Cedar Rapids News Snippets Highlight Local Issues
Residents of Linn Shelter Care Facility were moved for rule violations. Rent-a-Kid offers youths irregular work. Mount Vernon Road speed debate splits locals. Barb Thomas leads in state women's amateur golf at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Bird Fidrych falters against Red Sox. Welfare cuts loom under Gov. Ray. Cherry-Burrell buyer outlines 10 year growth plan. Labor Dept targets 107 chemicals for cancer study. Hijack risk vs crash odds noted for travelers. Center Point farmer glides by on Acres. Parents fret over anemia. Former Beatle and spouse begin recording a new album after seven years.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Barb Thomas
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Mark Fidrych
Boston Red Sox
Index Today's Chuckle The Quickest Way To Get Behind The Eight Ball
A brief humor item notes a quip about misreading cues leading to trouble at pool. The line plays on common billiards imagery with a playful twist typical of a daily joke column.
Kennedy Rally Intensifies Iowa Delegation Support
Iowa Kennedy supporters gathered at the New York Holiday Inn Coliseum following a powerful address by Edward Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention. The group, led by Rachel Fulton of Waterloo, plans to press for unity as 50 Iowa delegates assemble later this week.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy
Holiday Inn Coliseum
Rachel Fulton
Waterloo
Fulton
Iowa
Peick
Chuck Gifford
Newton
Carter
Gifford
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Sheraton Centre
Manhattan
Rosalynn
Walter Mondale
Soviet Protest Over 12-Year-Old Boy Holding
The Soviet Foreign Ministry delivered a formal protest to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow over the detention of Walter Polovchak, a 12 year old Ukrainian boy who ran away to the United States with his family. The U.S. embassy said there was no basis for the protest. Walter remains in Chicago under court wardship while his parents seek return to the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Foreign Ministry
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Chicago
Walter Polovchak
Ukraine
Walter
Cook County
Natalie
Foreign Ministry
U.S.S.R
Four Cedar Rapids Marion districts to lose state aid
Four Cedar Rapids and Marion public school districts will lose nearly 1.3 million in state aid for 1980-81 as Gov. Ray imposes across the board spending cuts. Local officials caution about tax effects in coming years, though reserves can cover this year. Officials note total Iowa aid losses reach 21.7 million.
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Christie Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Robert Ray
John Kerber
State Comptroller’s Office
Iowa
Ray
Iran alleges new U S plot to attack Iran from Egypt
Iran's President and a Khuzestan cleric claim the United States backs a 30 000 member guerrilla force trained in Egypt to invade Iran by sea. Washington denies the charges as Ahvaz reports describe regional tensions amid threats of external interference and internal unrest.
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United Press International
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Iran
Egypt
Ahvaz
Tehran
America
Tabas
U.S
United States
State Department
David Passage
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