Cedar Rapids approves multiple city measures at Wednesday council
The Cedar Rapids city council acted on numerous items including purchasing an alternator and regulator, a typewriter, and four computer discs, setting Feb 2 public hearings for federal bus funds and zoning changes, establishing no parking zones, and plans for street lights and a 911 system. The meeting included many petitions and third readings for rezoning and street projects with residents voicing no objections at public hearings.
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Cedar Rapids
Aviation Department
Cooper Aviation
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Ivan D. Arnett
Police Department
Micro-Technology, Inc
Sierra Drive
1 Avenue North
Sandalwood
Donald L. Barriger
Board of Electrical Examiners
Aspen Lane
Towne House Drive
J. T. Raftis
Blairs Ferry Road
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Leonard J. Steiner
Linn County Metropolitan Public Safety Telecommunications Board
Executive Realty Co
Fourth Avenue
Third Street
W. P. Hogan
Highway 30
Stoney Point Road
Midwest Development Co
Mohamed Igram
First Avenue NW
Bids Come In Well Below Kenwood Ditch Project Estimate
Eight firms bid the second phase of the Kenwood ditch storm sewer project with the low bid from Jensen Construction Co. at 1 479 336 10 plus 30 000 for crushed rock. Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips praised the results as easing costs for the city’s overall sewer work.
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Kenwood Ditch
Jensen Construction Co
Des Moines
Millstone Construction Co
St. Louis
Cramer Brothers Construction Co
Hansen Construction Co
Washington
Iowa
William Hennessey
Cedar Rapids
Fourteenth Street
B Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Richard Phillips
Ten-Year-Old Admits Setting Fatal Christmas Fire
A 10-year-old in Los Angeles admitted starting a Christmas week fire at 335 South Witmer Street that killed 10 people. He was booked for murder and arson and later released to parents, with potential handoff to a county probation worker. The incident occurred as authorities described how he used matches to ignite an old couch under a stairwell.
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Los Angeles
Richard King
Witmer Street
King
County
South Witmer Street
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Kilborn Photo Products
First Avenue SE
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Edward Broderick
State Department of Transportation
Shaver Road
Cloey A. Reeve
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Texas Instruments
Goodwin
Aim
Premix
City Water Department
Water Department
Dulles
Europe
U.S
Middle East
Lee Spicher
1St Avenue S.E
First Avenue S.E
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