Primary contests set for 2 Cedar Rapids council seats
Filing for mayor includes James Roberson and incumbent Donald Canney with Cathy Mayor and Sandy Elmer Cook also in. Parks commissioner nominees include Steve Sprague and Richard Burroughs with Justin Cook Elmer Delaney and Steve Ovel previously in. Public safety candidate Stan Sam McClurg joins field. primary Oct. 13, election Nov. 3.
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Cedar Rapids
James Roberson
Jacelyn Drive
Donald Canney
Fleetwood Road
Cathy
Sandy Elmer-Cook
Steve Sprague
Sierra Drive
Sprague
Stan
Justin
Jeff) Cook
Elmer Delaney
Steve Ovel
Wayne Murdock
Hal Schaefer
Stan “Sam” McClurg
Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Parks Department
McClurg
Second woman joins Mount Vernon school board
Middie Morf was sworn in for a one year term joining Barbara Colehour on the Mount Vernon School District board. Dr. Claude Harrison was re elected president and Dr. Paul Christiansen was elected vice president. Enrollment is down 4.8 percent while kindergarten grows and lunch counts fall. An artist in schools program with Phil and Janine Staniszewski was arranged with Cornell College and the PTA.
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Mount Vernon
Middie Morf
Barbara Colehour
Claude Harrison
Paul Christiansen
Winston Addis
Addis
PTA
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids council shows split votes on rezoning and phone deal
Two separate 3-2 votes marked a contentious Cedar Rapids City Council meeting as two resolutions failed and a third moved to public hearing for Oct. 14. The body also saw a failed seven-year Teleconnect leasing plan, with debate over contract terms and potential equipment ownership.
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Cedar Rapids
Shattuck Chemical Company
Hal Schaefer
Wayne Murdock
Stan Reinis
Don Canney
Floyd Bergen
Reinis
City Planning Commission
Shattuck
Murdock
Sur
Canney
Treaty of Pressburg ends 1805 peace between France and Austria
France and Austria sign the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 to restore peace after Napoleon’s victory at Austerlitz. Austria later resists, prompting Napoleon to suspend his Russian campaign to quell renewed resistance in 1808.
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France
Austria
Pressburg
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Russia
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Mgr
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Larry Northup
Smulekoff
RCA Colortra
Smulekoff's
Iowa
Liberal Credit
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