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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1977
Page
2
Oklahoma Governor David Boren backs a bill to allow lethal drug injections for criminals. the House approved the measure 63 to 22, replacing the electric chair last used in 1966.
Cedar Rapids officials seek candidates to fill the Grant Wood area education agency board vacancy. Election set for 4 pm May 26 at Washington High School theater to fill district 9 seat left by the death of James D. Franklin. Franklin died March 25 in Houston.
The Itanan Arena of Verona company staged Verdi's Aida in West Berlin. It marked the Italian company's first tour to foreign opera houses with a notable reception.
IDOT will sell used vehicles and equipment at a public auction starting 1 a.m. Saturday at IDOT headquarters in Ames. Vehicles may be inspected Friday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday until the sale. Bidders must be 14 or older with a $200 bid deposit. Final settlement by 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. May 20. In transit plates provided by IDOT.
Tide of river levels shows changes across towns on Tuesday. LaCrosse records 4.8 feet up, Lansing 7.9 feet, Dam 9 at 12.2 feet, McGregor 6.4 feet, Guttenberg 3.8 feet, Dubuque 7.0 feet, Davenport 3.7 feet, Keokuk 2.3 feet, and Cedar at CR 3.20 feet as of 02 BT05.
Cedar County will start a mass appraisal by Vanguard Appraisal of Cedar Rapids to equalize property valuations. Assessor Paul Thomsen says some homes show large value gaps and the project will run from late summer to finish by 1980. Vanguard bid $149,200, the lower of two bids.
Vita statistics list several May births for families in Marion Center Point Manchester and Cedar Rapids including Jon Griswold Jack Kinsinger James Corcran John Riley Kenneth Hopker and others. Out of town birth in Grafton Wisconsin notes James W Milden born May 9 to Wallace and Milden family.
At the Georges Pompidou Center in Beaubourg visitors can use a computer to edit ten sonnet forms by Raymond Queneau and build their own two line poems. The machine also offers a word unscrambling mastermind game for visitors to challenge.
The Supremes Mary Wilson Cheri Payne and Susaye Green will begin a seven city West German tour at the end of the month starting at Frankurt Century Hall in West Germany.
The Cedar Rapids Gazetto lists daily publication at Cedar Rapids with Saturday and Sunday issues, pricing 5499 for weeks, and distribution at multiple Cedar Rapids locations. It mentions carriers and delivery routes, with references to staff and associated agencies.
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