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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1978
Page
16
A reader reports injuring their ankle after stepping into an unlit pothole in a parking lot while trying to fetch an early Sunday edition of their column. The incident highlights poor lighting and a defective vending machine location.
Area 10 Road meeting is at IBEW hall 1211 Wiley boulevard SW tonight at 7 PM New comers welcome Linn Communications Council holds monthly meeting Monday at 7 PM in Legion Auxiliary room Veterans Memorial building A film Tornado A Spotter's Guide will be shown. An open session next Sunday in the Veterans Memorial building Armory invites SSB AM Ham and business bands from 2 to 3 PM to tour Linn County sheriff's communication center CB community backstory notes follow with appreciation for CB users and license growth reaching about 30 million outstanding. readers invited to share experiences for the Blue Kazoo column and address c/o Field Newspaper Syndicate Chicago.
In Manila Jaime Sison runs Woodshaper Inc employing 40 disabled workers to produce Sony TV cabinets. A mix of amputees, polio survivors, and chronically disabled assemble at six benches, earning $1.33 daily plus 40 cents allowance, many sleeping on benches.
A new Dade County map, sold for 50 cents, is riddled with errors including misnamed cities and incorrect landmarks such as Biscayne Key instead of Key Biscayne and a non existent New World Community College. The county’s Citizen Service Office paid 1 475 for 5 000 copies, and a spokesperson admits the map is imperfect but still the best affordable option.
Sheila Bass, 39, a Republican state committeewoman hopeful in Northampton Township, was greeted by a chicken during a voter registration run. The bird pecked and toppled her into mud, but she recovered and signed the resident to the Republican cause.
The oldest continuously worked U S mine near Austinvile has seen owners from John Chiswell to Moses Austin and Charles Lynch. Since 1766 it produced over 35 million tons of lead and zinc, with 3.9 million tons remaining. The New Jersey Zinc Co. owns it since 1902. Also noted, the 1963 Thresher submarine disaster claimed 129 lives east of Boston.
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