Iowa City seeks expansion to store more data
City officials request 37 500 to upgrade the computer system storage to handle growing data needs. The upgrade would quadruple disk capacity, double memory, and support 13 bookkeeping tasks including water bills parking fines and landfill charges. Additional revenue from automated billing could total 40 000 annually.
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Tom Walsh
Iowa City
City Hall
Neal Berlin
Rosemary Vitosh
Vitosh
Monica Uthe
Berlin
Iowa City man gets suspended sentence for assault
Wayne Walter Draper 41 of 2216 California Ave was given a two year suspended term and two years probation for assault with intent to inflict serious injury after he pointed a gun at three men near Lakeside Apartments. He also received a 90 day jail sentence on a related charge and work release eight hours daily to run his taxicab business and attend AA meetings.
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Iowa City
Wayne Walter Draper
California Ave
Johnson County
Draper
Lakeside Apartments
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tools Stolen From Northeast Residence Basement
Police report a burglary on Oakland Road NE where hand tools valued at about $400 and a tool box were taken from the basement of 851 Oakland Road NE between Monday and Thursday. Nolan K. Ogden reported the loss to authorities.
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Nolan K. Ogden
Oakland Road
Teamsters vote yes on police contract agreement
The city and Teamsters Local 238 reached a tentative police contract with a 4 percent wage raise starting July 1 and a 3 percent raise on January 1, 1983. Dental coverage will be paid by the city, and the wage gap between sergeants and detectives was narrowed by one cent to reduce disparity. Final city council approval is required before the July 1 effective date.
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Teamsters Local
Police Department
Ron Kushman
Ammeter
Kuhlman
Kuhhman
Darwin Ammeter
Seven Evacuated As Basement Fire Damages building
A basement fire at 2900 First Avenue NE forced seven residents to evacuate along with a cat and a dog. Fire units confined the blaze to a storage area beneath Pinball Place with smoke damage to the second floor. Fire investigator to interview residents and inspect electrical systems. Red Cross offered shelter.
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First Avenue
Pinball Place
Barru Salon
Donald Knock
Grant Wood Chapter
American Red Cross
Knock
King Cotton economy diversifies Mississippi balance
Mississippi, historically tied to one crop dubbed King Cotton, has grown balanced through sunlight on industry, other crops, tourism, and federal installations. The shift reflects efforts to diversify the state’s economic base and attract federal presence.
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Mississippi
$7.7 Million Plan Aims to Modernize Iowa City Airport
The Iowa City Airport Commission asks the City Council to fund a 12 year master plan totaling 7.7 million dollars. Phase one costs nearly 2 million and would upgrade Runways 17 35 and 6 24 while adding a 96.7 acre land purchase and taxiway upgrades. The plan shifts primary runway to 6 24, reduces overflight of University of Iowa areas, and adds lighting navigational aids and a MALS system to improve all weather operations.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa City Airport Commission
Airport Commission
Reaganomics
Commission
University of Iowa
West
League to hold budget meetings on Iowa City schools
The Iowa City Johnson County League of Women Voters schedules two budget meetings this week to examine the Iowa School Foundation Program of 1971 and the district budget and state education funding laws. The events occur Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal Church and Thursday at Ann Shires home. A historical note mentions a 1970 Buenos Aires train collision with 141 fatalities.
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Iowa City
Johnson County League of Women Voters
Trinity Episcopal Church
E. College St
Ann Shires
Woodridge Ave
League
Iowa School Foundation
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