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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1977
Page
5
Cedar Rapids Art Center sponsors classes at Marion Community Center beginning this week. Painting workshop starts Wednesday at 7 p.m. open to all levels, with instruction in technique color and composition. Macrame course begins Thursday at 7 p.m. Eight sessions planned.
Two weekend fire calls in Marion: Saturday at 525 Fifth Avenue a furnace motor burned out causing damage confined to the unit. Sunday at 2735 Twenty third Avenue a basement blaze caused by a faulty fireplace left area near the fireplace with fire damage and the house with smoke damage.
Iowa State Rep. Roger Halvorson asks the Iowa Conservation Commission to quickly decide if lakes can be built in Fayette County's Volga area. If lakes are not feasible he urges planning a dry land recreation complex with ski areas tobogganing snowmobile trails camping and nature trails.
The Congressional Budget Office urged U S efforts to build aircraft shelters to defend warplanes against surprise attacks. The plan envisions 217 shelters at a cost of about 170 million dollars over five years, plus 190 million in fiscal 1978 and 366 million through 1982.
Cedar Rapids city council and the Veterans Memorial commission will meet with architects Thursday at 10 am in city council chambers to review concepts for converting the coliseum. The auditorium will be replaced by the Five Seasons Civic Center and architects have prepared several no cost alternative use plans.
Palm Springs mourning Frank Sinatra stays secluded after his 82-year-old mother Natalie Dolly Sinatra is killed when a private Learjet crashes on Mt. San Gorgonio. Recovery teams resume at daybreak for remaining victims as funeral plans unfold in California and Beverly Hills.
Anthony Eden III an ailing former British prime minister is brought home from Florida to Wiltshire after liver failure and cancer spread. He and his wife chose Britain for his final days, with son Viscount Eden confirming the wish to die in his homeland.
Jennie Whitney a 25 year part time Lamont post office clerk was honored at her retirement. A coffee gathering at the post office saw her receive a postal service certificate and a ring from fellow workers.
UPI reports in Lusaka that Ivor Richard met with Patriotic Front leaders Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe after the Frontline states pledged full political and material support. Richard will brief Geneva talks and may visit South Africa for further talks with Prime Minister Vorster.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd predicted Congress will add funds to President-elect Carter’s public service job program. He said key senators disagree with advisers on the program size and noted Carter seeks 4 billion more this year with 2 billion already authorized.
Edward Kerry, former U S ambassador to Chile, says he will seek to testify at Senate hearings on Theodore Sorenson as CIA chief. Kerry recounts U S efforts to unseat Allende dating to Kennedy era and alleges involvement of multinational corporations in covert Latin American actions. He adds Nixon aimed to crush Allende with economic pressure rather than broader actions.
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