Center Point Factions Duel Over Hiring City Administrator
Center Point debates hiring a city administrator as supporters push a budget cut plan and a door to door campaign while opponents form Citizens For Elected City Government. Mayor Neenan backs planning growth and a future administrator amid cost concerns and tax limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Smith
Center Point
Eileen Neenan
Neenan
Paul Roseberry
Roseberry
Stewart Prince
America
Iowa Fire Death Toll Drops to Twenty-Year Low
Des Moines reports fifty people died in Iowa last year from fires or explosions, the lowest in two decades. The count may rise by two with two teens listed as probable deaths from a Pleasant Hill dynamite blast. Fire Marshal Wilbur Johnson credits media campaigns and detectors for the drop.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pleasant Hill
Wilbur Johnson
Mount Pleasant
Johnson
Iowans use more electricity while gas consumption falls
A state commission survey shows electricity use for the year ending October 31 1983 rose 3.2 percent from the prior year amid record heat while natural gas use dropped 9.6 percent due to a mild winter. Residential and commercial demand helped push totals higher despite hot conditions.
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Commission
Andrew Varley
Varley
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Linn County eyes cheaper road upkeep with reclassifications
Linn County plans to reclassify about 25 roads to class B to save money. The ordinance outlines limited maintenance including no snow removal or sanding, no mowing or brushing, no surface material, and irregular repairs. Some roads may be vacated, and a 10 to 15 mph limit could reduce liability.
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Mary Burke Lazette
Rite
Linn
Jerry Nelson
Jean Oxley
Joe Rinas
Rinas
Teen seeks review of adult trial for parents’ slaying
Storm Lake Iowa AP attorney for 15 year old Albert City boy Jeffrey Alan Fales asks Buena Vista County District Court to overturn Juvenile Referee Jeff Emerson ruling to try him as an adult. Cornish argues there is no proven rehabilitative failure or probable cause and that Fales is scholastically intellectually and emotionally a child.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Albert City
Buena Vista
Mark Cornish
Jeff Emerson
Jeffrey Alan Fales
Emerson
Cornish
Fales
Developer plans $50 million hydro plant at Lock and Dam 15
Davenport Iowa Miller County AP A Mercer Island WA developer plans a 25 MW hydroelectric plant at Lock and Dam 15 on the Mississippi in Davenport Budgeted at 50 million dollars. permit sought this summer from FERC with exclusive study rights. Approval could take 18 to 24 months and the plant would take about 244 years to build. The Iowa Commerce Commission added a 6 percent payment rule for small hydro and wind projects, raising utility costs and rates. Forbes says projects extend to Oregon Washington and Idaho with similar efforts and that Davenport has first chance for a permit. others have not pursued Lock and Dam 15.
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Davenport
Mississippi River
Thomas Forbes
Mercer Island
Wash
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Forbes’ Group
Davenport-Rock Island Associates
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Sam Wilson
Forbes
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Music gear stolen from residence on Second Ave
Police report a burglary at 1225 Second Ave SE where a screen was cut and a window broken between 5 p.m. Friday and 4 45 p.m. Saturday. Two guitars and two guitar foot pedals valued at 1310 dollars were taken from the Christopher W. Gerson home.
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Christopher W. Gerson
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids Couple Injured in Friday Intersection Crash
A Cedar Rapids couple remained hospitalized Sunday after a Friday crash at the C Avenue and Boyson Road NE intersection. Dion O Loughlin, 47, is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital, while Patricia O Loughlin, 44, is listed in good condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Dion O'Loughlin
Meadow Knolls Road
Mercy Hospital
Patricia O'Loughlin
C Avenue
Boyson Road
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Mailing and Subscription Rates
The notice lists daily and Sunday publication details at 500 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids Iowa with carrier and mail rates including 7 issues a week at 10.40 for 4 weeks and 110.00 for 52 weeks plus 140.00 for 52 weeks out of state. It notes no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service and credits The Associated Press for local news reuse.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S Territories
Associated Press
Marion Briefs: Vehicle Fees Due Tomorrow
Linn County vehicle registration fees must be paid by Tuesday January 31 at Farmers State Bank Marion Alburnett Hiawatha and Lindale Mall. Ads promote car starting service Culligan water softener rental and easy ad placement in the Marion Briefs.
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Linn County
Farmers State Bank
Marion
Alburnett
Hiawatha
Lindale Mall
Adv
Cedar Rapids Youth Nominated to Service Academies
Two Cedar Rapids seniors earn U S service academy nominations from Rep. Tom Tauke. Jeffrey Tronvold is nominated for West Point and Michael Coleman for Annapolis. Tauke also nominated Jon Chun of Dubuque to West Point and Timothy Reicher to Annapolis.
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Cedar Rapids High School
U.S
Tom Tauke
Rdubuque
Jeffrey Tronvold
Carlton Tronvold
First Ave
Tauke
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Michael Coleman
Ronald Coleman
D Ave
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jon Chun
Timothy Reicher
Dubuque
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Guson
Conrad Dunn
Dunn
Wilton
Lee County
Gary Hart
Colorado
Tipton
John and
Sandy McKilihan
Harrison Webera Newspaper Association
Mississippi
Gazette
Jcpenney
C.R
First St
1St Ave
Sanat
California
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