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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1981
Page
16
The Nation reports the USPS labor fight involves unions for about 600,000 workers. The core question is whether the federal government can tolerate private sector style collective bargaining including the right to strike, beyond wages and benefits.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Bendix Corp. Chairman William Agee and his former vice president Mary Cunningham may marry. Cunningham resigned last year after her rapid rise tied to a personal relationship with Agee.
Iowa reports six Legionnaires disease cases this year including two in Linn County. A retrospective review estimates 87 residents hospitalized from 1970 to 1980 with 29 deaths. The piece also covers child and adult immunization perspectives and local entertainment notes.
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission convenes in the board room at Municipal Airport for morning sessions. Other items note a July 27 city council discussion, county facility visit at 10 a.m., and several Linn County board meetings in the evening. Ruth Muir presents Women and Substance Abuse at 12 10 p.m. in Iowa City.
Rodney Erakovich, an Iowa National Guard member, missed the birth of his daughter Samantha Renee due to delayed emergency leave from Camp Ripley Minnesota. He traveled by jeep after a late two day pass, arriving after the birth at 2:23 a.m., with the baby born blue needing oxygen.
Readings at the airport for 24 hours ending 7 p.m. Sunday show a Sunday high of 83 and low of 71 with 0.0 inches precipitation at 10 p.m. The total for July stands at 2.00 inches with a normal July of 3.96 inches. Barometer at 10 p.m. was 29.76 with humidity 83 percent and calm winds. Sunset tonight 8:37. sunrise Tuesday 5:49. Record highs of 105 in 1901 and low of 50 in 1970 noted. Extended forecast calls for possible thunder showers Wednesday through Friday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Recent storm activity included four inches in Grant City Missouri and 3.09 inches in Centerville Iowa. Miami Florida hit 98 degrees, a July record, and the day was among the hottest on record.
National temperature extremes recorded with a low of 39 degrees at West Yellowstone Montana and a high of 114 degrees at Bullhead City Arizona. The data reflect unusually cold conditions in Montana and scorching heat in Arizona for the period described.
The gift from the French people to the United States the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York in 1888. The Cedar Rapids Gazette founded 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 with varying subscription rates and limited mail options.
Mercy births list several new infants from July 19. Janet Behning in Marion, a daughter. Ament and Barnes welcome a son. Price in Anamosa welcome a daughter. Beverly Bluhm in Marion welcome a son. Hanzelka in Belle Plaine welcome a daughter. Andersen in Hiawatha welcome a son.
The Iowa Energy Extension Service advises shoppers to choose high efficiency room air conditioners. Models with EER under eight cost more in long run, while high EER units save money on energy and reduce utility investments. A sample shows an 8500 BTU unit with EER 9.3 costs 42 percent more upfront but 17 percent less total cooling cost than an 8000 BTU unit with EER 6.2. The service offers guides and a hotline for details.
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