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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1976

Page

7

Cedar Rapids City Council Acts on Land purchase and Zoning

City council meets with mayor and all commissioners present. Actions include purchase of land along the Vinton ditch for $100 down, bids for air conditioning repair, water pollution control design grants, street and water facility engineering agreements, road and street work approvals, annexations, traffic and street light orders, zoning reclassifications and hearings, taxicab license hearing, and protests over utility rate hikes and street changes. Public hearings show rezoning requests for multiple parcels and final plats approved for Cottage Grove Acres First Addition and Tow's Second Addition. Protests on stop light arrow, speed bumps, and Aspen Lane closure noted.

Cedar Rapids Resolution Duane L Beverly J. VanHorn Johnson Avenue NW Vinton Ditch Fresco Refrigeration Co Howard R. Green Co St. Luke's Methodist Hospital Twelfth Street First Avenue E Tenth Street Cedar Memorial Cemetery Cedar Rapids Asphalt and Paving Co Cottage Grove Avenue Thirty Bernard F Yvonne E. Beranek First Avenue Elmer Judith McCoy Oakland Road Benner Tea Co Mt. Vernon Road Forty-second Street Center Point Road R.W. Rinderknecht Co Glass Road JDR Development Co., Inc F Avenue NW Kenneth R. Harstad Cottage Grove Acres Riley N. Crawford A Avenue Thirty-second Street Hogan Avenue Leola M. Baierlein White Pine Drive Aspen Lene

Oldest U.S. Prisoner Dies Sanza at 83

Vicente Sanza, once the federal system’s oldest inmate, died at 83 in the federal prison hospital at Springfield Missouri. He began his life sentence in 1926 for second degree murder tied to a card game killing at a Rose Inlet cannery in Ketchikan Alaska. His parole bid after 50 years was nearing consideration.

Washington Vicente Sanza Sanza Federal Prison Hospital Springfield Philippines Lanza Rose Inlet Salmon Cannery Ketchikan Alaska

Grant Wood AEA Wins Publication Award

Grant Wood AEA earned a first place in the 1976 school and college publications contest by Nation's Schools Report for its tri monthly educational publication Profile. Over 1500 entries came from 246 schools, 286 colleges, and 25 state education departments and school board associations. Wayne Haddy at 4401 Sixth Street SW invites requests for a copy of the award winning entry.

Grant Wood Area Education Agency Wayne Haddy Sixth Street

Miss America Pageant Wins Ratings Crown

NBC's Miss America Pageant topped the week's TV ratings with about 26 million homes, while CBS Ford campaign ads drew roughly 3.7 million homes. Nielsen ranked the top 20 shows for the period ending Sept 12, with Laverne and Shirley and Starsky and Hutch also high.

Los Angeles NBC Notso Ford CBS A.C. Nielsen Co Republican Party Nielsen van Dyke and Co

Dog's Life: Pulling Loads Of 500 Pounds

In Seattle a 1-year-old boy uses his 2-year-old Doberman Brutus to pull a 3 by 2 foot dog cart to the grocery. Brutus learns commands and can haul up to 500 pounds while enjoying a couch and treats. In Detroit a $2 million Horace E Dodge fountain, designed by Isamu Noguchi, opens with computerized water shapes funded by a Dodge family bequest.

Seattle Cleo Smith Smith Brutus Detroit UPI Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Isamu Noguchi Dodge

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Twelfth Avenue Larry Leigh Sutliff Jacolyn Drive Cedar Hills Development Co Thirty-second Street Drive Mt. Calvary Cemetery Assn U.S Grant Wood AEA Ceramic Sale Reea Cael Mae Ae Valenta Sylvania T-Matic GTE Sylvania GTS Sylvania Jatavia N.Y Valerta TV and Stereo B Ave Erelings Ebeling Zenith Ebeling’s Allergio Marion MGS Ebelings Mel Iby Morris Lindale Plaza
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