Weekend Outlook With Showers Then Clearing
Variable cloudiness with occasional showers and thunderstorms through Saturday. Lows tonight in the mid 60s. Highs Saturday in the mid 70s. Weather details on page 2A.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1979
Page
1
Group proposes Oak Hill development ideas in local huddle
A citizens group suggests several plans for a development corporation covering Oak Hill Jackson and Flats areas as part of a community proposal presented for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
Oak Hill
Jackson
Flats
Hayden Fry wedding bells and notable names in sports
Gus Schrader notes in Red Peppers that Hayden Fry the University of Iowa football coach marries. The Cedar Rapids Knights achieve a major open triumph while at Ohio State University Professor Emeritus Woody Hayes is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden Fry
University of Iowa
Gus Schrader
Cedar Rapids Knights
Ohio State University
Woody Hayes
Rural Iowa County reunion hints at historic six families
Saturday Gazette previews a unique class reunion tied to six Iowa County families with roots back to the 1840s. The paper highlights upcoming events at the Nature Center and park film nights, and offers tips for bug coping on outings amid reader theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa County
Iowa
Saturday Gazette
TV Commercial as Last Refuge of Optimism
A brief note observes a TV commercial as a rare beacon of hope amid pervasive cynicism, suggesting advertising offers a temporary lift in mood when overall news feels bleak.
Iowa Gov Responds To Heavier Truck Load Demands
Gov. Robert Ray asked the Iowa Department of Transportation Commission to consider temporarily allowing heavier loads on state highways. Independent truckers push for 80,000 pound limits to save fuel amid a strike tied to diesel prices and uniform weight laws. IDOT may act at Monday 8:30 a.m. Cedar Rapids meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Don Phipps
Ames
Iowa
Independent Truckers Association
Carter approves full scale development of mobile MX missile
President Carter authorizes full scale development of a large mobile MX intercontinental ballistic missile designed to evade a surprise Soviet strike. The plan includes about 200 missiles deployed across 8,000 to 9,000 shelters, with basing on Defense-Department land in New Mexico and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
White House
Rex Granum
Vienna
Soviet Union
Granum
New Mexico
Arizona
Tragic Drowning Of 15 Year Old John Ballew Near Chain Lakes
Rescue workers and sheriff's deputies recovered 15 year old John Ballew from a sand pit near the Chain Lakes recreation area east of Palo after he drowned Thursday afternoon. He and four friends swam in calm water when he tired and panicked about 20 feet from shore, nearly pulling others under. Divers searched over three hours in murky water, locating the body shortly after 4 30 p.m. Turner's East handles funeral arrangements. Obituary on page 3A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ballew
Ninth Ave
Chain Lakes Recreation
Palo
Ballew
Turner's
East
Rhodesia Sanctions Fight Sparks Presidential Decision
Washington AP Carter retains Rhodesia sanctions, calling elections neither free nor fair and urging majority rule. Muzorewa blasts move as inhuman though he says it is not the end of the world. Mukome accuses U.S. of pandering to Nigeria and black Americans. Page 3A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Rhodesia
Carter
Abel Muzorewa
David Mukome
Nigeria
Muzorewa
United States
Salisbury
Paroled Joan Little takes New York file clerk job
Joan Little, 25, the black woman tied to an ice-pick death in a jailer’s case, was released on parole and flew to New York for a file clerk position at a Harlem law firm. She will be supervised by New York authorities under an interstate compact and has lived in an approved residence after parole involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Little
New York
Raleigh, N.C
State Paroles Commission
Miss Little
New York City
Phillip Brown
Brown
Clarence Alligood
Beauford County
Washington, D.C
Alligood
North Carolina Correctional Center
Raleigh
North Carolina
William Kuntsler
Movie consultants tied to Brink's Job plot arrested
Three New York men including John Mulligan Thomas Murray and Edward Colombani were arrested by FBI and Port Authority Police on charges of conspiracy to commit an armed robbery. They allegedly plotted to steal a 2 million Brink's payroll shipment at LaGuardia on an Eastern Airlines shuttle from Boston. The men taught Peter Falk how to pick locks and use a burning bar for the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Peter Falk
Brink
LaGuardia
Port Authority
Eastern Airlines
Boston
John Mulligan
Thomas Murray
Edward Colombani
New York City
U.S. District Court
Mulligan
Colombani
Eddie
Falk
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jeffery Niday
Gazette Area 4H
Nowy Targ
Poland
John Paul II
Story
Ray
American Agriculture Movement
Joy Fitzgerald
The
Independent Truckers
Sens
Jepsen
Culver
Gov. Ray
IDOT
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Ray Kassel
Kassel
Emer
Fitzgerald
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa City
Lacina’s Skelly
West
Carter OK
Leonid Brezhnev
Pfease
Mobile
C.R
National Council of Black Lawyers
Harlem
Paroles Commission
Correction Department
FBI
Mulligan Is the
Hugh Mulligan
Arsenal
Hell's Kitchen
Manhattan
West Side
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