Cedar Rapids fights 40 foot buses for city streets
Ray Bagley and Herald Smith urged the regional planning commission to seek smaller buses after noting Cedar Rapids streets can not accommodate 40 foot long eight and a half foot wide coaches. City officials said many buses are legal but not suited to the area and accidents may result.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray Bagley
Herald Smith
Regional Transit Authority
Regional Planning Commission
Federal Department of Transportation
Bagley
RTA
Mel Meyer
Meyer
The
City Bus Company
Transit Company
Detroit
Smith
Lee Waddleton
Department of Transportation Unit
Kansas City
Rejuvenated trolley finds permanent home at Mt. Pleasant
The Midwest Old Threshers reunion preserves a former Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern trolley. After vandal damage in Waterloo it was restored in Mason City and moved to Mt. Pleasant with free transport by Coonrod Wrecker Service. The group plans to restore a Brazilian open trolley next.
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Midwest Old Threshers
Mt. Pleasant
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Coonrod
Cedar Rapids
Brazil
Virgil Coonrod
H. Leo Damge
Maplewood Drive
Duane Coonrod
TACV Aims to Rework Urban Transit With Wheelless Tracked Vehicle
The government backs TACV tracked air cushion vehicles as a fast wheelless rail concept. Prototype development cost about $12 million with tests in Phoenix and a plan for 3 miles of guideway to reach speeds up to 300 mph. Backers say the system could ease congestion using a pollution free linear induction motor.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Phoenix
Federal Railroad Administration
TACV
Weekly Air Pollution Report From Linn County Health Dept
The Gazette presents a weekly air pollution report with particulate matter readings in micrograms per cubic meter. Readings from Nov 28 to Dec 7 show 65.0 at 445 Wirst Street SW and 333.0 at Sewage Treatment Plant, with other sites listing 71.5 Noelridge Park and 219.0 Center Point Road NE. The report notes particle size distribution and that smaller particles pose greater health risks, while a reading up to 0.40 is considered quite clean.
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Wirst Street
Noelridge Park
Center Point Road
Health Department
Avenue NE
Yugoslav Designers Promote Partisan Tunics for Modern Taste
Belgrade fashion designers Zagorka Stojanovic and Ana Maria Tsar create a collection of partisan style uniforms to replace teen wear inspired by U.S. military jackets. The move follows Tito’s critique of imperial army imagery and the October removal of such insignia from Yugoslav stores.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Paratroops
Spe
Cial
Vietnam
Zagorka Stojanovic
Ana-Maria Tsar
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Robert F. Buckhorn
CSA
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American Ins. Associates, Inc
Bezanson-Whitehead Ins
Burkhalter Ins
Cook-Rowley Insurance Inc
Davis-Jones Agency Inc
Dim Forrest
Kohl-Buechel Agency, Inc
McCoy Agency, Inc
Paul C. McCoy & Co
McLean-Bassin Agency
McWhinney Ins
Milhiser-Smith Agency Inc
Moore Insurance Agency, Inc
al Morrissey Insurance
Skogman-Ralston, Inc
Otto Slapnicka
Ins
Slavia Agencies, Inc
John Stamy
Stark Ins. Agency
Welch-Donovan
Robert T. Werning
Ins. Whipple-Winterberg, and
Shepard, Inc
Witwer Ins
Air Pollution Control Division
Linn County Health Department
New York Times Service
Aaa
Polaroid
Siegel
GE Stereo
Third Ave
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