Shank Urges Belt Tightening On City Expenses
Cedar Rapids Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank asked city department heads to curb spending for the rest of the year amid a potential shortage from lagging local tax collections. He cited a $500,000 shortfall so far and warned the final gap could reach $600,000, urging delays in purchases and caution over relying on grant receipts.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart Shank
Shank
Linn County Conservation Board
Public Works and Engineering
Sheriff questions audit findings and budget line items
The Iowa sheriff challenged an audit cited as lacking gas, repairs and supplies. He pointed to four patrol cars not funded by imagination and noted mislisted expenses. Richard Bartel pressed that ambulances and civil defense should be in other budgets, and Delores Rodgers denied wrongdoing.
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County Ambulance Service
Civil Defense Department
Delores Rodgers
Smith
Bain nets winner as Howard tops West Virginia 1 0 in NCAA playoffs
Ian Bain scored in the third period to lift Howard University to a 1-0 victory over West Virginia, advancing the Bison to the regional finals of the NCAA Eastern division playoffs.
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Washington
Ian Bain
Howard University
West Virginia
County audit prompts call for new review of sheriff expenses
Sheriff’s office expenditures rose to 188 558.51, up 55 percent from 1968 to 1970, with district officials noting similar hikes in clerk of court, treasurer, and auditor budgets. Advocates urged a second audit, arguing the current report is gar bage and skewed by general fund transfers. A board decision awaits input from other department heads.
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Sheriff’s Office
Bartel
Don Schlessman
Doug Edmonds
Johnson County
Golda Meir To Meet with Nixon
Israel prime minister Golda Meir will meet President Nixon on December 2 during her unofficial U.S. visit. She arrives December 1 and intends to discuss mounting tensions in the Middle East with officials, with a preparatory meeting with Secretary of State Rogers.
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Washington
White House
Israel
Golda Meir
Nixon
U.S
Rowley Man Faces Drunk Driving Charge
Keith L. Chesmore, 36, of rural Rowley, charged with drunk driving after deputies reported erratic driving on a road south of Alburnett Monday evening. He remained in county jail Tuesday pending municipal court arraignment.
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Keith L. Chesmore
Rowley
Linn
Chesmore
Alburnett
Boy Hit By Car Injures Eight Year Old in City
Eight year old Mark A Wozenilek of 2016 C street SW suffered multiple abrasions contusions and injuries after being struck by a car operated by Mary J Thomson of 455 Sixth street SW. He was treated at Mercy hospital and released. No charges filed.
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Boy
Mark A. Wozenilek
C Street SW
Mercy Hospital
Mary J. Thomson
Sixth Street
Richard L. Ruiz
Albany, Ill
Young Woman Reports Attack In Multiple Incidents
Diane Moriarty twenty one of 616 Fourth Avenue SE reported she was assaulted Monday night around 6 15 p m while entering her apartment by a person with a pop bottle. She was taken to Mercy hospital for a head injury and said the assault was the third this month.
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Diane Moriarty
Fourth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Miss Moriarty
Weida’s
First Avenue NE
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Delay on annexation of 38 acres to Cedar Rapids
City council defers annexation of 38.7 acres on Cedar Rapids northwest side filed by Roy and Irma Bindler to rezone for single family homes. City Engineer cites storm drainage concerns at Montclair drive Owen street and Eve Avenue and urges further sewer work or a detention basin before action. Public Improvements Commissioner Phillips urges addressing problems first.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Roy
Irma C. Bindler
E Avenue
Jacolyn Drive
Jon Janda
Montclair Drive
Owen Street
Truck Crash in Java Kills 44 Injures Seven
A collision between two trucks carrying villagers home from a holiday celebration in central Java on Saturday killed at least 44 people and injured seven, authorities said. The AP report indicates the figures were confirmed in reports reaching Jakarta on Tuesday.
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Jakarta
Java
Public Hearing Set for Jan 6 On Street Job
Cedar Rapids city council will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. January 6 on the Mt. Vernon road SE widening project funded partly by federal highway funds. The $909,000 project covers Tenth Street from Fifth Avenue to Mt. Vernon Road SE, Eighth Avenue between Tenth and Eighth Streets SE, and Mt. Vernon Road to Memorial Drive SE. Contracts for the major portion are hoped to be let next April or May.
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Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Mt. Vernon Road
Eighth Avenue
Tenth
Eighth Streets
Memorial Drive
Want ads perform an important community service
A brief readers’ note cites the value of daily want ads as a key community service, urging residents to read them regularly for local needs, opportunities, and notices.
Charge Against Man Dismissed In Larceny Case
Andrew Gaal twenty of 1700 Fifteenth Avenue SE had a larceny of a motor vehicle charge discharged in municipal court after a preliminary hearing found insufficient evidence to hold him. He allegedly stole a car from the 100 block of Seventh Avenue SW on October 29. The vehicle is registered to Michael Kauzlarich of 709 First Street SW.
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Andrew Gaal
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Seventh Avenue
Michael Kauzlarich
First Street
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