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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 2002
Page
9
Cedar Rapids posted a 67 degree high Sunday, beating the 1930 record of 66. By today, temperatures dip to the 20s with northwest winds lowering readings. A weather system tonight into Tuesday could bring several inches of snow to Eastern Iowa.
Hiawatha police stopped a car at Blairs Ferry Road and First Avenue at 11:47 p.m. Saturday uncovering car stereos, 100 plus CDs, golf clubs and other items believed stolen. Suspects Alan Ault and Matthew O'Brien face charges of possession of burglar tools possession of stolen property and fifth degree theft.
Marion Independent school board members meet at 7 p.m. in the administrative boardroom at 777 S. 15th St. to begin a preliminary discussion on setting the property tax rate for the 2002-03 school year.
Madison County authorities report Howard Iseton 28, Rachael Talli 23, and Edith Rice 94 found dead in a burning Saint Charles home. Officials deem the incident a murder death by own action with autopsies planned for today.
Griffin filed suit after Katz Drug Store refused service to African Americans. The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the store to serve Black customers. Griffin was awarded $1 in damages. Vignettes provided during Black History Month by the African American Museum in Iowa.
Sarah Van Allen Trimble recalls being frightened when her father James A. Van Allen, a University of Iowa space physicist, prepared for a 1959 meeting with Soviet scientists amid the Sputnik era. She describes bomb shelter anxiety and desk hiding drills as tensions rose between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Sputnik 1 sparked a major shift in the Cold War era as the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite on October 4, 1957. The tiny metal sphere with a crude transmitter stunned America and intensified national anxiety about space and military rivalries, recalled by James A. Van Allen decades later.
Tuesday notes James Van Allen maintains frequent CIA contacts as research continues. Wednesday reports American and Russian scientists exchanging ideas despite Cold War tensions. Sunday previews an author interview to gather material for a new book, with an online exclusive video on extraterrestrial life.
A five year 300000 grant from Rockwell Collins will expand the Engineering Academy at area high schools and create a Computer Programming Academy at Kirkwood Community College. The money covers staff salaries scholarships and program development as part of Kirkwood Foundation efforts to raise 3 million for student support. Nearly 700 students are enrolled across the Career Edge academies Missouri Cedar Rapids Linn-Mar Jefferson and Kennedy high schools.
Marty Smith, 61, president of Millhiser-Smith Agency Inc., highlights lifelong bonds with former classmates from Arthur Elementary, Franklin and Washington high schools, and Coe College. He notes insurance thrives on relationships with clients and carriers while sharing family and travel anecdotes. His father co-founded the agency, mentored him, and his sons live in Denver with a granddaughter on the way.
Marty Smith, 61, president of Miihiser Smith Agency Inc. Cedar Rapids, is married to Julie who serves as branch manager with A.G. Edwards & Sons in Cedar Rapids. They have sons Brian 34 Barry 33 Roger 31 in Denver and stepchildren Brittain 26 in New York City and Tom Anderson 27 in Cedar Rapids. He enjoys golf hiking mountain biking and travel and sits on St. Luke's Hospital Foundation board and the First Presbyterian Church group.
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