City trades old squad car for tractor for shooting range duties
Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner announces an even trade of a 1979 Chevrolet sedan for an 8 year old Allis Chalmers tractor to mow grass at the police shooting range due to budget limits and a high mileage cruiser fleet. Two drunk driving arrests reported in Linn County. Downtown bike racks opened under new ordinance requiring official racks and ticketing for violations. Eight racks listed across downtown locations.
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Cedar Rapids
Allis Chalmers
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Gerald Welsh
Pine Ave
Linn County
Robert F. Duff
Spy Glass Hill
C Avenue
Jeffrey L. McMurrin
Hot Springs
Ark
Johnson Avenue NW
Operation Bikeway
Central Business District
First Street
Second
Third Avenues
Claxton Pharmacy
A Avenue
Toney Charged After Car Hits Motorcycle in Iowa City
Mark Toney, 23, of Cedar Rapids, faces improper lane usage charges after his eastbound Pontiac struck a motorcycle driven by Terry Welker near East Jefferson Street and Capitol Street. Welker, from Iowa City, suffered minor injuries and was treated at University Hospitals.
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Owa
Mark Toney
Spy Glass Hill
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Toney
Terry Welker
N. Dubuque St
East Jefferson Street
Wmt-Tv
Welker
Capitol Street
University Hospitals
Two More Drug Arrests in Major Iowa Crackdown
Two 21 and 20 year old men were arrested in a six county, ten month drug probe. James Allen Nye of Coralville faces four counts delivering cocaine and LSD with a $4,000 total bond. James R. Poggenpohl of North Liberty is charged with delivering LSD and held on a Linn County warrant with a $5,000 bond.
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Iowa
Coralville
James Allen Nye
Johnson County
Nye
North Liberty
James R. Poggenpohl
Poggenpohl
Linn County
Cedar
Johnson
Keokuk
Linn
Washington
ICLU Opens Fight Against Bible Referendum in Iowa Schools
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union moves to block a September ballot measure in Clear Creek and Johnson County seeking to add the Bible as a supplementary text in schools. Julie Golden says the proposal is unconstitutional and vows court action if approved.
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Des Moines
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Julie Golden
ICSU
Clear Creek
Johnson County
Ms. Golden
ICLU
Council Bluffs
Minnesota
Deputy director favored for Iowa Merit director post
The five member Iowa Merit Employment Commission meets in Des Moines to pick a successor to Wallace Keating who resigned as director. Fran Van Winkel, Keating’s deputy, is seen as the leading candidate. Keating, director since 1970, resigns effective Sept. 4 after at odds with officials. retirement looms in 1½ years.
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Iowa Merit Employment Department
Iowa Merit Employment Commission
Des Moines
Wallace Keating
Commission
Ivor Stanley
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Fran van Winkel
Keating
Stanley
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
Robert D. Ray
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