Road Planner Sees Hiawatha I 380 Solution
Iowa highway planners signal a favorable view on routing I 360 through Hiawatha. The dispute continues in federal court with residents seeking a route west of the city while the state ratepayers push for the Hiawatha alignment and Cedar Rapids to Waterloo progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Wednesduy
Department of Transportation
Hiawatha
Raymond Kassel
Cormission
Kassel
Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
Moyer
Planning Commission
Waterloo
G.W. Anderson
Ford
Cedar River
Forty-second Street
North City Limits
Iowa Senate Approves Major Revision of Criminal Code
The Iowa Senate adopted a comprehensive rewrite after eight years of study, with new penalties including life sentences for first degree murder and multiple levels of felonies and misdemeanors. The bill adds abortion protections within six months, a fetal homicide provision, no knock warrants with judicial approval, and maintains limits on adultery and sodomy sanctions. Senator Shaff opposed blending into current law. Ramsey praised the bill while noting imperfections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page | Tunly
Supreme Court
Roger Shaff
R-Camanche
Ramsey
Iowa State Bar Assn
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Senate Judiciary Committee
Two 14-Year-Olds Charged After Car Theft Arrest
Police chased a stolen car at 9 25 p m near Mt Vernons Road and Forest Drive SE. The driver fled on foot after a collision with a parked car on Fifth Avenue SE. the passenger was found inside the vehicle. The car had been reported stolen from James Jackman in Lamont. Both youths were later released to their parents pending court action.
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Mt. Vernons Road
Forest Drive SE
Fifth Avenue SE
James Jackman
Lamont
Hallmar Nursing Home
City Seeks Background on Linn County Transit Study
A consulting firm presented a transit study working paper to the Regional Transit Authority and Cedar Rapids city council. The paper outlined service expansion options and projected costs, including non peak and Saturday frequencies, downtown trip initiatives, Cedar Rapids to outlying areas service, and SEATS rider transport within the city. The council asked for more background statistics on ridership and cost. A follow up meeting to review the materials is planned in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
T O
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Jim Benshaof
Bath
Doctors Accepting New Patients Listed by MeLinn County Society
MeLinn County Medical Society announces a service listing family physicians accepting new patients amid physician shortages. Dr. John P. Jacobs said 33 primary care doctors in Linn County are now taking new patients, with contact at the society office 365 2527. The list will be available in family doctors’ offices and at Mercy and St. Luke’s hospital public relations offices and outpatient departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MeLinn County
Society
Jacobs
Repeal of Oil Depletion Allowance Advances in House
After seven hours of debate the House approved repeal by 248 to 163. Lead sponsors Rep. Green and Rep. Gibbons framed the measure as ending a 1926 totem of tax favoritism. Opponents cited depletion as vital to petroleum investment and production, arguing the 22 percent deduction and up to 80 percent taxable net income need review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reps
Green
Gibbons
House
Congress
Delay Sought in White Murder Trial
A joint motion by the state and defense asks to delay the March 10 trial of Johnny D. Lee White. The filing notes County Attorney Eugene Kopecky faces a Cedar Rapids police grand jury probe and materials for trial are incomplete. A Monday hearing at 1 p.m. will decide the request. White is charged in the February 17, 1974 shooting death of Donald Van Steenis east of Cedar Rapids in Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny D. Lee White
Eugene Kopecky
Cedar Rapids
White
Donald van Steenis
Linn County
Parachute Shop Burglary Hits Fred's Lock and Key
Thieves broke into Fred's Lock and Key at 425 Sixth Street SW and stole parachute gear including a $150 parachute, nine jump suits worth $373, three boots $143, a $40 helmet, four stake signals $12, a $210 cash box, a $25 cash register with $2 cash, totaling a significant loss reported by operator Fred Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Sixth Street
Fred Madison
Marriage and Divorce Trends Rise Across Decade
The 1974 divorce rate reached 4.6 per 100 population, a record high with a 4.9 percent rise over 1973 and 9 percent above 1962. Six states Arkansas New Jersey Missouri Ohio Vermont and Wisconsin had fewer divorces in 1974 than in 1972, with minor differences. Fertility stood at 68.4 births per 1000 women aged 15 to 44, down 1 percent from 1973, after a three year decline averaging 7 percent.
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Arkansas
Missouri
New Jersey
Ohio
Vermont
Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids News Briefs Include Missing Money And Local Ads
Cedar Rapids briefs note a missing $100 billfold and papers from an unidentified location. Also listed are shop ads, events at Sacred Heart convent, missing dog reward, property break-ins, and local business notices across Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
M. Buller
Thirty-sixth Street
Car Snowbound Move It Now Or Be Ticketed
Public Works Supt Wayne Murdock says cars left on streets since the Monday snow storm will be ticketed soon. Police plan enforcement as uncleared streets hinder snow removal and irritate neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works
Wayne Murdock
Murdock
Fire at Clay Schultz farm destroys equipment
Postville fire department reported a shed blaze on the Clay Schultz farm near here Thursday. Equipment worth about 15000 dollars was lost including three tractors four garden tractors a plow and various tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Clay Schultz
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Clint Moyer
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Howard Gunnerson
Waterton
Gunnerson
Senate
Andersen
Bergman
Carr
Coleman
Culver
Curtis
DeKoster
Glenn
Grubs
Griffin
Hansen
Hey Ing
P. Hill
Kelly
Kinley
Lamborn
Merritt
Miller
Notin
Nolting
Norpel
Nystrom
Orr
Palmer
Plymar
Priebe
Redmond
Robinson
Rodgers
Schwengels
Scott
ALL AE Ly
UCSC
First National Motor Bank
Tilt Avenue
Ard Street
Marian
Precision Garden
Cas
Hood
Hitachi TV
3Rd Ave
Sacred Heart Convent
The
Siatera of Mercy
Callie-mix
Montrose
Doctors
George
Adv
Jerry Hyde
Natreet SW
Hoover House
West Branch
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Veron Rd
Calivo
Pitts
2Nd St. S.E
Dale's Fruit Base
Mary Fiala
Sue Lane NW
Air Force
Progam
Evy's Lounge
Marilyn
Tony
Don Miller
Paramount Theatre
Gerald Meinecke
Iowa Falls
Fiftieth Avenue
Mount Vernon Rd
S.E
Blue Moon
1St Ave
Jerome
Amana
Mark Carter
Twenty-first Street
Jefferson High School
Breakin
Jerry L. Rabink
Third Avenue SE
Postville Fire
Fandel Alarms, Inc
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