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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1976
Page
4
Marion continues summer swimming lessons at the city pool with sessions from June 14 to July 2, July 6 to 23, and July 21 to August 13. Mail or in person registration is available, forms at city hall service desk, include self addressed stamped envelope for admission ticket. Private instruction can be arranged through the program.
The building department approved three new house permits in the last week for Ralph Porter at 29B0 Ninth Street for 23920 dollars, Ed Meader Construction at 2530 Twenty eighth avenue for 28110 dollars, and Meader at 2650 Twenty-eighth avenue for 25188 dollars. Additional permits include Elmer Wenger garage at 1200 E avenue for 1894 dollars, Fred Brown garage at 965 West Tenth avenue for 2592 dollars, Halley Droneharger duplex partition at 1913 Third avenue for 400 dollars, Dave Dunshee garage at 290 South Nineteenth street for 3168 dollars, Fred Waddell patio at 1280 Elm street for 500 dollars, Guy Gooch enclose porch at 1975 Maplecrest drive for 56300 dollars, and Dennis Burky patio at 2265 Twenty-sixth street for 160 dollars. In other notes, Amos C. Kohl of Marion, resident since 1947, died at age 83. He was born November 30, 1892 in Morley and married twice, with a service planned Friday in Marion. Also includes local ads and a historical date noting North Carolina’s secession in 1861.
Marion park board recommends city council approval of a contract for general work and plant materials for Hanna park, with Zabac Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids to perform the work and Line County Nursery Inc. of Center Point supplying plant materials, not to exceed 213000 dollars. The board also approved the low bid of 26653.60 dollars from Fitzpatrick Concrete Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids for City Square park sidewalk replacement, with other bids listed. Glenn Jensen to be honored at open house Tuesday at Linn-Mar high school cafeteria from 730 to 900 p.m.
Iowa City civil service commission overruled Letts dismissal, ordering demotion from senior housing inspector and relief as urban renewal property manager. Letts to be paid nine weeks unemployment. commission seeks expungement of records. Sullivan to resign with back pay as settlement ends hearing.
The North Winneshiek Community school board accepted low bids for a new 0 passenger school bus to be delivered by fall. Klimesh Motors of Calmar bid 8287 for the chassis, Watkins Body Co. of Keosauqua won the body bid, with a trade in of two used buses bringing the total cost to 13470. The board approved milk products from Hilldata Dairy LP gas from Decorah Skelgas Service bread from Continental Bakery and bus meet insurance from the Security Agency of Decorah. A three year contract for Supt Gordon Christianson was approved from 1976 through 1979.
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