Tokens Recall Cedar Rapids First Avenue Toll Bridge
Three tokens owned by J R Maupin reflect Cedar Rapids toll history on the First Avenue crossing over the Cedar River. They date 1866 1867 and bear Cedar River Bridge Company and pass one footman inscriptions with tolls and livestock charges. The article traces toll and free bridge developments from 1855 through 1966 including floods ice jams and multiple bridge reconstructions.
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J.R. Maupin
B Ave
First Avenue
Iowa Avenue
Maupin
Cedar River Bridge Company
Luther A. Brewer
Barthinius L. Wick
Linn County
Iowa
Watrous Mill
H.G. Angle
Angle’s
Cedar Rapids
George Greene
John Weare
William Green
P.W. Earle
A.F
Dudley
Trial Opens Over Unborn Child Death Lawsuit in Linn Court
Cedar Rapids couple Rita and Glen Lathrop sue St Luke's Hospital Family Health Center and Dr Robert M Bailey over the death of their unborn son in June 1975. They seek 235000 dollars for emotional distress and pain and suffering claiming failure to act and inform. Defendants say care met standard. Jury selection completed. opening statements planned.
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Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Rita
Glen Lathrop
St. Luke’s Hospital
Family Health Center
Robert M. Bailey
Cresco
Lathrops
Burial pits dating 2000 years found in Yunnan
Xinhua reports discoveries in southwest China at 210 earthen pits with mixed gender burials and dismembered limbs. The find includes 120 pottery urns with children buried and cremation pits holding ashes of adults.
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Peking
China
Yunnan
Xinhua
Cedar Rapids Plans New Department of Housing Services
Cedar Rapids estimates $175000 for the initial fiscal year for the new Department of Housing Services excluding vehicles. A director and up to six inspectors plus a secretary are budgeted for the rental unit inspection program under the new housing code. If fewer inspectors suffice, hiring will scale back. more will require City Council approval. Funding includes general funds start up and upcoming inspection fees not to take effect until January 1, 1982. The department will be housed under the Building Department, likely in the Streets Office, with a housing services director hired at about $22000. The department aims to begin full operation by July, aided by tenants’ rights groups and the Community Development priorities committee.
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Cedar Rapids
May’s Island
Daniels Street
Seventh Avenue
Black
West Side
First Avenue
Second Avenue
S.C. Bever
John F. Ely
Bever
Ely
Third Avenue
Benton Street
B Avenue
James Street
16Th Avenue
Ue City
Department of Housing Services
Floyd Bergen
Public Safety
Bergen
Building Department
Streets
First St
Housing Code Board of Appeals
Parents lobby on school aid in Iowa Senate debate
About two dozen Cedar Rapids area parents urged Iowa Senators to oppose the House aid plan citing cuts to special education and learning disability programs. They argued reduced funding would force teacher and aide losses, harming education quality as state finances tighten.
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John McCarroll
Sette Des
Senate
Fisher
Iowa Senate
Nate Brown
Fourth Avenue
Marion
Bud Kudart
Cedar Rapids
Kudart
State Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Night robbery at Donutland ends with arrest warrants
A night cook at Donutland on Center Point Road NE was beaten during a robbery as two men escaped with an undetermined cash amount. The victim, Robert D. Milbach, 21, was hospitalized in fair condition after the attack at about 1 a.m. Police later arrested two Cedar Rapids men for burglaries at Lehhigh Standard Service and linked stolen items to the earlier Center Point break in.
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Donutland
Center Point Road
Robert D. Milbach
St. Marion
Milbach
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Lehhigh
First Ave
Dan C. Crow Jr
17Th St
James E. Thompson
34Th St
Center Point Standard
France Raises Minimum Wage Amid Economic Push
Paris reports a 2.8 percent increase in the minimum guaranteed wage, lifting the hourly rate from $2.95 to $3.04 for about 600,000 workers in industry and farming. The article also notes that Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci was born in 1451.
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Paris
Amerigo Vespucci
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Avenue Toll Bridge
Katherine Willhoite
Gazette
Cedar
Linn
Geoff Edward
Diai 911
Dick Hogan
Rapids
Statehouse
Jim Fisher
Bowling St
Grant Wood Area
Dennis Nagel
Robert Ray
Mary Tiedemann
Bluemound Drive
Nagel
Ray
Tiedemann
C.R
Cook
Thompson
Frank Rocarek
13Th St
Al’s Towing
Sixth St
Village Inn
F. Ave. NW
Judy Shankland
E Ave
Piazzi
Nova University
Biti Peut Otsant
Bar Teo
Henry Witwer
Witwer Insurance
IE Tower
France
Hilton West
Raintree
Raintree Lounge
Piccadillys
Westown Parkway
Des Moines
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