Cedar Rapids Revaluations Hit Home Builders
Cedar Rapids prepares for 1957 property revaluations tied to an 11 mill tax leap that will affect mortgage calculations. Builders fear lower cost housing could fall away as taxes on new homes rise significantly, with possible 20 to 25 percent boosts in some cases. Local officials expect a busy board of review season and debate over revised building permit fees and foundation inspections, while annexation and census rules loom for population counts and state funding.
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City Council Debates Pacific Coast Building Code Milestone
A proposed city building code aligned with Pacific coast standards moved through council channels last week marking a milestone in local planning. The measure aims to harmonize regulations with regional safety and environmental benchmarks and faces remaining committee review.
Firemen Use Ranch Home as New Milwaukee Station
Milwaukee's Engine 29 quarters in a converted ranch home, not a traditional firehouse. Firemen sleep in bedrooms and cook in a modern kitchen, using a breezeway to reach the engine. The temporary station in newly annexed territory will be sold when no longer needed.
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Chamber To Hear Gable Tell of Atom Demonstration
The Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will host a dinner meeting on Wednesday at 6 15 p m featuring Dr Luther Gable outlining up to date atom theory with a black light demonstration and a working atomic engine model Gable a professional engineer and University of Chicago affiliated lecturer has helped refine uranium from carnotite and produced the first luminous radium watch dials in America He authored The Miracle of Television and earned an army signal corps award Reservations by phone EM 4 5135 by noon Wednesday.
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Hit-Run Driver Not Licensed May Have Fled After Crash
Newark police concluded a hit-and-run vehicle without license plates likely could not stop. A man reported the driver rammed his parked car and escaped, but he was unable to obtain the license number because he was driving a horse and wagon.
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