Signals on First Avenue to change but blend in
Cedar Rapids drivers will barely notice new traffic signals along First Avenue when installed next year. Marion prepares to remodel the Lindale Drive Blairs Ferry Road intersection soon. Congressional Quarterly journalist Alan Berlow highlights large sentencing disparities in federal offenses. Gazette editorials address an unfair state law aiding the farm strike.
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City Hall
Marion
Lindale Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
Congressional Quarterly
Alan Berlow
Puzzle on Page 15A Today
A logic puzzle appears on page 15A today with clues guiding solvers through the grid. Readers are invited to test memory, pattern recognition, and deduction as they work toward a solution.
Fourth of July activities highlighted locally
A compact report notes what residents did on the Fourth of July, illustrating community celebrations and public events as the holiday observance unfolded. The piece references local participation and festivities without detailing individual actions.
Trend Southwest of Paris Architecture Jewel Tint
A fragment from the pages notes a French countryside rich in historic architecture. It references feature sections 1C and 3C, comments on writing and teaching, and a report card. It hints at pleasant modern comforts like air conditioning and recalls old summer kitchens. It mentions gardening advice by Dorothy Sapp on fern rejuvenation.
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Paris
Indian Creek Nature Center Names New Director
A notice notes the Indian Creek Nature Center has appointed its new director. The brief mentions the leadership change and directs readers to Page 11D for full details.
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Indian Creek
Cedar Rapids Parents Form Babysitting Cooperatives
Cedar Rapids families organize babysitting cooperatives to address child care gaps. Parents pool trusted sitters and share duties to reduce costs and build community support among neighbors.
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Cedar Rapids
Saehler Leads Team In City Game
Iowa City's John Saehler scores big as his team dominates the game of life in a final-quarter burst. Bjorn Borg makes tennis history setting a new milestone in the sport on page 1E.
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Iowa City
John Saehler
Bjorn Borg
Eastern Iowa Want Ads Highlight Local Market
Shopper notes advertise range of goods and services across Eastern Iowa. Classified pages list items for sale, job openings, real estate, and general notices reflecting regional commerce and household needs.
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Iowa
City Hall 2A Deaths 3A Editorial 8-9A Marion 17A
Fragmentary OCR listing sections and page indicators from a newspaper page. Readable items indicate section labels and page numbers across City Hall Deaths Editorial Marion and other features.
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Marion
Nuclear Regulatory Commission under fire from supporters and critics
A federal drive to regulate nuclear power faces a split by allies and opponents. Supporters say safety rules are too strict. critics claim safety standards are too lax. The article notes licensing costs, future reactor projections, and safety concerns shaping energy policy and foreign relations.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ence
United States
Syria warns Lebanon's Christians over reliance on Israel
Syrian government press warns Lebanon's Christians not to rely on Israel for protection as Syrian troops operate against militias. Moscow reportedly assures Syria of support if Israel intervenes again in Lebanon amid fighting between right wing Christian factions and Syrian backed Arab League peacekeepers.
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Syria
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East
Phalangist Radio
Rashaya
Mideast
Middle East
Soviet Union
Fort Worth Woman Marks 50 Years With All Iowa Fair
Mae Dentler of Fort Worth Texas spends this week in Cedar Rapids at the All Iowa Fair and marks a half century with the carnival. She began work after leaving school and now runs a game where visitors strike a weight with a mallet to ring a bell and win a prize.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cedar Rapids
FBI informant tied to 1963 Birmingham bombing case
Alabama investigators reopen the civil rights era murder probe suggesting the FBI informant Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. may have been an agent provocateur who helped plan the Birmingham church bombing. Rowe failed two polygraph tests denying involvement and allegedly received monthly FBI payments for five years.
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16Th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham
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Joan Kennedy Opens Up About Alcohol Problem
Joan Kennedy, wife of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, says she is an alcoholic but has not had a drink in a year. She disclosed the admission publicly for the first time, noting she has been living in Boston since February attending music courses at Lesley College and enjoying a nonpolitical social life.
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Washington
Joan Kennedy
Sunday Times
Edward Jay Epstein
CIA
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Lipavsky
U.S.S.R
Israel
Lipovsky
KGB
U.S. protests Soviet spy trial and cancels trip
The United States protested the Soviet trial of dissidents Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Ginzburg and canceled a mid July visit by Frank Press. Secretary of State Vance defended ongoing SALT II talks with Andrei Gromyko in Geneva.
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Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Carter
Cyrus Vance
State Department
Frank Press
U.S
Vance
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Anatoly Shcharansky
Alexander Ginzburg
Shcharansky
CIA
Ginzburg
Winnie the Pooh Comic Strip Debuts in The Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette will begin carrying Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh on Monday July 10. The new comic features The Dragon a fire breathing part time encyclopedia salesman Sir Brian a knight the original canned ham and Tigger a tiger who bowls you over among others.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
the Dragon
Sir Brian
Tigger
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