 sewer study committee formed after severe flooding. The panel previously reviewed storm drainage, prioritized projects like Kenwood and Vinton ditch works, and now will assess progress and current needs with as many former members as possible.
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Don Canney
Kenwood
Vinton
Canney
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Westwood Drive
Twentieth Street
Hal Schaefer
Cedar Rapids Receives Final Sewage Grant Totaling 111200
A Cedar Rapids case receives the last two reimbursement grants totaling 111,272 from the Environmental Protection Agency. The awards repay part of costs for expanding the sewage treatment plant between 1969 and 1972, as announced by a spokesman for Senator Culver. The note also recalls Wilson's 1914 neutrality proclamation in World War I.
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Cedar Rapids
John Culver
Environmental Protection Agency
Save Those Signs at Kenwood Ditch Job Site
The Kenwood ditch project near E Avenue NE and Fifteenth Street prompts citizen concern as warning and directional signs may be discarded. Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer said contractors often neglect salvaging signs, but the department will inspect and recover reusable signs.
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Kenwood Ditch
E Avenue NE
Fifteenth Street
Mel Meyer
Guilty Plea in Contributing Case In Cedar Rapids
Michael Moses aged 28 of 2000 Chandler Street SW pled guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was fined $100. He resigned as a Cedar Rapids police officer on July 7 after a February 1976 incident involving a female juvenile. On this date in 1974, representatives of 130 nations met at the World Population Conference in Bucharest Romania.
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Michael Moses
Chandler Street
Moses
Cedar Rapids
Bucharest
Romania
Man Cleared of Drunk Driving by Linn County Jury
Cedar Rapids man Darrell D. VanWinkle was found innocent of drunken driving after a five hour jury deliberation in Linn district court. Prosecutors were blocked from using breath test results due to officer procedure errors. VanWinkle testified he drank four beers the previous evening and slept at the wheel, denying impairment.
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Darrell D. VanWinkle
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Ansel Chapman
van Winkle
Twelfth Avenue SE
Richard Smethurst
Richard L. Pike, Jr
Eugene T. Clark
David A. Harris
Kenneth G. Gibson
Edith A. Mendel
Ivan D. Baack
Ruth J. Akers
Joyce A. Roth
Carol J. Walden
Mt. Vernon
Esther E. Bolton
Central City
Keith L. Kress
Hiawatha
Arline Canterbury
Should Our Bail Laws Be Amended
A Sunday Parade feature questions whether existing bail laws should be changed. The article surveys arguments for and against amendments, highlighting potential effects on defendants' rights and public safety.
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East Hall
Iowa City
Jefferson Street
Ant
Movin
Levis
Levi Strauss & Co
San Francisco, CA
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Montauk
Giant
Arrow
Robert Bruce van Heusen
General Electric
Men
Orion
Wrigley’s
Huffy
Coats and Clark
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