Cedar Rapids allocates funds for four neighborhood upgrades
Cedar Rapids Community Development Pri orities committee outlined a 1976 budget of 1.359 million for year two of the program. The Oak Hill Riverside Time Check and Coe Mt Vernon areas receive targeted allocations including property acquisition relocation and rehabilitation funds with a public hearing set for December 17 at city hall. Scott Olson notes a new Cedar Lake-Daniels Park area for future projects and the urban renewal board backs the plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Oak Hill
Riverside
Cee-Mt. Vernon
City Hall
Fifteenth Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Park
Priorities Committee
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
Twelfth Avenue Bridge
Riverside Roundhouse
Avenue NW
Fifth and Sixth Streets
Scott Olson
Cedar lake-Daniels Park
Olson
Urban Renewal Board
Don Salyer
Two Injured In Accident Caused by Ice
Marcella Marie McCune a 48 year old of 135 Thirty third street drive SE was in fair condition at St Luke s hospital Tuesday with a fractured jaw and a fractured right heel from a two vehicle collision Her daughter in law Linda 24 of 448 Seventh avenue Marion was treated for a right knee laceration and a right elbow injury and released Police said the women were injured shortly after 4 pm Monday on the Sixteenth Avenue SW viaduct when the elder s car veered out of control struck the bridge railing and crossed into the path of an eastbound pickup driven by William Bushnell Tomkins 21 of 800 Twenty first avenue SW Ice and snow covered roadway contributed to the accident No charges were filed.
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Marcella Marie McCune
Thirty-third Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Crane plant halts bomb production after decade
Crane naval weapons center in Indiana stopped bomb production for the first time in 10 years as no major conflicts involve American weapons. With ample stockpiles, only routine maintenance of stored bombs will occur. The facility, a key Vietnam War era supplier, recently discontinued 2000 pound bomb production after a 500 pound line had shut earlier. About 200 workers affected.
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Crane, Ind
Crane Naval Weapons Support Center
Crane
Indiana
Vietnam
Feasibility testing for city landfill advances at council vote
Cascade city council reversed earlier action and voted 3-1 to proceed with borings to assess if the city owned landfill can be kept. A $54,000 grant from the department of housing and rural development will drill a new city well. Bids set for next spring. police car purchase approved for $2,000.
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Cascade
Cascade City Council
Department of Housing and Rural Development
Washington High Jazz Band at Ames Festival Dec 4
Washington High School jazz band opens at the Ames Festival on Dec 4 at 1 p.m. in C Y Stephens Auditorium with a concert and Woody Herman clinic to follow. The group also performs Dec 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Washington Auditorium featuring Spain Malaguena and Hank's Opener. Jazz band II and the Washington Symphonic Band appear with fanfare and preludes. Admission 1.25 for adults 75 cents for students.
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Washington High School
Revolutionists
Iowa State University
C.Y. Stephens
Woody Herman
Ames
Washington Auditorium
Spain
Malaguena
Hank
Jazz Band II
Washington Symphonic Band
Hasley Wins Swisher Post Swisher’s run-off council winner drawn for tie
Hasley won the three way tie for Swisher city council. The Iowa code tie result used a hat draw by Johnson County Supervisor Chairman Loreda Sor. The run-off added two council seats alongside two elected Nov 4. Mayor Floyd Gardner was re-elected. Steve Pudil and John Serbousek won council seats.
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Swisher
Eldon Hasley
Johnson County
Loreda Sor
Hasley
Terry Potter
James Wagner
Iowa
Floyd Gardner
Steve Pudil
John Serbousek
Ronald Sadderis
Robert McQueen
Judge Denies He Said He'd Rule Against New Helmet Law
Iowa case drama centers on claims Judge Anthony Scolaro would rule the helmet law unconstitutional. Scolaro says he has not read the law, will digest arguments, and may take another look before deciding.
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Linn County Associate District Court
Anthony Scolaro
Lowan
Rick Langguth
Iowa United Motorcycle Defense
IUMD
Scolaro
Tom Koehler
Langguth
Lynne Brady
Duwayne Silvertsen
Center Point
Silvertsen
Koehler
Daily Lowan
Mary Schnack
Oelwein Woman Struck by Auto
Mrs. James Kenniston a 20 year old resident of Oelwein was hit by a car while walking on a street around 9 am She remained in good condition at Oelwein hospital with injuries The driver Jeff Reed 75 also of Oelwein veered onto the sidewalk struck Kenniston and the car then hit a tree Reed was hospitalized and in good condition Police said charges were pending and investigations continued
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Oelwein
James Kenniston
Oelwein Hospital
O6celwein
Jeff Reed
Kenniston
Reed
Waldheim Sees Syrian Push for Peace Progress
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim says Syria seeks an overall Middle East settlement and progress beyond a stalled peace process as the Golan Heights peacekeeping force faces a Sunday mandate expiry. Israel backs a six month extension without conditions. Waldheim travels region hoping to bridge gaps to keep the force operating.
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Jerusalem
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
U.N
Golan Heights
Syria
Yigal Allon
Israel
Waldheim
Damascus
Cairo
Beirut
Middle East
Thief Takes Jelly and Preserves in Break‑In
A thief broke into Ish Phillips residence at 938 Fifteenth Avenue SW while the couple slept and stole three pints of homemade apple jelly and three quarts of pear preserves valued at $18. Phillips reported the break in and the theft occurred Monday.
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Ish
Phillips
Fifteenth Avenue
Purse Snatcher Strikes Downtown in Cedar Rapids
Bernice Briney reported a white male about 19 snatched her purse containing $14 in the 300 block of Third Avenue SE at 6 p.m. He threw her to the ground, injuring her chin and chest but she did not need hospitalization. He was last seen north along Fourth Street railroad tracks.
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Bernice Briney
Twenty-seventh Street
Third Avenue
Tire slashings reported in C R
Tires on two vehicles on the southwest side were reported slashed Monday. Ray Brown of Lamont reported the rear tires on his truck slashed at Matson Truck Line, 820 Sixty-sixth Avenue SW. Jack Summers of the Iowa Department of Transportation told police someone slashed five tires on a pickup at the department's off
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Ray Brown
Lamont
Matson Truck Line
Sixty-sixth Avenue
Jack Summers
Iowa Department of Transportation
Radios stolen from cars in two residences
Two citizen band radios valued at 350 were reported missing Monday from vehicles at owners residences. Henry Solbrig of 879 Twelfth street NE reported a 200 radio taken. Jeff McClun of 368 Fourteenth avenue SW reported a 150 radio taken from his locked car.
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Henry Solbrig
Twelfth Street
Jeff McClun
Fourteenth Avenue
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1St Ave
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