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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1980
Page
8
A hearing officer denied unemployment benefits to Roberta Lyman after she bared her backside to supervisor John Amos at Marshalltown Hy-Vee. Amos testified he told her to kiss his behind and she complied, leading to her firing for disregarding store standards of behavior.
Three people died in Iowa traffic crashes over the weekend, plus another fatality from a heart attack ahead of an accident. Jeffrey Niehaus of Varina died in Pocahontas County when his car rolled on a county road. Greg Sokolowski of Altoona perished when a jeep overturned near Altoona, possibly from hitting a rollbar. Scott Lybbert of Cresco died after his car crashed into trees on Iowa 139 near Kendallville. Jay Wasson of Clinton lost control on Illinois 84 near Fulton. Noel Rojohn of Altoona died of a heart attack just before a three vehicle collision near Bondurant, Polk County. These incidents reflect multiple counties and neighboring Illinois.
Iowans joined a world wide tribute to John Lennon with silent vigils and songs. In Des Moines more than 200 gathered at Nollen Plaza from noon to 1 PM. Davenport Dre, St Ambrose College held readings beside Lennon's taped songs. Fort Dodge hosted 175 to 200 attendees at Oleson Park. Cedar Rapids Greene Square Park saw several hundred participants and Iowa City’s Pentacrest about 200 students. Stations went off air in Muscatine while Melbourne New York and Liverpool hosted large memorials. The global scene echoed from New York Central Park to Liverpool crowds with thousands paying their last respects.
The Iowa Commission for the Blind will require written policies to govern private gifts to the agency. Board Chair Noland Gentry urged John N. Taylor to draft rules by the March meeting to oversee external operations while preserving flexibility in gift use for aids, transportation, and support for the blind. The panel also lauded the 1982 83 budget request of 936 992 and 965 167 and approved a federal grant study for a radio reading subsystem for the visually impaired.
Two Newton men, Oscar Francis Peters 52 and Edward Reuwsaat 55, died when their single engine plane ran out of fuel over remote northeast Johnson County in Arkansas. Authorities identified the victims and noted the crash occurred in a sparsely settled area.
The Henry R. Ponder estate provides 1.5 million to the University of Iowa and 1.5 million to the University of Missouri for loan funds aiding business students. The Iowa fund is named H R and Alberta B Ponder Fund and will support student financial aid per the will.
Strawberry Point residents will vote Tuesday in a special election on establishing and operating a municipal waterworks plant. Approval would allow upgrades or replacement of the existing system with polls at City Hall from noon to 8 p.m. A 10 years ago note recalls Cedar Rapids voters defeating two school bonds.
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