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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1986
Page
2
Calvin Trillin recalls the old and new wells at a summer home. The Water Committee chairmanship ends as a new pump and well upgrades spark reflections on responsibility and family discussions.
Gov. Terry Branstad criticized the state secretary of agriculture for oversight of the fair, saying lawmakers erred in granting control over the annual event. The dispute centers on who should run the fair and the governance structure behind it.
Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport July passenger totals rose 61 percent from 46 793 to 75 292 while departures climbed 81 percent to 1 569. Republic Airlines led with 238 departures followed by Iowa Airways 187 and Air Wisconsin 169. Revenue reached 319 286 33. New terminal advertising contract with Ackerley Airport Advertising Inc. approved for 1986 89 plus three new staff positions. Sky Chefs expects food cart gift shop and bar to open by weekend. bar pending liquor permit.
The Cedar Rapids Community Schools will spend 95 000 dollars to place five computers in each of twenty elementary schools this year. The figure corrects an earlier budget story in Sunday's Gazette.
Cedar Rapids educator Daniel Zimmerman resigns from the school system effective today after a federal tax conviction that sent him to eight years in prison. The school board will meet at 4 30 p m today at the Educational Service Center to consider the resignation following a career started in 1970 and marked by a 1974 federal grant for science teaching and a 1985 suspension tied to liens against colleagues.
New evidence released Monday details motives in two Cedar Rapids shootings on Saturday. Brian Urbanek 15 allegedly tried to kill Kelly Smith 21 after a confrontation over threats with a knife, while Lorena Martin 56 says she shot her husband after being locked in the house and abused. Both suspects were released from custody.
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