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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1977

Page

9

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.

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.

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.

Los Angeles Richard King Witmer Street King County South Witmer Street

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