Zoning Board Recommends Denial on Ross Petition Near Edgewood Bridge
Linn County zoning commission urged denial of Harold Ross rezoning 31.1 acres from rural to commercial near Edgewood road extension and a dump permit near Troy Mills. The panel also denied Otter Creek View Addition preliminary plat for excessive county road access. Approval recommended for Leslie Hopkins private landing strip east of Springville and Burns First addition plat in Coventry. About 15 objectors attended the meetings. The board will send its recommendations to supervisors next Tuesday.
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Linn County Zoning Commission
Harold Ross
Edgewood Road Bridge
Troy Mills
Otter Creek View Addition
Board of Supervisors
Leslie M. Hopkins
Springville
Burns
Covington
Ross
Edgewood Road
Walter H. Cook
Linn County
Waltonian Park
North Linn
Otter Creek
Toddville
Four Cedar Rapids burglaries probe by detectives
Cedar Rapids detectives investigated four break ins Tuesday and Wednesday. At Tic Toc tavern 600 Seventeenth Street NE a rear door was pried and $215 in change taken. Cafe Shiloh 5505 Center Point NE lost $115.80 in cash. Western Station and Store 3325 Johnson Ave NW was entered by broken glass with $1.35 missing. Bever Park swimming pool office building suffered the theft of more than 300 basket check pins.
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Cedar Rapids
Seventeenth Street
Shiloh
Center Point
Western Station
Johnson Avenue NW
Bever Park Swimming Pool
Monona Sets November Bid Opening for Airport Project
The town council of Monona has designated November 4 to open bids for a $20,000 airport construction project financed by state and federal funds.
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Monona
Jury Selected In Appeal Of Condemnation
The jury was chosen in the appeal of condemnation damages for the leasehold at 120 128 Third Street NE housing Danceland Islander tavern and Tropic Lanes. Wenksterns seek 250000 for a lease expiring May 1 1973 as part of Civic Center urban renewal.
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Third Street
Danceland
Tropic Lanes
W. H
Henrietta Wenkstern
Civic Center
Wenksterns
Thomas Bown
Esther Henderson
Center Point
Jerry D. Neal
Augustine Tallman
Marion
Gertrude R. Ross
Kenneth P. Binger
Mildred L. Cozad
Lorene E.spohn
Marie Bruns
Rose M. Dougherty
James M. Rogers
David B. Pickford
Albert Griffin
Cedar Rapids
Earlita Tescher
Miller Change Plea for Welfare Fraud in Linn Court
Joanne Miller of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to fraudulent acts in Linn district court and received a three month suspended jail term. She and her husband Gerald allegedly lied to welfare officials to obtain dependent children payments, claiming his illness prevented work. The husband’s suspended sentence hinges on repaying 902 dollars to the welfare department.
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Joanne Miller
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Gerald Miller
Welfare Department
Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving in Linn District Court
Arnold E. Hokanson aged 40 of 359 Fifteenth Avenue SW pled guilty Monday in Linn district court to a second offense drunk driving charge. Judge B. J. Maxwell fined him 500 dollars and revoked his license for 60 days with an additional four month suspension.
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Arnold E. Hokanson
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Linn
B. J. Maxwell
Hokanson
Police arrest after sobriety test failure in SW district
Authorities said Hokanson was arrested June 121 after failing sobriety tests. Police stated a vehicle struck a parked car at the intersection of Sixteenth Avenue and Hamilton Street SW.
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Hokanson
Sixteenth Avenue
Hamilton Street
Harold Akers Charged With Larceny In Cedar Rapids
Harold E. Akers 25 of Central City route one has been charged with larceny in Cedar Rapids municipal court. He is accused of taking a chain saw belonging to Gary Halstead of Coggan on Oct 10 and is held in the county jail without bond on suspicion of parole violation.
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Harold E. Akers
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Gary Halstead
Coggan
Akers
Woman Accused of Shoplifting at Local Spartan Store
Deloris I. Porter, 42, of 1321 D Avenue NE, arrested Monday at the Spartan store, 4601 First Avenue SE, for attempting to leave with lingerie valued at 2.36. She posted a 110 bond and was released from city jail.
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Deloris I. Porter
D Avenue NE
Spartan
First Avenue SE
ALC Refuses Draft Objector Change At Convention
The American Lutheran Church delegates reject selective conscientious objection during a six day convention in Omaha. They also back a war statement noting anxiety over the nation losing prestige and moral leadership due to Vietnam. The vote to study the draft reform proposal was 479 to 292.
