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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1975

Page

4

Marion YMCA activity schedule and local notices

Marion YMCA offers aquatic and fitness classes through the day including 9 a.m. women’s fitness and 1 p.m. adult gym, with open swim at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. plus 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. adult open swims. Community notes include a Free Welding Clinic, a Set Concert on May 4 at St. Joseph's school auditorium, Linn County Homemakers lunch event, Noble Grands association meeting, and May 7 staff meetings for Linn-Mar schools.

YMCA Marion Ymca Nowrquatic Marion Musical Literary Club St. Joseph's School Linn- Mar North Central Association Iowa Department of Public Instruction Gazette

Heavy Rains and Flooding Hit Iowa Across State

Spring storms dumped heavy rain across Iowa causing tornado watches and flash floods from Elkader to West Union. Rivers rose ahead of projections as hail pelted Indianola and Sioux City area winds reached sixty mph. Iowa Power and Light warned Cooper Nuclear Station cuts would not immediately affect service while outages and barricades appeared in Prairie City and Glade Brook.

Iowa Elkeder Waukon New Albin Payette Oelwein Guttenburg West Union Iowa State Highway Patrol Boone River Lows River Hancock County DES Moines Iowa Power and Light Co Cooper Brownaville Neb Iowa Power Ball Nebraska Power District Cooper Plant Towa Power Indianola Sioux City National Weather Service Little Sioux Spencer Wood Stage Northwest Town

Opera at Hancher Broadens Scope in Figaro Production

Iowa City’s Hancher auditorium housed Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in a full staging by the Iowa Center for the Arts. A Gram ma Fisher foundation gift funded the expansive sets and director Martha Letterman and designer James Tilton delivered a lavish production with strong performances led by Norman Carlberg as Figaro and Kath ering Hensum as Countess Almaviva.

Iowa City Iowa Center For the Arts Hancher Auditorium Opera Buffa Gramma Fisher Foundation Marshalltown Hancher Martha Letterman James Tilton University of Iowa Opera Kathering Hensum Almaviva Basilio Dubiel McKinney Dawn Timmerman Marcellino

No Demo Plans for Equal Town Meeting Air Time

Des Moines Iowa Democrats show no plans to seek equal radio time to respond to President Ford and Republicans at GOP town meetings statewide. Speaker Dale Cochran said meetings could be fine but emphasized focus on the legislative process while noting rising constituent letters about education funding taxes and YoTech area school appropriations.

Des Moines Dale Cochran Cochran Democratic Allamakee Roger Halverson Fayette Dale Tieden Ekader Senior Tofte Decorah Towa Wayne Bennett Galva Johnson Arthor Neu Jones Char Helgens GOP Keokuk Lloyd Smith Wim Joan Lipsky Cedar Rapids Washington Forrest Schwengels Fairfield

Weekend Traffic Accidents Fatal To Four Iowans

Four Iowans died in weekend crashes across the state. Chris Westergaard and Flora Westergaard of Whiting perished when their car collided with an auto driven by Albert Kraft of Correctionville near Moville. Kraft and Ina Kraft were treated in Sioux City. Terry Ingles, 24, of Greeley died Sunday after his car hit a bridge on a Clayton county road near Elkport and was later pronounced dead at Guttenberg hospital. Ingles’ death was Clayton county’s first traffic fatality of the year. Rickey Smith, 25, of New Sharon died when his car struck a bridge on US highway 63 near Oska lo oga. June Cook, 32, of Sioux City died in Omaha from injuries suffered in an April 18 Omaha crash. William Cook, 34, was reported in critical condition.

Harold Staperton Staperton Cedar Falls Oelwein Richard Brown Waterloo Iowa Power and Light Co Prairie City Fr Chris Westergaard Flora Whiting Moville Albert Kraft Correctionville Kraft Ina Sioux City Terry Ingles Greeley Guttenberg Hospital Clayton County Elkport Appleton Funeral Home Edgewood Don Ingles Rickey Smith New Sharon Highway 63 Oskalooga June Cook Omaha William Cook

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