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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1976
Page
4
Two Ely women’s waterball team members push through spray at Palo while spectators shield themselves with coats. Ely loses to North Liberty in a windy, splash filled Saturday match. onlookers endure heavy spray as the action unfolds.
Linn county officials draft a plan to bar building homes on prime farmland under 30 acres in low density rural areas. The proposal targets land with a crop suitability rating of 70 or higher and would allow one acre sites only in high density zones.
Eldora residents slept easier after a 23 foot 200 pound python, kept by the Bailey Brothers circus, vanished Thursday night. Ted Wilson, owner, offered 200 dollars for its return, with sightings near Eldora and a brief chase through Tama. Rick Dunn alerted authorities and circusy handlers were en route from Sigourney. The reptile has a history of wandering, with prior escape in Britt, and the circus plans continued stops in Eldon Keosauqua.
United Press Internatic reports two US Air Force StarLifter crashes killed 39 of 45 aboard while landing in Britain and Greenland. One craft broke up near Mildenhall England. the other killed 21 aboard near Peterborough. Surviving crew to be treated at San Antonio.
A group of Iowa county farmers filed with IDOT a request for a formal review of the diagonal Highway 149 route between Interstate 80 and the Amana colonies. They allege the commission ignored staff advice and chose a costly, land-disruptive plan, with a hearing set for Oct 14 in Ames.
Weekend bound residents enjoy houseboats at Ellis harbor and river islands while city notices highlight Cedar Rapids schools reopening Monday Kirkwood classes begin Wednesday and the Gazette offers Oceans frontier course coverage Enrollment forms on page 2A. Shoplifting responses and a pie assembly line story appear along with local notes and listings.
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