Marion Council to Approve Long Range Transportation Plan
Marion City Council plans to approve a long range transportation plan at Thursday night’s meeting. The plan covers Boyson Road extension from Alburnett Road to 10th News Street and a staff suggestion linking extension to adjacent land development. It also reviews downtown one way streets and parking changes amid merchant concerns and a study to be conducted in coming months.
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Marion
Boyson Road
Central Business District
Alburnett Road
10Th
Carl Foster
Marion Council Meets Thursday for Budget and Transit Plan
The Marion City Council will convene Thursday at 7 30 p m in City Hall to discuss the transportation plan and next year’s budget. Also on the agenda Dr Kenneth Anderson speaks to the Marion Mothers Club at 7 45 p m at the Marion Christian Church.
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Marion City Council
Kenneth Anderson
Marion Mothers Club
Marion Christian Church
Praise for police force at Mount Vernon vandalism meeting
At a special meeting called by Mayor Doris Pringle, residents praised Mount Vernon Police Department for handling vandalism concerns. Police Chief Guy Kuehl cited three confirmed vandalism incidents, with other cases under investigation. The event featured community support and calls for better public relations and more auxiliary police involvement.
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Bill Pringle
Mount Vernon
Kuehl
Tipton
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
First Street
Highway
Mount Vernon Auxiliary Police Propose Extra Night Patrols
Seven members of Mount Vernon’s auxiliary police backed captain Jo Ann Neff as warmer weather may bring more vandalism. The East Linn Special Police Unit, formed in 1972, will volunteer to drive extra patrols from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. for three months, reporting license plates and vandalism descriptions while not authorized to stop crimes. The plan will be presented to the City Council on Monday March 9.
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Kuehl
Jo Ann Neff
East Linn
Neff
Gretchen Sutherland
Mount Vernon
Earl Wolvers
Cancer crusade leaders named for Linn towns
Linn County cancer crusade organizers announced chairmen and leaders for each area in a Monday Marion Church gathering. Co chairmen Mrs. Marvin Soukup Fairfax and Mrs. Milton Arnold Route 3 Marion named district chiefs and listed numerous community and township coordinators across Areas I II III and IV including Central City Prairieburg Lisbon Mount Vernon Alburnett Palo Fairfax Clinton and more.
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Linn County
Marion Christian Church
Marvin Soukup
Fairfax
Milton Arnold
Route 3
Marion
Area I
H.D. Tidball
Central City
Harry Rundle
Prairieburg
Roy Crosby
Coggan
Bill Burlage
Boulder Township
Harold Murray
Richard Balster
Jackson
Don Barnes
Buffalo
Lumir Dostel
Harold Horn
Center Point
Claudia Berry
Alburnett
Tom Brislawn
Troy Mills
Rolland Krouse
Midway
Glen Stallman
Cedar Rapids
Chairman
Judy Barker
Palo
Gordon Sorg
Byron Balog
Leonard Jansa
John Saddler
College Township
David Nemec
Ron Novy
Eugene Dryland
Jon Dahlstrom
Melvin Stark
Clinton
Marion study argues sidewalks unnecessary on North 10th Street
City Engineer John Bender presented to the Marion City Council a study claiming sidewalks north of 29th Avenue on the west side of North 10th Street are not needed. He noted Linn-Mar students would not use sidewalks, preferring crosswalks at 29th and 33rd avenues, while officials focus on Indian Creek Road sidewalk plans.
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North 10Th Street
Linn-Mar
Marion City
John Bender
29Th Avenue
Bender
29Th
33Rd Avenues
Indian Creek Road
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Police Commission
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Rex DeWald
Charles Lockwood
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Cancer Crusade
Linn Towns
Robert Williams Whittier
Walter
Everett Squires
Washington Township
Roy Quass
Otter Creek
Ernest Diltz
Spring Grove
Eldon Bauer
Grant
Boston
7Th Ave
Jacelyn Dr
C.R
Reuter
Gold & Si Exchange
Gold & Silver
2Nd Ave
2Nd St
News Daily
Smulekoffs
Smulekoff's
Arkov
Kirsch
Smulekoff
Your Carpet
Alden
Armstrong Bigelow
Karastan Mohawk
Royal Scot World
Wanda Weve
Saxony
1St Street
3Rd Avenue
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