15 Feb 1981
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1981
Page
1
A reader poll questions how disruptive ninth graders would be if moved to Cedar Rapids' senior high schools. The note appears amid a general look at local education and school reorganization impacts.
In Cedar Rapids the welcoming efforts for new families are led by Cyndee Schmidt Ferris. The feature highlights the community outreach in the city and frames the broader university event coverage on changing family dynamics.
Czech prodigy Hana Mandlikova defeated her idol Billie Jean King in a Saturday night exhibition at the Five Seasons Center. The event showcased the upstart's rise and King’s enduring appeal in a star powered match.
Travel Mardi Gras is celebrated worldwide with New Orleans staging the liveliest and most spectacular events. page 1D.
The Cedar Rapids Marion Arts Council invites residents to attend a Tuesday town meeting on the arts to gather input for long range planning. The event aims to capture broad public views to shape future funding and program directions.
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa indicated he would halt demands to include farmers in a new national labor code while urging a 90 day calm. He praised Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski as premier and noted ongoing talks in Rzeszow to resolve farmer and worker sit ins.
Stanwood hosted a Balloons Over Iowa winter rally with 18 hot air balloons, featuring Big Bird the Great Pumpkin and Charlie Brown. The event, organized by pilots from Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, and Carlisle, aims to become an annual winter attraction as locals praised the community effort and expected a weather permitting continuation today.
President Reagan plans a six council Cabinet system to debate and decide major policies. Ed Meese said the councils will cover economic affairs natural resources environment human resources commerce and agriculture under secretaries guiding policy options for the president and VP.
American adventurers Maxie Anderson and Don Ida landed their balloon near Marchpur India after failing to gain altitude to cross the Himalayas on a planned 8 to 10 day round-the-world voyage. They were fine and planned to spend the night aboard the gondola guarding equipment after traveling about 3000 miles since Luxor Egypt.
Cuba says it will aid Ecuador if asked to storm the Havana Embassy to free hostages held by a pro asylum group. A caller to AP warned of a Cuban strike on the UN if Castro attacks the embassy, while Havana radio notes the raid began Friday amid prior mission seizures in Havana.
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