Apartment dish irks cable firm in Iowa City
Pete Peterson of Liberty Communications says the Iowa-Illinois Manor at 505 E Burlington St offers five satellite channels without paying program originators, violating the Federal Communications Act and Copyright Act. He notes Hawkeye CableVision rebroadcasts legally and urges city action to end the pirating and protect franchise fees. The building owners unavailable for comment.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
OWA City
Iowa City
Pete Peterson
Liberty Communications
Broadband Telecommunications Commission
Iowa- Illinois Manor
Burlington St
Peterson
Kgan-Tv
Kwwl-Tv
Kcrgtv
Federal Communications
HBO
Cinemax
Petersen
Liberty
Hawkeye CableVision
Hawkeye
WGN
WTBS
Iowa-Illinois Manor
Cedar Rapids school board weighs budget and gifted program changes
Cedar Rapids Community School District leaders meet to approve state aid reductions of 730 432 and fund a 950 000 cash reserve. They consider changes to the Extended Learning Program shifting to a talent pool and raising participant limits, plus alterations to high school course offerings and a new policy on political materials in schools.
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Kurt Rogahn
Wette Education
Cedar Rapids
Naisbitt Group
Terry Branstad
Cedar Rapids Association For the Talented and Gifted
Dren
Waterloo man shot over debt ends in arrest
Elvin Glasper, 56, of Waterloo is jailed on a tentative murder charge after a shooting on Oneida Street left Dennis Lavelle Hutt with shotgun wounds. Hutt, 34, was treated and released from Allen Memorial Hospital. Police were called at 8:42 a.m. Saturday.
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Waterloo
Elvin Glasper
N. Barclay Sr
Waterloo City
Oneida Street
Dennis Lavelle Hutt
Oneida St
Hutt
Allen Memorial Hospital
Airport safety officers offered one year contract in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids airport offers airport safety officers a one year contract with a 20 cent hourly raise and no change to insurance or fringe benefits. Local 2607 seeks a two year deal with 50 cent and 53 cent raises plus full dental premiums for workers and dependents.
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Cedar Rapids
CAMA
Assault charges filed against Cedar Rapids man over officers
Charles Kirkpatrick, 25, of Hiawatha, was charged with two counts of assault intoxication and interfering with official acts after kicking an officer in the chest and spitting in another officer’s face during arrest. He was arrested around 8 p.m. on Center Point Road NE and released from Linn County Jail without bond after an initial court appearance.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Kirkpatrick
Pebble Lane
Hiawatha
Center Point Road
Kirkpatrick
Linn
Linn District Court
Linn officials charge seven with drunken driving arrests
Seven people were arrested in Linn County on Friday night and early Saturday for drunken driving. Names include Kathryn L. Shelton 40 Lorenz L. Andresen 38 Kevin J. Northway 29 John P. Leslein 18 Donovan B. Akins 26 Daniel R. Harris 21 and William S. Boedecker 31 each facing additional charges such as license violations weapons possession equipment violations and speeding. Police reports list locations across Linn County including Sixth Street SW Edgewood Road Dennis Drive NW Highway 151 First Avenue East and Bertram.
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Linn County
Kathryn L. Shelton
Kirkwood Blvd
Sixth Street
Lorenz L. Andresen
Dennis Drive
Edgewood Road
Kevin J. Northway
Donovan B. Akins
Lindale Drive
Ninth Street
Daniel R. Harris
27Th St
Bertram
William S. Boedecker
Johnson Avenue NW
Linn District Court sentences multiple defendants
Wallace N. Galbreath of Cedar Rapids received five years for second-degree theft after a $901 bad check in October. Gene R. Clark, Cedar Rapids, got five years for a third offense drunk driving after his February arrest. Phyllis L. Kirby of Belton Mo. had probation revoked on a third-degree theft, with the suspended sentence revised to 60 days in jail.
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Linn District Court
Wallace N. Galbreath
Cedar Rapids
Gene R. Clark
Phyllis L. Kirby
Belton Mo
Canada and U S Agree In Principle On Great Lakes Pollution Plan
In 1971 Canada and the United States reportedly agreed in principle on a joint approach to polluting the Great Lakes. The wartime destruction of Lidice by the Gestapo in 1942 is noted as a separate historic event.
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Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Lidice
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