Holveck Retains Linn Assessor Post With Salary Raise
Holveck was reappointed Linn County Assessor by a 3-0 vote and given a raise from 17500 to 18500 annually. The meeting included calls to delay action, questions about tax law compliance, and discussions of productivity values in agricultural assessments.
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Holveck
Linn
Forrest Holveck
County Conference Board
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
James Jordan
Dmarion
Jordan
Ballard Tipton
Iowa Department of Revenue
Tipton
Richard Liercke
Rural Center Point
Linn County Farm Bureau
Paul Huber
Linn County Property Taxpayers Assn
State Department of Revenue
Anamosa Kill Street Program Shelved by City Council
Anamosa council shelved a $197,000 18 block street improvement program after west side residents opposed the plan. Two councilmen Kray and Cox voted no while Biere Waugh and Keeseburg supported it. The council will seek county discussion to target Cherry Street work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
West Side
Gerhard Kray
Ray Cox
Henry Biere
Cliff Waugh
Bob Keeseburg
Cherry Street
Bjornsen Low Bid for Coldstream NE Sewer Project
Bjornsen Construction Co. submitted the low bid of $20,150.50 for a storm sewer project in Coldstream avenue NE, covering 100 feet west of Circle drive NE to 590 feet west. The engineer’s estimate was $21,998, with other bids from Concrete Maintenance Co. at $20,313.50 and Dave Schmitt Construction Co., Inc. at $23,440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjornsen Construction Co
Coldstream Avenue
Circle Drive
Concrete Maintenance Co
Dave ‘Schmitt Construction Co., Inc
Road Unit Approves Lone Plywood Bid
Ames Iowa highway commission accepts the sole bid from McElveen and Sons Inc Prairie City for plywood after 23 firms were invited and only half of items were bid The decision comes as the sign shop nears empty of lumber with bids up 27 percent from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
McElveen and Sons, Inc
Prairie City
Commission
McElveen
Actor Robert Ryan Dies of Cancer at 63
New York AP reports actor Robert Ryan, known for more than 90 films, died in a New York hospital at 63 after a cancer recurrence. He was hospitalized a week. his wife, married since 1939, died about a year ago. Survived by three children Timothy Cheyney and Lisa.
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New York
Robert Ryan
New York Hospital
Ryan
Timothy
California
Cheyney
Boston University
Lisa
Burt Lancaster
Spain
Accident Fatal to Rural Farley Youth
James L. Lux, 18, of rural Farley, died early Wednesday when his car left a county gravel road three miles north and three miles west of Dyersville, struck a farm drive, and overturned into a ditch. He was pronounced dead at Dyersville hospital. Services set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Martin's Catholic Church. viewing after 7 p.m. Thursday at Devaney's.
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Dyersville
James L., Lux
Farley
Here
Delaware County
Daniel Bagge
Lux
Dyersville Hospital
St. Martin's ‘Catholic Church
Devaney’s
Noisy Trio Caught Digging Out of Jail
Special to The Gazette the three men Lyle Hutchinson 18 Larry Jenkins 18 both of Peoria Ill and Rick Van 21 of Humboldt were discovered digging under cement steps with a broken railing as they started a fire damaged windows and drew sheriff’s wife attention.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Lyle Hutchinson
Larry Jenkins
Peoria
Ill
Rick van
Humboldt
Paul Ertz
Teri
Hutchinson
Jenkins
Luster Heights
Syrian Society Bids on NDP Property for Parking
The Syrian Orthodox Benevolent Society submitted the sole bid for a Neighborhood Development Program parcel behind St. George Orthodox Church at 1202 Tenth Street SE. The $5,400 offer covers 24,360 square feet for parking, above the minimum $5,359.20. The bid goes to the housing and urban development and planning and redevelopment departments for approval.
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Twelfth Avenue
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
St. George Orthodox Church
Tenth Street
Department of ‘Housing and Urban Development
Department of Planning ,and Redevelopment
Cub Scouts Pack 33 awards presented at Cleveland School
Awards were presented to Kevin Fineman Steve VanderCook Steve Welshons Jeff Kuda Wayne Anderson Mike Perkins Steve Knox and Jim Emerson at Cleveland School.
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Cleveland
Kevin Finneman
Steve VanderCook
Steve Welshons
Jeff Kuda
Wayne Anderson
Mike Perkins
Steve Knox
Jim Emerson
Martha Ennullat 95 dies in Waukon
Martha Ennullat 95 a longtime Waukon resident died at home Monday night. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Martin Brothers funeral home with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Born April 13 1879 she married Fritz Ennullat in 1895 in Monona. Survivors include son Arthur four daughters five grandchildren ten great grandchildren one brother and two sisters.
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Waukon
Martha Ennullat
Martin Brothers Funeral
Oakland Cemetery
Ennullat
Fritz Ennullat
Monona
Arthur
Ida
Charles Baird
Waverly
Alvina Entwisle
Waterloo
Steve Smeyl
Anchorage
Alaska
William Baeth
Guttenberg
Frieda Hanson
Milwaukee
Anna Campbell Lof Waukon
Federal funds aid Cedar Rapids traffic law crackdown
A federally funded program grants Cedar Rapids police 23750 dollars to employ four full-time traffic officers for six months. The effort targets peak hours and high crash locations, with 50 dangerous intersections and 15 mid-block spots under watch, aiming to reduce fatalities and violations citywide. Other participants include Waterloo Des Moines Davenport and Bettendorf.
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Gram
Erger
City Engineering Department
Jacolyn Drive
Fourth Avenue
Waterloo
Des Moines
Davenport
Bettendorf
Trial Starts in Federal Court Over $970,000 Suit
Cedar Rapids sees opening in a $970,000 civil suit filed July 1972 by Ramona M. Dvorak as executrix of Charles J. Dvorak estate against North Western Railway. The claim alleges negligence at a Belle Plaine crossing that caused the death of Dvorak when his car was hit by a train. Jurors named include Norma Votroubek Eleanor Morrison Thomas Sage Kenneth Frame Lowell D. Childers Lawrence Kline Clarence Michele Patterson.
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Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Ramona M. Dvorak
Charles J. Dvorak
North Western Railway
Dvorak
Norma Votroubek
Eleanor Morrison
Thomas Sage
Kenneth Frame
Lowell D. Childers
Lawrence Kline
Clarence
Michele Patterson
Ladora
Pay Raise Given Highway Attorney
Ames Iowa. The Iowa highway commission raised chief counsel Asher E. Schroeders salary from 22300 to 24000 a year. Atty. Gen. Richard Turner had urged 26000. Turner and the commission share hiring and salary decisions for legal staff. Commission Chairman Robert Rigler said the raise maintains pay hierarchy and could not meet the recommended 26000. Commissioner Stephen Garst noted he did not want Schroeders pay above the deputy chief engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Richard Turner
Asher E. Schroeder
Highway Commission
Turner
Commission
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Schroeder
Rigler
Stephen Garst
Coon Rapids
Allied airstrike targets four German airfields on invasion coast
Thirty years ago Allied planes dropped tons of high explosives on four large German airfields along the French invasion coast in a display of aerial power reminiscent of actions before the Sicily campaign.
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Sicily
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Coggan
Jean Ox
Donald J. Fisher
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C.R
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Tallulah Bankhead
Lee J. Cobb
Joseph Schildkraut
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Martinsville
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