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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1978
Page
4
A crowded clipping lists local events and ads from Cedar Rapids area including talks at Embassy Club by High Twelve coordinator Tom Ecker, shop and restaurant specials, a cemetery decoration deadline, travel and health ads, and notices from Kirkwood and VFW. It notes a correction about a Rotary/Nasema Olympiad result and hospital update.
Peter Ashton, 20, fired for wearing a wedding suit to work as a car salesman, argued the suit was ruined by showroom duties. The labor tribunal ruled the dismissal unfair and awarded him 305 dollars, noting the suit’s significance to his marriage and pride.
UPI reports rainfall in California wine regions is normal after two years of drought. The Wine Institute notes totals from just under normal to four to eight inches above normal in Napa Sonoma and Mendocino counties north of San Francisco.
Hiawatha will hold two hearings on appeals of $3,300 in OSHA fines issued to the city after 29 citations. Mayor Guthridge and officials attend as the city reviews summer street plans including Emmons Street and Highway 150 improvements funded partly by federal aid. Also approved are a $250,000 church project and a council meeting schedule change.
Eligible homeowners and veterans must apply before July 1 at the City Assessor on the Cedar Rapids City Hall fifth floor. Home stead credit requires ownership or purchase and residence in the home at least six months yearly. Veteran exemptions apply to those who served in specified wartime periods between 1917 and 1973.
A Karlsruhe man was blocked from starting a 16 month sentence when guards refused entry for lack of identity papers. He obtained a new passport at a police precinct after presenting the court penal order, then was finally admitted to jail.
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