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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
12
Republican sheriff candidate John Hoyt told the Springville Jaycees that small Linn county towns cannot afford the deputy payments. He cited $700 monthly bills for 80 hours of protection and argued the sheriff’s budget and jail costs show waste and the need for an economy focused sheriff with rehabilitation programs.
Helen Reichart of Monticello seeks the Democratic nomination for state representative in the new 22nd district. Senator Gene Kennedy of Dubuque announces reelection bid from the 11th district. Also vying in the 22nd are Maurice Hennessey and Robert Savage seeks GOP nod for the district. Raymond Taylor seeks the 11th district Senate seat. Reichart is a Monticello native and former WAC member. district includes parts of Dubuque, Delaware, Jackson, and Jones counties.
Iowa Highway Commission and Iowa Electric Light and Power Co sign an agreement to relocate utilities for Interstate 380. The deal covers electrical line adjustments and three crossing sites with an estimated cost of 31 065 dollars. Additional agreements with Cedar Rapids and Town City Railway Co. and Milwaukee railroad set overhead bridges and relocation costs. Land parcels acquired include payments to Jerry Sharp 1 080 dollars Gerald F Dunn 1 200 dollars and George Seibold 6 425 dollars with other details noted.
A record shows donors and amounts tied to projects on highways and interstates. Contributors include A Heeren $3400 James A Brunkan $12600 Immaculate Conception church $900 Edith A Fass $1900 Glane W Beitz $5223 Walter V Johnson $4725 Richard E Graham $24000 Anth ony Particik $8000 Melvin D Schoff $8700 Ralph L Kahler $8000.
Nicholas P. Meinhardt of Lincoln Nebraska pleaded innocent in federal court to a charge of failure to report for civilian work in lieu of induction. His trial is scheduled for June 15.
Dean Goodenbour, 42, former vice-president of Peoples Bank and Trust in Waterloo, pled innocent in federal court to 15 counts of embezzlement and making false entries. He faces trial June 27 for allegedly taking about $800 from mid 1968 to April 1907, indicted by a Cedar Rapids grand jury in March.
A brief nudge to use want ads regularly to find needed items or opportunities. The note emphasizes consistent reading of classified listings to uncover suitable matches.
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