Somebody's Having Fun at Jones Park Toboggan Run
A photo shows three year old Erin Kippes and siblings enjoying a toboggan ride at Jones park. Group at the bottom includes Sarah Rhodes eight, Kammara Macal eight, Kim Macal nine, and Mary Rhodes eleven, all of local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
Kippes
Tom Kippes
Dunham Drive
Jones Park
Sarah Rhodes
William Rhodes
6Th Street
Kammara Macal
Kim Macal
Sandra Macal
Sarah
Mary Rhodes
Panel Backs Local Option Tax for Property Tax Relief
A blue ribbon panel urges a limited local option sales tax paired with spending caps on city and county budgets to relieve property taxes. If approved, revenues would offset other income and be distributed by county per capita to cities and towns. Cedar Rapids could gain about 4 million annually. Linn County about 727 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa League of Municipalities
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Center Point
Linn
Robert Josten
League
Briggs
Woman Dies After Court Ordered Unplugging of Life Support
Celia Cain, a 26-year-old comatose mother in Jacksonville, died 13 minutes after doctors, under a court order, unplugged her respirator. Doctors said she had been clinically dead for two weeks with extensive brain damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Roy Lewis
James Eugene Glenn
Celia Cain
Cain
St. Vincent's Medical Center
Gerald
Duval County
John Cox
Carter May Pick Doar Attorney General: Paper
The New York Sunday News reports former Nixon impeachment aide John Doar is among three contenders for attorney general under Carter. Carter also named Cyrus Vance for secretary of state and Thomas Lance to head the OMB, with Lipshutz tapped as White House counsel amid others in flux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doar
House
Nixon
Carter
New York Sunday News
Doar
Justice Department
Kennedy
Johnson
Cyrus Vance
Atlanta
Thomas “Bert” Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Atlanta Constitution
Robert Lipshutz
White House
Lipshutz
Charles Kirbo
Georgia Board of Human Resources
Jack Watson
Kirbo
Washington
Downtown Cedar Rapids mulls enclosed mall on Second Street SE
Four prominent business leaders advocate a two story enclosed mall from Second Avenue to Fourth Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids. Plans include closing Second Street to traffic and adding a second level skyway linking to Smulekoffs the Roosevelt Royale hotel and nearby properties. A major department store at Fourth and Second would anchor the project with Armstrong Killian and Smulekoffs involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Westdale
Second Street
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Westcale
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong's Department Store
Cedar River Tower
Peter
Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis
Third Avenue
Second Street SE
Armstrong's
Killian's
Smulekoffs
U S Collusion on Oil Price Hikes Charged
Washington based economist argues Foreign Policy piece claims U S officials backed higher oil prices since 1971 to hurt Japan and Europe more than the United States. Treasury Secretary Simon denies the charge, saying prices should fall to market levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
UPI
Foreign Policy Magazine
Middle East
Japan
European
United States
America
W.H. Oppenheim
Simon
Norway’s first public library opens in Benton county town
The 113 year old Norway in Benton County celebrates its first public library as a busy community hub. Page 1B features story and pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton County
Norway
Conger
Washington
Iowa
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By Roger Munns
Donald Briggs
Iowa Revenue Department
Billy
Mrs. Cain
Gerald Cain
C.R
By Mike Deupree
F. Bezanson
MorAmerica Financial Corp
Armstrong
Abbott Lipsky
Smulekoff's Furniture Co
James Seifert
Seifert
Lipsky
Treasury
William Simon
New York
Oppenheim
Foreign Policy
Theodore Moran
Moran
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
James Akins
Henry Kissinger
Iran
Prairie High School
Convign
City Hall
Iowa News Building Farm Financial
PBS
Lil Marion
Dee Tabloid
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