Abbreviated Boyson Road project wins City Council approval
The Marion City Council unanimously approved a shortened Boyson Road from Alburnett Road to 10th Street, rejecting an eastern leg to Indian Creek Road. About 75 residents opposed the eastern extension but supported the compromise to save money and avoid unnecessary traffic.
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Boyson
Marion
Alburnett Road
10Th Street
Indian Creek Road
25Th Avenue
Ed Abodeely
25Th Ave
Abodeely
Boyson Road
Cedar Rapids
William Grundy
Grundy
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Shire-Hattery
Leighton Ford
29Th Avenue
Cul-de-sac Parking Ban Clears First Reading
Marion City Council approved the first reading on a proposed ordinance banning parking on new cul-de-sac streets to improve fire truck and snowplow access in housing developments. The ban would apply only to cul-de-sacs built after enactment. dissenting members favored wider cul-de-sacs to accommodate on street parking and service vehicles.
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Marion
Carl Foster
Vic Klopfenstein
William Grundy
Jeff Schott
Jane Boyd Community House director resigns position
Michael L Richards 29 executive director for 11 months resigns and vacates his post as of last week. He cites personal arts pursuits in Stone City and involvement in an alternative school. Evelyn Jackson named acting executive director as board searches for a replacement. Jane Boyd Community House operates at 14th Avenue and 10th Street SE and relies on donations and United Way.
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Michael L. Richards
Jane Boyd
Richards
Jacqueline Aschoff
Stone City
the Gazette Today
Aschoff
Evelyn Jackson
14Th Avenue
10Th Street SE
United Way
Notable facts from early American history and education
A trivia note lists about 200000 foreign students enrolled in US colleges and universities. It also recalls the 1804 duel in which Aaron Burr shot U S Treasurer Alexander Hamilton.
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Aaron Burr
U.S
Alexander Hamilton
Marion man appears in Linn Court on kidnapping charge
A Marion man attended Linn District Court Thursday in a case tied to a kidnapping. Earlier in the week a warrant was issued for two suspects in the abduction of Park Scott, who was forced from his apartment at gunpoint and driven away. Scott was later released unharmed. Police had arrested 28 year old David Nees of Missouri on second degree kidnapping charges. Benjamin Britton voluntarily appeared with counsel and was ordered held on $25 000 bond.
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Marion
Linn District Court
Park Scott
Scott
Park
Missouri
David Nees
Benjamin Britton
Seventh Ave
Michael Fay
John Siebenmann
Britton
Nimble Thimble Club Plans Kalona Trip
Members of the Nimble Thimble Quilt Club plan a trip to Kalona Historical Village on Oct 12 and invite the public. Reservations via Velma Lawrence at 377-1870. Also noted is a Sunday brunch at Hearty Appetite, 1155 7th Avenue in Marion, from 9 am to 2 pm. A car fire occurred at 18th Street and 11th Avenue.
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Nimble Thimble Quilt Club
Kalona
Velma _ Lawrance
7Th Avenue
Marion
18Th Street
11Th Avenue
Letelier Assassination Bomb Kills Chilean Foreign Minister
On this date in 1976 the former Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier was killed when a bomb exploded in his car in Washington D C. The attack drew international condemnation and heightened tensions over Chilean exile politics.
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Orlando Letelier
Washington, D.C
Coe College Records Largest Enrollment in a Decade
Coe College reports fall enrollment of 1,320, the highest in ten years. Registrar John J. Jackobs notes 1978 total was 1,243 and 1969 had 1,332. The 1979 figure includes 1,201 daytime and 119 continuing education students, with 414 new students and 109 international students up from 69.
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Coe College
Coe
John J. Jackobs
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Tom Fruehling
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Linn County
Roy Roseberry
Roseberry
Charlie Heins
Wes
Ralston SE Sman
Ralston Insurance, Inc
First Avenue
Jil Zilarioo
Patton
Kentucky
James B. Beam Distilling Co
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3Rd Ave
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