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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1981
Page
3
Interior Secretary James Watt announced on Friday a pause on a decision to permit offshore oil and gas drilling near four scenic regions off the Northern California coast through at least 1983. Conservationists and California Governor Edmund Brown welcomed the postponement.
Iowa based Hy Vee to enter Omaha with four suburban shopping centers from Noddle Development. Construction costs for buildings estimated at 15 to 20 million dollars, said developer Harlan Noddle. Sea Gailey Stores reports 144 percent rise in net income and 172 percent sales gain for quarter ended June 30. Agriculture Secretary Block urges farmers to buy all risk crop insurance for winter wheat and barley with August 31 deadline in most areas.
Amana Artists Guild Art Festival runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Amana Home Museum Homestead featuring Amana artists and craftsmen. Mount Vernon Community Theater presents Guys and Dolls at Armstrong Theater Cornell College at 8 p.m. Tickets $4. Sleuth at Old Creamery Theater Garrison curtain at 8 p.m. Tickets $7 and $6. Getting Out at Studio Theater Garrison starts 7:30 p.m. Tickets $6. Rodeo Days parade 1:30 p.m. Montezuma. Two bicycle tours: Otter Creek Lake Camper and Airport Expedition 9 a.m. Bever Park. Hawkeye Bicycle Association sponsors. Wapsie Summer Float Trip No. 7 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Indian Creek Nature Center. Rimrock Riders Laddie Club Fun Show Midway Arena 5 miles north of Cedar Rapids. Winneshiek County Fair events: horseshoe pitching 10 a.m., tractor pulls 1 and 7:30 p.m., dance 9 p.m. Buchanan County Fair Independence events: open steer show 1:30 p.m., stock car racing 7:30 p.m. Alabama at 8 p.m. Great Jones County Fair Monticello.
Boddicker School of Music students earned superior trophies at the Mid-America Music Association competition in Kansas City July 30 to August 2. The awards covered organ guitar duets and ensembles, with groups the Fifth Image and Strings Inc among those honored. The school will also compete in theAccordion Teachers' Guild national contest and join an international showcase of bands including ensembles from Europe and Canada directed by Arlene Boddicker.
The note explains that all ages can qualify for college loans and grants for tuition living and child care. Some loans are interest free and applicants should contact their college financial aid office for details. It mentions former U N ambassador Arthur Goldberg at age 73.
The Linn County Attorney charges Greig L. Madlem and Jana Moore with extortion replacing an assault count. Police say the pair offered a 17 year old a modeling job in Minneapolis and drove her to the country where knives were used to threaten prostitution. Both are jailed on 20000 dollar bonds.
Winds NW at 6 mph at 10 p m. Sunset 8 18 pm sunrise 6 07 am Saturday. Year ago today high 93 low 71 with no precipitation. Record high today 102 in 1918 and record low 47 in 1975. Extended forecast shows a chance of showers Monday. Fair and mild Tuesday and Wednesday with highs mid 70s to low 80s and lows mid 50s to low 60s.
National temperature extremes report Friday shows a low of 35 degrees at West Yellowstone Montana and a high of 121 degrees at Red Bluffs California. The readings mark a wide geographic spread in heat and chill across the region.
A tornado touched down just north of Franklin Pennsylvania as strong thunderstorms moved from the Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley and deep south. Reports include golf ball hail in Macomb County Michigan and 60 mph winds in Avon Point Ohio with wind and rain impacts spreading from Arizona to the Southeast. Red Bluff California hit 121 degrees as heat scorched the Far West.
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality will continue enforcing drinking water standards despite a legislature budget cut. The attorney general says the agency has a statutory duty to administer the water supply system, though funds are insufficient. DEQ may seek EPA agreement to shift monitoring while regional offices handle construction plan reviews.
Byron Price, a longtime journalist and public servant, died at age 90 in Hendersonville North Carolina. He led the U S Board of Censorship during World War II served as assistant secretary general of the United Nations and held top roles at The Associated Press and the Motion Picture Association of America. He earned a 1944 Pulitzer citation for censorship codes and received the Medal of Merit from President Truman for defending press freedom.
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