Suburban Section 8 Housing Proposals Move Forward
Three preliminary plans for federally subsidized Section 8 family housing in Cedar Rapids progressed as Linn County officials approved review by the Federal Housing Administration. The projects seek insured loans totaling 12.0 million dollars for 336 units across Cedar Rapids locations, including 6800 Council St. NE and 82nd Street C Avenue NE. FHA preliminary approval reserves funds but final sign‑off and construction await extensive review and comments.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Bob Douglass
Lake Forest
Council St
Nemec
Hickory Drive
Dan Hoeger
Marion
Colonial Park
82Nd Street
C Avenue
Bowman Woods
John Bach
Bach
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
City Planning Department
Oak Hill
ICLU Considers Legal Challenge Over Pope Visit
Iowa Civil Liberties Union board weighs whether actions by state and local agencies during Pope John Paul II's Oct 4 visit violate church state separation. they examine school closings county office shutdowns and use of state workers as diocese purchasing agents. potential actions range from none to court challenges, with diocese reimbursement promised for incurre d costs. Brown stresses focus on officials, not the diocese, and cites principled, historical concerns.
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Des Moines
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
John Paul II
ICLU
Steven Brown
Brown
Polk County
Joe Grubbs
Robert Ray
State General Services Department
Ray
ICSU
Des Moines Diocese Plans Special Collection for Papal Visit
Diocese of Davenport and Archdiocese of Dubuque mobilize fundraising for the pope’s October 4 visit with an estimated 1.2 million needed for security traffic sanitation and services. Bishops urge Catholics across Iowa to contribute at masses and appeals planned this weekend and the following weekend.
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Des Moines
Davenport
Dubuque
Maurice Ding
Iowa
Francis Henricksen
James Byrne
Byrne
John Quinn
San Francisco
U.S
Man Wins Case Over Radar Reading in Linn Court
John R. Banes, 25, of 1921 Mount Vernon Road SE, challenged a radar reading tied to a speeding ticket. In Linn District Court traffic division Magistrate Donna Paulsen acquitted him, citing lack of corroborating officer visual observation and possible radar interference from local terrain and devices.
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John R. Banes
Mount Vernon Road
Linn District
Banes
Donna Paulsen
Iowa Supreme Court
Paulsen
City schools open for Pope John Paul II visit
Cedar Rapids area public schools will not close October 4 for the Papal visit. Students with principal arrangements will receive excused absences in Cedar Rapids College Linn-Mar and Marion districts. Metropolitan Catholic Schools in Cedar Rapids will be closed.
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Cedar Rapids Area
John Paul II
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
College, Linn-Mar
Marion
One Car Hits Four Parked Vehicles in Anamosa
A Friday crash at Ford and Main in Anamosa injured one person and damaged four parked cars. Lonni Seeley, 19, lost control of a 1972 vehicle entering Main from North Ford, striking Jean Dunn's 1978 car, then veered and hit Carl Gerst's vehicle, pushing it into Lorraine Lenz's 1973 car. Helen Gerst treated and released. Total damage described as probably totaled for Seeley and Dunn, with other vehicles damaged $500 to $1,200.
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Anamosa
Ford
Main Streets
Lonni Seeley
Gerst
Lorraine Lenz
Independence
Helen Gerst
Anamosa Community Hospital
Seeley
Dunn
Wartburg hosts Cedar River Storyteller Festival in Wartburg College
Sponsors announce 13 Iowa storytellers for a free festival at Wartburg College Engelbrecht Library. The event runs 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Tuesday with librarians teachers and others serving children. Presentations include tell and draw and audience participation.
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Zoe Walke
Guttenberg
Barb Schwinefus
Decorah
Patricia Hunsberger
Elgin
James Fladland
Marcia Subatic
Sumner
Postville Herald Names Randy Bitting News Editor
Randy Bitting 25 is named news editor of the Postville Herald. A May graduate of Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville he will oversee sports and general news duties.
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Postville
Randy Bitting
Postville Herald
Bitting
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Ncews
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