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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1980
Page
8
Iowa officials pressed for a life cycle approach in state purchases to save energy and cut maintenance costs. The plan, reviewed by Gov. Ray, would standardize procurement and form a coordinating committee across agencies, with local governments urged to adopt similar energy saving practices.
Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag discuss a standout bridge hand by Peter Weichsel in an early match, detailing a six spade slam and a series of precise club ruffs and trumps. They note the spade block and slow deliberation, then compare with the other table bidding six that went down two. Newspaper Enterprise Association
The AP survey names Grassley s Senate win as Iowa s top 1980 story. The economy follows, with risks in rail, bank failures, ERAs defeat, Iran hostage saga, and crop, welfare, and housing concerns shaping statewide events.
Iowa's top stories of the year include Grassley defeating Stoner and ousting Culver, state spending cuts, rail bankruptcies and creation of the Iowa Rail Authority, Prairie Grain Co. owner’s suicide and collapse, ER Amendment defeat, Soviet grain embargo fallout, Grinnell Bank robbery murders conviction, Kathryn Koob hostage in Iran, investigation of Natural Healing Centers in Waukee after two child deaths, drought aiding corn and soybean crops, and Linda Eaton's sex discrimination damages.
Iowa’s holiday fire deaths rose to nine including seven children as a rural Rolfe infant perished in a house fire. Among Sioux City victims, a family lost six children in a Christmas Eve blaze prompting a relief fund and joint funeral plans. Authorities said grease fumes near a hot stove sparked the Woods home fire while a Nora Springs man perished in another blaze.
Ken Marshall has been named to star as Marco Polo in NBCs eight hour miniseries about the 13th century Venetian explorer. He replaces Mandy Patinkin in the role and will film in Europe Morocco and the People's Republic of China.
The tallest cut Christmas tree was a 221 foot Douglas fir erected at a Seattle shopping center in 1950, as reported by United Press International.
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