Traffic Jurisdiction Remains With Cedar Rapids Safety Office
The Cedar Rapids traffic engineering department will stay under the safety commissioner's control. Safety Commissioner Ed Colton and Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips say they will not pursue transferring the department. Council members indicated the change should be initiated by the two commissioners.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Colton
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Hal Schaefer
Meyer
Public Works Department
Colton
Council Debate Delays Transfer Of Public Safety Duties
Safety commissioner opposes shifting duties to public improvements, citing extra workload and reduced supervision. Colton resists. Phillips backs nonaction and supports leaving authority with public safety. Meyer unavailable for comment.
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Public Improvements
Colton
Colton Seeks Talk After Scrapped Police Aide Plan
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton aims to meet Police Chief Gareth Clift and CETA Director Bob Brown after a district decision canceled a police aide program funded by CETA. The plan, to recruit women and minorities, failed when only one qualified applicant emerged. Local officials criticized the move and urged clarity.
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Gareth Clift
CETA
Bob Brown
Linn
Orlie Workman
Colton
Workman
Mark Doolin
The
City Human Rights Commission
Special Committee
Clift
Brown
Trial Opens In Krug Suit In Cedar Rapids
A federal civil suit in Cedar Rapids pits Donald Krug a Benton county farmer against Illinois couple J C Lynn and Mary Lynn over a 1975 highway crash. Lynn seeks 75000 for injuries and 15000 for his wife. Krug admits cattle wandered onto Highway 30 near 279 but denies fault. The case likely lasts two days.
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Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Benton County
Donald Krug
Atkins
Krug
Highway 30
J.C. Lynn
South Roxana
Way
Lynn
Mary
Six charged with drunk driving over weekend
Six individuals faced drunken driving charges after weekend incidents. Randall Maher, Steven Ramey, Ronald Chrisman, Donna Leach, Robert Hepner, and Walter Tierney were arrested at various intersections and locations. charges included DUI and related offenses such as speeding and possession of marijuana for Leach.
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Randall J. Maher
Fifteenth Street
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Larry Stutt
Third Street
Marion
Maher
Steven A. Ramey
Sixth Avenue
Ellis Road
Edgewood Road
Ronald E. Chrisman
Toddville
Highway 150
Fisher Street
Hiawatha
Donna M. Leach
Thirty-fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
Robert N. Hepner
Knoll Street
First Avenue East
Walter F. Tierney
Jacolyn Drive
B Avenue NE
Inmate sues over alleged visit bias at Anamosa reformatory
Robert Link, inmate at Anamosa, sues warden Cal tin Auger and five staff for denying visits by Eugene Latimer of Marshalltown. He seeks 250000 dollars and an injunction claiming constitutional rights violation. Link, 26, has been jailed since March 30, 1976, for lascivious acts with a child.
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Anamosa
Robert Link
Link
Reformatory
Calvin Auger
Eugene Latimer
Marshalltown
Latimer
Noelridge Swim Show Teases World Water Tour Tonight
The Noelridge aquatic arts team presents a World Water Tour tonight at 9 at the Noel ridge pool with a lineup of national anthems Nadia is Theme Poppa Piccolino and Malaguena among others. The show is led by instructor Linda Ostrander with announcer Patty Walker. The Ellis aquatic arts team will perform Wednesday night.
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Noelridge Aquatic Arts Team
Noelridge Pool
Beth Kohl
Brenda Happel
Kathy Krier
Carla VanZee
Julie Barte
Chris Nelson
Sandy Schafer
Susan Avis
Geri Nelsom
Kim Deetz
Jackie Draker
Coco Nylund
Diane Avis
Connie Rathgens
Stars and Stripes
Linda Ostrander
Patty Walker
Ellis Aquatic Arts Team
Physicist Jesse Beams Dies in Charlottesville
Jesse Beams, 78, a physicist noted for his uranium work, died Saturday night in Charlottesville Virginia. He contributed to early research in nuclear physics and taught at the university.
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Charlottesville
Jesse Beams
Weather snapshot and river levels report highlights
Wind at 10 a.m. is north 12 mph. Sun rose 5 54 Tuesday with sunset 8 32. Yesterdays high 84 low 58, no precipitation. Forecast cooler midweek with possible snow Friday, highs upper 70s to low 80s, lows mostly in 50s. Mississippi River stages Monday show small rises at Dam 9, McGregor, Guttenberg, Dubuque. LaCrosse and others steady.
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Linn County American Legion installs Merlo as commander
Russ Merlo of Cedar Rapids was installed last week as commander of the Linn county American Legion in Marion. Also installed were Gene McCormick Toddville and Don Dolezal Ely as vice commanders, Roy Squires Toddville as chaplain, and William Bartlett Marion as adjutant. Installing officer was Frank Roscoe Cedar Rapids, retiring Second district commander, with Leo Manard DeWitt and Galyn Gohlmann Lost Nation in attendance.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County American Legion
Marion
Gene McCormick
Toddville
Don Dolezal
Ely
Roy Squires
William Bartlett
Frank Roscoe
American Legion
Leo Manard
DeWitt
Galyn Gohlmann
Lost Nation
Births Reported Across Hospitals and Local Homes
Birth announcements list multiple families and newborns from Mercy St. Luke's and other area sites including Mr and Mrs Richard Lacy a daughter at 922 Fifth Avenue SW and Mr and Mrs Donald Darling a son at 2916 Center Point Road NE. Additional births noted for Korsmo Knaack Voelker and Cmehil families with locations in Keystone Manchester Springville and Marshalltown.
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Richard Lacy
Fifth Avenue SW
St. Luke's
Donald Darling
Center Point Road
James Korsmo
Nineteenth Avenue
Donald Knaack
Keystone
Voelker
Manchester
Michael Cmehil
Fifteenth Street
John McKinstry
Springville
Thirty-fifth Street
Adeline Court
Shaver Road
C Avenue
Carnaby Drive
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue
First Street
Tenth Avenue
First Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Magazine Editor Mary Roche Dies
New York Mary McDermott Roche, managing editor of House and Garden for 13 years, died at age 69 after retiring in 1971. She passed away Saturday at a New York hospital.
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New York
Mary McDermott Roche
House and Garden Magazine
Roche
House and Garden
New York Hospital
Andrea Doria and Stockholm collide sink in 1956
On this date the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off New England. The Andrea Doria sank with fifty lives lost.
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Andrea Doria
Stockholm
New England
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