Transit center funds hurdle cleared in Cedar Rapids project
UMTA agreement ends a potential roadblock for the Cedar Rapids Ground Transportation Center project Establishing private financing steps developers must meet before grant funds for land can be released The plan includes a 90000 square foot retail level and two towers with apartments and offices Industrial revenue bonds up to 10 million dollars each may be used if needed Bids for architectural engineering are set to be opened July 16 with ground breaking anticipated in 1982
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Urban Mass Transit Administration
Cedar Rapids Ground Transportation Center
UMTA
Cedar Rapids
Abbott Lipsky
Peter Bezanson
Max Bartlett
Tom Aller
Aller
City
Juvenile burglars tied to southwest side break ins
Police tied three youths aged 14 13 and 10 to burglaries at Coca Cola Bottling Co Farmland Industries and City Delivery with theft criminal mischief and a delivery truck attack. A 15 year old was arrested on burglary and false use of a financial instrument. All were referred to juvenile probation. An older suspect 40 faced assault charges in Fairfax. Police also logged drunken driving arrests and a stranger intruder incident in Cedar Rapids. ON THIS DATE 1970 Conservative Edward Heath became Britain’s prime minister.
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Coca Cola
Farmland
Robert Silver
Forest Snyder
St. Regis Paper Co
Churchill Lines
Charles Ostrander
City Delivery
Linn County
David M. Shramek
1600
F Ave
16Th Avenue
First Street
Shramek
Thomas F. Kenney
Third St
Sixth Street
Wilson Avenue
John E. Young
Route 1
Fairfax
F Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Edward Heath
Britain
Labor
Harold Wilson
Shattuck proposes revised Cedar Rapids lease agreement
Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock reports a revised 10 year lease proposal from Shattuck Chemical Co of Denver for five acres near A Street SW and the old water pollution plant. Shattuck would pay 250000 annually for five years, then 100000 for the final five, with buildings and equipment owned by the company but land retained by the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Shattuck Chemical Co
Denver
Wayne Murdock
Cedar River
Shattuck
Murdock
Onion odor traced to bug spray at Elmcrest Country Club
Firefighters and police searched northeast side after reports of a chlorine leak. The odor came from Mopac insecticide applied on the Elmcrest course to control grubs and beetles. Club officials explained the spray smelled onion like and should fade in days.
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Elmcrest Country Club
Country Club
32Nd Street
Center Point Road
Joseph Meyer
Meyer
Dennis Andrew
Andrew
Odor Complaints Target Cedar Rapids Water Plant
Mount Vernon Road businesses report a new odor from the Cedar Rapids water pollution control plant. Plant director George Milligan says complaints began a few days ago and smell like burnt coffee as officials work to locate the source. Bertram residents plan a meeting Monday to decide on actions regarding the odor issue.
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Mount Vernon Road
Office of Public Improvements
Wayne Murdock
Cedar Rapids
George Milligan
Milligan
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Sedalia
Margaret Martin
Sigma Trailer Court
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Dick Hogan
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