Kirkwood Board Sets Library Budget and Facilities Plan
Kirkwood Community College directors approved a $1.5 million ceiling for a new library and 31 000 square feet, with President Jensen breaking a tie after a motion to table failed. The plan includes funding from a construction levy and a future study of furnishings costs, while staff proposed a larger 55 000 square foot library as a long term goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
B.A. Jensen
John Gerber
Wayne Newton
James Sauter
Max Lewis
Lew Dretbelbis
Robert Davidson
Robert Potter
Roy Wingate
Lewis
Dreibelbis
Ballantyne
Jensen
Fandel City settles burglar alarm dispute with Cedar Rapids
Fandel Alarms and Cedar Rapids settle a dispute over the police alarm system. The city will maintain 375 active alarms and allow private companies to connect to the monitoring panel if space allows at a fair price. The court action supports a Varitech Security bid of 24000 dollars for a monitored system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fandel Alarms, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Fandel
Jim Barnes
Police Crime Prevention Bureau
Varitech Security, Systems, Inc
Af New York
Court Dismisses Assault Charge Against Chester Holtzman
A May 28 charge of assault with intent to do great bodily injury against Chester Allan Holtzman, 24, was dismissed in Linn district court after the complaining witness, Nancy Anne Clements, 24, signed a statement that she would not testify. She claimed she was struck after complaining about Holtzman's car at a southwest Cedar Rapids residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Allan Holtzman
Linn District Court
Nancy Anne Clements
Holtzman
Cadar Rapidy
Nursing Home and Child Care Bills Move to Governor
The Iowa Senate approved two bills sending them to Gov. Robert D. Ray. The child care measure licenses facilities serving more than six children while family day care homes may register. The health care bill authorizes state regulation of nursing and custodial homes with fines up to 5000 dollars for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Robert D. Ray
Senate
Department of Social Services
State Health Department
Pleads Guilty in Linn District Court
Raymond Albert, of Center Point Toad Hiawatha 506 North Center Point, pled guilty in Linn district court to a drunk driving offense. The incident occurred on February 7. He was previously found guilty of drunken driving on February 3, 1972. Sentencing is set for July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Albert
Wemnbon
Center Point
Toad
Hiawatha
Linn
Salary Review Units Authorized Under Measure
Des Moines AP. Local commissions would review salaries of most county officials and decide on pay increases under a measure advancing to the governor. The bill would grant county supervisors a 1000 raise and county attorneys auditors treasurers recorders sheriff and district court clerks a 1500 raise. Where supervisors are paid per day, max 44 a day not to exceed 6500 yearly. A five member county compensation board would study salaries and recommend changes yearly, with final rates set by the board of supervisors. If a reduction is chosen, all officers’ salaries drop by the same percentage. The board includes a major in the county a school board member and three other citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Board of Supervisors
Kitchen facility blamed as unsafe for county meals services
Owa City Iowa report says the Johnson County board of supervisors criticized a temporary kitchen building added six months ago at 25000 dollars over budget and 2000 over estimate. Issues cited include nonfunctional air conditioning warped doors and loose tiles around sinks. The board ordered the county attorney to contact the architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owa
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Oxford, Solon
Coralville
Tawa City
Norwalk Man Heads DOT River Transportation Division
Navy Cmdr. James J. Lightsey of Norwalk named director of the department of transportation river transportation division. He will coordinate river transport use while retiring from the Navy after 20 years of active duty. he is associate professor of naval science at Iowa State University.
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Ames
Norwalk
Department of Transportation
Navy
James J. Lightsey
Ene Lightsey
Naval Science
Iowa State
US Navy
Letters From Students Held by Guerillas
Two American students and a Dutch woman held by Marxist guerrillas in Zaire appealed to their countries to act quickly to save their lives. A third American was freed as letters from the captives, mailed from Kigoma in Tanzania, reached embassies. Peter Steiner, representing the parents, said progress is being made in negotiations despite risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar &S Salaam
Tanzania
UPI
Zaire
Kigoma
Nairobi
Peter Steiner
Steiner
Dennis Taylor Dies in Springville At 92
Dennis Taylor 92 a Springville resident since 1929 and a retired farmer and business man died Wednesday in a Marion nursing home. Born October 11 1882 near Center Point he married Bessie Hagerman June 1 1908 at Tordville. Surviving are three sons Harold Hopkinton Clarence Irvine Calif and Kenneth Springville four grandchildren a great grandson and a sister Mrs Edna New than of Springville. Services Sunday at the Methodist church in Springville burial Dunkard Cemetery. Friends may call at Murdoch's in Springville after 1 p m Saturday and at the church after noon Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
W. Dennis Taylor
Marion
Center Point
Bessie Hagerman
Tordville
Harold
Hopkinton
Clarence
Irvine
Calif
Kenneth
Edna Newthan
Dunkard Cemetery
Murdoch’s
Demonstration on Bike Touring at Kirkwood College
The Family Fare program at Kirkwood Community College will host a lecture and demonstration on bicycle touring by Leon Brandt of the Hawkeye Bicycle Association. The 7:30 p.m. event in the Iowa hall coffeehouse is free and open to the public with complimentary refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Leon Brandt
Hawkeye Bicycle Assn
Iowa Hall
U S Soviet Space Trip On Target for July Fifteen
Cape Canaveral officials say preparations are on target for the July 15 launch of the joint U S Soviet space mission. A Flight Readiness Review covered all mission phases and the Russians slated to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Geneva Towers Seeks Tax Exempt Status in Court
The Geneva Corp of Cedar Rapids filed a petition in Lim district court seeking federal tax exempt status for Geneva Tower a 310 Fifth Avenue SE elderly housing complex. The Cedar Rapids board of review denied the request in June after a January city denial. The 1975 property assessment stood at 375 840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Corp. of
Cedar Rapids
Lim District Court
Cedar Rapids Board of Review
Geneva
Geneva Corp
Geneva Tower
Fifth Avenue SE
Board of Review
Suspended sentence given to Carl Hobbs in forgery case
Carl Eugene Hobbs, 25, of 1924 Sixteenth Avenue SE, received a one year suspended sentence on a forgery charge in Linn district court and was placed on two years probation after pleading guilty June 4 to forging a 345.67 check on March 28. Appeal bond set at 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Eugene Hobbs
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Linn District Court
Hobbs
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Kirkwood Board
Davidson
Selby Ballantyne
LRC
State Department of Public Instruction
Joe Klinsky
Kirkwood
Veteran's Farm Co
AIM
Wounded Knee
S.D
Washington
Iowa Council of Area School Boards
Micro-Technology
Jorm Microlab
Shasta Daisies
Wees
Center Pt. Rd, N.E
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Dennis Taylor
Europe
Geneva Towers
Carl Hobbs
First National Motor Bank
Tilly Avenue
3Rd Street
Mariow
Charmelou
Avalladitt
Naturel
Charmglow Grills
Cadsr Rapids
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