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In 1982 Lipper and his wife Gloria, received the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]]. With [[MERIWETHER, J. Bruce|J. Bruce MERIWETHER]] and state legislator Richard Norpel, Lipper began a lobbying campaign for the bridge in 1976. The price at the time was estimated at $37.5 million. The project was approved in 1978 and the bridge opened for traffic in 1982. | In 1982 Lipper and his wife Gloria, received the [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]]. With [[MERIWETHER, J. Bruce|J. Bruce MERIWETHER]] and state legislator Richard Norpel, Lipper began a lobbying campaign for the bridge in 1976. The price at the time was estimated at $37.5 million. The project was approved in 1978 and the bridge opened for traffic in 1982. | ||
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Yager, Alicia. "Man Who Spearheaded Bridge Project Dies," Telegraph Herald, July 23, 2014, p. 3A | |||
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Revision as of 03:20, 19 August 2014
LIPPER, George. (Brockton, MA-Las Vegas, NV, July 19, 2014). General manager, KDTH. Lipper joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school. He earned his broadcasting degree and then worked at a radio station in Texas before becoming a reporter for KWWL radio and television station in Waterloo in 1963. In 1968 Lipper moved to Dubuque to be the assistant city manager. In January 1970, he announced his resignation as chief aide to City Manager Gilbert D. CHAVENELLE to become general manager of radio stations KDTH (AM) and KFMD (FM). Lipper later joined the board of directors of the TELEGRAPH HERALD and the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
During his thirteen months in city government, Lipper helped draft the human rights ordinance, worked with the firm studying the city's budgeting operation as a pilot study for the State of Iowa, headed the ill-fated north-end annexation project, and helped determine the 1970 budget. Lipper was also singled out by the Telegraph Herald as the person most responsible for funding of the DUBUQUE-WISCONSIN BRIDGE.
In 1982 Lipper and his wife Gloria, received the FIRST CITIZEN AWARD. With J. Bruce MERIWETHER and state legislator Richard Norpel, Lipper began a lobbying campaign for the bridge in 1976. The price at the time was estimated at $37.5 million. The project was approved in 1978 and the bridge opened for traffic in 1982.
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Yager, Alicia. "Man Who Spearheaded Bridge Project Dies," Telegraph Herald, July 23, 2014, p. 3A