Armstrong's eyes two phase plan for Iowa City store
Iowa City officials weigh two phase strategy to permit Armstrong's expansion by fall 1983. Urban renewal parcel between Burlington College Dubuque and Linn streets may host a department store while a separate hotel is developed with a second contractor. Zuchelli stressed timing and feasible financing to meet an Aug 1 1983 occupancy target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Armstrong’s
Burlington, College, Dubuque and Linn
Donald Zuchelli
Armstrong's
Plaza Towers Associates
Zuchelli
Cedar Rapids
Great Charity Sled Races Postponed By Local Bank Presenter
Sled races delayed after Thursday announcement by Richard Holthaus assistant vice president of Merchants National Bank co sponsoring with KGAN TV. Races will be rescheduled on short notice if more snow arrives. Registration blanks remain valid. Snow melts at Jones Park and forecast calls for 40s to 50s. Entry was a staple food item with all proceeds to Churches United Food Bank.
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Richard Holthaus
Holthaus
Merchants National Bank
Kgan-Tv
Jones Park
Churches United Food Bank
Cedar Rapids man faces assault charges after officer arrest
A 62-year-old Cedar Rapids man, Eugene Kann of 311 Eighth St SE, was arrested at 6 p.m. Monday at his home and charged with two counts of assault and intoxication. One assault charge stems from allegedly striking the officer during the arrest, the other from a September 26, 1980 incident at Legion Lanes. Kann was released from Linn County Jail after a court appearance.
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Cedar Rapids
Eugene Kann
Eighth St. SE
Kann
James Routhe
Legion Lanes
Fourth Ave. SE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Public Library moves ahead with new design plans
Cedar Rapids Public Library trustees approved development plans for a two story northern block library to open by 1984. The project, cost about 6.5 million, will be overseen by the Metropolitan Cedar Rapids Library Foundation with bids in June and construction starting mid 1983.
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Christie Wallace
Cedar Rapids Public Library Board of Trustees
Metropolitan
Cedar Rapids Library Foundation
Herbert Stone
Jerry Elsen
Nancy McHugh
Stone
Fifth Avenue
Second Street
Third Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Hall Foundation
Cedar Rapids
City weighs options to trim Cedar Rapids budget
City controller-auditor Robert McMahan reports a 712 619 deficit amid 24 357 904 in expenses and 23 645 285 in potential income. Proposals include charging enterprise departments for admin services and funding Community Development costs from federal grants to balance the coming year.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Robert McMahan
Council
FACT
Don Canney
the Gazette
Library board member laments missed profits from bookmobile idea
Nancy McHugh once proposed converting WAG Industries sandwich wagons into bookmobiles to save costs. Cedar Rapids bought the first such vehicle in 1978 for about 10 thousand, with Puerto Rico selling another unit. no profit share materialized for the library.
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Nancy McHugh
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Public Library Board of Trustees
McHugh
WAG Industries of
Cedar Rapids
The
Friends of the Library
Thomas Carney
Stamats Communications Inc
WAG Industries
Carney
Puerto Rico
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Two Officers Sue Rural Springville Man for 70000 Damages
Two Cedar Rapids police officers, Timothy J. Reynolds and Joseph Hanrahan, sue Dono van Ira McCluskey in Linn County District Court for 70000 total damages alleging permanent injuries and scars from an assault during an arrest on February 21, 1981. Each seeks 10000 in compensatory and 25000 in punitive damages. McCluskey, 29, faced charges of criminal mischief and two counts of assault. he pled guilty to the assaults and was fined 100 on each count. The other two charges were dismissed.
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Cedar Rapids
Springville
Timothy J. Reynolds
Joseph Hanrahan
Linn County
Donovan Ira McCluskey
McCluskey
Ellis Boulevard
Jewelry stolen from Nadine McLaughlin home
An estimated $1,600 in jewelry vanished from Nadine McLaughlin's residence at 843 Camburn Court SE. An opal ring with diamonds and an opal necklace, each valued at $800, were last seen in January. The theft, discovered Monday, also included about $76 in cash from a vanity with no sign of forced entry.
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Nadine McLaughlin
Camburn Court SE
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Armstrong
Public Library
C.R. Library Trustees
Brown Healey and Bock
McConnell-Steveley-Anderson
Ker
Library Board of Trustees
Barlow Garden
Barlow East
Armar
Marion
Baltimore
Lindale Mall
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