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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1982
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission asks City Council to issue up to 11.5 million dollars in bonds to fund the new terminal and related facilities with plans to repay from airport revenues. The panel also seeks federal funds and approved project plans while noting a seven month passenger decline and rising income from leases and fees.
United Parcel Service employee Ronald D. Allen Jr. and wife Sandra J. Allen petition Linn County District Court for 105000 in damages from John and Ellyn Wrzeski stemming from an alleged February 28 1980 slip on snow and ice at a Cedar Rapids residence. Sandra seeks 5000 for loss of consortium.
An 18 year old Kennedy High School student was arrested at 8:45 a.m. on a school campus after allegedly selling a marijuana cigarette to another student. Zachary S Graves of 4730 Danbury St NE was cited and released on his own recognizance following a court appearance on a serious misdemeanor charge. Police recovered two plastic bags of marijuana in Graves possession.
Citizens for Community Improvement delivers 42 January heating bills to Sen Roger Jepsen at his Marion office urging opposition to natural gas decontrol and a public meeting. The bills include 41 residences averaging 115 dollars and a 3260 dollar church bill. The group cites an Iowa Energy Policy Council report projecting average bills of 283 dollars in 1986 under deregulation.
Former State Rep Ivor Stanley now chairs the Iowa Merit Employment Commission and will meet with Gov Robert Rays office next week to discuss his future. Stanley pleaded guilty to prostitution in Linn County District Court. Sentencing is set for March 30. He, aged 56 of Cedar Rapids, faces up to two years in jail and a 5000 dollar fine. He and four other men were arrested last October by the state Division of Criminal Investigation and Linn County sheriff's officials.
Keith Van Orden, 24, of 729 Alpine Drive, is jailed on 15 000 bond on willful injury charges for stabbing Peggy Lewis, 18, four times with a paring knife in his car on Rohret Road. Lewis received treatment at the University of Iowa Hospitals and was released. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb 28.
John Streit owner of Johns Place at 206 First Ave reports two men confronted him with a gun and robbed him in the restaurant parking lot at 5 30 a m as he prepared to open. They fled on foot with a bag of Thursday receipts. investigators searched the area with no suspects found.
Ten years ago dock workers on the West Coast voted to end a prolonged strike. The move wrapped up a dispute that kept ports idle for months and affected shipments nationwide.
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