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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1978
Page
2
Linn Supervisors reelect Oxley as chair and refill boards
The Linn County Board of Supervisors named Jean Oxley to another year as chairman. They announced new appointments to Social Welfare, Psychiatric Clinic, Board of Health, Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustment, Health Center, HACAP and courthouse staff, with several terms for three to five years and reappointments for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Jean Oxley
Social Welfare
Carole Dillard
Mount Vernon
Sara Fisher
William Rosberg
Oxley
Ken Schriner
Jacqueline Holloway
Percy Harris
Chuck Swore
Board of Health
Phillip Crew
Dorothy Carey
Board of Supervisors
Zoning Commission
Esther Drago
Robert Lam
Board of Adjustment
Melody Rockwell
Bertram Township
Robert Mahan
20Th Ave
Bonnie Severn
Marion
HACAP
Edward Hudson
Harry Beltz
Louis and
Elaine Hulseberg
City workers deal with snow windrows after New Year storm
Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips praised street crews despite delays from the New Year Eve blizzard. Downtown windrows push traffic lanes while snow is moved to a disposal site. Cleanup ran behind schedule due to holiday absences and limited night work to clear the loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Country music expert Paul Ackerman dies at 69
New York AP reports Paul Ackerman former music editor of Billboard Magazine and a leading authority on country music has died at 69. He retired from Billboard in 1973 and passed away New Year’s Eve at his Queens home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Ackerman
Billboard Magazine
Ackerman
Billboard
Borough of
Queens
Cedar Rapids Gazette History and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription prices are listed for carrier and mail editions with weekly and yearly rates and restrictions on areas without carrier service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sone
U.S
Associated Press
Marion board terminates Hoppes contract
Marion Independent Board of Education ended the teaching contract of Gary Hoppes, an individualized education teacher at the high school, effective December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Board
Hoppes
Marion
Hoppes Appeal Leads to Board Suspension
Hoppes appealed the contract termination to the school board. He was suspended indefinitely on November 21 after disagreements over individualized education. The board conducted a private four-session hearing before issuing its decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoppes
Cedar Rapids Briefs Offer Local Activities and Notices
Story hour for preschoolers runs Wednesday at three Cedar Rapids libraries with sessions at 9:45 10:30 a.m. 1:30 2 p.m. at Main Library Kenwood and Edgewood branches. Other items include local classes shopping deals church events a theft report and a New Year dance reschedule at Ambroz Recreation Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenwood
First Ave
Edgewood
Edgewood Road
The
Dominic Club of
Cedar Rapids
Saint Jude’s Church
Edgewood Rd
1St Ave
Father Jaeger
Virginia Iee
Alice Seda
Ambroz Recreation Center
Mount Vernon Road
Senator's wife Natalie Gurney dies in Florida nursing home
Natalie Ahlborn Gurney, wife of former Florida senator Edward Gurney, died Sunday in a Winter Park nursing home at age 62. She had been bedridden since a March 1970 cerebral stroke. ON THIS DATE in 1938 the March of Dimes began to fight infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Park
Fla
Natalie Ahlborn Gurney
Edward Gurney
Florida
Vital statistics births and incidents in Cedar Rapids area
Birth announcements list new sons for Koerbitz Dring Thomas and Warner, plus a daughter for Struck. Multiple couples from Cedar Rapids, Marion, and surrounding towns are named with addresses. Alarm, TV short, faulty fireplace, wiring short, gas stove issue, trash, and gas line incidents reported with times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Ave
19Th St
Forest Drive
Block C Avenue
Fifth St
Knollwood Drive
Ridgeway Drive
Collins Road
Stars sign for The Legacy in Turman Foster project
Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross sign to star in The Legacy a Turman Foster Co supernatural thriller to be filmed on location in England starting in January The casting announcement notes UPI reports the high profile duo will headline the film segments abroad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Sam Elliott
Katharine Ross
Turman- Foster Co
England
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