Utility aid opens as flood of applicants seeks help
Fifty to one hundred people braved rain on Tuesday awaiting the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program urban center doors at 8 am for the first day of this year’s federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The day also reports Linn County supervisors denying a rezoning request for a well drilling business near Toddville and Cedar Rapids lawyer James Pickens winning a verdict absolving negligence while being awarded $1,184.27 in fees.
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Hawkeye Area
Community Action Program
East Iowa
Linn County
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
James Pickens
Germaine Heasley
Cedar Rapids school district sued over boy placed in box
A Cedar Rapids mother sues the Cedar Rapids Community School District claiming her 11-year-old son was placed in a disciplinary box at school, depriving him of liberty under the U S Constitution. The case appears on Metro 7A.
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Cedar Rapids
Metro
Mother held in tot s death
A 22-year-old woman formerly of Davenport was charged with second degree murder Monday in connection with the death of her 8 month old son who died of a head injury last March.
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Benjamin Caldwell
Coralville
Ellen Egan
Egan
Davenport
Six Killed In Ranger Carrier Fire In Arabian Sea
The Navy reports six sailors died and 35 were injured when a blaze swept the Ranger’s main power plant early Tuesday. The 85,000 ton carrier, based in San Diego, continued its mission with six of eight boilers operable. Names of the dead include Rick Allen Teichert of Callender Iowa and Paul Richard Chappell Jr. of Crowley Texas. The incident followed a string of Ranger mishaps since July including a collision and a fatal jet exhaust incident.
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Associated Press and Gazette
San Diego
Ranger
Arabian Sea
Navy
Rick Allen Teichert
Callender
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Henderson
Nev
Jurkowsky
Cedar Rapids-area
Roger Lester Caldwell
Donald A. Caldwell
33Rd St. SE
VAQ 138
Donald Caldwell
Stephen Christiansen
Marvin Christiansen
Deerpath Lane
Navy Board of Inquiry
Central America
Nicaragua
Western Pacific
Indian Ocean
Pacific
Wichita
Oakland
Pearl Harbor
Subic Bay
Philippines
Nimitz
Florida
Kaui
Hawaii
Property tax rollback set at 69 percent for homes
Iowa home owners will pay property taxes on 69.88 percent of the assessed value of their dwellings in 1984 85 under a state department of revenue rollback. The move, part of a three stage equalization effort, also adjusts farmland residential and commercial valuations to fit the 4 percent annual limit, with levies still to be determined by local bodies.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Revenue
Erty
Gene Eich
Eich
Cedar Rapids eyed box system to replace parking meters
Mayor Don Canney described a Luxembourg style system using two mid block boxes that issue time tickets. The device prints a bold expiration time and requires display on the dash. tickets with time left may be moved to another space. The city could cut equipment and maintenance costs compared to traditional meters.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Parkades
Canney
Mel Meyer
Luxembourg
Five Seasons
Gazette of Cedar Rapids Advertising Rates and Details
The Gazette established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates by carrier are 2.25 per week while mail 7 issues Morning Editions and Sunday cost 10.40 for 4 weeks 110.00 for 52 weeks. Foreign addresses 140.00 for 52 weeks. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Gazette Corrects Promos and Clarifies Advertising Notes
The Gazette notes a misprint on top page 1B promoting Nestle Morsels 212 ounce packages for 3 dollars. It mentions that Focus Food cover references a Me Too supplement ad and promises corrections for inaccuracies and misleading reports with a contact number 398 8313.
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Nestle
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