Board votes on land for Cedar Rapids expansion
Cedar Rapids Community board approved negotiations to purchase about 40 properties adjoining McKinley and Wilson junior high schools for site expansion. Plans include space for a track and football field, a hardball diamond, and a softball diamond, with notifications sent to affected property owners along Fourteenth street SE and J street SW.
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McKinley
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Fourteenth Street
J Street
Wilson Junior High
Sixth Avenue
Cobbancourt SE
McKinley Junior High School
Twelfth Street
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids approves junior high renovation plan
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board authorized Associated Architects and Engineers to develop preliminary plans for renovating McKinley and Roosevelt junior highs. The first phase costs about 695000, covering basement and ground floor work, light wells, new locker facilities, and small gyms, with total renovation costs estimated at 2110000. A steering committee will study future work, funded by 2.5 mill levy and potential spring bond, with property purchases expected through 1974.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Associated
Cedar Rapids
Hamilton Vasey
Vasey
Wilson
Wiedersberg
Franklin
Convicts To Fast To Benefit Poor At Walpole
More than 400 prisoners at Walpole State prison pledged to skip Christmas dinner to feed the needy elderly and sick. Ann Brandon of the Massachusetts Lawyers Guild says 431 inmates offered the sacrifice to show they are not unfeeling animals in a cage. Community groups will meet with Corrections Commissioner Boone to discuss moving the food to the broader community.
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Walpole
Walpole State Prison
Ann Brandon
Massachusetts Lawyers Guild
Brandon
John C. Boone
Appeal Filed Over Linn District Maintenance Workers Case
A notice to the Iowa Supreme Court shows Service Employees Local 55 appealing a Linn District Court decision. Judge Ansel Chapman ruled the 1971 unsigned agreement did not bind, affecting whether 19 janitors on a Tuesday to Saturday shift should receive time and a half or return to Monday to Friday. The union seeks a remedy to align schedules or pay.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Chapman
Ertl Toy Company Expands with New Warehouse
DYERSVILLE The Ertl Toy Co announces expansion by adding a new warehouse this spring costing about 100000 dollars. The facility will measure 168 by 150 feet and the existing warehouse will shift to production use. The move will add 10 to 25 workers to the current 450. The warehouse will sit adjacent to the plant.
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Dyersville
Ertl Toy Co
Johnson County Sets Descriptions and Pay Scales
Johnson County supervisors approved job descriptions and wage ranges for non-elective county employees. Exempts include deputies and department heads. Raises depend on performance and are set by department heads. The booklet positions Johnson County as the first in Iowa to publish full job and salary details.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
State
Fice
Johnson County
Lost Pet Help Line Ad Urges Quick Call
Help text offers a quick call to locate a lost pet, providing the contact number 398-9234 for fast assistance. The terse ad implies a service or community help line for pet reunions.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and History
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 00 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class Postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list carriers and mail options with monthly and yearly prices, noting areas with carrier service and AP republication rights.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
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By Ann Conner
Mt. Vernon Road
Otto Wiedersberg
Craig Currie
Jerome
First Ave
Bowlo
Bowlon Toy and Hobby Dept
1St Ave
Health Foods
2Nd Ave. SE
Dale’s Fruit Market
Dale
Jonathans
Jim
Swift
U. 5
Ertl Toy Company
The
Associated Press
Armstrong Budget Menswear
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