Cedar Rapids backs Iowa 100 route plan and rail option
The Cedar Rapids City Council backs a northern Iowa 100 corridor with an Edgewood Road interchange and seeks IDOT approval to use Milwaukee Railroad right of way for two lanes If abandonment proceeds two lanes would be built on the abandoned right of way. The plan calls for rapid construction and an interchange at Edgewood Road.
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Kennedy High School
Edgewood Road
IDOT
Milwaukee Railroad
Green Island
Marion
Tama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert Henely
Henely
Fairfax
Department of Transportation
Ushers Ferry
U.S. 30
Stoney Point Road
Iowa 149
Recruits Fight Planned Fires in Cedar Rapids Training
Cedar Rapids fire recruits take part in a controlled burn exercise with two donated houses on Lake Street. Chief James Usher says up to 24 fires may be lit to train new and probationary firefighters on ventilation water application and hose handling. Scotland history note follows in the accompanying copy.
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Cedar Rapids
James Usher
Usher
Fire Department
American Wood Shop Inc
Center Point Road
Wood Shop
Cedar Rapids bus drivers vote to form certified bargaining unit
Cedar Rapids Community School District bus drivers voted 55 to 10 to form a certified bargaining unit and authorize Chauffeurs Teamsters and Helpers Local 238 to represent them in contract negotiations for the 1979-80 year. Eligible voters were 99, with certification pending PERB approval.
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Cedar Rapids
State Public Employment Relations Board
Steve Muller
PERB
Bob Schorg
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