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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1978
Page
10
Cedar Rapids may pass a law banning dialer burglar alarms after police report problems with auto dialer devices. Capt. Tom Gillen says the taped-message systems often ring police lines and prove unreliable for home security.
A special City Council meeting in Mayor Don Canney’s office discussed alarm dialers and rising false alarms. Police urged ordinance revisions and questioned diverting 160 dialer calls to police, while Canney floated franchising alarm services and possibly ending city alarm operations. The Police Department runs about 300 private and public alarms today.
Bids were approved in a split City Council vote for six tennis courts to be built near the intersection of 42nd Street and Golf Street NE. The project, funded half by federal revenue sharing and half by a Bureau of Outdoor Recreation grant, drew objections over traffic. The apparent low bid came from B L Anderson Inc at 79 652 dollars, with other bids higher.
Iowa Department of Transportation seeks reversal of a TRB decision that the IDOT Commission lacks authority to decide road locations. The Amana Colonies project sparked the dispute over a diagonal versus a straight north south route near I 80 and US 6. If not reversed, the commission may appeal in district court.
Iowa city leaders voiced cautious support for Gov. Ray’s proposed property tax exemption aimed at blighted areas. They said the five year, rising exemption could aid redevelopment but would mostly affect commercial projects, with limited impact on residences. Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney backed local option taxes.
Buchanan County deputies charged Oscar Craft aged 67 of Jesup with drunk driving at 12 37 a m after witnesses saw him drive erratically on County Road V 62 three and a half miles north of Jesup.
A proposed Cedar Rapids zoning ordinance faces a public hearing to address a clause banning motor vehicle repair in residential parking facilities except for emergencies. Planning officials say the section was an error and may be deleted. revisions will follow after Thursday's hearing and before final council vote.
Dr. Paul H. Heath spoke at First Presbyterian Church on what Think Ye of Christ. He argued Jesus was a historical figure shaped by his era yet surpassing all others. The sermon linked Jesus of history to Christian faith and noted his humanity and eternal spirit.
City Council public hearing on Heather Co Inc rezoning 59 Collins Road NE from residential to commercial. General Growth Management opposes granting access from Lindale Plaza driveways though a 1958 Sears Younker agreement may permit frontage access. No action was taken.
Public notice listing telephone contact lines for news sports bookkeeping and offices with hours for circulation advertising and city offices in Marion and Iowa City plus local extensions.
Des Moines State Rep. Herbert Hinkhouse announces plans to run for a third term in House District 24. He serves on multiple committees and is vice chair of the Agriculture Committee. On this date in 1964 anti-Muslim riots occurred in India.
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