Cedar Rapids City Council Acts On Vacations And Zoning
The Cedar Rapids council met Wednesday with all members present. A public hearing set for Jan 8 on vacating an alley between Third Fourth streets and Sixth Seventh avenues SE for Justice Electric. Also Jan 8 hearing on water main realignments between Third Ave and Fifth St SW. Petitions seek zoning changes south of Glass Rd and east of Edgewood Rd NE. First reading for R-1 to R-36 rezoning on Edgewood Rd and 42nd St NE. Edgewood Manor Care requests R-1 to RT zoning for 200 Clive Dr SW. Proposals establish nonminimum rates for seniors 82+ or disabled, and adjust Lusi tab fares. A Cedar Rapids man seeks 473 from state highway commission for property taken by eminent domain near Hwy 30, with related litigation in Linn County. The petition names Frank D. Cach, 915 Second St SE, and cites a 3.5 million condemnation award from Nov 9.
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Third
Fourth Streets
Sixth and
Seventh Avenues SE
Justice Electric Co
Life Investors Development Co
George W
Dorothy E. Zinset
Glass Road
Edgewood Road
Forty-second Street
Edgewood Manor Care, Inc
Clive Drive
Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
Frank D. Cach
Second Street
Linn
College Community School District
Linn County
Cue President Heads Rotary
Leo Nussbaum of Cue college has been elected president of the Cedar Rapids Rotary club succeeding Charles King on July 1. Tom Ecker was named vice president and Clyde Lindsley was re elected secretary.
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Leo Nussbaum
Cue College
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Charles King
Tom Ecker
Clyde Lindsley
Linn Civil Defense names 1975 leaders and honors
Deputy Mau chairs Linn County civil defense administration for 1975 with Hal Schaefer as vice chair. The group awarded two honors at the monthly meeting, including a public service citation for Made Station KCRG and a certificate for former KCRG newsman Dave Carter for a decade of traffic safety broadcasts with local agencies.
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Bill Mau
Linn County Civil Defense Administration
Cedar Rapids
Hal Schaefer
KCRG
Dave Carter
Winn New Head of Contract Office
Air force Major George N. Winn assumed duties Thursday as chief of the defense contract administration services office in Cedar Rapids. He replaces Army Lt. Col. Guy Schmidt reassigned to Warren Michigan. Major Winn and his wife and three sons moved to Cedar Rapids in June from Fort Worth. The Cedar Rapids office in IE Tower handles defense contract administration in Iowa. On this date in 1939 in World War II the crew of the German liner Columbus scuttled the ship in mid Atlantic to avoid capture by the British.
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Air Force
George N. Winn
Defense Contract Administration Services
Cedar Rapids
Army
Guy Schmidt
Warren
Mich
Winn
Fort Worth
IE Tower
Department of Defense
Tawa
Atlantic
Hearing Set in Counterfeiting Case
U S Magistrate James Hodges set a Jan 8 preliminary hearing for William James Elgin 35 of St Charles Ill accused of passing counterfeit $20 bills He was released on his own recognizance after posting a 10000 personal surety bond Assistant U S Attorney Robert Sikma charged Klein with passing fake currency in a Dubuque bar on Nov 17 Klein is free on bond on related state charges. A man allegedly fired shots when bar staff attempted to arrest him.
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U.S
James Hodges
St. Charles
Ill
William James Elgin
Asst
U S
Robert Sikma
Klein
Dubuque
Post Office Offers Stamp Collecting Kits
Cedar Rapids postmaster Charles Seda notes up to two dozen philatelic and related items on sale at the post office. Stamp collecting kits cost $2 each on topics like space animals sports birds art and music. Mint sets of commemorative stamps and the 24 page Stamps and Stories book are also offered at postal windows.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Seda
Three Held Over for Grand Jury in Local Court
Three suspects appeared in magistrate court and were bound over to the Linn County grand jury. Douglas Petersen of a local address faces preliminary hearing on possession of a controlled substance. Anna Moss of Bever avenue SE faces a preliminary hearing on drunken driving. James Carpenter of Central City waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over on a drunken driving charge. Post office clerk stenographer exam announced with application window Dec 20 to Dec 23 at the local post office.
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Linn Grand Jury
Douglas Petersen
Anna Moss
Wid Bever Avenue
James Carpenter
Central City
Man files suit for $175000 in damages in burns case
Carl M. Witt of Cedar Rapids sues Blue Bell Inc and VF W Means Co in federal court over 1972 burn injuries from a backfiring Merchants Delivery truck on December 26 1972. He claims highly flammable clothing with no warning caused severe burns and seeks $175000 plus future expenses and lost wages. He incurred $3044 in medical costs and seeks a jury trial.
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Cedar Rapids
Han
Carl M. Witt
Tenth Street
Blue Bell, Inc
VF. W. Means and Co
Wilt
Witt
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