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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1978
Page
6
The Cedar Rapids and Marion community recalls Cedar Acres Amusement Park once bustling with rides and cotton candy. A run-down site now shows a cement pond leaning light poles and a rusting sign, yet many residents remember the Sunday afternoons when families enjoyed small rides and simple joys.
In 1952 Ce-Mar Acres opened on the Marion Cedar Rapids edge offering 15 rides at ten cents each. Operated by Crista and Don McElhinney it was a family run park with a train, kiddieland, and promotions drawing thousands. By 1968 rising costs and safety rules ended the era as rides were sold off and the site faded into memory.
The Delaware Art Museum has received the archival collection of John Sloan from Helen Farr Sloan. The gift includes nearly 600 works on paper, with many by Sloan and others acquired by Mrs. Sloan for the collection.
The article questions why Proposition 13 succeeds, framing taxes as a source of revolt. It notes a recurring pattern of public anger toward taxation and uses a mobster anecdote to illustrate a distrust of financial obligations.
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