Colton Weighs Baker or Clift for Cedar Rapids Police Chief
Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner Ed Colton narrowed the police chief race to Capt. Ray Baker and Acting Chief Gareth Clift, both current department members. Colton will decide with council input, weighing who can gain approval and noting he is content with either man. He plans talks with Baker and has not committed to Clift.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Colton
Colton
Ray Baker
Gareth Clift
Wallace LaPeters
Clift
Stan Reinis
Hal Schaefer
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Baker
Don Canney
Council
Colton weighs council role in selecting new police chief
Colton says he will talk with councilmen to gauge how they should participate in choosing a new safety chief. The appointment must be nominated by the safety commissioner and confirmed by a council majority. He notes council attitude will shape timing and outcome.
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la Peters
James Steinbeck
Linn Wins ASAP Award For Alcohol Safety Program
Linn county and Pottawattamie county received state ASAP honors for reducing alcohol related accidents and fatalities. Sheriff Orlie Workman credited deterrence of drunk driving and faster processing with new equipment, noting no alcohol fatalities since December 1975 and 978 arrests since April 1975.
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Three Cedar Rapids Residents Arrested in Theft and Forgery Case
Three Cedar Rapids residents were arrested Tuesday in a theft and forgery inquiry. Kenneth Long and Norma Kieferr were linked to a brass theft valued at 300 dollars from Harnischfeger Corp. Kevin Claussen faced charges of uttering a forged instrument tied to checks stolen from Thomas Hufford and a registration card violation.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Lloyd Long
Oakland Road
Norma J. Kiefer
Fifth Avenue SE
Harnischfeger Corp
Kevin J. Claussen
Thomas Hufford
Climer Road
Hiawatha
IDOT rejects rail diesel plan for Iowa intercity routes
IDOT director Victor Preisser says interurban trains would be a losing venture with ridership far below break even. A feasibility study on Des Moines to Iowa City, Des Moines to Osceola, and Iowa City to Cedar Rapids shows daily riders far under needed levels, requiring 90 to 95 percent subsidies and multi million dollar upfront track and system upgrades. Officials cite highway competition and bus service as factors while noting nostalgia behind the idea. ON THIS DATE in 1843 Edvard Grieg was born.
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Iowa
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Cedar Rapids
Preisser
Dubuque
Allan Thoms
Stephen Garst
Council Views 22 Run-Down Buildings
Cedar Rapids city council reviewed 22 structures deemed health or safety hazards. Demolition is likely for most, either by owners or by the city after legal actions, with costs billed to the property. Since the program began, over 200 unoccupied buildings have been reviewed and about 95 percent demolished.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Winter
Humphrey urges stronger push to curb environmental cancer causes
Senator Hubert Humphrey, after cancer surgery, urges intensified national effort to identify and eliminate environmental cancer factors. He cites 70 to 90 percent caused by environment and supports more funding for research, prevention, and nutrition links. Nobel laureate Temin adds viruses unlikely to cause most cancers.
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UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
National Cancer Institute
Howard Temin
University of Wisconsin
Temin
Fenchel Sues Luloff Over Malicious Prosecution Claim
Dr. Bruce D. Fenchel files a $50,000 malicious prosecution suit in Linn County District Court against Norman L. Luloff. He seeks $25,000 actual damages for reputational harm and $25,000 punitive damages related to an April criminal trespass charge Luloff filed against Fenchel, later dismissed in a property dispute.
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Norman L. Luloff
Linn County
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Luloff
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Pioneer Radio Personality Dies
MIAMI AP reports Bessie S. Webster, formerly of Pittsburgh's KDKA the nation’s first radio station, died Monday at age 101.
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Bessie S. Webster
Pittsburgh
KDKA
Oelwein Residents Fight High Water Rates After Outages
Oelwein residents criticize water charges as too high for town size and future growth. Mayor Louis Hull says rates rose to restore the department’s red balance after recent outages caused by a lightning strike, while normal pressure is expected to return by Thursday with a new pump installed.
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