Eastern Iowa Band Festival Parade embraces 28 schools
Lt Gov Terry Branstad will serve as grand marshal for the Cedar Rapids parade Saturday. The event features 28 Eastern Iowa high and junior high schools, starts 10 a.m. at Sixth Street and Third Avenue SE, proceeds to Greene Square, with 3 p.m. awards and Miss Eastern Iowa 1981 crown. A Knights alumni reunion coincides with the festival, with 30 to 50 former Emerald Knights planned to attend, wearing jeans and T shirts due to uniform shortages.
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Terry Branstad
Emerald Knights
VFW Hall
Dean Strom
The
Knights
Revised plan spares Toledo Juvenile Home
Iowa lawmakers back a revised corrections plan keeping the Toledo Juvenile Home open with 48 residents and invest in Rockwell City after shifting girls from Mitchellville to Toledo and boys to Eldora. Mitchellville will be vacant by July 1 1982 with January reviews planned to reassess needs and future facility use.
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Toledo
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa Training School
Mitchellville
Eldora
Corrections and Mental Health Committee
House
Lyle Krewson
R-Urbandale
Krewson
Dear Abby Letters on Adultery and Dating Etiquette
Dear Abby advises psychotherapy for compulsive adultery and suggests counseling at a community clinic. Other questions cover a wife tolerating a rival suitor and a date’s right to dance with another man, stressing that a partner is not property and mutual boundaries matter.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Illinois
Richard
Mary Jo
Bill
Abby
Los Angeles
Calif
Violence rises in Connecticut schools in 1980 81
Hartford and Waterbury schools reported frequent violence during the first half of 1980 81 with teachers threatened or attacked an average of three times weekly. Connecticut totals reached 386 incidents, led by Hartford with 52, Waterbury 39, Stamford 24, Bridgeport 19, and New Haven 4, with police called in 38 cases.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Hartford
Waterbury
Education Department
Connecticut
Stamford
Bridgeport
New Haven
Is That Your Neighbor in Out on the Acres
A brief line questions if a local figure seen nearby is the neighbor in the feature Out on the Acres. The note hints at community recognition and a casual, small town tone.
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Westdale Mall
Lindale Mail
Bausch & Lomb
Soflens
West Side
Westdale
FFY
First Ave. West
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1St Ave
33Rd Ave
Williams Blvd
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Council St
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Phlox
Johnson Ave
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Lorac
Milliken & Company
Enor
Fashion Plus
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