City and Organization Notes From Community Briefs
Linn ADC will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Jane Boyd Community House. The Giftree January sale offers 10 to 50 percent off and chess sets. Weekly story hour for preschoolers is Thursday at 10:30 at the Kenwood branch library located at 3223 First Avenue SE. Office space for rent advertised, contact 366-2788. Anna Naprstkova January meeting of Unit No 24 JCD canceled. next meeting March 18. Linda Dawson returns Jan 25 to Killian's Lindale Beauty Shop. Catholic Laymen meeting Friday noon in Bishops Cafeteria downtown discussing selective service laws with attorney Michael W. Fay. Theft reported: tape player and five tapes stolen from Thomas Spalding's car at 1506 Eighth Street NW valued at $111. Karate and self defense classes advertised at Cedar Rapids Karate Studio 530 10th St SE. Non-members including ADC recipients welcome. Linn County Historical Assn meets Thursday 7:30 p.m. at Peoples Bank East. museum talk invites nonmembers. Lawrence Van Note of Hiawatha is chairman. Ronnie F Taggart arrested on warrants for disturbing the peace and malicious injury to a building. held on $1,110 bond. King and Queen Wigs on 529 Second Ave SE entered. wigs, cash and a checkbook stolen. Thursday noon Optimist Gus Schrader, Gazette sports editor, to speak at Elks Club. Bernadine Hartson invites friends to Madeline's, 363-3391. Sister Marie Brych, 75, formerly of 1914 First Ave NW, died November 6 in Czechoslovakia. Springtime Red Tulips at Pier son’s Florists, 366-1826.
Razing contracts awarded for I-380 Cedar Rapids area
AMES-Yocum Salvage Co. of Iowa City won a contract to raze 28 houses and garages along the I-380 corridor between Twenty-ninth Avenue and Fourth Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids. The bid of 14720 was the lowest among five bids to the highway commission. Work starts January 25 with completion by July 31. A second phase plans removal of 42 more buildings between Eighth and Fifth avenues SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Highway Agency OKs Cedar Rapids Widening Project
The Iowa highway commission approved an agreement with Cedar Rapids to widen and channelize First Avenue East from Lindale Plaza to Collins Road. Cost about 47000 dollars with half paid by the city and half by the federal government as part of the TOPICS program. City council approved the agreement on December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Lindale Plaza
Collins Road
T.O.P.I.C.S
Cedar Rapids Suspends Beer License for The Meeting Place
The Cedar Rapids city council suspended The Meeting Place beer license for 60 days citing unmet commitments from permit issuance. Kay Bronkest operates the venue at 852 Avenue NE and signed an agreement restricting landlord Joseph Abodeely from being on site during business hours without authorization. Police cited a felon employment concern and alcohol-venue warnings as grounds for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Avenue
Kay M. Bronkest
Kay Bronkest
Joseph Abodeely
Abodeely
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Shelby County road oiling budget questioned by state commission
Iowa highway officials disapproved Shelby county 1971 secondary road plans citing a proposed $600000 oiling budget. D I McLean noted only 10000 for gravel and warned oiling costs have risen from 267149 in 1962. A public hearing may be held before any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Town Highway Commission
Shelby County
D. I. McLean
Commission
Iowa
Highway Commission
McLean
Shelby
Iowa governor discusses school superintendent appointment shakeup
At a news conference IECB representatives urged a qualified educator be named to replace Johnston. The governor noted a bill to move appointment power to the governor faces concerns about partisan influence and questioned paying $23 000 salary, saying higher pay may be needed to attract a competent candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IECB
Johnston
State Board of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
Senate
Louis Craven Held For Station Break
Louis E Craven 19 of 1714 Thirty-fourth street NE was arrested early Wednesday on breaking and entering charges. He was held in city jail pending arraignment after being caught fleeing the McGee service station at 723 Eighth avenue SE. Officers chased him on foot and found him hiding under a car near the scene. It was not immediately determined if any item was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Craven
Thirty-fourth Street
Craven
McGee
Eighth Avenue
Cedar Rapids Building Permits Slip in 1970
Cedar Rapids building activity declined in new construction permits for 1970 while total permit valuation rose. The city issued 1,298 new construction permits, down from 1,420 in 1969, with total valuation at 16,188,392 versus 13,813,123. Remodeling permits numbered 2,575, valuing 5,121,297.
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Cedar Rapids
Building Safety Department
Keener Given Time To Answer Charges
Donald W. Keener 48 of 700 First Avenue NW was arrested Tuesday for false uttering of a check and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He appeared in municipal court Wednesday and was given until Jan 28 to waive or demand a preliminary hearing on each charge. He was released on his own recognizance. The case involves a bad check for $20 at Hy Vee on July 20 and a charge of failing to support a minor child. He was arrested on municipal court warrants.
