Iowa grad seeks FCC ok for new UHF TV station in Iowa City
William B. Newbrough and two partners seek FCC approval to build Television Development Association of Iowa a commercial UHF station on Channel 20 east of Williamsburg. The $3 million project would serve 635 400 people across Iowa City Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and smaller towns with a 59 mile range and a 2000 foot antenna require FAA clearance. The plan prioritizes news during off peak hours and uses multiple sources for programming with limited local content. Newbrough a former Daily Iowan editor heads a Des Moines broadcasting consulting firm.
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Cedar Rapids Sees Jump in Convention Business in 1982
The Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau reports 1982 convention activity rose with 59,875 overnight delegates and exhibitors and 26,872 extra visitors. Exhibit shows at the Five Seasons Center drove the gain, as staff and attendees stayed overnight. Major events in 1983 include the World Blue Grass Championships and Farm Progress Show.
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National Fourth Cavalry Reunion
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Cedar Rapids to vote on revised air pollution ordinance
Cedar Rapids City Council will next week vote to repeal the current air pollution control ordinance and adopt a new one mandated by the EPA and Iowa DEQ. The change seeks to preserve federal grants, with minor technical definition updates and written policy clarity. Wayne Murdock seeks industry input before the initial action. Keith Erickson notes cities must follow federal and state guidelines, with few substantive changes.
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Linn County Health Department
Erickson
Mercy Hospital leases day care building to Cedar Rapids operator
Mercy Hospital has leased the building that housed its employee day care to Connie Rutz of Cedar Rapids. She will open the Loving Care Learning Center on January 17 with priority registration for Mercy employees' children and an emphasis on preschool activities as a learning center rather to custodial care. The center will operate for three years under Rutz’s lease after Mercy briefly considered closing it due to deficits.
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Power faces tax evasion charge in four count indictment
Jake V. Power 69 of 1346 Elmhurst Drive NE was indicted on four counts for allegedly evading more than 29000 in federal income taxes from 1976 through 1979. The case, sealed until his appearance before Magistrate James Hodges in Cedar Rapids, notes he may plead guilty to one count after a pre sentence investigation. Power, released on his own recognizance, allegedly underreported income in 1979 and 1976–1978, with actual earnings far higher than reported.
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James Hodges
Cedar Rapids
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Two Women Steal Groceries From Econofoods in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police investigate a theft at Econofoods on Edgewood Road SW where two women wheeled out two loaded grocery carts while a third distracted workers. A shopper had bought $9 worth of groceries and caused a disturbance before the theft, with goods valued at about $500 taken and a clerk pursuing the trio to outside the store.
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