Holiday programs and worship services listed by area churches
Area churches host a range of holiday programs and worship services over the next two weeks as listed in the directory page 13A.
18 Dec 1993
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1993
Page
1
Area churches host a range of holiday programs and worship services over the next two weeks as listed in the directory page 13A.
Jacquelyn Weir begins an environmental art project titled Glass Wall consisting of an eight hundred foot long row of five foot glass tubes along the old Highway 218 in Iowa City. The commission and details appear on page 1B.
More than 500 residents signed a petition offering ways to improve the safety of the Johnson Iowa county line intersection. Details on page 1B.
Inflation adjusted gasoline near 1940s levels expert notes. A priest is charged with stealing 77,914 from churches in Keokuk and Jefferson counties. Fox Television reaches a deal potentially enabling NFL games on Friday or Saturday nights, per KOCR TV in Cedar Rapids. Details on page 3B and 1C.
Jake Gmar, described as a wanted man, told his wife words he could not take back earlier this year. He had been at large since leaving a post prison work release center in Cedar Rapids in 1985, according to Page 1A of Sundays Gazette.
Police and FBI chased a suspect who robbed Brenton Bank & Trust Co in northeast Cedar Rapids. A man dressed in dark camo and ski mask waved a semi auto pistol and demanded cash. A 31 year old arrest turned out not to be the thief.
Amy Hagadorn a 9-year-old with cerebral palsy wrote a Santa letter seeking a day at school with no mockery. WJLT-FM moved to air the moving entry and declare Amy Hagadorn Day with mayoral proclamation as she attends the station’s event with Santa and school officials.
Industrial psychologist Frank Schmidt spearheaded a meta analysis of 665 integrity test studies showing these tests predict not only avoidance of negative behaviors but also overall job performance. The research reviewed pre employment tests for about 500000 workers across blue and white collar sectors.
State Sen. Joe Welsh announces he will not seek re election amid ongoing scrutiny from the Iowa Trust scandal. Welsh says sixteen years is long enough and he plans to stay active in politics despite resigning as Senate president in 1991 after Wymer related investigations.
Davenport FBI agent John Wellman pleaded guilty to reckless driving and speeding after driving on freshly poured concrete on County Road W-15 causing nearly 70 thousand dollars in damage. He was fined 415 dollars plus court costs and ordered to pay 1,187 dollars in restitution to Keokuk County. The contractor, Fred Carlson Co., is pursuing a settlement with the federal government for 69,602 dollars. Wellman, 46, has over 20 years in the FBI and apologized, noting the incident was unfortunate.
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