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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1978
Page
7
A 11 member citizens committee in Marion proposes a 1.5 million bond issue to fund a 475 seat fine arts building at the high school plus locker room upgrades and renovations. Petitions with 135 signatures accompany the plan as officials prepare for a January referendum.
Registration for new Marion Independent students is under way with offices open 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fee payment for Starry and Washington elementary schools is set for August 15 and 16, with Mentzer and Emerson fees after school starts. Freshmen orientation is August 17 at 1 p.m. at the senior high, with schedules for upperclassmen on the first day. Physicals for interscholastic athletes are offered on August dates at 6:30 p.m., cost eight dollars.
Hiawatha police arrested six juveniles on Wednesday on vandalism charges connected to break-ins at Sands Printing Co. and Hiawatha Apco. Earlier two youths, ages 14 and 15, were taken into custody, leading to four more suspects and solving three recent burglaries with losses totaling about 265 dollars including stamps and pop.
Rape Crisis Service offers 24 hour emergency information and referral assistance. Call 398-3955 for support and resources.
Building permits issued include Vernon Cook re porch $600 and multiple projects at Quality Home Improvements and other contractors. Notable items cover new dwellings, duplex construction, room additions, garages, porches and re siding or roofs with amounts ranging from $300 to $35,322. Also notes a 20 years ago meeting between rebel leader Saeb Salam and Lebanese President-elect Faud Sehab yielding satisfactory results.
Col. Charles R. Hamm, former Cedar Rapids resident and Army medical adviser at Fort Sam Houston, inducted into Fort Benning Hall of Fame. He taught at Fort Benning 1953–56 after 10 years in the infantry and service in the Medical Service Corps since 1953. He enlisted in May 1943 and later joined the Medical Service Corps.
Two people were arrested on drunk driving charges in Linn County. Hope D. Blue Earth, 21, was taken into custody at Mercy Hospital after a 1:40 a.m. accident on Fifth Street. Edward R. Kugel, 41, was arrested after a 5:57 p.m. accident at Fourth Avenue and Third Street SE and treated at St. Luke's Hospital.
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