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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1980
Page
22
AP analyst John Cunniff outlines how sustained inflation could transform buying power over decades. He cites California executive J Peter Grace and Grace & Co in noting steep declines in real product and productivity alongside rising prices, unemployment, and deficits, urging reform of federal policy to restore incentives.
Orion Broadcasting Inc centered in Louisville plans to sell or merge its outlets including WMT TV and Cedar Rapids radio. President T Ballard Morton cites inheritance taxes facing Mrs George Norton’s family as the driver. The company also owns WAVE TV Louisville WFIE TV Evansville WFRV TV Green Bay and WJMN TV Escanaba.
The Marion Community Center lists the week’s events from Sunday to Friday including basketball, dinners, dance lessons, baton lessons, High School completion programs, Headstart, and Danish Lodge meetings. A fuller senior citizen activities listing is available in the Growing Order sections of Sundays Gazette.
Local notices show Nordman Jewelry buying diamonds, gold and silver. Additional ads promote painting roofing carpentry and handyman work with a contact number 373-1801. There is an Easter Sunday store hours inclusion for Marion Beverage Store.
Kirkwood Community College and the Cedar Rapids Community School District offer adult music classes starting the week of April 13. Courses cover appreciation and background of American folk music at Jefferson High School Wednesday evenings, guitar at Jefferson and Kennedy High Schools, and guitar and banjo at the Music Loft. Registration numbers are listed for Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and toll free regions.
Recovery meeting for chronically nervous and former mental patients at 7 30 p m Wednesday First Presbyterian Church Marion Eighth Avenue and 12th Street Harmony Hawks Group meets Thursday 8 p m St Mark's Lutheran Church 2100 First Avenue NE Citizens for Workman fundraiser dance to the music of Upstage April 25 1980 Tickets 3 00 Call 362 3361 Adv Czech Cottage Easter gifts Easter Sunday 16th Avenue at C Street Adv Pella Tulip Festival May 9 and May 10 Charter Coaches 366 1835 D J 396 5481 Adv Games tonite Worm Getters early birds late birds specials Jackpot Free Coverall Worm Getters start 6 30 Early Birds 6 45 Doors 4 30 Adv Town House Sunday Early Birds start 6 45 Adv Barksdale Self Esteem Program We are the architects of our lives Adv Marilyn's Mount Vernon deli reopen lasagna specialties Adv Rockwell Collins employees save 50 on selling your home Adv Trade Winds Realtors 362 4705 Adv Big Savings used car tires rims Adv Stewart's Frontier Inn Easter Sunday ham special 5 50 reservations 11 00 8 00 Adv Five Seasons Extra advertising deadlines May 5 1980 Adv St Pius game 4 30 doors Jackpot 56 Adv Cold Fur Storage Adv Grand Ole Opry April 17 20 Opryland tours June 10 15 Adv Cubs vs Pittsburgh April 27 Adv St Louis Holiday May 30 Adv Easter corsages Peck's Flowers Adv Cash or Loans Siegel's Adv Easter Sunday Eastview Christian Church Sunrise 7 00 a m Resurrection puppets 10 30 a m Adv Mississippi Dinner Cruise May 21 25 Adv
Des Moines UPI reports slower hog trade with uneven demand. Butchers 50 to 1.00 higher. sow values steady. Weights 200-230 lb mostly 28.00-29.50 with some 28.75-29.00. 230-250 lb 27.50-29.50. 250-300 lb 26.50-29.00. 300-600 lb sows 24.50-26.50. Receipts estimated 45,000. Saturday 5,000. Thursday 52,000. last week 91,000. Saturday 7,000. last year 91,000. Saturday 12,000. Midwest carrot meat trade shows light beef trade with 94.00 for 600-900 lb select steer beef. pork demand light to moderate with various cuts steady to higher. Joliet livestock notes hogs mostly 1.00 higher. No. 1-2 210-240 lb 29.50-30.50. No. 1-3 200-250 lb 29.00-29.50. 260-300 lb 26.00-28.50. Monday cattle 2,500 head. hogs 1,500.
Federal State Market News Service reports unchanged prices with very good demand. Egg prices at farm level range A large 41 to 46 cents per dozen, medium 33 to 36, small 14 to 19. A large mostly 44 to 45, and live hens priced 62 to 7 cents per pound for commercial flocks as slaughter schedules remain full.
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie expect annual savings over 23000 dollars from Josepha 1980 a natural gas well found on their 100 acre property. The supply could heat the convent for about 20 years prompting renewed interest in local energy resources.
The Cedar Rapids City Clerk announces bids will be received for a public works job. The project includes septic systems on property described by a sewer district plan in the northwest and northeast quarters. Bids must be sealed and delivered by the specified deadline with the city reserving the right to reject any or all bids. Published in The Cedar Rapids Gazette on April 5.
A fragmented OCR item from a local paper highlights a public library display of historical documents and notices. It references a civic event, possibly involving the library's role in preserving records, with unclear dates or names due to transcription errors.
Notice to interested parties that Homer L. Yens estate will be probated. Creditors must present claims within six months from the first publication. Executor appointed is Fraid BE Alien and Gibson Attorneys for the estate. Public notice appears in the district court with filing handled by the executor’s attorneys.
The executor Melvin J. Alley is named for the Stelio Fava estate in Scott County Iowa. Creditors must file claims within six months of the notice publication and all persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly. The notice is dated April 5 1980 and lists attorney R M Fossler Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The administrator of Olive M. Borghart’s Iowa estate announces probate proceedings and urges creditors to file claims by March 21. Creditors must present proof of their claims or be barred from future payment.
Mark Russell notes Carter keeping re election costs low by late phone calls while Kennedy faces a taped presidential voice debate. He jibes that Kennedy can only argue with Alexander Graham Bell, in reference to NBC coverage of the campaign moment.
The readable portion shows a scrambled line of garbled letters and stray words. No coherent people, places, or events are identifiable to summarize into a factual news item.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Cedar Rapids and names in a cryptic layout. The readable segment hints at a local notice or itemized entry without clear event, date, or participants. Further context is needed to identify a main action or outcome for a proper card.
Fragmentary OCR text describes Hills Unit Four in the City of crits with property related terms and a mention of a notice or hearing. The readable portions indicate a legal or public notice context with references to locations and units, but key specifics are garbled. It appears to be a property or zoning notice from a Cedar area publication.
On this date in 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union in a high profile espionage case.
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