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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1988

Page

5

Outdoor show and art exhibits in Iowa City area

On Saturday January 23 events include the Outdoor Eastern Iowa RV and Tack Show from 10 am to 9 pm at Hawkeye Downs. University of Iowa Museum of Art features Art of Central Africa through May 22 and Fluxus and Friends through March 13. Theater at Cornell College presents My Fair Lady at 8 pm. Five Seasons offers Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom on Ice at noon 4 and 8 pm with tickets priced 9 and 8 dollars.

Iowa Hawkeye “Downs Central Africa Stanley University of Iowa Museum of Art

Snow and ice turn Eastern Iowa roads into bumper tracks

Slippery roads across Eastern Iowa caused multiple incidents on interstates. By early evening 1-60 eastbound between Tiffin and Oxford had four cars and a tanker in ditches, while westbound traffic crawled through heavy slush. A jackknife crash near Ladora involved two semis and six cars, but no injuries were reported. Authorities cleared the wrecks after about two hours.

Iowa Tiffin Oxford Pam Ladora Greg Salier Salier Allamakee County Fayette County Tama Muscatine County

Brooklyn Tank Leak Spurs 50 Ton Crane Arrival

Brooklyn officials expect a 50 ton crane to arrive today to lift five bulk gasoline tanks leaking about 5 000 gallons into soil. Mayor Leonard Roth says volunteers dig to map seepage while steps are taken to protect groundwater and drinking water as cleanup could take five to six days.

Brooklyn Leonard Roth Roth Jim Plants J & M Roofing James Manatt Manatt

Fire and theft incident list disrupts Dubuque area report

A compiled log lists multiple incidents from a Dubuque region area including a shed break in at Hofel Masonry with a table saw and plastic roll value 1040 dollars, several medical emergencies, a gas smell, an oven pot brief, and an extrication at an accident scene across addresses on Sixth Avenue SE Ninth Street Kirkwood and other streets, spanning Friday evening to Saturday morning.

Hofel Masonry Dubuque, Rodgers and Edgewood Roads Kirkwood Blvd J St Fifth Ave Third Ave Sixth Ave Park ‘Ave A’ Ave F Avenue Westwood Dr

Ottumwa Man Pleads Innocent to First‑Degree Murder

Timothy C. Smith, 30, of Ottumwa, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in Wapello County District Court. An April 5 trial date was set and he is held on $500,000 bond at the county jail for the stabbing death of Ruth Ann Drummond.

Ottumwa (Ap Timothy C Smith Ruth Ann Drummond Ottumwa Wapello County

Parking and Traffic Gripes Plague Cedar Rapids Downtown

A December survey by Frank N. Magid Associates for the Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District shows parking and traffic as top complaints in Cedar Rapids downtown. Of 580 residents asked, 40 percent cited parking meters as worst, 13 percent cited too much traffic, and 9 percent complained there are not enough department stores.

Heather Sloman Woodin Magid Mike Hais Commission Cedar River Sixth Street Interstate 380

Speakers discuss South Africa in Iowa tour appearances

A team of first hand observers Dennis Goldberg Jose Luis Matos and Rajen Naidoo will visit Cedar Rapids this weekend sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. They speak at Bethel AME Church 5 30 PM then at First Congregational Church 361 17th St SE 7 30 PM Sunday 10 AM at Peoples Church. They address destabilization sanctions and US support for black economic efforts.

Africa Cedar Rapids Iowa American Friends Service Committee Dennis Goldberg Jose Luis Matos United Nations Rajen Naidoo South Africa Swarthmore College Pennsylvania Bethel A.M.E First Congregational Church 17Th St. SE Peoples Church Third Ave. SE Southern Africa U.S

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