Cedar Rapids Mayor touts growth in State of the City
Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney expresses optimism about the city despite high interest rates and population limits. He cites rising property values since 1969, downtown redevelopment, planned mall and library projects, and a hydroelectric feasibility study at the Five-in-One Dam. A bond vote on the $5.9 million library is slated for Tuesday, with total project costs around $9.72 million.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Canney
Rotary Club
Iowa
Montgomery Ward
Rotary
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Hall Foundation
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Department of Energy
Wayne Engle
Courtroom cameras spark debate about case outcomes
Iowa officials react to a Supreme Court decision on expanded media coverage in trials. Judges in Linn County resisted cameras citing the 8th Circuit, while Justice Larson welcomes the move and expects broader public understanding of court proceedings.
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Linn District Court
8Th Circuit
Kopecky
Herbert Strentz
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Larson
Iowa
Florida
Burger
Officer helps bicycle thief in Denver
In Denver a thief stole a green Schwinn 10 speed after using police to verify ownership. Officers demanded ID and proof, then the thief returned with a paper and a serial number. Police checked the number and found the bike not stolen yet. A detective team cut the chain and watched the thief ride away. Randy White later reported his bike missing.
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Denver
Randy White
Linn hearings set on revenue sharing
Linn County schedules two hearings for revenue sharing funds. on February 9 1981-82 share totals amount to 573326 dollars for the remainder of the current fiscal year and 17 February at 6 pm for 1 536384 dollars for 1981-82. The funds assist county departments and local agencies facing financial problems guided by population tax levy and per capita income. The 1982 figures are tentative with possible追加 money.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Burlington Woman Dies In Home Fire
Fire Marshal Jim Dunn reports 80 year old Elizabeth Robbins died of smoke inhalation while fleeing a blaze at her one story Burlington residence. Robbins had lived alone in the frame house for about 18 years.
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Burlington
UPI
Jim Dunn
Dunn
Elizabeth Robbins
Emerald Knights Drum Corps Schedule Sets Six-State Summer Tour
The Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps will represent Cedar Rapids in 22 parades and contests across six states this summer. They will host a tournament and an international event, culminating in a six day trip to Montreal for the Drum Corps International finals. The schedule includes the Drum Corps Midwest in DeKalb Illinois on July 25 and the Midwest DCI event in Whitewater Wisconsin on August 7 8. The season opens June 7 at the Vecorah Kiltie tournament with Midwest appearances in Iowa Illinois Missouri Minnesota Wisconsin and Ohio. The corps will hold its first overnight retreat at Prairie High School this weekend. Reorganized last year after a one year lapse, they won the Illini Lancer tournament in Dixon Illinois and were Iowa State American Legion champions in 1980, finishing in the DCI Class A finals top 16.
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Emerald Knights
Cedar Rapids
Bonnie Wyatt
The
Drum Corps International
Montreal
Canada
Wyatt
Drum Corps Midwest
DeKalb
Ill
Drum Corps International Midwest Tournament In Whitewater, Wis
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Prairie High School
Illini
Edgewood Crash Leaves McNeal In Fair Condition
Dennis McNeal, 26, of Edgewood, is in fair condition at Mercy Medical Center Dubuque after a one vehicle crash on a gravel road east of Edgewood. The four wheel drive rolled into a ditch and he was found pinned at about 6 30 a m. He was first taken to a Manchester hospital then moved to Dubuque. In Vinton, David Dennis Christopher, 31, Atkins, pleaded guilty to third degree theft and possession of a controlled substance. He received a 90 day suspended jail sentence and one year probation for a theft July 1980 incident at West Side Grain and Salvage Co.
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Dennis McNeal
Mercy Medical Center
Dubuque
McNeal
Manchester
Vinton
David Dennis Christopher
Atkins
Christopher
West Side Grain and Salvage Co
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