Renewal Bids Placed for Iowa City Urban Renewal Land
Iowa City officials opened 34 bids from 28 developers for 13 acres of urban renewal land in the downtown district valued at 1.3 million dollars. Old Capitol Associates offered over 1.4 million for all parcels except one near Things and Things and Things after previous contract was ruled illegal. Dey Building Corp bid on the block west of the city library, designated for a modern motor hotel with a 450 vehicle parking ramp planned nearby. Officials aim to select by October 18 after staff review, cautioned that the highest bid may not win automatic approval.
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Iowa City
Old Capitol Associates
Old Capitol
Johnson County
College Block
Dey Building Corp
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Consumers
Carol Foreman
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
GOP
Regents Scale Down Building Fund Requests
Iowa City The state board of regents tentatively cuts next year’s building asks to 12.6 million for three state universities and the Iowa School for the Deaf with 15.24 million deferred to 1979. Bonds totaling 6.74 million were approved with ISU and U of I selling 3.6 and 3.14 million respectively. Priorities include 605 thousand for Lindquist Center Phase II at the University of Iowa and ISU requests for a new music building and quadrangle renovations.
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Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Iowa School For the Deaf
John Nuveen and Associates of Chicago
Iowa State University
ISU
University of Iowa
U of I
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Lindquist Center
Lindquist
College of Education
Department of Psychology
ISU Official To Sell University Bank Stock
ISU vice president of information Carl Hamilton announced his withdrawal from ownership in University Bank and Trust Co of Ames amid concerns over a potential conflict of interest with ISU accounts. He will transfer his stake by Sept. 24 while Don Parr Richard Stark Jr. and Duane Sandage assume his shares, with final transfer expected by month’s end.
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Iowa City
Iowa State University
ISU
Carl Hamilton
State Board of Regents
Hamilton
University Bank and Trust Co
Ames
Regents
Iowa
Robert Parks
Mary Louise Petersen
Harlan
University Bank
Don Parr
Clarion
Richard Stark, Jr
Webster City
Duane Sandage
Iowa Community Colleges Spend Hefty on Public Relations
Iowa's 15 area community colleges reported 1975 76 fiscal year spends on information services totaling 285 320 with major shares for Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids leading at 47 630. Printing and reproduction and communications costs also listed by area with Marshalltown lowest in information services.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lloyd Smith
Smith
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Area 10
Area 6
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Davenport
Ankeny
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Creston
Ottumwa
Burlington
Vevera Announces Run for Re election in Iowa City
City council member Robert Vevera declared he will seek re election to one of two at large seats in the November 8 election. He is the first incumbent to announce. rivals Max Selzer and Pat Foster have not stated intentions.
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Vevera
Iowa City
Robert Vevera
Max Selzer
Pat Foster
Second Fisher Murder Retrial Opens in Clayton County
A seven man five woman jury is seated for the murder retrial of Dennis Fisher 31 Anamosa man charged with the 1975 death of Masonville farmer Howard Miller Fisher was previously found guilty of first degree murder a conviction reversed by the Iowa supreme court which ruled an error in jury instructions regarding self defense The retrial begins Monday in Clayton County district court
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Eleader
Dennis Fisher
Anamosa
Masonville
Howard Miller
Fisher
Iowa Supreme Court
Ourt
Dubuque District Court
Thomas Nelson
Clayton County District Court
Iowa City bids reflect urban renewal push and new safety measures
City officials weigh bids for downtown development amid stalled projects and new consultants after an adverse court ruling. City Manager Neal Berlin notes higher land bids for occupied blocks and says a mixed use bicycle shop area could be preferred. Bids arrive from firms as far as Minneapolis as reconstruction plans hinge on renewal success.
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Neal Berlin
the Gazette
College Block
Paul Graves
Plaza Center One
Old Capitol Associates
Berlin
Minneapolis
Minn
Iowa City
Midwest
Civic Center
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GOP Blames Clark For Farm Prices
Des Moines Iowa Republicans launch a campaign to blame Democrats and Sen Dick Clark for low commodity and farmland prices. Roger Pease proposes a 25 member Republican Farm Council to push policy on markets, grain uses and foreclosures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S
Dick Clark
Roger Pease
Waterloo
GOP
State Central Committee
Pease
Republican Farm Council
Carter
Enrollment Rises at University of Iowa for Fall
Fall enrollment at the University of Iowa reaches 22,766, up 373 or 1.67 percent from last year. Liberal arts adds 304 students to total 12,317, with on campus counts across business, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and graduate programs. The student body comprises 12,510 men and 10,256 women.
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University of Iowa
W.A. Cox
Cox
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