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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1970
Page
5
In Denison the 19 year old Dale Wendt died in a hospital Tuesday from injuries suffered in a mid October traffic accident in Council Bluffs.
A Monday blaze north of Des Moines downtown caused over 100000 dollars in damage to Nancy's Tavern Wilson's Upholstery Shop and an adjacent storage office space. Police report arson as a suspect and say the threat spectrum includes taunting calls to the tavern owner. About 30 firefighters battled the fire for four hours before control.
In a special session Independence City Council amended the 1970 budget adding 59 230 in six allocations Public safety sanitation municipal enterprise recreation liquor profit road use tax and transfers from the utility fund Offsetting pay raises of 25 monthly for full time workers and a 4 970 tree removal payment Seven residents asked to open streets for snowmobiles to rural areas with a trial resolution set to expire February 9 1971 A second resolution bans snowmobiles in city parks and cemeteries except Jaycee Park A paving change dropped Fifth SE and added Fourth SE between Third and Seventh Avenues.
Randy Gage 13 son of Mr and Mrs Edward Gage of Elgin died Tuesday in the West Union hospital recovery room after a tonsillectomy. Cause not immediately determined. Survived by parents twin brother Ricky, brother Mike, two sisters. Services arranged at Burnham and Wood funeral home.
Polk county grand jury calls for harsher penalties for intoxicated drivers and urges police to avoid high speed chases of stolen cars. It warns such pursuits endanger innocent lives and suggests safer apprehension methods.
Des Moines reports 40,848 students enrolled in adult education career and college division courses in the first term quarter. Baley notes 26,239 in adult education, up 35 percent from a year ago, and 20,609 in career and college courses, up 13.3 percent, with increases across divisions except college prep which fell 27.1 percent due to combining with college parallel courses. The largest enrollment is 5,233 students in adult education.
Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids noted adult education figures while three other schools exceeded two thousand students each. Area schools 13 Council Bluffs 2,283. 5 Fort Dodge 2,016. 12 Sioux City 2,003. Other enrollments included Calmar 1,107. Mason City 217. Estherville 496. Sheldon 171. Marshalltown 1,875. Waterloo 711. Davenport 516. Ankeny 1,809. Creston 1,062. Ottumwa 222. Burlington 518.
Steven Lawlor, 22, of Davenport Iowa remains in critical condition after a car-truck collision Sunday on Interstate 80 west of LaSalle that killed Kathy Conolly 21 of Davenport Larry Wagner 23 of Chicago and Nancy Wagner 21 formerly of Iowa City The truck was driven by Lawrence E Deathridge 49 of Moline.
Rowley police charged 17 year old Stephen Kress with driving too fast for conditions after his car hit a parked vehicle within Rowley city limits at 10 p.m. Tuesday. He was not injured.
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