New commissioner opposes airport housing pact
Robert M. L. Johnson, named to Cedar Rapids Airport Commission, opposes allowing airport director Roy Jameson to live in airport housing after retirement. Johnson, a former mayor, joins the panel next week to serve until Oct. 19, 1989, and says he supports building the new terminal economically and favors not using public property for private residence.
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Cedar Rapids
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Canney
Marion
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Romance language professor to lecture at Coe College
Stephen G. Nichols Jr. of Dartmouth College will visit Coe College as this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. He will present a slide lecture on Reading Between the Lines in Medieval Romance and Art Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Sinclair Auditorium. Open to the public.
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Stephen G. Nichols Jr
Dartmouth College
Coe College
Phi Beta Kappa
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Coe
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Munch
Conrad
Mann
Cherry Auditorium
Cat Misty Seeks New Home At Linn County Shelter
A one year old female cat named Misty waits at the Linn County Humane Shelter on Mount Vernon Road SE. Declawed, housebroken, and vaccinated, she is good with children and can be adopted for a 24 dollar fee.
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Misty
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Council Keeps 1984 Pay, Raises Voted for 1985
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved in final reading no pay raise for 1984 and a 4 percent increase for 1985. Mayor salary remains 39047.62 and rises to 40609.53. council members 35042.73 to 36444.44. State law bans self pay increases and salaries must be set before the city election. Three councilors are unopposed in the November 8 election. The meeting ended with a closed session on collective bargaining strategy.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Wayne Murdock
Harold Schaefer
Two assaults reported in Cedar Rapids area incidents
Police logged two assaults in Cedar Rapids. A 19 year old woman, after resisting a date’s advances in a parked car on 16th Avenue SW, escaped to a tavern with minor injuries. A 20 year old man was sprayed with fuel and struck at a Kenwood 66 station by a black male as three others joined the attacker. he received eye treatment at St Luke's Hospital and was released.
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Cedar Rapids
16Th Avenue
Kenwood 66
First Ave
Progress Show hosts honored by Farmers State Bank
Farmers State Bank will honor international Farm Progress Show hosts near Marion with framed color aerial photos at 11 30 a m in the bank lobby. Families named include Lumir Dostal Jr Sr Helen Hoskins Joe Meythaler Ron Meythaler Jim Mollenhauer Ken Taube and Lloyd Taube. A luncheon at Indian Creek Country Club will follow the presentation.
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Marion
Farmers State Bank
Lumir Dostal Jr
Lumir Dostal Sr
Helen Hoskins
Joe Meythaler
Ron Meythaler
Jim Mollenhauer
Ken Taube
Lloyd Taube
Butler for Cedar Rapids safety post pledges crime fight
Private detective David Butler running for Cedar Rapids safety commissioner cites an 11 percent rise in city crime in early 1983 versus a year earlier and calls for more officers and funding from the budget. He vows to clean up First Avenue, curb loitering and traffic, and says council members should work 60 to 70 hours weekly with a 10 percent pay cut.
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David Butler
Cedar Rapids
Butler
First Avenue
Metro Housing Association
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