Cedar Rapids firms seek state grants for expansion
Farmstead Foods and Johnson Gas Appliance Co may ask Cedar Rapids to apply for lottery financed Community Economic Betterment Account grants. Farmstead plans to discuss requests at the City Council meeting while Johnson Gas may proceed later. Teleconnect has already received 475 000 for downtown expansion and 398 new jobs.
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Cedar Rapids
Farmstead Foods
Johnson Gas Appliance Co
Forrest Mykleby
Teleconnect Co
Linn couple sues city over faulty traffic signal crash
Gerald and Ann Beranek of Linn County claim a negligent traffic signal at the Interstate 380 intersection caused a July 1985 crash with Darrell Ketelsen and their subsequent injuries. They seek compensation for damages and lost earnings in Linn District Court Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Gerald
Ann Beranek
Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Darrell Ketelsen
Beraneks
Ketelsen
Trucker Injured In I 380 Crash In Minnesota
Michael Permann a 32 year old trucker from Underwood Minnesota was listed in fair condition at St Luke s Hospital after his southbound rig struck a parked car on the shoulder and plunged down an embankment on Interstate 380 near Hiawatha The wreck appeared in the Gazette with his name and condition unknown at press time
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Minnesota
St. Luke’s Hospital
Michael Permann
Underwood
Minn
Hiawatha
Permann
Linn-Mar Approves Joint Athletic Director with Marion Independent
Linn-Mar school board backs a shared full time athletic director with Marion Independent at 38 500 annually with Linn-Mar paying 53 percent. The arrangement allows a state aid bonus of 37 545 for each district and prompts a joint study committee on further sharing options.
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Linn-Mar
Marion Independent
Glen Easterday
Easterday
Randy Bates
Arnold Benedict
Marion sets July hearing on Longfellow sale
Marion Independent School District schedules a public hearing July 24 on selling the Longfellow building amid enrollment declines and new state rules. The district also renews Montessori and Linn Academy leases in Washington Elementary, with rates and terms noted by Business Manager Jeff Hamiston.
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Marion Independent School Board
Longfellow
Montessori School
Linn Academy
Washington
Montessori
Daily July 15 meetings and theater listings in Cedar Rapids
Today schedules include City Council and county board meetings at 8 9 and 10 30 a m plus Marion boards and a civil defense session at Cedar Rapids City Hall The University of Iowa Theater B hosts Reunion and Dark Pony plus All Men Are Whores with tickets 7 and 5 Mabie Theatre presents Sexual Perversity in Chicago at 8 pm Theatre times listed on page 7B Bumbles runs at 9 pm Ellis Park free sponsored by Cedar Rapids Public Library.
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Five Seasons Center Commission
Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids
Tive
Marion Board of Adjustment
Civil Defense Administration
College Community School Board
Prairie High School
University of Iowa
Chicago
Mabie Theatre
Ellis Park
The
Cedar Rapids Public
Delaware County keeps jail open amid budget pressures
Delaware County supervisors voted to keep the 1967 jail in Manchester open delaying closure. About 50 residents urged keeping the facility with 600 signatures. a shutdown would save about 14 000 yearly but require transporting inmates 22 miles to Buchanan County Jail in Independence.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Bob Clemen
Marvin Schulte
Donald Atkinson
Clemen
Buchanan County
Independence
Bob Campbell
Campbell
Nixon to Visit China for Normalization of Relations
Fifteen years ago President Richard M. Nixon announced in a national broadcast address his plan to visit the People’s Republic of China to pursue a normalization of relations.
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Richard M. Nixon
People’s Republic of China
Wanatee Named Executive Director for Mesquakie Tribal Council
Wanatee, a resident of the Mesquakie Indian Settlement west of Tama, is appointed executive director of the Tribal Council, succeeding Arthur Blackcloud Jr. who was fired June 4 for misconduct in office.
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Tama
Donald Wanatee
Mesquakie Indian Settlement
Wanatee
Arthur Blackcloud Jr
Weyerhaeuser and union set to resume talks in Cedar Rapids
About 100 Weyerhaeuser employees in Cedar Rapids will renew negotiations with the company after a strike over a two year contract. The Federal Mediation Service arranged the talks. Wages range from 8.34 to 9.39 an hour with a 200 dollar lump sum offered first year and 20 cent raise second year. The dispute also covers mandatory overtime on Saturdays.
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Weyerhaeuser Co
Cedar Rapids
Federal Mediation Service
Weyerhaeuser
Shaver Rd
Cedar Rapids Skyhawks Plan Model Airplane Contest
The Cedar Rapids Skyhawks radio controlled model airplane club will hold a public contest at Seminole Valley Park this weekend. The event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday with all activities open to spectators.
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Cedar Rapids Skyhawks
Seminole Valley Park
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Mark Glenn
Gazette City Hall
Johnson Gas
Barnes O’donnell
Linn
Gazette
Bob Farley
Mothers of Twins Club
Hanna Park
Marion
By Eric Strand
Gazette Co
Lumir Dostal Jr
Longfellow Sale
Jeff Hamiston
Gordon Gibson
Hamiston
Tary
Allen Shedek
Ernest Pence
Virginia Folkers
William Huntoon
Huntoon
Folkers
Linn County Plumbing Board, Administra
Idea
Jack Rida
Iowa
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
Cindy Kranz
Ayett
Sheraton Inn and Convention Center
Steve Melson
Paragon
Dayton
Ohio
Elmcrest Country Club
Zazza
Sheraton Inn Convention Center
33Rd Ave
NP-38
Postville
John Robertson
Pam Fruehling
Mark Bowden
Metro-Iowa
Ken Sullivan
Dave Rasdal
Myer’s
W. Tilden, Postville
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