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Omaha
American Lutheran Church
Vietnam
Starmont Board Approves New School Bus Plan
The Starmont school board voted 4 to 3 to adopt a new busing plan to start next Monday. Third and fourth graders stay in hometown schools while fifth graders go to Lamont and sixth graders to Arlington, reducing weekly bus miles and allowing elimination of three buses. Some parents opposed the change and some students previously refused rides after the plan was announced.
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Starmont
Lamont
Arlington
Hughes To Speak At Coe Meeting
Gov Harold Hughes Democratic candidate for U S senate will speak at Coe college convocation on Wednesday at 11 a m in Sinclair auditorium on the Coe campus. He will arrive about 10 40 a m from the airport for a brief reception before his speech. Both events are open to the public and arranged by the Coe public events committee. Hughes Republican opponent David Stanley is scheduled to attend a similar event next week.
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Harold Hughes
U.S. Senate
Coe Colege
Sinclair
Coe
Hughes
Coe Public Events Committee
David Stanley
Mannix to Speak at St. Luke's Hospital Dinner
Blue Cross of Northeast Ohio executive John R. Mannix will address St. Luke's Hospital board and guests after the hospital's 82nd annual meeting. He is a 45 year hospital administration veteran and a Trustees Award recipient of the American Hospital Association. Joseph W. Riley chairs the St. Luke's board. Louis B. Blair will introduce him.
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John R. Mannix
St. Luke's
Blue Cross
Northeast
Ohio
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mannix
American Hospital Assn
Cleveland
Blue Cross Organization
Joseph W. Riley
St. Luke’s
Louis B. Blair
Fire Destroys Barn Near Independence
Fire about 2 p.m. Monday destroyed a 40 by 60 foot barn and corn crib on the Henderson farm three miles northeast of Independence. Two thousand bushels of shelled corn were burned. a nearby machine shed was scorched. Neighbor Harold Rowe reported the blaze. Winthrop firemen were aided by Independence and Quasqueton departments. The house residents are Mr. and Mrs. Breitsprecher. the land is farmed by the Hendersons.
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Independence
Victor Henderson
Here
Harold Rowe
Winthrop
Robert Breitsprecher
Hendersons
Masonville Woman Bound Over On False Uttering Charge
Independence Elva Jean McPherson of rural Masonville bound over to district court on a charge of false uttering of a check. She was arrested Monday by Sheriff Fred Beier.
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Independence
Elva
Jean McPherson
Masonville
Fred Beier
Speaker urges annual sessions of legislature reform
A League of Women Voters speaker told a Hope Lutheran church group that annual legislative sessions are needed as states move toward professional lawmakers. She cited efficiency from yearly sessions, noted growing special sessions, and urged voters to back five constitutional amendments including annual sessions and legislative compensation.
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Legue of Women Voters
Hope Lutheran Church Women's
James Blasingame
General Assembly
Juveniles Arrested On Separate Counts
Cedar Rapids police youth bureau arrested two 16 year olds on consecutive counts. One was accused of shoplifting a soft drink at Sun Mart Center Point, the other allegedly assaulted a peer in an alley near Sixteenth Street SE and broke a tooth. Both were held for questioning then released to parents and referred to probation officials.
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Police Youth Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Sun Mart
Center Point Read
Sixteenth Street
Winneshiek School Board Sets Bond Election Date
The North Winneshiek school board schedules November 27 for a 107000 dollar bond referendum to fund a school addition. A similar proposal failed narrowly in May.
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Barr Oak
North Winneshiek
Linn County candidates debate at Jefferson High
Ten of twelve candidates spoke at a candidates night in the Little Theater at Jefferson high school. Incumbents George Michel and Anthony Scolaro led discussions on budgets, roads, and efficiency with other candidates outlining tax care, space expansion, and modernized procedures.
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Linn County
Jefferson High School
George E. Michel
Marion
Floyd B. Emmons
Plane Landing at C R Airport Sustains Minor Wingtip Damage
A light plane received minor wingtip damage during landing at the Municipal airport just before 4 p.m. The pilot from Redfield reported a gust of wind as he touched down and the wingtip scraped the runway. Damage was slight and did not halt the flight, which stopped to pick up a passenger.
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Redfield
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George Clifford
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James R. Stephenson
Perry
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Walter Grant
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Department of Social Welfare
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