Proposed truck route draws general neighborhood OK
A planned reroute for Cargill Inc. trucks to use 15th Avenue SE to 12th Avenue SE drew mixed but generally positive reaction at a Cedar Rapids meeting led by Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips. The plan, intended to curb traffic on Otis Road SE and 17th Avenue SE, faces a $700,000 price tag plus possible right of way costs and financing hurdles.
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Cargill Inc
16Th St
15Th Avenue SE
12Th Avenue SE
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Jane Boyd
Oak Hill
Flats
Cedar Rapids
15Th Avenue
Flats Area Committee
Otis Road
17Th Avenue SE
10Th Street
12Th Avenue
Sixth Street SE
Ransom
Jon Janda
Public Services
Janda
15Th and 12Th Avenues
Enid Ransom
Civil Service unit hears application process complaints
The Cedar Rapids Equal Employment Opportunity Office urges the Civil Service Commission to review the police and fire applicant process. It questions birth certificate requirements GED transcript standards and age limits. EEO recommends reexamining felony and moral turpitude rules and improving follow up with applicants. The commission did not act and will revisit the matters. Exams for police set for April 18 with lieutenant and captain applicants facing basic tests.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa
EEO
Jonnie Cassell
Cassell
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Jan Oldham
Jan Kazimour
City Hall
Iowa officials press federal snow aid amid urban bias claim
Iowa lawmakers met with White House staff and FDA officials seeking immediate federal snow removal aid after heavy storms. Rep. Leach faulted an urban bias, noting Illinois received quicker status while Iowa faces delayed decisions. Culver Jepsen push broader two thirds reimbursement for storm cleanup. Governor Ray seeks federal disaster declarations for 39 eastern Iowa counties.
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Washington
Iowa
White House
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Jim Leach
Chicago
Illinois
Leach
John Culver
Roger Jepsen
Davenport
Charles Wright
Culver
Jepsen
Adlai Stevenson
D-Nl
FDA
Ray
Cedar Rapids rink closures and winter reminders
The Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission reports the toboggan run in Jones Park is closed until snow at the base and run-out area is cleared, while six skating rinks remain open with varying supervision and facilities. Contact numbers are listed for rink conditions and the toboggan run. Ruby B. Swanson remains hospitalized with injuries from a Thursday car crash involving Arlie H. Bender, who received a ticket for running a stop sign.
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Jones Park
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Hills
Jones
Dennis
Noelridge
Bever
Ruby B. Swanson
20Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Swanson
16Th Avenue
L Street
Arlie H. Bender
Prairie Village
Kan
Bender
Union sues Braniff over unionizing tactics
The Association of Flight Attendants filed suit in U.S. District Court accusing Braniff Airways of aiding Teamsters efforts to organize flight attendants on company property and violating federal law. The Dallas based carrier allegedly allowed illegal organizing tactics on site.
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Washington
Braniff Airways
Teamsters Union
Association of Flight Attend
Ants
U.S
Teamsters
Ray appoints Richard Johnson Iowa state auditor
Gov. Robert Ray appoints Richard Johnson 43 from Sheldon to succeed the late Lloyd Smith as state auditor. Johnson, formerly an Iowa Department of Transportation official, has led as Ray’s representative in the auditor’s office since Smith’s death and aims to run in a 1980 special election. He wants to aid local governments with federal revenue sharing and says the office should be a government management tool, not a political operation.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Richard Johnson
Sheldahl
Lloyd Smith
Johnson
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ray
Auditor
Smith
Woman held on intoxication and weapon charges
Sharon K. Rife aged 41 of 1220 Third Ave SE was in Linn County Jail after an arrest for intoxication and possessing a knife. Police responded to a 1:30 a.m. disturbance at the South Side Inn 1326 Second St SE and found her intoxicated with a knife.
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Sharon K. Rife
Third Ave. SE
Linn County
South Side Inn
Second St. SE
Rife
Young Man Arrested for Burglary at Medical Center
Charles D. Janey, 19, of 718 Fourth Ave SE, was arrested around 11:15 p.m. Thursday and charged with second degree burglary after police found him inside Northwest Medical Center at 75 Short St NW during a reported break in. Officers pursued and caught him. he remains in Linn County Jail.
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Charles D. Janey
Fourth Ave
Janey
Northwest Medical Center
Short St. NW
Linn County
Salvation Army reports low truck picks for discarded items
Lt. Edwin Seger of the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center said trucks remain out on the streets and collected just 110 pounds of discard usable items across eight pickups Thursday. He notes the figure is below a typical one-truck day. The center’s 24 hour telephone is 365-1491.
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Edwin Seger
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
Linn County Democrats draft own priorities after scrapping state list
Linn County Democrats met at the Knights of Columbus Hall to replace the state Democratic Central Committee issues with their own priority list. They debated a spending constitutional amendment, lowering the drinking age to 18, and initiative recall measures, shaping a long session that ended near 1 a.m. Carl Means was named to chair an election procedures review committee with first meeting set for Monday at People s Bank East. ON THIS DATE in 1939 Marion Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial after a ban from Constitution Hall due to race.
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Linn County
State
Democratic Central Committee
Linn Democratic
Steve Severn
Linn
Knights of Columbus
Linn Democrats
Severn
California
Carl Means
Peoples Bank
Marion Anderson
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Constitution Hall
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Mel Meyer
Cargill
Dick Ransom
L and H Lounge
Betty DuCharme
17Th Ave. SE
Florence Marsh
1000
16Th Ave. SE
Flats Committee
Civil Service Unit
C.R. Today
Union
Braniff
S. E
Linn Demos
Steve Sovern
Peck’s
Center Pt. Rd
Docks
Green Thumb Nursery
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