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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1968
Page
15
Cedar Rapids downtown parking consultant recommends higher meter fees and stiffer penalties to push motorists to off street lots. Safety Commissioner Oberthien disclosed the plan to the city council, noting the aim is to ease loop traffic and support urban renewal.
County engineer William Harrington reports rising complaints about a railroad crossing near the North Western yards in Beverly. The city can curb blocking beyond five minutes, but the county cannot enforce similar limits. Officials fear a serious accident as gates rise and drivers hurry to cross. The city council discussed the issue but offered no solution.
A Cedar Rapids official urges immediate reporting of gun sales to the county recorder within 24 hours to aid law enforcement. The mayor notes dealers have varied reporting frequencies, while police maintain their own gun sale records and registration cards.
Cedar Rapids planning department wins permission to use national ads to attract bidders for sale and redevelopment of urban renewal properties. Two ads will run in Wall Street Journal Midwest edition and one in the national edition. Ads cover sales on November 6 and December 4, with costs of 1794.24 paid by federal urban renewal funds.
Judge Edward J. McManus denied multiple motions for Everett Gross and four co defendants on a 27 count mail fraud indictment alleged to target a correspondence school scheme. Defendants claimed jury taint and illegal postal interceptions. postal officials denied the latter. Additional defendants Paul Brunet Joseph Pygman and Harlan Pygman await trial October 21. Gross, once jailed in Linn County, was sentenced to four years for a prior fraud case and has appealed to the Eighth Circuit.
In Atlanta newsprint prices rise five dollars per ton effective Jan 1 1969 as Clarendon Paper Sales cites rising wood and operating costs and supports mills research. Separately in Linn district court Frank and Adora Jones appeal a 92785 award for 12.7 acres along Edgewood road SW and highway 149. Jurors named include Thomas Sheam Rita Hill Sharon Price Norma Schuster Augustine Tallman Mary Ellen Marks Edna Hamer Nancy Loftgard Charles Uchytillila Lee Krejeci Edna Geski Clarence Nippe and alternate Ted Demory Cedar Rapids neighbors.
Courthouse News reports the county failed to secure property access and grants the Ross family extra time to appoint an appraiser. Under the board chosen condemnation method, one appraiser is selected by the board, one by the property owners, and one by the first two appraisers. The Ross family tests negotiating terms and a Friday meeting is set for 9 a.m. Don Fishel of Cedar Rapids is the board's appraiser.
Harold J. and Mabel Ross inform Linn County board they selected Theodore G. Eicherly of Cedar Rapids as appraiser for the condemnation of land at the north end of the Edgewater Bridge. Earlier they sought an injunction.
Linn County residents may pay Iowa property taxes without penalty through Monday September 30 for property owned January 1 1967. Taxpayers should mail both tax statement copies for receipts. Mailed payments postmarked before midnight Sept 30 avoid penalty. In person payments accepted at the treasurer’s office or most county banks. a 0.75 percent monthly penalty begins October 1.
Linn board of supervisors on Tuesday agreed to lease two acres of land from Walter Cook in the North Linn area for a proposed dump site. The action solidifies a local facility plan and outlines tenure with the landowner.
Awards were presented Thursday evening at Bever Park to Pack 17 members including Bob Jordan David Speich Todd Stout Jeff Suchomel Karl Kloubec Doug Driscoll Fat McConaughy David Grumman Lynn Bailey Kevin Jach and Paul Reineke.
A Hawkeye Area Community Action Program rep urged the Bertram area dump on Ed Pospisil land at the town edge. Supervisors declined to back a town dump but discussed a possible agreement to charge rural residents for access to the proposed Bertram dump.
William M. Brown sues Donald and Dorothy Baxter doing business as Baxter's Memorial Chapel for unpaid minimum wage and overtime from 1964 to 1966 as ambulance drivers. Case to be tried Nov 14 in Cedar Rapids federal court unless a settlement by Oct 15. Brown alleges 12 hours weekly with eight hours sleep. Baxters deny misclassification and outline business plans.
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