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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1978
Page
25
A recovering husband endures an overbearing Aunt Edna who arrives uninvited while his wife is away. Edna brazenly keeps him company with talk, bourbon, and comic irritation as the narrator and his wife cope with his recovery and evasive plans to escape the intruding relative.
Nomination papers were filed by two North Fayette County Board of Education members Dan Miller District 1 and Iris Woodard District 2 seeking re election. Woodard fills the unexpired term of Jeanette Sweeney who moved from the district. Dale Halverson District 3 will not seek another term after ten years on the board.
Iowa officials anticipate a flood of returnable bottles when the nickel deposit law takes effect next summer. An IDOT proposal suggests grinding the bottles into glass aggregate for road construction, noting 2 322 144 sixteen ounce bottles could yield enough glass for a mile of roadway. Critics cite disposal costs for distributors and potential profit from recycling centers.
IDOT Chairman Robert Rigler opposed a proposed $36 000 consultant study on problem drivers including a control group allowed to accumulate tickets with no penalties. The plan, deemed legal by staff, would test suspensions probation hearings and a do nothing group over two years pending AG review.
Reunions are planned in the next two months for Hazleton and Belle Plaine alumni. Hazleton honors the 1928 and 1938 classes on August 6 with a potluck at the American Legion hall. Belle Plaine marks its 57th reunion for the 1921 class on September 16 at the home of Alfred and Evelyn Lahn, noting 23 of 27 graduates are living and 22 attended the 50th in 1971.
University of Iowa launches an accelerated five-year BA and MBA program in hospital and health administration funded by a $267,595 Kellogg Foundation grant. The plan allows up to 30 credits from liberal arts toward the bachelor's and enables completion of both degrees in five years, with cohorts entering after the junior year. The Kellogg grant supports cross‑institution collaboration and national replication of the model.
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