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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1981
Page
4
The public was invited to Sunday’s annual arts festival at Marion High School. Two hundred students participated with art exhibits, industrial arts and home economics demonstrations, dramatic and comedy skits, style shows and vocal and band performances.
The Wallie Lawless trial on charges of kidnapping and raping two Cedar Rapids women began at the Jasper County Courthouse Newton after a venue change. Defense questions focus on alleged police inuendo and possible voluntary participation by a witness while jurors were selected. The same man was previously found guilty of kidnapping and raping another woman in Cedar Rapids and awaits sentencing. Trial is expected to last about a week with jury selection today.
Marion brief notes Lions Club meeting with Steve Snyder of the Marion Chamber of Commerce speaking at 6 15 p m Tuesday at the Suburban Restaurant. Saturday reports include grass fire at 2558 Indian Hill Road 2 27 p m and dumpster fire at 700 35th St 3 10 p m plus a medical assist at Route 2 4 51 p m and another at 920 Keyes Court 12 13 a m Monday.
Larry J. Waller became executive vice president of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce today after serving as Rapid City chamber president. He will need to split time with commitments in Rapid City and Marion where he previously led the chamber from 1967 to 1969. He succeeds Robert B. Faxon who retired in January.
Linn District Judge Clinton Shaeffer overruled Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. motion for a new trial after a jury awarded Kelvin Davis and his parents Elmer and Carol Davis 362000 for injuries from Kelvin's 1977 electric cable incident. The boy, then 12, suffered burns over 40 percent of his body after climbing a substation fence.
A grievance has been filed on behalf of Cedar Rapids firefighter John Hanlon who received a written reprimand for not wearing a helmet during a rescue at 1040 Third Ave SE. The case, reviewed by Fire Chief Edsel McMickle, moves to city personnel director Ron Kuhlman as an administrative matter.
Luann Prellwitz of Coe College seeks permission for a peaceful march in Cedar Rapids against U S involvement in El Salvador and unresolved murders and disappearances. The route runs from Daniels Park to Greene Square, with Band Festival events scheduled earlier on the same day.
Suzanne Somers, after contract battles with ABC in the 1980-81 season over Three's Company, will headline a CBS midseason situation comedy based on a working girl. She describes the role as a dumb blonde single girl who wears short shorts, a departure for her.
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