Grandpa Jones to be formally installed next Wednesday
Grandpa Jones is to be formally installed next Wednesday and will make a presentation, according to Page 7B.
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Grandpa Jones
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1979
Page
1
Court house spared as fire marshal reports
State fire marshal tells Linn County officials the Cedar Rapids courthouse needs no radical surgery. Neighborhood meeting discussed trucks and routing. Marion zoning ordinance sparked differing opinions on required lot sizes for multi family housing. Will county Farmers Home Administration offices be moved to a new department.
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Linn County
Marion
Farmers Home Administration
Iran Cancels $20 Million Orders with Cedar Rapids Firm
The government canceled about $20 million in orders with a Cedar Rapids company. the firm disputes that it signals a larger issue, stating there is no problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Cedar Rapids
New mower safety rule aims to cut injuries
Government rule restricting power lawn mowers seeks to prevent many injuries though it raises costs. Page 7B.
Iowa football player voices resolve after charges
Former University of Iowa football player vows progress and honesty after charges. The article notes a coach Wayne Philip Phillips urging new approaches and mentions prep basketball absences by two members of the Cornet women’s team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Cornet
Saturday Rare Eclipse Plans In Iowa This Century
The Gazette Sky Lights outlines viewing the last sun eclipse visible in Iowa this century with viewing tips and cautions. It notes the Five Seasons Center as a destination and mentions a Saturday pullout with photos floor plans and seating charts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Gazette
Five Seasons Center
Weather advisory warns blowing snow through Saturday
Travelers face blowing and drifting snow with an 80 percent chance of 3 to 5 inches by Saturday. Tonight will drop to the teens. Inflation note about bal loons and candy bars appears as stray text.
Judge blocks Eaton firing in Iowa City protest and nurse case
Iowa City firefighter Linda Eaton won a temporary injunction preventing her firing for nursing her 3 month old son during her 24 hour Friday shift. A pie-throwing incident interrupted a city press conference as the case moved toward a Monday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Linda Eaton
Eaton
Ian
Johnson
Ansel Chapman
Neal Berlin
Midwest Winter Storm Dumps Snow on Cedar Rapids
The National Weather Service warned of three to five inches of snow as a winter storm moves across the Midwest. Snow is due to begin this afternoon and persist through tonight and Saturday with blowing and drifting conditions possible. Measurable snowfall chances are 60 percent this afternoon and 80 percent tonight and Saturday.
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Midwest
Cedar Rapids
National Weather Service
Weather Service
State unit seeks broader Cedar River flood plain controls
Iowa officials push for tougher limits on development near the Cedar River, targeting the 100-year flood plain and a broader regional flood plain. The Natural Resources Council backs stricter rules to avert flood insurance penalties, despite local resistance and ongoing federal studies.
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Natural Resources Council
Iowa
James Webb
The
Coun
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Federal Flood Insurance Administration
Webb
Bandit Seizes 40 Hostages In Osaka Bank Siege
A masked gunman blasted into the Mitsubishi Bank Kitabatake branch in Osaka with a shotgun demanding 250000 dollars. He held as many as 40 hostages eight hours into the standoff, with police negotiating to avoid harming civilians. Four people reportedly dead, including two officers, as fire trucks and 500 officers surrounded the bank in a busy shopping area.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Iowa football player eats nine McDonald’s burgers
University of Iowa player Jeff DeWilder reportedly devoured nine McDonald’s sliders during a halftime contest at the Fieldhouse in Iowa City amid Thursday night basketball action. The event drew local attention and appeared in Red Peppers, page 1B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Jeff DeWilder
Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa National's Rice dies at 66 in Cedar Rapids
John C. Rice 66, president and chairman of Iowa National Mutual Insurance, died Friday after a sudden illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. A longtime community leader, he served as Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce president, and was a national insurance official. Services Monday at Turner Chapel East with burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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John C. Rice
First Ave
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Rice
Iowa National
Jane Dunlap
First Congregational Church
el Kabir Shrine
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mount Mercy College
Douglas Rice
Joanne Dunnick
Barbara Trom
Wahpeton
N.D
Richard Rice
Irvine
Calif
Betty Kelly
Scottsdale
Ariz
Turner Chapel East
Glenn N. Bender
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
First Congregational Church Memorial Fund
St. Luke’s Memorial Fund
Pope heads to Mexico City amid quake event
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit downtown Mexico City about nine hours before Pope John Paul II arrived. No serious damage or injuries were reported as crowds gathered to greet the pope during his five day visit. an aftershock of 5.0 followed two hours later.
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Mexico City
John Paul II
Pacific Ocean
Michoacan
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Mexico
Los Minas
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Phil” Phillips
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U.S
Berlin
Council
Barbie Blevins
Robert Keating
Associated Press
NEW York Times
Tehran
Ayatolah Khomeini
Des Moines
Bandit Holding
Kitabatake
Mitsubishi Bank
John Rice
Pope
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