Flats Residents Push Truck Route To Cargill Plant
In Cedar Rapids the Flats residents and city officials, led by Ray Larson of Cargill, discuss creating a truck route from 12th Avenue SE to Otis Road behind the plant. Funding, railroad crossings, and crossovers are debated with plans to seek Cargill and railroad cooperation and aim for construction next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Larson
Cargill
16Th St. SE
Flats
12Th Avenue SE
15Th Avenue SE
Otis Road
Betty DuCharme
Florence Marsh
Marsh
Larson
Minneapolis
Wayne Murdock
City Public Improvements
DuCharme
18Th Street
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Murdock
Otis Road SE
Cedar Rapids airport eyed as major air commuter hub
A report by Ed MacNeal suggests Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport could become a regional commuter hub serving markets including Minneapolis, Sioux City, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Madison and Columbia Jefferson City. The plan could add 14 daily flights and prompt terminal-concourse expansion if more carriers serve the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ed MacNeal
Roy Jameson
Commission
Jameson
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Wausau
Milwaukee
Madison
Columbia-Jefferson City
John Huey
Citizens urge rate-structure changes in Cedar Rapids meeting
A Cedar Rapids meeting sponsored by Citizens for Community Improvement and Voice in Community Action drew about 30 attendees to discuss utility costs. David Osterberg outlined how capital fuel and rate structures shape bills and urged changes so large users pay more, with a town meeting planned January 8 inviting lawmakers and Iowa Electric president Duane Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens For Community Improvement
CCI
Voice In Community Action
VICA
David Osterberg
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Osterberg
Cedar Rapids
Duane Arnold
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Old Immaculate Conception
Fourth Ave
Lennon Memorial Contributions Sought Via Spirit Foundation
Yoko Ono asks donors to contribute to The Spirit Foundation in memory of John Lennon. The foundation, managed by Kimmelman Sexter and Sobel at One Battery Park Plaza New York, has given grants totaling 100000 to 11 groups including Hale House Covenant House New York Foundling Hospital Salvation Army and police athletic league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Spirit Foundation
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Public
Hale House
East Harlem Family Health Service
Covenant House
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
New York Foundling Hospital
St. Barnaby Hospital
Salvation Army
Police Athletic League
Wnet-Tv
New York
Wbai-Fm
New York Police
Knapps donate Grant Wood portrait to Cedar Rapids Art Center
The Knapps donated Grant Wood drawing Portrait of John Northcott to the Cedar Rapids Art Center as part of the Art Advancement Fund. The piece links Northcott’s civic work with Wood’s emblematic 1927 design and 1933 fundraiser poster. Over $620,000 has been pledged toward the fund, with more than 300,000 in additional artworks offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell F. Knapp
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Art Advancement Fund
Russell
Louise Knapp
Knollwood Drive
Cedar Rapids
John Northcott
John B. Northcott
YMCA
Chamber of Commerce
Coe College
St. Luke’s Hospital
Community Chest
Northcott
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids Community Chest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southeast Side
the Flats
C.R
Nancy Stevens Ravatte
United Airlines
Ozark
Mississippi Valley Airlines
MVA
Tri-State
Jack Evans
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Evans
Airport Commission
Lester Petrak
Petrak
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Joe Enzler
Enzler
Huey
Lennon
Christina Onassis
Tom Hayden
Wn An
Vin
Joyce
Sandra
Reyne
Universal Travel
Peily E
Eunice
Arn
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