Mount Vernon zoning hearing draws crowd for 67 acre rezoning
Mount Vernon residents filled Mount Vernon City Hall for a planning and zoning commission session to reclassify 67 acres south of town from agricultural to residential. The parcel owned by Robert Edlem an beyond Highway 30 was annexed in 1974. Attorney William Shuttleworth argued the city annexation warrants residential development and a first class subdivision with more lots, while opponents on the relocation issue pressed objections.
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Mount Vernon
Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Edleman
William Shuttleworth
Edleman
Mount Vernon considers highway 30 expansion near farmland
At a planning hearing residents and farmers debated expanding Highway 30 to four lanes at Mount Vernon. Milo Wolrab urged farmland preservation, while Bob Roger warned septic limits. A 16 lot subdivision by Martin Burgess was approved, located east of Mount Vernon along Lisbon Road. Commission sets decision on the highway change for June 21.
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Milo Wolrab
Iowa
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Commission
Sharon Hill
Roger Byely
Planning and Zoning Commission
Martin Burgess
Mount Vernon
Lisbon Road
Lowans Vote in Congress on Tuition Tax Credit
Congressional Quarterly report shows House action on tuition tax credits with a 209 to 194 vote for private school relief and a 237 to 158 vote for college credits. Names include Blouin Grassley Harkin Leach Smith Bedell. Also Panama Canal funding stalled by a 203 to 163 House vote. No Senate votes. note Mohammed’s death dated to 632.
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Bedell
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Iowa Methodists vote on abortion and gun limits
Des Moines reports delegates at the United Methodist Church of Iowa meeting voted to support legal abortion under Supreme Court standards and free choice while endorsing pro life options. They also backed a handgun and ammunition ban with limited exceptions. The note mentions 1965 space flight figures by Ed White and Jim McDivitt.
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