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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1979
Page
4
Fans at a Cedar Rapids game watched a dramatic police raid on Rockford Road SW as squad cars and a helicopter hovered over a commercial building. A police spokesman later said the scene was a training exercise filmed by a local TV station but not aired.
A Marion fair scene features a string of frog jumping anticipation as children react to a live frog exhibit. Photo shows Lynn Hostak, 10, holding a soft clammy frog with onlookers nearby.
Des Moines Iowa AP House Speaker Floyd Millen urged lawmakers to form car pools for trips to the Statehouse for committee meetings. He asked representatives to check committee schedules and pair with others traveling to Des Moines to attend sessions.
Lightning struck a distribution line Friday morning, opening an automatic switch and cutting power for about an hour in Delaware, Earlville, Delhi, Worthington, and Hopkinton. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. spokesman confirmed the disruption affected five towns.
Kirkwood Community College held an all day fact finding on 1979 80 salary disputes with the Kirkwood Faculty Association proposing a 10.8 percent raise for 160 instructors librarians and counselors and the administration proposing 1100 for 215 day contract holders and 925 for 186 day contract holders. The process gives 15 days for Richard Peguatter of the University of Iowa to study and issue a recommendation to the college board and the KFA.
This week's Marion Community Center agenda includes a senior potluck today a Gerhart Bright reunion on Sunday and high school completion sessions on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. A full senior citizens activities listing appears in the Growing Order section of Sundays Gazette.
Hillcrest Family Services social worker Jim Faris will speak at the United Methodist Church in Marion. The sixth in a summer series, the seminar starts with refreshments at 9 a.m. and Faris presents at 9:30 in the air conditioned youth center on 12th Street and Eighth Avenue. Open to all adults and area high school students.
Dudley Gray says the moved Council Bluffs courthouse to California is progressing well and should be completed by October. The project relocated the building to its new site and is advancing toward finish.
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