Mechanical Code Ordinance Tabled by Marion Council
Marion council tabled updates to the mechanical code after a board member raised lack of information. Dick Enneking urged pre review by the mechanical board, echoed by Carl Foster. Other actions include paving bids, street alignment study, drainage plan, and residence and speed ordinance approvals.
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Marion
Mechanical Board of Examiners and Appeals
Carl Foster
Enneking
E and F Cement Co
Cedar Rapids
Terry Chew
John Flynn Co
Cedar Valley Corp
Chew
Tenth Street
First Avenue
First Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Schnell
Forty-fourth Street
D.C. Taylor Co
Marion park board weighs open air farmers market idea
Marion park board discussed a possible open air farmers market in a city park on Saturdays next summer with Kathryn Nicholson. They would pursue it only if community interest is high enough and organizational needs are met, delaying feasibility to next year.
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Marion
Kathryn Nicholson
Marion Ymca
Willow Park
YMCA
Thompson Bid Accepted for Marion Recreation Complex Plan
A bid of 3580 from Herman Thompson Associates was accepted for preparing a master plan for a proposed city recreation complex. Marion council acted Thursday night after seven firms submitted proposals. An option on land north of the Marion YMCA was taken, with Linn-Mar, Marion Independent school boards, and the YMCA branch collaborating on the project.
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Herman Thompson Associates
Marion Council
William J. Grundy
Marion Ymca
City
Linn- Mar and
Marion Independent School Boards
Ymca Branch
Two Appointed to City Planning and Zoning Commission
Mayor William J. Grundy appointed Boyd Potter of 2950 Ninth Street and Eldon Wohlleben of 2545 Twenty-third Avenue to the city planning and zoning commission on Thursday night. They replace Terry Canning and R. Lee Jones who resigned. A third appointment is expected as Jerry Stolze plans to leave the city.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
William J. Grundy
Boyd Potter
Ninth Street
Eldon Wohlleben
Twenty-third Avenue
Terry Canning
R. Lee Jones
Grundy
Jerry Stolze
First Avenue
Park Board
Charles Kress
Ben Stearns
Marion council holds two hearings with no objections
At the Thursday meetings the Marion council heard two public cases with no objectors. The alley sale between Tenth and Eleventh streets and Fourth and Fifth avenues went to adjoining owners Charles Kacena and Gary Thompson for 100 dollars. The second hearing considered rezoning from R-2 to R-3 for 675 West Eighth Avenue owned by Dick Alexander.
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Marion Council
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Charles Kacena
Gary Thompson
West
Eighth Avenue
Dick Alexander
UA Appoints First Woman Manager
United Artists announces its first woman branch manager Juanita Dyksterhuis to lead the Milwaukee office signaling a historic shift in the male dominated sales departments.
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Los Angeles
United Artists
Juanita Dyksterhuis
Milwaukee
Seabrook Nuclear Plant Given Go Ahead
EPA Chief Douglas Castle approved the cooling system for Seabrook New Hampshire plant. He stated the decision was narrow and based on whether heated water would harm ocean life and whether the cooling intake reflects best technology. The ruling clears the way to lift a construction ban amid prior protests and opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
Douglas Castle
Seabrook
N.H
Castle
EPA
Natural Gas Hike Upheld by Federal Appeals Court
Consumers lost a key round against a 1976 Federal Power Commission order that nearly tripled natural gas prices from 52 cents to 1.42 per thousand cubic feet. The ruling cited energy crisis and intrastate price un regulation, shocking consumer groups who may seek a rehearing or appeal to the Supreme Court. On this date in 1917, Dean Martin was born.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Ellen Berman
Consumer Federation of America
Suarez prioritizes economy amid Spain election gains
Premier Adolfo Suarez aims to tackle Spain s deepening economic crisis with devaluation considered to boost exports. Inflation runs above 20 percent, unemployment up due to returning workers from abroad, and political uncertainty delays industrial development as ministers may resign to allow a new government formation.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Europe
France
West Germany
Switzerland
Suarez
Carlos Ania Navarro
Competition Howell movement winners at Kenwood Park church
Thursday competition at Kenwood Park Presbyterian church crowned Howell movement winners Trudy James and Marty Heald with a first place. A tie for second matched Micki Siewert and Sue Butschi with Ruth Helm and Frank Zeman. Individual rubber bridge honors went to Pearl Smith first Mary Earley second Carle Igon third and Helen Martin fourth. A second Howell movement group at Welty Way named Mrs Charles Leipold and Mrs Ruth V Helm first and Mrs Thomas Mullin and Bruce Thiher second. Next game set for 12 30 at the church West Side Club at Welty Way 7 30 Thursday.
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Howell Movement
Welty Way
Charles Leipold
Ruth V. Helm
Thomas Mullin
Bruce Thiher
Welty-Way
Purple Brontosaurus Stolen From Lost World Show
Santa Cruz County sheriff issues an all points bulletin for a 300 pound fiberglass brontosaurus reported missing from the Lost World show in Santa Cruz California. The theft alert targets the large purple dinosaur and requests tips from the public.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
UPI
Santa Cruz County
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State Conservation Commission
Hanna Park
Joe Butterfield
Thompson
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Jade Nau
August Baack
Valley Park Street
James L. Porer
Johnson Avenue NW
Baacks
Fifth Avenue
Jack Hubler Realtors
Security Savings & Loan Association
7Th Avenue
Alpine Road
Dean Martin
Bridge
Marion-Cedar Rapids
Club
Brontosaurus
Kentucky
Beam’s Choice
Clermont
Beam's
Eiffel Tower
Paris
James B Beam
Clermont, Beam, Ky
Raleigh
FIC
B&w
Tco
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