Cedar Rapids flood leaves two bridges out and homes flooded
Cedar Rapids residents faced torrential rains that dumped up to five inches, washing out two bridges on Twentieth Street NE and Westwood Drive NW. Dozens of basements flooded, including the Vairo and Olson homes, as sewer backups and power outages affected thousands. City crews pumped water, while residents demanded flood relief as council members debated drainage priorities.
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Thor
Tlaloc
Cedar Rapids
John Janda
Twentieth Street
D and Franklin Avenues
Westwood Drive
F Avenues
Westwood Bridge
Janda
James Vairo
6200 Avenue NW
Lorri Vairo
James
Laura Vairo
Lorri
James Wairo
Red Cross
Vairo
Calvin Nash
Grant Wood
The
Emil Olson
Doris Olson
Olson
Snell
Norman Bishop
Bishop
Wilson Avenue
Rockford Road
Richard Phillips
Mike Halpin
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Palo
Kirkwood
Mike
University of Iowa
Linn Supervisors Approve Rural Library Pact Contracts
Linn supervisors approved contracts with seven city libraries to provide service to rural residents. The Cedar Rapids contract runs Aug 15 to Jun 30 1978 for 24399 dollars. Other libraries in Springville Central City Ely Lisbon Center Point and Fairfax receive 750 dollars each. Rural residents may obtain Cedar Rapids library cards with ID at downtown Kenwood or West Edgewood branches or via a bookmobile.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Springville
Central City
Ely
Lisbon
Center Point
Fairfax
Kenwood
West
Edgewood Road
Theft of 4500 in construction gear reported west of Cedar Rapids
Linn county sheriff deputies investigate the theft of about 4500 worth of construction equipment from a site on Stony Point road west of Cedar Rapids. Missing items include concrete brick forms and pins and wedges for the forms belonging to AABI Construction Company of Center Point.
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Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Stony Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Aabi Construction Company
Center Point
Tornado Damages Iowa City Area Farms and City Streets
A tornado caused extensive damage four miles southwest of Iowa City affecting Warren Allan and Don Maier farms. Structures including a machine shed a garage and a corncrib roof were destroyed or damaged. A 200 gallon gasoline barrel overturned and debris blocked roads along with a fire destroying a barn at Ed Kessler's farm. Civil defense sirens failed at three locations and 911 calls overwhelmed lines. Mayor’s office noted thousands of dollars in crop damage. Ralston Creek flooded low areas in the city.
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Warren Allan
Don Maier
Allan
Maier
Iowa City
Ed Kessler
Brown Street
Court Hill Park
Roosevelt School
Johnson County Civil Defense
Pat McCarney
Iowa Flooding and Tornado Hit Cities Across State
Severe weather swept Iowa with floods in Riverside drive and River streets and many cars abandoned. A Wilton tornado and extensive rainfall caused damages over 100000 dollars, with high water in Edgewater park and multiple towns facing impassable roads and flooded basements. The National Weather Service logged record rains, while forecasts called for drying conditions and brief chances of rain later in the week.
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Riverside Drive
Edgewater Park
Iowa City
National Weather Service
Wilton
Windy morning and storm chances ahead for Iowa region
At 10 a m wind to the northwest near 10 mph. Sun rises Wednesday at 6 16 am and sets at 8 05 pm. Extended forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms Thursday through Saturday with highs in the 80s and overnight lows in the 50s. Coralville Lake level 682 63 with a rise of 1 86. Mississippi river stages show various readings with several locations rising or falling.
Birth notices from Mercy St Luke's and Rock Island section
Birth announcements from Mercy hospital St Luke's and Rock Island list newborns and parents with addresses and dates. Several couples are named including Winters Hoffmans Hills Garners and Ehlingers among others, plus numerous Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding names.
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C.R
D’anne Dodd Gazette Intern
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co
Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Guaranty Bank
Central Business District
Southwest Quadrant
Banks of Iowa Computer Services
Joe Phernetton
Phernetton
Bever Park
Juan Hernandez
Phillips
Ed Colton
Don Canney
Jon’ Janda
Public Services
Colton
Canney
First Avenue
Chrysler
Plymouth
Iowa
Coralville
Benton Counties
Burlington Street
Bon Aire Mobile Home Court
East College
South Johnson
Sheriff's Department
Belle Plaine
Blairstown
Tama
Norway
Zearing
Story County
Toledo
West Union
Coralville Dam
Clutter
Williamsburg
Tipton
Anamosa
North English
Independence
Coralville Lake
Lansing
Dam
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Cedar
Anchorage
C.R. Weather
Orsay
Bismarck
Chicago
Cincinnati
PtCidy
Cleveland
Evens
Des Moines
Detroit
Indianapoli
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Pau
Maha
St. Louis
Cloudy
Sioux Falls
Robert Winter
Twenty-eighth Street
Craig Hoffman
Vernon
Melzer Hill
Seventeenth Street
Paul Garner
Outlook Drive
St. Luke's
Philip M. Smith
Circle Drive
Stephen L
Olin
Kenneth Childress
Western Drive
Rock Island, Ill
Robert Ehlinger
Ehlinger
Kenneth L. Anderson
N Street SW
Gerald L. Lenz
Lois S. Tenney
William W. Tackenberg
Marilyn J. McIntyre
Kenneth P. McColley
Sheryl A. Freel
Jeffrey A. Fields
Suzanne K. Johnson
Jeffrey A. Vance
Michele D. Gilligan
Terrance L. Kauffman
Cindy T. Tegler
John K. Novak
Marion
Lois A. Novak
Brandon
Robert W. Claassen
Tonda L. Paulsen
Swisher
Connie L. Durgin
Stephen D. Carolan
Elkader
Susan D. Taylor
Randal G. Heinle
Geri R. Kimbrough
Michael W. Thrall
Cedar Falls
Carrie D. Sullivan
Gerald D. Dooley, Jr
Missoula
Mont
Debra D. Dixon
Theodore J. Breidenbach
Jill M. Klinkhammer
Barry A. Johnson
Susan M. Logan
John M. Stone
Rhonda M. Leiden
Marge Bushaw
Collins Radio Company
Collins
Marge
Cokte
Univ. of Iowa
Bob Young
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