04 Jul 1980
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1980
Page
1
Twenty Cedar Rapids youths staged a bright Fourth of July style parade in their neighborhood. A separate feature notes a 1950s Hollywood glamour girl undergoing a remarkable metamorphosis.
A brief notice notes a flag waving celebration in Nashville featuring the Statler Brothers as central entertainment. Page 4C indicates coverage in the section.
The article profiles Iowa's sole river ferry operator who runs the historic crossing once used by Brigham Young and his Mormon followers, tracing its significance and current operations.
Though conductor Fiedler is gone the 1812 Overture will again be performed tonight on the Boston river banks. The event appears on page 3C.
A brief page note describes the restaurant as offering service and food that might be best described as gracious dining. The reference appears on page 12A.
The brief item notes how the film Airplane parodies classic movies with rapid gags and pop culture jokes, likened to a Mad magazine takeoff. It highlights the movie’s fast tempo and comic sensibility, evoking readers’ nostalgia for spoof humor.
The saying notes that delaying gardening tasks can push them beyond usefulness and appeal, suggesting neglect leads to missed seasons and diminished results for plants and yields.
Federal savings and loan associations won authority to issue NOW accounts and credit cards next year and to offer overdraft and expanded bill payment services. The move, part of a broader deregulation, aims to make S&Ls more competitive with banks and turn them into family finance centers.
The NRC ordered tests on the control rod systems at 24 GE boiling water reactors in 14 states after a mystery malfunction at Browns Ferry 3 raised safety concerns. The three day outage tests aim to verify scram reliability and hydraulic issues across sites including Browns Ferry, LaCrosse, Oyster Creek, Nine Mile Point, Brunswick, and others.
Iowa Electric Light and Power officials said shutdown tests at Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo were uncertain pending an NRC order. Horace Webb stated the company would proceed with tests if required, planning a weekend rollout and organized crew if the directive arrives.
A community effort led by Jim Sanders plans a downtown Independence Day parade on July 5 to revive the once grand Cedar Rapids celebration. The 30 unit procession will start at Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE and proceed through Second Avenue to Second Street, then back to Third.
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