Cedar Rapids Council Questions Shattuck Metal Plant Plan
The Cedar Rapids City Council pressed for more details on Shattuck Chemical Co. proposal to buy or lease part of the old water pollution control plant to extract metals from petroleum waste. Officials fear air and water pollution and potential use of federal funds.
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Dave Rasdal
Cedar Rapids
Denver, Colo
Shattuck Chemical Co
Denver
Shattuck
Oper
Canney
Reynolds
Wayne Murdock
Burglary Suspect Sought After Cedar Rapids Break In
Police search for a man who fled Linda Trotsky's home at 1627 Keith Drive NE after a burglary. He claimed to be Tom and escaped with costume jewelry and $20. A 6 foot 240 pound black male wore a blue ski mask and jacket during the break in. Several other crime notes follow, including a storage shed theft and a juvenile robbery case, plus a historical note about John Glenn orbiting Earth in 1962.
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Tom
Linda Trotsky
Keith Drive
Trotsky
Eyewitness testimony challenged in Linn County trial
A psychologist testified that eyewitness identification is unreliable in the robbery case against Douglas G. Fields Jr. at Linn District Court. Michael Jaynes, the clerk, positively identified Fields as one of two robbers who took over $100 at knife point from the 7 Eleven on September 15 near Edgewood Road NW. Closing arguments were scheduled for that afternoon.
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Linn District Court
Douglas G. Fields Jr
Harold Denton
Harold Swailes
Fields
Michael Jaynes
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Jaynes
Deborah
James Norris
Robert Baron
University of Iowa
Baron
Sharon Gless Stars as Reporter in Disney’s The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Hollywood AP reports Sharon Gless plays a newspaper reporter entangled in a murder case in Walt Disney's The Kids Who Knew Too Much. The NBC film also features Larry Cedar Lloyd Haynes and Jackie Coogan in supporting roles.
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Hollywood
Sharon Gless
Walt Disney
NBC
Larry Cedar
Lloyd Haynes
Jackie Coogan
Cedar Rapids Assessor Budget Approved for 1981
The Cedar Rapids Conference Board approved the city assessor budget for fiscal 1981 totaling 464 808 with 414 808 to be raised by taxation and 50 000 from a carry over balance. Salaries for 15 employees and the board of review account for 312 208 of the total. operating costs cover the rest. An additional re appraisal budget of 250 000 was approved with 150 000 raised by taxation to fund the current property re evaluation by a private firm. The conference board includes city council, county supervisors and the school board.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
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C.R
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Otis Road SE
Tuck
Don Canney
Vick Reynolds
Edmund Becker
All Saints Catholic Church
Five Seasons Center
Palm Sunday
R.L. Hiemstra
Route 1
Marion
Spencer T. Blakey
10Th St. SE
First Avenue
Blakey
Linn County
Terry Browning
Lorenzo Williams
Fifth Ave
John Glenn
Earth
Atlantic
Gayzew
Clayssiif
Liberty Loan Corporation OF
Ames
Iowa
Second St
Liberty Loan Gomecaane of Ames
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