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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1980
Page
4
A Dresden resident recounts the 58 minute Allied bombing, surviving by moving the family through the city. She describes ruined buildings, fires, and corpses in the streets, and explains how her father kept them alive amid shock and danger.
As a February 20 deadline nears for Iowa delegate applications to the White House Conference on Families, critics complain about hard to obtain forms and sensitive information requests. Louise Moon says forms will be distributed at local hearings and libraries, with 50 candidates chosen from the applications to send eight delegates to Des Moines and 16 appointed.
The Marion Water Board discussed a proposed rule making developers pay for hydrants in new additions. No action was taken but staff said the change could save about $13 000 annually while the city would still buy hydrants at a discount and bill developers. The department projects 90 748 in revenue next year with two thirds already committed and listed expenditures include pipes meters Well No 5 and Well No 3 repairs and a Seventh Street main. Superintendent Jack Fairley sought vehicle and tractor purchases and a 17 900 contract for tank lining at Well No 3 was approved to Maguire Iron Works Sioux Falls SD.
The Linn-Mar Secretary and Clerical Association, covering 76 employees, ratified a one year contract, granting 12.9 percent raise July 1 and 14.9 percent six months later, with base pay rising from 2.90 to 3.25 and top from 5.15 to 5.59. The agreement aligns weather related early release with teachers. The Linn-Mar board will act Thursday.
The Marion Park Board meeting scheduled for Thursday has been canceled. No further details were provided.
Governor Forrest H. James Jr of Alabama will not participate in the White House Conference on Families this year. The decision, urged by his wife Bobbie James and conveyed in a letter to the conference chair, cites objections to guidelines and stresses traditional Judeo Christian family values.
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