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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1978
Page
15
Cedar Rapids Kiwanians announce programs with Sgt. Switzer and Rick Blackwell as speakers in August and family night on September 7 at the lodge. Other listings include theater outings, club notices, sales, and community notices across local venues and organizations.
United Press International reports the National Weather Service expects Iowa temperatures to run near normal over the next 30 days. Highs mid to upper 80s early August cooling to low 80s by month end with normals in the 60s. rainfall near or slightly above normal, 3 to 4 inches in parts, and a fair week ahead with highs in the 80s and lows near 60.
Low net winner Bob Allsop with 63. Closest to pin 5 is Al Shephard and closest to pin 17 is Jim Davidson. Team low net honors go to Ed Spangler and Jim Davidson with 130.
Des Moines Iowa Lyle Peitz of Grimes won the state plowing match at Living History Farms west of Des Moines Dean Miller of Kalona placed second Wayne Blackford of Marion took third Monroe Miller of Kalona won the large plow contest and will represent Iowa at nationals in Ohio next month An antique plowing match is scheduled today as the grain harvest festival continues.
Cedar Rapids police arrested Kirk Alan Schneider 18 and three 17 year olds about 11 p.m. Friday at the Civic Center auditorium under burglary in the second degree charges after entry by breaking down a door. Michael Kenneth Lyons 26 of Iowa City faced theft in the first degree for not returning a rental vehicle. Donald N. Ellickson 21 and Frank Daniel Frisby 18 were held in a second burglary and compounding a felony case stemming from a July 18 report.
Thirty two cyclists rode into Cedar Rapids to protest nuclear power linking to Seabrook New Hampshire and Rocky Flats Colorado. They handed out leaflets at Greene Square and warned of dangers from plants accidents waste disposal and cancer risks.
A rural Sumner youth, 14 year old Matthew Converse, died when his motorcycle collided with a pickup driven by 30 year old Mrs Dennis Hereid of Sumner. Hereid and her two children, Angela six and Shawn five, were hospitalized. It was the county’s fourth traffic fatality of the year, all from motorcycle crashes.
Five persons were arrested on drunk driving and other charges in Linn County Friday and Saturday. James Conrad Jensen, 35, of Marengo, was taken into custody 9:45 p.m. Friday on Highway 84 near Highway 218. Allen Orrin Hanson, 28, of 5501 D Ave NW, was nabbed 11:15 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of Third Street SE and faces disobedience to a traffic device. Thomas Ray Whittemore, 33, of 3028 11th Ave SE, was arrested 1:11 a.m. Saturday one-quarter mile south of Meadowview Drive, Marion. Shawn Jeffery Mercer, 17, of 1811 E Ave NE, was seized at 2 a.m. Saturday west of Springville on Highway 151 and is charged with speeding. Harold Everette Woodford, 64, was taken into custody 4:15 a.m. Saturday west of Springville on Highway 151.
A 19 year old woman says she was raped by a white male, six feet tall, 150 pounds, found in her Cedar Rapids bedroom early Saturday. Police have no suspects and suspect entry via a window with no clear method.
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