Freeway 100 Northwest Beltway Eyed Around Cedar Rapids
Public discussions outline Freeway 100 or northwest beltway around Cedar Rapids with I 380 as a cross connection. Two meetings at Pierce Elementary drew about 80 attendees. a corridor hearing is set for December 12 at Kennedy High School. The plan appears less controversial, affecting fewer residents than other regional projects.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Pierce
Kennedy High School
Fairfax
Iowa proposes two lane highway to bypass Cedar Rapids
The plan outlines a two lane bypass from north of Ked Opi to Interstate 380 and Edgewood Road NE, then expanding to four lanes past 94. Construction could start after 1983 with a potential Collins Road extension tied to I 380 completion in 1982. Residents fear noise and air pollution near Freeway 100.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Covington
Edgewood Road
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Henely
42Nd Street
Collins Road
IDOT
Compliance office relocation protest in Iowa
Groups fear that minority hiring reviews on federal contracts will lessen if Cedar Rapids staff move to Omaha under a Labor Department reorganization signed by President Carter. The plan would shift two staffers from IE Tower to western Iowa while eastern Iowa reviews move from Kansas City, prompting concern from civil rights groups and local congressmen.
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Cedar Rapids
Department of Labor
Washington
IE Tower
Carter
Omaha
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Kansas City
Weldon Rugeau
Rugeau
Defense Contract Administrative Service Office
Buses Increase Service From Downtown to Lindale
Extra bus service adds three Lindale express trips afternoon rush to Lindale Plaza with 3:50 4:30 and 5:10 departures. The Lindale route runs via First Avenue East and ends December 28, ending at 5:50 p.m. Officials may extend post holiday.
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Lindale Plaza
Len Brandrup
Municipal Transit Authority
Lindale
Marion
First Avenue East
Brandrup
MTA
Vernon Heights
Bever Park
Bowling benefit scheduled in Iowa City for CF research
A bowl-a-thon benefit in Iowa City Friday November 24 supports the Iowa Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Sponsored by Palmer-Lanes Coral Lanes the Iowa City Jaycees and McDonalds restaurants the event raises funds for lung damage research. Entrants seek sponsors pledging a penny per point for three games with prizes for top fundraisers.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Plamer
Names on beam survive after painting mishap at center
About 400 signatures on the topping out beam of the Five Seasons Community Center were painted over by a lone painter who treated the white beam as graffiti. The beam remains visible 64 feet above the floor and will be reopened for signing at the center's grand opening planned for January.
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Five Seasons Community Center
Mike Gebauer
Gebauer
Five Seasons
Leo Peiffer
Linn shelter care facility funded by state grant
The Iowa Crime Commission awarded Linn County Youth Facilities a 147,961 grant to add an eight bed shelter care facility for runaways and youths in crisis. Federally funded 121,165 under the Juvenile Justice Act and 26,796 from the Iowa DSS, with no local funds.
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Iowa Crime Commission
Linn County Department of Youth Facilities
Iowa Department of Social Services
Ruling could halt Linn drunk driving prosecutions
A Linn County case over breathalyzer use could topple pending drunk driving prosecutions if Judge Lynne Brady suppresses the test results from Dale Ahlrichs. The decision could force appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court and alter methods for proving blood alcohol content in numerous cases.
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Lynne Brady
Linn County
Brady
Dale Ahlrichs
Monticello
Iowa Supreme Court
Lowell Forte
Ahlrichs
Code of Iowa
Forte
Commissioner of Public Safety
Calvin M. Rayburn
BCI
Public Safety
Charles Larson
Mike Mollman
Supreme Court
Mollman
Fewer deaths as life council cites low mortality rate
New York UPI reports the American Council of Life Insurance says the death rate fell to 6.3 per thousand in 1976, an 11.3 percent drop since 1970, driven by declines in heart and cerebrovascular diseases and motor vehicle accidents.
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New York
UPI
America
American Council of Life Insurance
Council
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Department of Defense
Iran
Tehran
Dial
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Second Street
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Linn
Bureau of Criminal Investigation Labs
Des Moines
Ridgeway
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