Council awards police station contract after add ons
Cedar Rapids City Council shifted a 7 million plus police station contract to Kinderknecht & Associates by approving 108000 in extras beyond the base bid. The seven add ons, chosen from 24, widened the gap over Taylor Ball and made Kinderknecht the low bidder by 66900.
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Rick Smith Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Kinderknecht & Associates
Rinderknecht
Taylor-Ball Company
Citizens Advisory Committee
Council
Public Safety
J.D. Smith
Indoor ice rink plan eyed for Cedar Rapids funds
A Cedar Rapids foundation seeks 50000 lodging tax dollars to study an indoor ice rink and expansion of the Five Seasons Center. The grant would cover legal costs to form the foundation, site analysis, concept drawings, printing and travel as the city debates using unallocated lodging tax revenue.
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Lonnie Zingula
Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons
Scott Olson
Waterloo
Dubuque
Paramount Theatre
Priority One
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Kinney
Senate weighs lifting arms embargo on Balkans
Senate leaders push to end the U S embargo on arms sales to Bosnia and Kosovo rebels arguing aid is needed to defend Bosnian government troops. President Clinton warns unilateral action risks entanglement and loss of allied support. The White House opposes lifting the ban without broader consensus.
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Azette Wire Services
Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Clinton
Balkans
Dole
Bosnia-Herzegovina
United States
U.S
House
U.N
White House
Tom Daschle
D-S.c
Cole
America
Bosnia
Clinton mulls deal with industry on teen smoking
President Clinton weighs dropping FDA nicotine regulation if tobacco firms fund a nationwide anti teen smoking campaign. Wyden and Rose say a memorandum of understanding would ban teen targeted ads, vending machines, samples, and mail sales, with funding likely at least 100 million dollars.
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Clinton Mulls
Washington
Clinton
Food and Drug Administration
White House
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Charlie Rose
Dn.c
U.S. Tobacco Company
Mike McCurry
Rose and
Wyden
FDA
Rose
Congress
Tobacco Institute
Washington, D.C
Industry Trade Association
McBeth Leaves Music Program at St Pauls Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids music circles feel impact as Kevin McBeth exits the St Pauls Methodist Church program. Up Close on page 9B mentions broader effects on local musical organizations in the area.
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Kevin McBeth
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Manure spills devastate Iowa rivers killing thousands of fish
Agricultural runoff from hog manure spurts killed 21 000 fish in the Little Volga River near Maynard and damaged Elk Run Creek further north. Officials say the spill near Maynard was accidental due to a drainage tile error and will seek fines and restoration costs. Separate incidents include a Buckley farm spill near Elma affecting Elk Run Creek and a Wright County spill into the Iowa River.
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Martens
Iowa
DNR
Des Moines
Reckemmer
Maynard
Twin Bridge County Park
Fayette
Ray Trenkamp
Trenkamp
Tom Buckley
Elma
Buckley
Elk Run Creek
Howard
Chickasaw
Blairsburg
Wright County
State Environmental Protection Commission
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C.R
New Foundation
5 Seasons Center
Zepa
Gazette
Lisa Powell
Ben Darling
Everett May
Cedar Rapids Washington
New York
Philip Morris
Justice Department
Isa
Dubuque County
Stanley Liggins
Jennifer Lewis
Lisbon
Linn County
Linn
Seneeseneee Farm
Seanevareses
Crypto Deaths
Weather Renee
Editorial
Wuzzles
By Dave Gosch
Ronald Rechkemmer
Rick Martens
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Oelwein
Volga River
Arlington
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