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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1977
Page
8
Marion residents are warned by Police Chief Richard Cayler that cars may not be stored on city streets for more than 48 hours. With snow and cold, cars block snow plows and may be towed at owners' expense. The city marks violators and urges compliance.
The Linn-Mar Education Assn plans to send delegates Barb Bukvich and Steve Streff to the Iowa State Education Assn delegate assembly February 3 to 5 in Waterloo. An alternate delegate is Dorothy Thompson. Also listed are local notices for ear piercing clinic, open meeting at Marion Presbyterian church, mayor's youth council meeting, Friday fish and shrimp meals, and a Well Elderly clinic for Linn County residents 60 and over.
Application blanks for the John Mentzer and Gerald Senninger scholarships are in the Marion high school principal's office for the 1977 78 school year. Completed forms must be returned to the principal by April 1. Scholarships open to all Marion high school graduates.
Marion police arrested three Cedar Rapids juveniles ages 14 16 and 17 early Thursday at Bennet Construction Co 805 Fiftieth Street in connection with the theft of about 500 in construction parts They were in the act when seized and placed in the custody of their parents by the Marion juvenile department.
A Washington road study for Associated General Contractors finds hazardous roads in Iowa trigger over 23 505 accidents yearly and cost 142 million in hospital fees damages and payments. Human error caused 43 percent of nearly 94 400 1975 highway crashes while aging road design accounts for much of the rest.
Blairstown man Patrick B Conner was fired for refusing to cut his long hair citing religious beliefs. An Iowa Job Service hearing officer ruled discharge would violate his freedom of religion and he remains eligible for jobless benefits.
Sen. John C. Culver with Iowa ties co sponsored a bill adding 4 billion for local public works from the 1976 act and 1.5 billion for a new youth public service jobs program. He cites strong Iowa community and school district response to 1976 funds.
Producer-director Laurence Merrick, age 50, who created a documentary on the Charles Manson family, was shot to death outside his film studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday by an unknown killer. Authorities investigated the fatal shooting as a mysterious case.
Cedar Rapids native Cecil Reed, now 62 and an official with the Labor Department in Kansas City, outlines a career rooted in learning from every job. As assistant regional administrator for the Federal Employment and Training Administration, he advocates dignity in work and keeping people from being labeled, aiming to restore meaningful, prideful roles for the employed. Reed plans to retire from government work to become a banquet speaker and return home to Cedar Rapids. On this date in 1943 the U S 8th Air Force conducted its first all American air raid on Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Linn-Mar school district schedules a 90 minute late arrival for Tuesday as teachers attend an in service career education workshop. Morning kindergarten will start 90 minutes late while afternoon kindergarten begins at the usual time. The next late arrival is planned for March 1.
Fred Archibald, who led the Baltimore News American for 11 years, died Tuesday after a brief illness. The longtime publisher, aged 83, passed away in Baltimore.
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