First Avenue East widening plan unveiled in Gazette
City Hall reports a block of First Avenue East will be restructured to six lanes with two eastbound through lanes and two left turn lanes onto northbound 13th Street. The plan, proposed by Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer, removes grass parkings on both sides to ease campus area congestion near Coe College.
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First Avenue
Coe College
Mel Meyer
12Th
13Th Streets
13Th Street
One Way Conversion on 12th and 13th Streets Sparks Traffic Widening Plan
In 1976 12th and 13th streets were converted to one way directions with 12th southbound and 13th northbound. A proposed First Avenue widening would cost about 40000 dollars with half funded by USTEP and the city covering the rest. North side widening would cost 20000 dollars and the city would pay fully. Work is expected to take about four weeks late next spring or summer.
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12Th
13Th Streets
12Th Street
13Th Street
First Avenue
Meyer
USTEP
Fire damages Atlas Chemical plant in Hiawatha
Damages estimated at eighty thousand dollars after a fire at Atlas Chemical Co. in Hiawatha destroyed the plant. Wayne Breeden owns the building. contents valued at thirty thousand with twenty thousand insured. Two employees were treated and released from Mercy Hospital. Fire Chief Don Mohler cited a possible mixing machine cause and noted a possibly empty extinguisher.
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Atlas Chemical Co
Hiawatha
Don Mohler
Mohler
Wayne Breeden
First Ave
Marion
Atlas Chemical
Mercy Hospital
Parkade to Open November 1 With Automated System
The Five Seasons Parkade beside the Five Seasons Community Center and Stouffer Hotel will open on November 1. It features 800 spaces and is claimed as the first 100 percent automated parking ramp in the United States, with no cashier. Motorists insert a ticket, pay via a machine, and receive an exit pass at three exits. Rates are 25 cents per hour, with about 200 spaces held for monthly parking at 25 dollars. A 300-space lot under I 380 near First and Third streets will open in October with 15 cent hourly rates, and a 60-space lot east of Third Street near I 380 will open next year. IDOT owes 330 spaces from I 380 construction, to be surfaced by the department.
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Five Seasons Community Center
Five Seasons
Stouffer Hotel
Mel Meyer
United States
Tote
Newark
Del
Meyer
First
Third Streets
A and B Avenues
Third Street
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Worthington Acres Water Main Extension Plans
The Worthington Acres water main project plans and specifications are published. City Water Department Director Lee Coppock says the project totals about 360000 dollars and will run mostly 12 inch mains along Highway 30 and C Street SW into Worthington Acres, with completion hoped by June 15, 1979.
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Worthington Acres
Lee Coppock
City Water Department
Highway 30
C Street
Ely Road
Coppock
City signs six signalized crossings agreement with railroad
Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer announced that the city has signed six cross ing signalization agreements with the Chicago and North Western Railroad. Each crossing work costs about 55000 dollars with 90 percent funded by the state and 10 percent by the city. The railroad will perform the work. Police report a burglary arrest of Kim William Schulte 21 of 3940 Sherman St NE on a Monday night connected to a theft of a .38 caliber revolver and holster from the Tom Carney residence at 2601 33rd Ave SW with the Saturday theft noted.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
Mel Meyer
C Street
Ely Road
Meyer
Kim William Schulte
Sherman St. NE
Schulte
Tom Carney
33Rd Ave
Scolaro Hearing Set Before Judicial Qualifications Panel
Linn Associate District Judge Anthony R. Scolaro will face a closed hearing Wednesday before the Commission on Judicial Qualifications. The 54 year old judge is under investigation since February for conduct in court. if findings are unfavorable formal charges could follow toward removal by the state Supreme Court.
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Linn
Anthony R. Scolaro
Commission On Judicial Qualifications
Scolaro
Iown Attorney General’s Office
Commission
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Richard Grossman
Marshalltown
Beaten Cedar Rapids Teenager Critical After Hy-Vee Assault
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids teen was beaten outside Hy Vee at 32nd Street and Oakland Road NE. Robert Neve 166 17th Ave SW was taken to St Luke's Hospital around 9 p m Sunday and is in critical condition. Mark Inger 17 was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily injury. Police say three youths argued with Neve as he was leaving. two others were not charged.
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Cedar Rapids
32Nd Street
Oakland Road
Robert Neve
17Th Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mark Inger
Inger
Neve
Record Registration At Coe College On Labor Day
Coe College registered 397 new students on Labor Day, the largest influx since 1970, boosting 1978-79 enrollment to 1,219. Freshmen Gaylinn Greenwood from Milwaukee and Krista Hansen of Iowa City, with Craig Zemke and Jeff Whaley, were photographed at the event.
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Coe College
Gaylinn Greenwood
Milwaukee
Craig Zemke
23Rd St. NE
Krista Hansen
Iowa City
Jeff Whaley
Duluth
Minn
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