All But One City Race To Be on Primary Ballot
Cedar Rapids candidates for city offices wrestle with nominating papers as primary ballots are set for October 18 for mayor and three commissioners. Nine sought the public safety seat, with Alderman Eldon Colton leading a crowded field.
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Cedar Rapids
Anita Terpstra
Linn
Lois Keller
Harold Schaefer
Sheila A. Chapman
Bever Ave. SE
Public
Floyd Bergen
Towne House Drive
Thomas L. Gardner
A Ave
Stanley “Sam” McClurg
Lauren Drive
Cathy Mayor
Sixth Ave
Donald Canney
Canney
Craig Hias
Wilson Ave
Richard Meggers
Kenmore St
Richard A. York
Dunham Drive
Charles L. Nanktgeboren
Belmont Parkway
Richard L. Phillips
Oberthien Seeks Cedar Rapids Public Safety Post
John D. Oberthien announces his bid to return as Cedar Rapids public safety commissioner. He urges city leadership to unite departments, protect tax dollars, and act quickly on priorities to meet residents’ expectations. He says a cooperative council is essential for a progressive, safe city.
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Richard Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Public Improvements Department
Phillips
John D. Oberthien
Public Safety
Oberthien
Cedar Rapids voters file papers for safety commissioner and mayor
Richard Staves a Cedar Rapids police veteran files for safety commissioner while Richard A York announces candidacy for mayor. Both cite need for unity between City Council and departments to raise morale and improve safety and services in Cedar Rapids.
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Richard Staves
Cedar Rapids
Richard A. York
Dunham Drive
Parks, Public Safety
York
City Water Department
Naaktgeboren Enters Mayoral Race Promises Traffic Sync
Charles Lee Naaktgeboren announces candidacy for mayor at Belmont Parkway NW address. He pledges synchronizing traffic lights on First Avenue and eliminating unnecessary signals, improving city manpower use, and boosting citizen communication with City Hall. He runs his own Lee's Skelly station at 507 First Ave SW.
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Charles Lee Naaktgeboren
Belmont Parkway
First Avenue
Naaktgeboren
Lee
Skelly Station
First Ave
Weather and climate snapshot with short term forecast
Thursday highs near 76 and overnight lows around 40 with no precipitation. Winds from the east at 19 mph at 10 am. Saturday sunrise and 7 03 sunset noted. Extended forecast calls fair and cool Sunday through Tuesday with highs from the upper 50s to lower 60s, rising to the upper 70s by Monday and Tuesday, lows in the 40s. Coralville Lake pool level 686.69. Dial Direct line listed.
Reimis Announces Cedar Rapids Park Commissioner Candidacy
Reimis declares candidacy for parks commissioner in Cedar Rapids citing education, experience, and parkland stewardship. He notes eight years as parks commissioner and a decade as city horticulturist and landscape architect, emphasizing diverse city parks near homes for all ages.
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Reimis
Cedar Rapids
Reinis
Czech Cottage Ad Teems With Fine Gifts and Plants
City brief notes list Czech Cottage crystalizing for over two years with fine gifts and jewelry at 16th Ave and C St SW. It also advertises lemons limes oranges at 1.49 and shrubs at 1.29, plus plant and florist ads and a beauty shop space for lease.
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16Th Ave
C St
Koefoed Files Candidacy For Safety Commissioner Post
Jules Koefoed, 36, criminal justice coordinator at Kirkwood College, filed papers for the safety commissioner race. He holds a master’s in public administration and said he hopes to offer community leadership and policy focus.
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Jules Koefoed
Kirkwood College
Koefoed
Drive Safely Gazette Company Publication Details
Established in 1883 by the Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates by carrier and mail are listed with weekly and yearly options for local and distant areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and dispatched AP material.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids appoints Harmon acting CETA director
In a special meeting the Cedar Rapids City Council appointed Larry Harmon acting director of the Linn County CETA program. Harmon, previously Manpower operations manager, succeeds Robert A. Brown who resigned Aug 29 citing poor health after a heart attack in April 1976. Brown’s resignation becomes effective Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry Harmon
Harmon
Robert A. Brown
Brown
Births and Marriages in Mercy Saint Luke's Des Moines
Vital Statistics reports births at Mercy and St. Luke's with names and addresses of families including Becker Arau Walshire Walsh Bascom Taylor Reasor Carmar Valley Ward and Klein Kemp Heyer Stepanek Thrane Zacek Payne Hertz Sojka Bohr. Several marriage licenses issued and dissolutions noted with times of incidents including fires and alarms.
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Gary J. Walsh
Soutter Ave
James W. Bascom
Brentwood Drive
Vernon J. Pickering
9Th Ave
Marion
John P. Taylor
Rainbow Blvd
Hiawatha
William E. Reasor
Crestridge Ave
Dennis Carmar
I Ave
Robert Valley
Newhall
Horton Ward Jr
Spyglass Hill
Omaha
Paul A. Klein
Klein
H.E. Herrington
33Rd St
Des Moines
John Kemp
Kemp
Joe R. Loufek
Birchwood Drive
Jon C. Eastman
Cedar Rapids
Diane L. Komrofske
Clinton
Duane E. Kalous
Carol S. Thrane
Damon H. Gardner
Nancy R. Breidenbach
Jerry L. Hardy
Lynne M. Zacek
Bernard E. Heyer, Jr
Tanya L. Harness
James P. Stepanek
Brenda Neal
Gerald R. Trimble
Regina I. Likens
Don W. Payne
Connie K. Hertz
Shiremanstown
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