Police Exam Date Is Set for Cedar Rapids Recruitment
Cedar Rapids civil service panel set January 12 for written police exams with applications due by December 22. Eligible applicants age 21 to 31, high school or GED, vision, hearing, and moral criteria apply. Starting pay listed at 11,107.20 yearly plus uniform, shoes and dry cleaning allowances. academy lasts four months.
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Cedar Rapids
City Civil Service Commission
Commission
City Hall
Second Avenue
Ed Colton
Colton
Civil Service Commission
Coney Weather Update and River Stage Brief
Wednesday high and overnight low temperatures noted with NE wind at 16 mph. Friday sunrise 6 30 sunset noted. Year Ago Today high 75 low 60 no precipitation. Extended forecast fair Saturday Sunday with a chance of showers Monday highs in 70s and lows in 50s. Coralville Lake and Mississippi River stages show rises at LaCrosse Lansing Dam 9 McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keokuk Cedar at C.R. with varying inches and rises.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Rise
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Cedar
C.R
Seven Charged With Drunk Driving In City Arrests
Seven people were charged with drunk driving Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Calvin A. Pierce, 19, of 1311 Fourth Street NW, was arrested in the incident.
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Calvin A. Pierce
Fourth Street NW
Westdale mall project update eyed by local leaders
About 200 local businessmen city officials and other interested persons were scheduled for a dinner and review of plans for the Westdale mall near Edgewood road SW and Highway 149. The project developer Ernest W Hahn invited the group to Roosevelt Royale hotel. mall set to open spring 1979 with four major stores and nearly one million square feet of retail space including JC Penney Montgomery Ward and Brandies. Police reports list several arrests in the area on or near First Avenue NE and nearby streets. ON THIS DATE in 1946 Greece voted in a plebiscite to recall King George II.
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Westdale Mall
Ernest W. Hahn
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Edgewood Road
Highway 149
JC Penney
Montgomery Ward
Brandeis
Barbs Silent on Secrets in a Curious Exchange
A sharp exchange hints at withheld information as one party challenges the other to reveal supposed secrets. The dialogue centers on trust and the paradox of secret keeping among confidants.
Quad Cities Airport Closure Extended
The Quad Cities Airport closure is extended delaying travel for about 2000 passengers. Runways are under repair and weather and worker strain push reopening to 7 a.m. Saturday. United and Ozark divert travelers to Cedar Rapids and Peoria while private flights relocate to Davenport.
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Quad Cities
Quad City
Illinois
Iowa
George Kirk
Kirk
United and
Ozark Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Ill
Davenport
United
Lee Steward
Chicago
Moline
Ozark
Bill Osterhagen
Cedar Rapids Gazette Rates and Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription rates list carrier at $1.05 per week and mail options with prices for Afternoon Edition and weekends. The AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Grother Appeals Permit Revocation for Cliff's Auto
Cliff's Auto Repair owner Grother appeals the Iowa Department of Transportation action revoking the firm's motor vehicle inspection permit for one year. A hearing is set for September 22 in Des Moines after a July 26 hearing and an August 22 revocation date. Grother says the shop continues to provide vehicle inspections during the appeal.
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Cliff Grother
Cliff
B Avenue NE
Iowa Department of Transportation
Grother
Des Moines
Births and marriages from Mercy St Luke's Cedar Rapids area
Birth announcements list a Mercy Mercy Aug 31 a son and Sept 1 a son for Lint Whitson Rudd Gralund Kray and Kiesling families. St Luke's reports a daughter for Rudd and a son for Gralund and Kray. Out-of-town birth noted in Sioux City Kiesling family. Marriage licenses issued to several Cedar Rapids couples. Evening fires noted on Shaver road NE First avenue and Williams boulevard with minor incidents reported.
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Michael] Lint
Wilson Avenue
Jerry Whitson
Central City
St. Luke's
David M. Rudd
Seventeenth Street
Christopher S. Gralund
Bowling Street
David R. Kray
Newhall
Sioux City
Thomas Kiesling
Kiesling
Otto Kiesling
Middle
Amana
Donald C. Williong
Theresa A. Krahmer
William N. Colburn, Jr
Lisa R. Hastings
Barry A. Brown
Nancy L. Johnson
George F. Tourgee
Mary E. Paul
Danny R. Murphy
Tammy R. White
Thomas A. Flanagan
O. A. Galbraith
Cedar Rapids
Shaver Road
First Avenue
Thirty Eighth Street Drive
Williams Boulevard
Youngbear Faces Federal Murder Charge After Overturned State Case
Ellsworth Youngbear, a former Mesquakie settlement resident, faces a federal murder charge for the 1974 killing of Vincent Lasley. The state conviction was overturned in 1976, with federal jurisdiction cited under the major crimes act. He was released on 10000 dollar bond and awaiting grand jury action.
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Mesquakie
Ellsworth Youngbear
Tama County
Vincent Lasley
Youngbear
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
U.S
Edward J. McManus
McManus
James Hodges
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L Avenue NW
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C Avenue NE
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Marion
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Twenty-third Avenue
East Post Road
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Sandrol
Center Pt. Rd
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Tom Fruehling
Federal Courthouse
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Real Estate Academy
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