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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1980
Page
4
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission hears public concern over service to Chicago. Members credit workers but fault aircraft size, limited baggage space, and gate shortages at O’Hare. Proposals include lobby efforts, new jets, and potential Northwest service.
The Linn County Humane Society shelter hosts two six week old Guinea pigs available for adoption at $5 each. Adoption hours run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon Road SE, across Highway 13.
Hiawatha council, urged by Mayor Guthridge, plans to work with Linn County Regional Planning on widening Blairs Ferry Road to four lanes west of town. The move fits the five year plan. Also discussed were replacing the I 380 150 overpass with railroad signals, extending Cedar Rapids bus service, sidewalk siting for Emmons Street Park, and contacting the state about road changes. On this date in 1850 Millard Fillmore became president after Zachary Taylor’s death.
A three member Iowa Supreme Court panel granted a stay delaying construction of Discovery Village near Council Street and Boyson Road NE while it reviews the housing project for mentally retarded adults. The Northbrook Residents Association seeks to halt work and argues the plan lowers property values and clashes with nearby homes. The court scheduled briefs within 62 days, with no hearing date set, and postponed a Health Department cost overrun hearing. Groundbreaking remains contingent on the court’s forthcoming decision.
Cedar Rapids police booked three people for assault early today after disturbances in a hotel lobby and a Pizza Hut job applicant incident. Arthur Williams, Richard Wilson, and William Gould faced charges, with separate reports of burglary and a store robbery.
Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport faces eight to ten bubbles in a six year old asphalt overlay over the past 30 days due to heat. Airport manager Roy Jameson says repairs heat and plane the surface, with hourly checks when temperatures top 90 degrees. He calls runways in excellent shape thanks to preventive maintenance, though spring crack filling is behind and a double shift will be used to catch up.
Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport logged 561,208 passengers in the year ending June 30 1980 a 10 percent rise despite 80 days of Ozark Air Lines strike disruptions Revenues exceeded expenses by 774 802 with a 1 664 364 cash flow and 38 percent higher annual revenue Grants totaling 1 240 084 supported construction and land acquisitions
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