Garden plots offered by city Parks Department upgrades
Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis announced garden plots for rent in Robbins Lake Ellis Boulevard NW Beverly area and Squaw Creek zones. Plots measure 20 by 50 feet with limits of two per family at Robbins Lake and Beverly and four per family at Squaw Creek. Price is $5 per plot plus $1 lease, no personal liability insurance required as the city provides coverage this year. Last year plots were $4 each. increase funds insurance. Sign‑ups to be announced after areas are plowed and staked.
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Linn County Humane Society
Mount Vernon Road
Highway 13
City Parks Department
Stan Reinis
Robbins Lake
Ellis Boulevard
Beverly and
Squaw Creek
City
Beverly
Reinis
Minneapolis
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Abdullah Shabazz
Levon Brown
Waterloo
U.S
Edward J. McManus
ASAC Adds Director to Tackle Budget Shortfalls
The Area Substance Abuse Council hires Karin Carlisle as administrative services director to tighten budgets and monitor spending after a merger of two agencies. Funding cuts from the National Institute of Drug Abuse and expired contracts worsen finances, with a $44 242 United Way addition easing the crunch.
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Area Substance Abuse Council
Karin Carlisle
Joel Hoffman
ASAC
Hoffman
Reality 10
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Comprehensive Employment Training Act
Citizens Committee On Alcoholism
United Way
CCA
Insurance Firm Sues Cedar Rapids Over Traffic Signal
IMT Insurance filed suit against the city of Cedar Rapids seeking 22388 in damages for alleged negligence in maintaining an electronic traffic signal at Second Avenue and 10th Street SE. The claim stems from an Oct 8 1974 accident at that intersection, with the firm asking the city to pay half of its paid claim.
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IMT Insurance
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
10Th Street
Danes see Soviet Union as biggest threat to world peace
A Danish public opinion poll finds the Soviet Union as the greatest threat to world peace with China a close second among respondents.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Soviet Union
China
Not Dead Yet in Cedar Rapids Library Debate
Mary Magner Balik of the Multi-Cultural Non- Sexist Advisory Committee condemned the Cedar Rapids Community School Board for not removing materials labeled discriminatory from libraries. She noted the December recommendation to weed such items, arising from a Kenwood Elementary summer study that found 105 books in race gender age and handicap areas. Balik warned the issue likely will return despite Monday night board actions.
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Mary Magner-Balik
Cedar Rapids
Representative Kenwood
Balik
the Gazette
Sheriff Dropped From Court Suit In $300000 Action
Linn County Sheriff Orlie Workman was removed as a defendant in a $300,000 suit filed last year by Clarence and Anna Hanson and their son Lyle against Workman and deputies Gene Parks and Carroll Currans. Trial set for March 30. Hanson claims rights violations in Lyle’s arrest at the Hanson residence.
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Linn County
Orlie Workman
Clarence
Anna Hanson
Route 3
Lyle
Workman
Gene Parks
Carol Currans
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Hanson
Hansons
Demolition Planned for Burned House at 1400 Fourth Ave SE
Cedar Rapids moves toward tearing down a burned house at 1400 Fourth Ave SE after the city council authorized Zinser Inc. to demolish once the owner releases the property. A $1550 demolition lien would be added, with an abandonment hearing in Des Moines federal court to determine ownership and bankruptcy issues.
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Fourth Ave
Cedar Rapids
Zinser Inc
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Zinser
Des Moines
Iowa General Housing Limited
Inmates Dismantle Shower Door In Linn County Jail
A jail report states a heavy metal shower door in cell block 2 was twisted off its hinges by inmates. Initial notes cited metal fatigue, but subsequent inspection found the door forcefully bent with hinge pins broken. Prisoners deny involvement.
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Linn County
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J Street
Linn County Sheriff's
Rock Island Railroad
Douglas R. Hanover
Dean A. Hanover
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Highway 94
Palo
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Shellsburg
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Lindale
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