Marion council denies rezoning request for elderly housing
The Marion City Council unanimously rejected a rezoning plan for land at the southeast corner of 11th Street and First Avenue to R-4 for a 48 unit elderly housing project with a 72 space lot. Residents argued traffic and fit concerns and a plan to pursue low cost elderly housing on other sites followed. The panel also denied a four way stop on 10th Street and 10th Avenue 4 3 and approved a bond issuance and road work on Blairs Ferry Road together with a pool committee abolition and transfer of control to Parks and Recreation.
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First Avenue
Marion
Blairs Ferry Road
Lindale Drive
Terry Chew
10Th Street
10Th Avenue
Hurley Hall
Charles Kraut
Victor Klopfenstein
William Grundy
Carl Foster
Janice Kopel
Mary Lou Pazour
Eighth Avenue
Northern Trust Co
Chicago
First National Bank of
Legion Memorial
Parks and Recreation Department
Pazour Transferred to Marion Education Center
Marion Independent School Board approves Mary Lou Pazour move from elementary physical education to Marion Individualized Education Center effective Jan. 3. A substitute will cover PE classes for the rest of the semester. Ed Franklin recently resigned to be replaced.
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Marion Independent School Board
Mary Lou Pazour
Marion
Ed Franklin
Robert Bennett
Pazour
Marion theater fails fire inspection
Marion's adult theater fails fire inspection after Fire Chief James L. Ford reports numerous city code violations. Inoperable exit door and light, improper vent fans, water problems, and a two year overdue fire extinguisher recharge were noted. City Attorney Hoskins will notify management of license expiry and pursue court action if repairs are not completed.
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Marion
James L. Ford
Ford
Donald Hoskins
City Council Hears Petitions on Boyson Road Extension
Marion council discussed residents opposition to the east terminus of Boyson Road at Indian Creek Road. A neighborhood meeting is planned January 11 at Wilkins School’s all purpose room to review the extension, weather permitting. The date also recalls a 1972 U S air raids death toll in Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Marion
25Th Avenue
Boyson Road
Indian Creek Road
Wilkins School
Lawrence Asaro
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Swegle elected president of All-Iowa Fair Board
Al Swegle farm editor of The Gazette was elected president of the All-Iowa Fair Board at a special Chamber of Commerce meeting. Other officers were Betty Berry as vice president Hal Haines treasurer and Robert Faxon secretary. The board considered hiring Richard Byrum as fair manager with negotiations continuing for a Jan 12 decision.
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al Swegle
Dalewood Ave
Swegle
The
Gazette
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Hladky III
Hladky
Betty Berry
Hal Haines
Robert Faxon
Richard Byrum
National Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Harry Knight
Fair
Byrum
Faxon
Iowa
Carter
Mediation eyed as contract talks resume in Marion
City Manager Lawr ence Asaro said Marion officials and the police officers association will seek mediation to resolve economics gaps in their contract talks. A state appointed mediator is to convene meetings beginning Jan. 4. Also notes Christmas holiday closings for YMCA Marion and local banks and shops. On this date in 1975 CIA chief Richard Welch was shot to death in Athens.
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Marion
Richard Welch
CIA
Athens
Greece
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