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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1981
Page
11
A montage of civic notices and ads run for Christmas season. Local spots include Mary Moppets pickup, Rose Bowl wishes for Iowa Hawkeyes, bank holiday hours, store sales, Hawaii vacation tour, nut and snack offers, wreaths and Nativity sets, and various festive promotions from Ajax Balloon Company, Giftree sale, Kenny Hofer Orchestra Hawaii trip details, and several local businesses.
In a 1948 championship match, North S J Simon and South Harrison Gray duel with modernistic bidding. Gray wins four spades after a sequence of cues and overruffs, though East could have beaten him by discarding bigger diamonds.
Gov. Robert Ray criticized the layoff of 150 Job Service of Iowa workers as the wrong move at the wrong time. He cited federal budget cuts urged by the Reagan administration and said the state must comply while seeking ways to help unemployed Iowans find new jobs. He noted nationwide unemployment pressures and energy costs affecting businesses and expressed hope for a better economy.
Tracy Scott Ayers 18 of North English is jailed in Marengo on $36 000 bond after charges including first degree burglary and assault tied to an attack on a rural North English couple. Ayers allegedly followed Katherine Avard and stabbed Gerald Avard 64 during a failed home intrusion four miles east of North English. The Avards were treated at Marengo Memorial Hospital with Gerald in stable condition. Ayers also faces two counts of operating a vehicle without the owner's consent and possession of a controlled substance. two cars stolen in the North English area were recovered.
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