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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1978
Page
9
DES MOINES UPI Art Alber runs the city’s only small wholesale pie shop. He plans to become a decorator candle maker after retirement, citing steady demand for four pies and rising costs harming other bakers. He started in pies after buying a shop for his son who was flour allergic.
Iowa House Majority Leader Jerome Fitzgerald calls for a Thursday meeting with Democratic and Republican leaders to exchange ideas and craft a strategy on interest rate policy. He expects a joint bipartisan conference to clear the air and move toward a resolution this year.
A reader seeks guidance on a sex life dissatis faction after 15 years of marriage and two children. Abby notes options: affairs, leaving, or finding a path to living with or without her husband if he won t address the problem. A separate letter laments a mother s death and regrets missed opportunities to connect.
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control will run a computer drawing at 10 a.m. Tuesday for 3600 Elvis Presley bottles. Applications from 23 000 people are in a numerical list by Social Security numbers. The computer will select every seventh name then every fifth from the top until 3600 winners are chosen.
Daniel R. Munro, 46, was to be arraigned in Des Moines on a grand jury weapons charge. Polk County Attorney Dan Johnston would decide whether to file additional charges related to the Feb. 19 killings, in which four people died.
Iowa officials announced the 200 antiques will not be auctioned by the State Fair Board as proceeds would revert to the state general fund rather than the fair budget. Descriptions include rolltop desks oak tables and bentwood chairs stored for disposal decision.
Four year old Patricia L. Reed of Lomax Illinois disappeared while playing in a shallow pond fed from the 4th Pumping Station near Oakville and the Mississippi River. Her aunt and uncle reported her missing to authorities. The incident was reported by UPI.
Weekend traffic toll rises to six with two Red Oak men killed in a head on collision six miles north of Red Oak. Other victims include Kurt Wood in Chickasaw County and Jennifer Manly in Dickinson County along with two more motorcyclists. Officials note year totals and changes in June deaths and alcohol related fatalities.
Mason City teams rally 58 Little League squads selling 500 melons Sunday to raise about 1,000 dollars for the season’s insurance costs.
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