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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1981
Page
9
Cedar Rapids Care Center at 1050 Fourth Ave SE evacuated 28 residents after a first floor smoke detector alarm at 1 55 p m Friday proved false, with an earlier morning alarm also cleared. A service technician checked detectors Friday night per facility spokeswoman.
Coe College awarded 45 degrees in a summer commencement at Dows Theater. Cum laude nursing grads were Lydia Asper Carol Coleman DePaepe Kathy Nicholls and Gil Gott. BA recipients include Diane Baierlein Nancy Bruner Lena Gilbert and others from Cedar Rapids Dubuque and across Iowa. BSN graduates also listed Cedar Rapids Lanedda Colebank Ellen Hayden Marian Karrar Patricia Sharp Mary Lou Webster.
Kirkwood Community College offers a fall reentry course for registered nurses inactive and seeking back to work. Sept 14 to Nov 10 with classes Mon Tue Wed in September and Mon Tue from Oct 5 to Nov 10 on the Cedar Rapids campus. Tuition 180 dollars. CEU credit provided. preregister by phone.
The Civil Aeronautics Board said commuter airlines serving 500 smaller and mid sized communities may trim service to one hub and relax seat capacities. Cedar Rapids officials said the policy won’t affect them, as larger carriers serve the city. MVA and Mid-Continent plan to resume normal Cedar Rapids schedules after lay offs tied to the air traffic controllers strike.
Shirley May Joslyn’s retrial on a first degree murder charge is scheduled to begin November 2 in Cedar Rapids. Her brother Edward Waterbury, who admitted shooting Robert Joslyn, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Iowa Supreme Court reversed her conviction due to her brother's confession being entered into evidence. Waterbury said they planned the killing after repeated beatings, and he bought the revolver with Joslyn’s money. Neither Joslyn nor Waterbury testified to direct involvement. Waterbury claimed the shooting was justified under Iowa law.
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