Neighbors Form Block to Oppose Mount Vernon Center
Local property owners near Mount Vernon Road SE unite to fight a 13.7 acre shopping center plan on 55 acres slated for rezoning from single family to commercial. Chicago developer seeks Kmart and other stores north of Mount Vernon Road. a zoning hearing is set for 1 p.m. Monday at Linn County Courthouse as residents plan prehearing coordination.
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Mount Vernon Road
42Nd Street
Kmart
Linn County
Residents oppose Linn County shopping center project
Sue Thomas denounces a proposed shopping center on hill land near Mount Vernon Road as harmful to a wooded sandy area and warns it could bring vacant buildings and erosion. Neighbors protest limited Cedar Rapids notices and urge broader outreach before zoning decisions.
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Don Thomas
Dalewood Ave
Sue Thomas
Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Johnson
East Post Road
Green Valley
Arts council awards Cedar Rapids Community Service honors
The Cedar Rapids Marion Fine Arts Council awarded its first Community Service to the Arts honors at its annual meeting. Suzanne Charipar and Mary Ann Kucera were cited for contributions to local arts projects and Children’s Theater of Cedar Rapids. Jane Nelson and Peggy Whitworth shared the Professional Service to the Arts Award for education and productions. New officers and directors were elected for 1978-79.
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Suzanne Charipar
Second Ave
Mary Ann Kucera
Larry Drive
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Children’s Theater of
Cedar Rapids
Jane Nelson
Ambroz Center
Nelson
Iowa Arts Council
Peggy Whitworth
Council
Paramount Commission
Scott Olson
29Th Ave. Drive
Charles Barth
Leigh Crowe
Bonnie Adams
David Bolt
Tom Ecker
Peter Langmack
Bob Naujoks
Lillian Neff
Dick Pinney
Rick Sampson
Teddy Shuttleworth
Van Nostrand Attacks Clark on Africa Policy in Cedar Rapids
Republican Senate hopeful Maurie Van Nostrand marched through downtown Cedar Rapids criticizing incumbent Dick Clark for Africa policy. He blamed Clark’s approach for economic inflation and urged Iowa voters to choose a candidate with ties to Iowa.
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Maurie van Nostrand
U.S. Senate
Cedar Rapids
Dick Clark
Iowa
U.S
Africa
van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Joe Bertrode
Indianola
Roger Jepsen
Davenport
Cherry Auditorium
Peterson Hall
Coe
Second Street
Third Avenue SE
Clark
U of I religion professor dies in Hamburg Germany
Frederick Perez Bargebuhr 73 of Hamburg Germany professor emeritus of religion at the University of Iowa died April 27 in Hamburg. Born May 24 1904 in Hamburg he taught at Iowa from 1951 to 1970 then was a visiting professor at SIU PR Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Marburg and Hamburg. His major works include The Alhambra 1968 and Solomon ibn Gabirol Oswestliches Dichtung 1974.
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Iowa City
Frederick Perez Bargebuhr
Hamburg
Germany
University of Iowa
Bargebuhr
U of I School of Religion
Southern Illinois University
University of Puerto Rico At
Rio Piedras
University of Marburg
University of Hamburg
Cebuhar Frames Tax Reform as Election Issue
Marlene Cebuhar seeks the Democratic nomination for state representative in the 30th District and identifies taxation as voters top concern. She urges meaningful tax reform to reduce residential property taxes and reduce reliance on property tax, opposing incumbent Rep. Mike Oxley in the primary.
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Marlene Cebuhar
House
Cebuhar
Mike Oxley
Library bond vote set for November in Iowa City
The library board of trustees voted to ask the City Council to place a $3.5 million building referendum before voters on November 7. The plan locates the new library at Linn and College streets, separated from the school board election to avoid political timing.
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Iowa City
Library Board of Trustees
Linn and
College Streets
Iowa City Community School Board
Knife attack sparks $500000 lawsuit over stabbing incident
Cindy Davies sues Richard L. Thompson and his parents in Linn County alleging physical and psychological injuries from a knife attack on May 12, 1976. She seeks 25000?00?0 in compensatory and 250000 in punitive damages, while Thompson faced up to five years for assault with intent to commit a felony. Twenty years ago the attorney general announced indictments of five drug firms over polio vaccine bids.
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Cindy Davies
Richard L. Thompson
Linn District Court
Linn County
Thompson
Logan Thompson
Davies
Reformatory
Rogers
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Edo
Thomas
Don
Arts Council
Defense
Marshall
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U.N
U of I
Gospitor J
Tirst Ave
S. E
Cedar Rapids Towers
M.D
Capitol Optical
Bankamer
Ave. S. E
Saturda
Abe Elairatt
Cedar Rapids Senior Citizen and Handicapped Bus Service
First National Financial Center
Third Street
Seventh and
Eighth Avenues
Marion
Kiest National Bank
First National Bank OF
FDIC
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