Trucker Traffic Woes Persist in Cedar Rapids Flats
Residents of Cedar Rapids southeast flats push city for a 700000 truck rerouting plan, aiming to finish by 1980 but funds remain scarce. The plan includes holding areas on 15th and 17th Avenues and routing grain trucks via Mount Vernon Road, with meetings scheduled to accelerate financing amid ongoing congestion and blocked emergency routes.
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Flats
Cedar Rapids
15Th Avenue
10Th Street
17Th Avenue
16Th Avenue
12Th Avenue
Dan Nickerson
17Th Ave
Flats Committee
Floyd Bergen
Richard Phillips
Public Works
Betty DuCharme
15Th and 17Th Avenues
Cargill Inc
Mount Vernon Road
DuCharme
Florence Marsh
16Th Ave
Iowa Steel
Sixth Street
Marsh
Cargill
Otis Road
15Th
12Th Avenues
Life Investors Posts Record 1978 Earnings Across Insurer
Life Investors Inc reports record 1978 operations with earnings of 13.408 million up 40 percent from 1977. EPS climbs to 2.05, insurance revenue rises 27 percent to 231.328 million. Pre tax income tops 20 million, assets exceed 500 million, and return on investment reaches 21.1 percent.
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Life Investors Inc
Ronald L. Jensen
Life Investors
Jensen
Life
Cedar Rapids tobogganing contest joins Winter Fest lineup
The Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission adds a four person round up tobogganing contest at Jones Park Sunday during free Winter Fest activities. Registration opens Sunday. contest starts at 2 p.m. The park run closes to nonparticipants. Other activities include snow games and crafts. Grant Wood Area Red Cross offers detailed first aid and CPR classes on February and March dates at its 3601 42nd St NE location with pre registration required. Information lines provide contact numbers 393 3500 and 399 6700 or 1 800 332 7279 for pre registration and weather related cancellations.
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Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood Area
The
American Red Cross
42Nd St. NE
Red Cross
GWAEA
Betty Debhan
Jon Meskimen
Two Cedar Rapids Firms Seek Bankruptcy Protection
Jo E Do s Ltd and Little Wheels Turf and Equipment Inc file Title XI petitions in Cedar Rapids seeking court supervised operation. Jo E Do s reports assets and liabilities at 440 260.45 dollars each. Little Wheels lists assets 1 188 756 and liabilities 1 156 752.
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Cedar Rapids
Jo-Edo's Ltd
Collins Road NE
Little Wheels Turf and Equipment Inc
Brenton Bank Center
Jo-E-Do’s
Joe Nicks
Little Wheels
William Short
Morning crash after shovel falls on Edgewood Road
A shovel falling from a truck on Edgewood Road near Ellis Road NW caused Marilyn Partridge to swerve into oncoming traffic and collide with Frank C. Kula. Partridge, 39, and Kula, 69, were treated at St. Luke's Hospital and released. Partridge sustained head and neck injuries and knee bruises. Kula had a chin laceration.
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Edgewood Road
Ellis Road
Marilyn Partridge
G Ave
Frank C. Kula
Raney St
Hiawatha
Unanimous rejection of salary proposal by GWAEA board
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency board rejected the fact finder's 1979 80 salary recommendations for 207 represented employees. The disagreement centers on whether step increases should count toward the 0.67 percent guideline under presidential rules. The board cites federal funding obligations and an alleged calculation error as reasons for the rejection. The dispute, after prior union approval of the salary plan, moves toward arbitration.
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Grant Wood Education Association
Grant Wood Area Education Board of Directors
The
Education Association
GWAEA
Stephen Hayford
Hayford
Indiana University
Jim Davis
the Gazette
Davis
Myron Rodee
Two plead after charge is reduced in assault case
Cedar Rapids men Dickie Covington and Greg Hobbs pleaded guilty to a reduced false imprisonment charge after evidence in a kidnapping trial. Sentencing set for March 8. they faced third degree kidnapping with potential penalties of ten years and up to 5000 dollars fine.
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Cedar Rapids
Dickie L. Covington
Greg Hobbs
Linn
Marion
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Dick Hogan
U.S. States
District of Columbia
C.R
Music Workshop
Lauree Gerber
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John Deere
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