Gas shortages hit Cedar Rapids area service stations
Signs read out of gas at several Cedar Rapids stations while others cut back hours or restrict sales. Skelly and Bowman Woods cite allocations, Quik Trip reports regular fuel but no unleaded, and Raymond Brothers DX fears delays after low orders. The North Towne apartments suspend shuttle service from June 15 due to rising fuel costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighth Ave
Marion
Dan
Blairs Ferry Skelly
Blairs Ferry Road
John Henecke
Skelly
Raymond Brothers DX
Mike Raymond
Raymond
Western
Northland Ave
Conoco
Bowman Woods
Union 76
Kermit Elam
Elam
Henecke
Jay Allen
Allen
North Towne
Center Point Road
NAACP offers to take ombudsman role in Cedar Rapids police talks
The NAACP proposes to serve as ombudsman under the 1978 Cedar Rapids Police Department Black Coalition agreement. Horace Webb says the group formalized the offer in a letter, while the Black Coalition plans to remain in the twice yearly meetings.
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NAACP
Cedar Rapids
Horace Webb
Black Coalition
Police Department
Jesse Tay
Lor
Webb
Carl Ledford
Rinas seeks non voting status on psychiatric clinic board
Linn County Supervisor Joe Rinas asks the Psychiatric Clinic board to accept his resignation as a voting member to avoid incompatibility with his supervisor role. He plans to remain as a non voting member to aid communication and decision making. The board is expected to act at its annual meeting to approve a service contract proposal with the county for next year.
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Rinas
Linn
Joe Rinas
Psychiatric Clinic Board of Directors
Clinic Board
Sam Wallace
Board of Supervisors
Clinic
Psychiatric Clinic
Wallace
Five Arrested in Cedar Rapids Drug Raids Overnight
Metro Narcotics Squad conducted two raids in the Cedar Rapids area resulting in five arrests. LSD and small amounts of cocaine and marijuana were seized. Joseph Hanson 18 and John Clark 20 were charged with possession with intent to deliver after police found 500 to 1000 hits of LSD in their vehicle.
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Metro
Cedar Rapids
Council Street
Blairs Ferry Road
Joseph K. Hanson
John E. Clark
Oakbrook
Hiawatha
Hanson and Clark
Metro Narcotics Squad
Randall G. Floerchinger
Falbrook Lane
Clark
Hanson
Linn County
Ronald L. Coppess
Jerry L. Coppess
Blakely Blvd
Ronald Coppess
Jerry Cop
Marion man charged after Sixth Street crash
Norman A. Mallory, 26, of 1402 Meadowview Drive Marion, held in Linn County Jail on four counts after a Wednesday crash on Sixth Street SW. Police say his car crossed center line at 50 to 60 mph, hit a utility pole, then struck a fire lieutenant and an officer. Marijuana found during search at station.
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Norman A. Mallory
Meadowview Drive
Marion
Linn County
Mallory
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Tot Burned in Basement Fire Sparks Serious Injuries
17 month old Jason Staner is listed in serious condition in the burn unit at University Hospitals Iowa City after playing with lighter fluid in his basement. The liquid was ignited by a spark from a water heater, injuring him and causing extensive burns.
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Cascade
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Jason Staner
Robert Staner
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Dick Hogan
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Internal Affair
Taylor
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
C.R
Floerchinger
Tot
L.P. Gas
Great Plains
14Th Ave. S.W
TIMES
Pentax System 10
ASA Pentan
Pire Photo, Inc
First Avenue
Times Camera Division
Lindale Mall
Lindale
Weyenberg Hush Puppies
Morgan Quinn
Bostonian
Krall’s
Kradle Arch
Wilbur Coon
Cobbies
Nobby
Third Ave
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