Council Opposes Plea For Waiver on Offices
Marion council weighs a bid by Cedar Rapids dentists Dr. John C. Purdie Dr. Gerald R. Eganhouse and Dr. William H. DeKock to waive two restroom requirements for their planned downtown office at 1144 Seventh Avenue. The 3-1 vote fell short of the majority needed. Councilman Floyd Emmons opposed waiving the rule citing too many waivers. two councilors were absent. The meeting also moved to hire private engineers to study sewer charge revisions tied to water bills. First reading approved for a charter amendment on the city treasurer term. A snow related vehicle-park rule and several financial payments for paving, resurfacing, and elevator work were authorized. The Me-Too Inc store beer permit is moving from 2540 Seventh Avenue to 2200 Seventh Avenue.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
John C. Purdie
Gerald R. Eganhouse
William H. DeKock
Seventh Avenue
Purdie
Floyd Emmons
Laurence Martin
Victor Klopfenstein
Joe Painter
Bertelli
Bituminous Materials Co., Inc
Montgomery Elevator Co
Me-Too, Inc
Marion Council Urged to Quit Linn County Landfill
Marion officials faced a hearing on proposed assessments for unpaid garbage and disposal fee accounts. Arthur E. Welty urged the city to exit the county landfill saying dumping costs at Linn are higher than private haulers. Officials said they would review objections and refer them to staff.
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Marion
Linn County
Arthur E. Welty
Welty
Services Monday for Helen Dickerson
Helen M. Dickerson 54 of 310 Eighth Avenue, wife of Aaron P. Dickerson, died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born Sept 7 1921 in Garrison, she married June 18 1939 there. She worked 14 years at Collins Radio Co and was a Marion Christian Church member. Surviving: husband, son Larry of Escanaba, Mich, three grandchildren, and brother John Fults of Rowley. Services Monday 2 p.m. at Marion Christian Church. burial in Garrison cemetery.
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Helen M. Dickerson
Eighth Avenue
Aaron P. Dickerson
Marion
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Gatrison
Garrison
Dickerson
Collins Radio Co
Marion Christian Church
Larry
Cascade Child Drowns In White Water Creek
Four year old Jason J Blauson of Cascade drowned Thursday afternoon while wading in White Water creek. Relatives present tried to rescue him but could not revive him. Survived by twin brother Jesse and half brother Chad, parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Monticello area grandparents, and great grandparents. Private rites at Sacred Heart church Saturday at 10 with burial in Church cemetery. Goettsch's.
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Cascade
Jason J Blauson
Charles Wolfe
White Water Creek
Jason Slauson
Jesse
Chad
Dwight Greenwood
Louis Slauson
Nora Greenwood
Monticello
al Strang
Marian Slauson
Napkinton
Sacred Heart Church
Church
Goettsch
Reporters Called In Gambling Case in Davenport
A Scott county grand jury probed alleged corruption by local law enforcement, hearing four Quad-City Times reporters and a police lieutenant. Raids on Nov 21-22 at football parlays across the Mississippi yielded over $177,000 seized. Front-page articles spurred subpoenas into federal and state investigations.
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Davenport
UPI
Scott County
David Eibert
Daniel Foley
Jeffery Kummer
Quad-City
Kummer
Heber
FBI
Mississippi
Car and snow plow collision injures three near Cedar Rapids
A Mt. Vernon woman Dvana D Sharf 28 and her children Angela Siharf 6 and Benjamin Sharf 17 months were treated and released after a nearly head on collision with a county snow plow on a one lane bridge near Camp Good Health five miles east of Cedar Rapids on old highway. State troopers said the plow truck driven by Gary L Baker 20 Marion route two was being returned to Mt. Vernon from the county shop and charges are pending.
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Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Dvana D. Sharf
Angela Siharf
Benjamin Sharf
Gary L. Baker
Marion
Sharf
Camp Good Health
Highway Patrol
Hiawatha Considers City Run Garbage Service
Hiawatha council weighs taking over garbage collection from private haulers. Public hearing set for Dec. 17 as officials consider buying a used truck, hiring staff, and mandating residential subscriptions while commercial customers may stay with private haulers.
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Hiawatha
Guthridge
Kansas City
Capitol Unit Malls New Solar Heat Plan
Iowa Capitol Planning Commission weighs a Chamberlain Corp proposal to build compound parabolic solar collectors in Waterloo for heating and cooling the statehouse. If approved, three months of research cost about 45000 dollars precede seven months of testing and fabrication at about 155000 dollars, totaling roughly 200000 dollars. The plan follows an appropriation earlier this year for a solar energy demonstration on the grounds.
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Waterloo
UPL
Iowa Capitol
Commission
Chamberlain
Jerry Morris
Iowa
Albia
Canton
Morris
Statehouse
Melsa elected chair of Cedar Rapids Chamber personnel group
Richard Melsa, supervisor for Downing Box at Longview Fibre, is elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids Marion area Chamber of Commerce personnel managers committee. He succeeds Roger Norton with Mat Collins named 1976 program chairman. The committee tracks employment trends and policies and sponsors the Operation Native Talent program for college students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Melsa
Downing Box
Longview Fibre Cy
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Surinam Joins United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly admitted Surinam on Thursday, increasing the number of member countries in the world body. The ceremony occurred at U.N. Headquarters in New York.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Surinam
U.N. General Assembly
World Organization
On This Date 1916 German Baltic Blockade Briefing
On this date in 1916, during World War I, German naval forces implemented a blockade of the Baltic Sea amid wartime operations, affecting maritime movement and regional strategic dynamics. The action reflected German efforts to constrain Allied supply routes and contest control of northern waters.
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Baltic Sea
Ted Welch to lead Cedar Rapids hospital council
Ted Welch was elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids hospital council at its annual meeting. Welch, president of Peoples Bank and Trust Co., also serves on Mercy hospital's board of trustees and succeeds Paul E. Geiser. Officers include Dr. Robert W. Veley as first vice chairman Donald Stam y as second vice chairman and Austin Sparling as third vice chairman. The council, formed in 1970 to discuss health problems and intra hospital planning, noted changes in health care delivery due to government rules and discussed ambulance service, disaster drill, and unified medical records between hospitals.
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Ted & Welch
Thompson Drive
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Welch
Peoples Bank and Truat Co
Mercy Hospital
Paul E. Geiser
Robert W. Veley
Frst
Donald Stamy
Austin Sparling
R. Hirleman
B. L. Anderson
Gene Carson
Geiser
Area Ambulance Service
Coopersion
City of
Cedar Rapide
Tvspouse Fron Gly
Bail Reduction Denied for Symbiane Liberation Associate
A federal judge refused to lower Steven Sollah bail from 250000 after he was linked to the Symbiane Liberation Army in a bank robbery in which a child was killed. Sollah, 27, who has ties to Patricia Hearst, faced concerns over associations with high risk individuals and mental state alleged by US District Judge Philip Wilkins.
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Sacramento
Call
UPI
Symbianese Liberation Army
Steven Sollah
Patricia Hearst
Sollah
Philip Wilkins
Sallah
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Joe Fainter
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Mr. Yakhoty
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Country Lads
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Diamond’s Waterhole
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
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Elmhurst
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
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