Tax exemptions urged to aid Oak Hill housing plan
Cedar Rapids Council hears Oak Hill Urban Revitalization proposal by Carl Landino. He cites rehabilitation of existing housing and new single and multi family units as priorities and urges maximum tax exemptions for investment to spur redevelopment.
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Oak Hill
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Carl Landino
Landino
Sistance
Ninth Avenue SE
McKinley School
Des Moines
The
Iowa Housing Finance Authority
Monthly bus pass sales surge after fare hike
Transit official Len Brandrup notes a spike in passes since fares rose from 30 to 40 cents per ride. In one day the downtown information booth sold 130 passes, climbing to about 250 by morning. passes remain 12 dollars and are sold at multiple banks, city hall, bus department, and Hy Vee stores.
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Len Brandrup
Second Avenue and
Third Street SE
Brandrup
American Federal Savings and Loan Association
Bohemian Savings and Loan
United State Bank
Brenton Bank
Hy- Vee
Marion City
Barbara Deur to Highlight Cedar Rapids Symphony at Mount Mercy
Barbara Deur of Coralville, a Cedar Rapids Symphony trumpeter, will be featured at Mount Mercy College with the Municipal Band on Wednesday. Under Luman Colton, the outdoor 8 p.m. concert includes La Mandolinata and a program of marches overtures and solos. admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Deur
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Mount Mercy College
Deur
Coralville
Luman Colton
Frank Piersol
Dear
Drake University
Iowa
Des Moines Symphony
Des Moines Metro Opera
Disney On Parade
the Spinners
Sonny and Cher
University of Iowa Symphony
Des Moines Civic Center
Emblem of Freedom
Karl L. King
Vienna
Von
Man Accused Of Kidnapping And Rape In Cedar Rapids
Michael J. Cannon 30, of 1552 C Ave NE, was arrested after 11 p.m. Monday on charges including second degree sexual abuse first degree kidnapping and felon in possession of a firearm. Police say he abducted a 20 year old woman at gunpoint from a friend’s west side apartment and raped her at his residence. As many as a dozen guns and ammunition were seized during a search warrant. Cannon resisted arrest and faced an additional charge of interfering with official acts while held at Linn County Jail.
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Michael J. Cannon
C Ave
Cedar Rapids
Cannon
Linn District Court
Linn
Linn County
Stouffer's
Five Seasons
Max Blozvich Jr
Ninth St. NW
Michael D. Devore
Blozvich
Devore
Mercy Hospital
Brian K. Holmes
Harry and
Ragiena Holmes
41St St
Young Holmes
E Avenue
42Nd Street
Gwendolyn J. Bray
Northwood Drive
Cornell institute to host national humanities educators
The Humanities Institute at Cornell College Mount Vernon will host 85 educators from schools and universities nationwide for a National Humanities Faculty Summer Institute from July 13 to 26. Twenty five NIHF members will act as resident faculty and advisers guiding plenary sessions seminars and workshops for four member student project teams from 15 high schools.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
NIHF
Orangutan escape shocks zoo scene in Rochester
Nick Gagliano of Seneca Park Zoo recalls the 425 pound orangutan pushing a door to escape. The event shows the unexpected danger of a primate on the loose at the Rochester facility. The report also mentions IIHF humanities institutes and a 1979 Carter Park trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Gagliano
Seneca Park Zoo
Rochester
N.Y
Jimmy Carter
Far East
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
North Korea
Cedar Rapids and Marion petition drive seeks independent presidential candidate
Petition drives in Cedar Rapids and Marion aim to place John Anderson on the Iowa ballot as an independent for president with Frances Hubbell Ingham of Des Moines as running mate. Volunteers will staff a desk at the Security Building lobby during business hours to collect signatures from Iowa residents 18 and over.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
John Anderson
Iowa
Anderson
Second Avenue
Second Street SE
Frances Hubbell Ingham
Des Moines
Ingham
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Dick Hogan
Fillmore
Michael Cannon
Humanities Institute
Cornell
IIHF
Thomas Kingston
Ruth Pilsbury
John Bury
Richard Peters
Mount Vernon High School
Department of Social Studies
C.R. News
Shattuck Meeting
Cedar Rapids Legal
Shattuck Chemical Co
Denver
Public Improvements
Wayne Murdock
Shattuck
Murdock
Mercy Foundation
Mercy Hospital Endowment Foundation
Mary Lawrence Hallagan
B.L. Anderson
B.L. Anderson Inc
Abbott
Fleet Reserve
Walter H. Grant
Eighth St
Hawkeye
Fleet Reserve Association
Velma Miller
Second Ave
Marvin McVey
Marvin Balhorn
Ira H. Kehmel
Keith Postel
Joseph Becicka
Frank Becicka
Norman Snell
Larry Sutherland
Charles Stark
Francis Reinhold
Audrey Reinhold
Katherine Rehmel
Donna Fugate
June Stark
Arlene Carson
Ann,Grant
Rozena McVey
Marika Peterson
Robert Grey
Seahawk
Richard Nixon
David Bruce
Paris
Vietnam
Bill Malloy
Malloy Jewelers
Iowa City
DIAL
Connie Boyd Howard Fine
Linda Edwards
Advertising District Adviser
First Avenue
Jite
Olympia Gold
Olympia
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