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Donald W. Keener
First Avenue NW
Keener
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class Postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail editions with regional pricing. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
Jerry L. Smith pleads guilty to petty larceny in Cedar Rapids
Jerry L. Smith, 28, of 709 Eighth Avenue SE, pled guilty in municipal court to petty larceny for taking fuel oil from a house on route three in Cedar Rapids belonging to Paul Vislisel. He was fined $15 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry L. Smith
Eighth Avenue SE
Route Three
Cedar Rapids
Paul Vislisel
Santee Admits Four Counts In Municipal Court
James A. Santee, 22, of 1026 Eleventh Street NE, pled guilty in municipal court on four charges. He was fined 10 dollars and costs for failure to carry and display a valid Iowa driver's license and failure to display registration. He received a 15 day suspended sentence for resisting execution of process and a 90 day suspended sentence for driving with a suspended license. He was arrested July 30 by Linn County sheriff's deputies on Edgewood Road.
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James A. Santee
Eleventh Street
Iowa
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Edgewood Road
Water Bonds Sold by Ely Town Council
The Ely town council accepted a single bid for water revenue bonds totaling 118000 dollars from United State Bank of Cedar Rapids at 7 percent with no premium. A second bid for 32000 dollars in general obligation water bonds was awarded to Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank at 5 percent with no premium, with bonds maturing in 1987 and 1991 respectively.
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Ely
United State Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank
Decorah death suit settled out of court
A million dollar lawsuit over the deaths of eight members of the Edwin Monroe family in Ossian was settled out of court. The case charged Decorah Skelgas and Skelly Oil Co with negligence over a propane gas system installed December 29 1967. The parties included the Monroe estate administered by Roberta M. Bockward.
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Paul Strand
Skelly Oil Co
Decorah Skelgas Co
Edwin Monroe
Roberta M. Bockward
Monroe
Decorah Skelgas
Girl Hit Crossing Red Light Injures 10 Year Old
Kaye McIntyre, 10, of 200 Twenty-fourth Street NE, suffered a bruised right hip after being struck by a car at First Avenue and Twenty-first Street NE. Janet D. Olds, 1517 Bever Avenue SE, operated the car. The girl was crossing against the red light. No charges were filed. She was treated at St Luke's Hospital and released.
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Kaye McIntyre
Twenty-fourth Street
First Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Janet D. Olds
Bever Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Center Point Obituary for Alta G. Potter
Alta Grace Potter 77 lifelong Center Point resident died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born January 5 1894 in Center Point she married Earl Potter June 2 1939 there. Survived by husband Morris F. Potter two sisters a brother six grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Thursday at First Christian Church Center Point. Burial Center Point cemetery. Friends may call Murdoch chapel. Contributions preferred to First Christian Church Center Point.
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Center Point
Alta
Grace Potter
Cedar Rapids
Earl Potter
Potter
First Christian Church
Carlton Heins
John Park Winkler, Jr
Loren T. Jenks
Murdoch
Bridge I 280 project let to Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel
Ames reports the Iowa-Illinois highway commission approved the low bid of 8.52 million dollars from Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. for fabricating and erecting structural steel on the I-280 bridge over the Mississippi between Davenport and Rock Island. The letting was supervised by the Illinois department of highways with 90 percent federal funding and 10 percent state share split equally between Iowa and Illinois.
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AMES
Highway Commission
Mississippi River
Davenport
Rock Island
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Des Moines
Illinois Department of Highways
Iowa
Illinois
Lindsay Bid for Police Penalties
Mayor John V. Lindsay moved to invoke mandatory penalties under the Taylor law against city patrolmen who refused duties during a six day walkout. He ordered the personnel chief to prepare a list of about 85 percent of the 26 000 patrolmen involved. The law imposes two days pay deduction per day of illegal activity and a year or less tenure probation.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Bridge Designing for Route 30 East Okayed
An Ames Chicago engineering firm was authorized to design eight bridges on Highway 30 from Bowling Street SW to Highway 13 east of Cedar Rapids. The project covers eight bridges as part of the four laning, excluding the I 380 U S 30 intersection bridge. The design fee is 94 675 or 5 98 percent of an estimated 1 583 million construction cost. The Cedar River bridge will be the most costly at 771 000 and the design is to be completed in 14 months for a June 1972 date.
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AMES
Chicago
Bowling Street
Highway 13
Cedar Rapids
U.S. 30
Knoerle, Bender, Stone and Associates
Highway Commission
C. A. Pestotnik
Cedar River
Pestotnik
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First Avenue SE
Executive Plaza
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Bishops Cafeteria
Michael W. Fay
Thomas Spalding
Eighth Street NW
ADC
10Th St. SE
Ronnie F. Taggart
Ninth Avenue SW
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Powers
Powers
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Gus Schrader
the Gazette
The
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Bernadine Hartson
Madeline’s
John Drums
Marie Brych
Czechoslovakia
Pierson’s Florists
C.R
L. D
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UY Service
Ray
State Board
Iowa Senate
Louis Craven
U.S. Territories
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Virginia
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Hanes Hosiery
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