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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1980
Page
4
The first Monster Arm Wrestling Tournament in the metro area drew about 25 entrants at OK Lounge in Marion. Contestants paid 5 dollars to use The Monster device built by Jim Porter and Jack Berringer of Ames, aiming for a Las Vegas trip prize.
Marion City Council approved the first reading of a resolution to close 11th Street from Sixth to Seventh avenues for a pedestrian plaza and parking as part of the downtown redevelopment master plan. Two more readings are planned before vacation. spring closure if approved, with traffic changes on adjacent streets and added parking spaces in the new plaza and lots.
State area agencies on aging were told to stop pressuring elderly residents to surrender their January $250 energy checks from SSI. Officials stressed checks are for recipients to use as they wish, with coercion deemed intolerable. HACAP noted no reported complaints and urged anyone pressured to contact HACAP centers for assistance.
Local merchant Nord man Jewelry places a brief advertisement offering to buy diamonds gold and silver from the public.
German-born sculptor Harald Isenstein died Sunday in Copenhagen at age 81. He split his life between creating portraits of celebrities and teaching art.
A Linn County grand jury returned a no bill against Charles Igram in the alleged issuance of insufficient funds checks to Blunt Ellis and Loewi Inc. totaling 96 600 dollars between July 26 and Aug 1 with a civil suit by Loewi seeking 137 542 dollars pending. Igram countersuits Blunt Ellis and Loewi for 180 000 dollars claiming they liquidated his account. ON THIS DATE in 1921 actress Lana Turner was born.
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