Iowa City approves rezoning near Burger site controversy
Iowa City Council votes 3 to 1 to reclassify about seven acres on North Dodge Street to R3b multi family, despite strong local objections. Developer plans 131 apartments and a 20,000 square foot professional office complex, amid fears of property devaluation and traffic. Mayor Hubbard backs the plan, while critics call it spot zoning and urge broader area reevaluation over five years.
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Dodge Street
Burger Construction
Waller Garwood
Clayton Gerald
Loren Hickerson
Richard Burger
Hubbard
Church Street
Arlington Combo Jazz Quintet Performs Public Show
The Arlington Combo, a mixed seventh and eighth grade group from Strawberry Point and Arlington, performs without charge under Donald Dye. They recently played at the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester, each member singing and soloing while supplying their own instruments and transport. The lineup includes John Newton, Jim Philipp, Myrna Humphrey, Detra Ray, and Debra Meixgeier. Separately a city council election issue discussed housing and urban renewal, with prior council members elected and delays on old McDonald’s Farm project at City Park. Police entrance exams show 0 names certified for policemen from 18 applications, signaling staffing troubles. another exam set for April 12.
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Arlington
Arlington Combo
Donald Dye
Good Neighbor
Manchester
John Newton
Jim Philipp
Myrna Humphrey
Detra Ray
Debra Meixgeier
City Council Leases Belle Plaine Airport
The Belle Plaine city council agreed to lease the airport northwest of town for 305 dollars per year. Landowner Garnet Spiess holds the property. Former lessee Al Froning has moved away, and officials feared the town would lose its airport if the facility was not maintained.
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Belle Plaine
Garnet Spiess
al Froning
Farm Bureau invites Linn lawmakers on road tour
A Linn County Farm Bureau delegation led by Loren Airy of Marion invited legislators to tour Linn County secondary roads. The offer followed a luncheon in the State Office Building cafeteria. Airy argued roads are in worse condition than 20 years ago and proposed shifting road tax allocations to reflect need and area, while Farm Bureau leaders pressed broader property tax relief measures. The event included lawmakers Reps. Cecil Reed and Scott McIntyre and Senators Ernest Kosek and Ely, with a dinner at the McNeal motel.
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Airy
Ernest Kosek
Dar Rapids
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Martelle
Walter Simon
Walker
Roy Crosby
Coggon
Charles Blinks
Mt. Vernon
Covert Goodlove
Center Point
Stephen West
Vincent Horst
Cedar Rapids
Cecil Reed
Scott McIntyre, Jr
Kosek
Ely
McNeal
Miles Sutera
Robins
Sutera
Iowa City Building Permits Rise in February 1967
Special to The Gazette Iowa City February construction permits totaled 343300 bringing 1967 year to date to 488700. Major permits included 189000 for ten single family homes and a 12 unit apartment building. Compared with January and 1966 pace the year stays behind.
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Iowa City
Warren Buchan
Air Crash Suit Nets Two Lowans 541000
Two Iowa children share in three damages suits arising from a BOAC crash into Mt. Fuji on March 5, 1966. Settlements total 979,327 with the Maxwell family of Altoona receiving 541,000. British Overseas Airways and Boeing are named with alleged negligence. Several claims remain unsettled, expected to reach about 2 million.
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Iowa
Japan
Howard Maxwell
Altoona
Boac Airlines
Mt. Fuji
John J. Kennelly
British Overseas Airways
Boeing Co
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