Cedar Rapids 1971 paving plan outlined by city council
The Cedar Rapids engineering department presented a 2.05 mile concrete streets and alleys paving program totaling $301 905.61 with $12 146.40 in property assessments. Edgewood road NW from B to O avenues is the largest project at about $180 279.88, and a public hearing is slated for early April with council to file the plan.
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Cedar Rapids
City Engineering Department
Edgewood Road
B Avenue
O Avenue
Ninth Street
D Avenue
Seeenth Avenue
Auburn Drive
Clive Drive
First Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
Harnischfeger
Clive l
T Avenue
Sixtteenth
Seventeenth Street
Bill Avenue
Thirty-fourth
Thirty-fifth Street
Bowman Read
Northbrook Unit IV
City Briefs and Meetings Trimmed from Ellismith Area
A jumble of local items notes a funeral service Thursday for a brother of Lee M at Ellismith YMCA and a hospital visit in East Peoria. Several community meetings are listed including Walton speaking on conservation bills, a Lynn's Plate event, and a Soroptimist and NARFE gathering. Times span March 17 and 18 with venues in Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Mt. Vernon.
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UAW Tetirees
Jack C
Eillismith
Lee M
Ellismith
Seventh Street
YMCA
East Peoria
In Hospital
Jessi
LeRoy Schmidt
East Cook
Street
iPeoria
Mercy Hospital
Vis
Yanak Walton
Robert
Russell
Permianents
Iown
Izaak
Walton League
Lynn’s Plate
Linn County
Thurs- Beauty
2Nd St
Lynnsday
Richards
Dairy Queen
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Fairfax
Mt. Vernon
Motorists Face Signal Charges After Accidents
Police filed identical charges after two traffic crashes within blocks and hours of each other Monday. Allan Finn and Jerry Bartosh were cited for disobeying signals after red lights at Third Avenue and Second Street SE and at Third Avenue and First Street SW respectively. Victims Eva Stamp and Eugene Stoltz, plus Audrey Blew, were treated and released from Mercy and St Luke's hospitals.
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Allan P. Finn
Eighteenth Street
Third Avenue
Second Street
Eva D. Stamp
Ninth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Jerry FE. Bartosh
Dysart
Third. Avenue
First Street
Eugene J. Stoltz
Ilinois Street
Bartosh
Stoltz
Audrey Blew
St. Luke’s Hospital
Federal aid eyed for new swimming pool project
Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis pursued a federal program offering funds for constructing swimming pools. He contacted Representative Culver, who cited Nixon’s FY1972 budget proposal for Open Spaces program expansion to assist areas with high low income populations. Reinis seeks information, not a concrete plan, noting potential full funding by federal sources. The city has long participated in Open Spaces since 1962.
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Cedar Rapids
Stan Reinis
Reinis
John €. Culver
Culver
Nixon
Plans for Fire Station Told In Iowa City
Iowa City council informal approval for a new branch fire station on Lower Muscatine Road east of First Avenue on city land. Funds for construction available, land funds lacking. Also, architect report on a 90 unit east Washington apartment complex facing a plaza was rejected by the planning and zoning commission amid resident criticism. designer to meet residents to address concerns.
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Lower
Muscatine Road
First Avenue
Dean Rebee
Planning and Zoning Commission
Te Council
War Vey
Henry
Planning
Xoning
Grant Funds Nine M A Projects for Iowa Workers
The labor department awards 44 020 for nine Manpower Administration projects to train 123 disadvantaged Iowans. Three Operation Mainstream efforts totaling 106 370 help 78 adults in La Rapids Harlan and Webster City gain work experience. NYC adds 16 out of school youth in Des Moines and completes Cedar Rapids project. Four employer contracts under Industry Government Job Opportunities in the Business Sector fund 12 disadvantaged jobless workers. Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Cedar Rapids NYC 18 enrollees 3 600 Operation Mainstream 39 enrollees 30 490.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Manpower Administration
U.S
Jack Miller
Iowa
la Rapids
Harlan
Webster City
Des Moines
Nyc
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Hawkeye ‘Rea
Linn County Democrats hold first off election caucuses
Linn County Democrats ruled Monday night in the first off year caucuses across 67 precincts. Hughes Culver and Clark drew straw votes with Culver and Clark leading in several precincts while others favored Muskie Kennedy Humphrey and Ted for president. Results to Des Moines for tabulation. details varied by precinct with some reporting no attendees.
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Frank Nye
Chretle
Uareld Hughes
Jisiva
John Culver
U.S
Rich ‘Ard Clark
Liberation
Lim County
Hughes
Culver
Clark
Robert Pultan
Paul Franzenburg
William Gannon
Edmund Muskie
Hazel Monroe
Maine
George McGovern
Hanson
Northwest
Hiawatha
South Dakota
Hubert Cedar
Wham
Cedar Rapids
Eisenhower
Higley
Vietnam
Des Moines
Police Training Facilities in CLR Being Inspected
Cedar Rapids police department training academy and Kirkwood Community College were inspected Tuesday for certification of facilities. The event involved Police Chief George J. Matias Hughes and other local officials as observers. locations included Eisenhower School in northeast Cedar Rapids and Linn County voting precincts.
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Clr
Cedar Rapids
Andirkwood Community College
George J. Matias Hughes
Clark
Culver
London AP
Ster James
Chichester-Clark
Warren Kruck
Northern Ireland
Laww Enforcement Academy
London
Council
Jack Callahan
Directe
Police Academy
Linn
U.S
Boy Suffers Head Laceration in Fall at caucus
A chaotic caucus night in Maine townships left several attendees seating, while a 16 year old, Thomas Glaus, required hospital care for a head laceration after a fall. In Bertram township Arden Bell hosted, with Hughes Culver and Ely favored among attendees. Lincoln precinct in Cedar Rapids showed activity as Gannon led for Governor. FrankLisbon caucus at John Lahorik residence in Lisbon had only four attendees as Mr and Mrs Gerald Wall hosted.
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Maine Township
Thomas Glaus
Joe Butterfield
St. Central City
Pta'luke's Hospital
Bertram Township
Thei’ Arden Bell
Hughes
Culver
Ely
Lincoln
Cho
Cedar Rapids
Hughes, Culver and Clark
John ‘Ahorik
Lisbon
Gerald Wall W
Man Injured in Fall At Home Transferred From ICU
Police reported the man was held in intensive care overnight and then transferred out as his condition improved. No condition report was available. Glaus apparently sustained injuries in a fall at his home.
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Glaus
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