City Briefs and Local Ads Chronicle Thefts and Honors
Revisions list many small notices from Cedar Rapids area including releases from St. road NE and Mercy hospital, stolen items from trailers cars and construction sites, a president's list honor at Rollins College, a high school band performing at the State Fair, and local promotions at beauty salons and shops. Notable items include an outboard motor valued at $350, a $1,400 welder and $70 leads stolen, a $90 radio, a tape player and gauges, and four color televisions valued at $1,328.99. The notices also invite a Tastee Freez promotion and list church social pricing while detailing a detasseling corn inquiry and a reward inquiry.
Cedar Rapids Council Delays Northwest Side Sidewalk Project
The Cedar Rapids city council postponed a northwest side sidewalk job after abutting property owners showed insufficient support. The plan would have laid 571 feet on the south side of 6 Avenue NW with a $1,828 assessment across nine properties. A second sidewalk proposal on Wilson Avenue SW faces strong protest, as 58 residents oppose a 4500 foot stretch from Edgewood road to Tow’s First addition near Van Buren school with an estimated $17,247.78 cost and assessments up to $1056 for 30 properties.
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Cedar Rapids
Highwood Drive
Southwest Side
Wilson Avenue
Edgewood Road
Tow
van Buren School
van Buren
Council
Oral arguments in Cedar Rapids NLM job seniority dispute
U S Judge Edward J. McManus heard oral arguments Tuesday in a federal suit between Cedar Rapids Engineering and Local 831, International Association of Machinists. The union seeks seniority in foremen, arguing Jaeger was in the bargaining unit at dismissal. the company says he was not covered. Briefs due Aug 10 24, union reply by 31, decision after.
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U.S
Edward J. McManus
Cedar Rapids Engineering
Local 831
International Assn. of Machinists
Donald Jaeger
Cedar Rapids
Jaeger
McManus
High Court Upholds Metro Waste Agency Permit
The Iowa supreme court on Tuesday unanimously sustained Polk County District Court and the Polk County Zoning Board of Adjustment ruling that approved a special use permit for Des Moines Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency to create a sanitary landfill on a 400 acre Pomerantz farm tract seven miles east of Des Moines.
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Des~ Moines
Des Moines Metropolitan
Flood Insurance Papers Will Be Ready Thursday
Cedar Rapids officials move to complete the city flood insurance program application by Thursday. Planning Director Don Salyer says submission to federal authorities is on track, while Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips travels to Washington to discuss HUD involvement and storm sewer aid.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Salyer
Richard Phillips
Washington, D.C
Phillips
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
City to designates flood prone areas for aid program
The city moves to designate flood prone zones under the federal flood insurance program authorized by the 1968 act. The program offers federally subsidized flood insurance to homeowners and small businesses. City approval is expected in about three weeks and coverage would begin then.
Escaped Convict Caught in Cedar Rapids
David L. Pierson, 22, an inmate from Ft. Madison, walked away ten days ago from a minimum security dormitory and was captured in Cedar Rapids early Tuesday. He is held in the city jail awaiting return to the penitentiary. Pierson was serving a ten year term for a 1966 Saddle and Leather Shop burglary at 48 Sixteenth Avenue SW.
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David L. Pierson
State Penitentiary
Ft. Madison
Cedar Rapids
Pierson
Saddle and Leather Shop
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Quiet 18th Anniversary in Korean Armistice Zone
SEOUL AP reports the demilitarized zone stayed quiet Tuesday marking the 18th anniversary of the Korean armistice. South Korea's defense ministry noted no incidents or threats reported along the border.
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Seoul
Watch TV 9 Eyewitness News Cast After Cubs Game
Bob Harper, Wayne Winston and Bob Brooks host a color broadcast immediately after the Cubs game Tuesday night, delivering highlights and insights from the scoreboard and studio.
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TV 9
Bob Harper
Wayne Winston
Bob Brooks
Cubs
River Park plans inch toward Cedar River edge
Cedar Rapids city council gave final review to preliminary designs for riverfront park land along the Cedar River between First Avenue and A Avenue NE. Changes urged by Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis re-routed paths and updated bench and wall designs, with cost tweaks likely under 100000 dollars and possible federal reimbursement under Civic Center urban renewal.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
First Avenue
Stan Reinis
Herman Thompson
Shire-Hattery and Associates
Civic Center
Thomp
City Plans Final Drawings and Bid Openings Later
The city intends to proceed with final drawings and expects bid openings on the project in late August or early September, signaling a move toward construction funding and implementation timelines.
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Son
Des Moines Man Named Iowa Commerce Unit Secretary
Dean Briley, 48, was named executive secretary of the Iowa commerce commission and will assume the post Wednesday. The Des Moines man has legal and labor relations experience, with prior management roles at Fort Dodge and Des Moines Southern Railway. He succeeds Edgar Storey, who resigned after a state audit flagged irregularities in expense accounts.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Commerce Commission
Dean Briley
Commerce
Maurice van Nessland
Dick Witt
van Nostrand
Briley
Boone High School
Fort Dodge and
Des Moines Southern Railway Co
Edgar Storey
Storey
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Dennis Roman Neal
Shaver
St. Road NE
Luke’s Hospital
P.O. Box
Esie Moneypenny
Tenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Tinis
Eva
Karen
Fay
Keith D. Post
Favenue
Jay McNamara
Jim Kimber
MacKenzie Company
Consuelo Shover
First Avenue NE
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Jerome’s.—Adv
Prairie Band
Prairie High School
Grand Concourse
Tastee Freez
Mt. Vernon Rd
15Th St
Bonanza Mobile Homes
Sixth Street
Gazette
Adv
Blahnik Construction Co
Twelfth Avenue SW
Westminster Presbyterian
Ady
Leo Fitzpatrick
Sioux Drive
Mr. Pipps
Randy Hunter
Center Point
Second Avenue SE
Charlie and
Mary
Hair Fashions
C St. SW
Firestone
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Gedar Rapids
F.b.ipuna
Petar Arena
C.R. Council
Counst
City Engineering Department
Murdoch
Homer
Murdoch Funeral
Walker
Central
Springville
Marion
Marion and
Metropolitan
High Court
Metro Waste Agency
C.R
Iew Commerce
Joe
Peoples’ Family Partners
John Sayers
Gary Ernst
Chuck Cebuhar
Vern Gericke
Peoples
Peoples’ Trust
Peoples Bank
Bank
Peoples Downtown
Peoples West
Mays City
Newhall
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