Immunization challenge shapes Iowa school laws and enforcement
A Cedar Rapids chiropractor challenges the immunization requirement for school attendance while the Administrative Rules Committee seeks to resolve questions about enforcing Iowa’s mandatory immunization law. Other items note Buchanan County road work for 1978, a public info pamphlet on drunk driving, and a planned special report on abandoned car sales in Linn County.
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Cedar Rapids
Administrative Rules Committee
Lloyd Smith
Linn County
Bill for community center land remains unpaid
The city faces an unpaid land bill for the block housing the Five Seasons Community Center. HUD loaned about 450000 interest free when the urban renewal project closed in 1974. the land was never sold and funds earmarked for HUD's share were unused.
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Five Seasons
HUD
Stead
Congress
No villain in tree theft
Mount Mercy College students rented four Christmas trees for a Mount Mercy Choir performance at St. Matthew's Church. After the show two trees were moved to a neighbor, then two more reappeared with Earl May tags. Davidson found two trees in his garage and contacted Earl May manager Jerry Kluver, launching a police report as investigators pursued a stolen tree ring.
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St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Mount Mercy College
Mount Mercy
St. Matthew’s
Earl May Garden Center
Linda
Earl May
Jerry Kluver
Davidson
Kluver
Plane crash wipes out Evansville team
Investigators suspect mechanical failure in the Tuesday night crash of a chartered DC-3 near Evansville Indiana that killed all 29 aboard including the University of Evansville basketball team and coach Artis Greg Smith 18 of West Frankfort Illinois died later in hospital Only one person survived to reach a hospital The plane had been chartered from National Jet Service Inc of Indianapolis and was en route to Nashville for a Wednesday game The wreckage lay over a 20 foot bluff near railroad tracks and was still smoldering near dawn
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Evansville
Ind
University of Evansville
Artis Greg
Mark Moulton
National Transportation Safety Board
Philip A. Hogue
Cress
Hogue
National Jet Service Inc
Indianapolis
Nashville
Tenn
Middle Tennessee State
Murfreesboro
Rick Notter
Notter
Patrick Alvey
Metro Beechcraft Corp
Alvey
Quiet Iowa starts as nationwide farm strike unfolds
A midnight start in Eastern Iowa saw no official strike action locally though some farmers may delay marketings to test price effects. Cedar Rapids plants report little disruption while weather, not the strike, slows grain movement. Nationwide protests included a midnight tractor parade near the White House and informational pickets in Colorado.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Buchanan County
Judd Decker
Independence
Marlyn Jorgensen
Garrison
State Farm Bureau
the Gazette
Washington
White House
Colorado
Trucker dies when driverless tractor crashes into bridge pillar
A Cedar Rapids man Alfred D. Christiansen, 26, died after the semi truck he rode in crushed against a Kansas City bridge pillar on I 70. His colleague Linda L. Null, 22, was critically injured with internal injuries and possible fractures. The 18 wheel truck, carrying Jack Daniels and Yellowstone whiskey, skidded 50 feet after entering a curve at high speed and rolled onto its side. The wreck closed westbound I 70 for hours as crews extricated the drivers and cleared the scene north of downtown Kansas City. The tractor belonged to Lawrence Lyons of Dysart. both drivers had been contracted for Hilt Trucking Lines of Council Bluffs since November 4.
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Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Alfred D. Christiansen
Sixth Ave
Truman Medical Center
Linda L. Null
Miss Null
Chris
Null
Lawrence Lyons
Dysart
Christiansen and Null
Lyons
Hilt Trucking Lines
Council Bluffs
Israel Egypt Begin Peace Talks In Cairo Egypt
Cairo hosts negotiations as Israel and Egypt vow to pursue a general Arab Israeli peace. U S envoy aims to clear path for Geneva talks while Begin travels to Washington for peacemaking input. Sadat call sees Damascus opposition. Has san backs steps. Egypt halts Egyptair flights to Beirut amid tensions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
United States
Geneva Middle East
Menahem Begin
Carter
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Begin
Morocco
Hassan
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Cyrus Vance
Damascus
Syria
Geneva
Vance
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Baghdad Radio
Egyptair
Beirut
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Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Washington High School Consort
Alice Cooper
Jones County 4-H Committee
Evans
Novak
Jefferson and
Kennedy
Jhawk
Brian Bartz
Benton
Cedar Rapids LaSalle
Kennedy High School
Boston
The
Marion
Court SA
BC Television
U.S
By Mike Deupree
Associated Press
UPI
NEW York Times
R Rapids, Iowa
By Tom Alex
Gazette
Smith
West Frankfort
Ill
al Swegle
Bob Otto
Quaker Oats
Wilson Foods
Forrest Mykleby
Omaha
USDA
Ray Balks
C.R. Trucker
Missouri
Christiansen
Lynchburg
Reno
Hilt
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