Cedar Rapids election caps Delaney win in parks race
Elmer Delaney edged Steve Ovel 8115 to 7149 to secure the Cedar Rapids parks commissioner post with final precincts tallied. Mayor Don Canney won re election 11658 to 3442. Floyd Bergen captured a third term 10148 to 4859. other commissioners were unopposed.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer Delaney
Steve Ovel
Don Canney
Floyd Bergen
Linn County
Delaney
Ovel
Stan Reinis
Parks
Canney
Sandra Elmer- Cook
Frank Bush
Bergen
Stan McClurg
Hal Schaefer
Wayne Murdock
Schaefer
Murdock
C.R
19 year old Grady wins Marion City Council seat
Patrick Grady, 19, a former Marion High School senior class president, defeated incumbent Eddie Begley 1082 to 856 to join the Marion City Council. Incumbents Leighton Ford and Charles Kraut also won re election in their wards. Voters expressed opposition to downtown one way streets, a key campaign issue Grady and Ford favored.
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Marion
Patrick Grady
Marion High School
Eddie Begley
Grady
Eddie, Pure
Sim
Begley
Leighton Ford
Gary Snyder
Charles Kraut
Bob Ebeling
Ford
City Council
Oes
Charlies
Shuttle fueling under improving weather for Columbia launch
Weather conditions improved allowing fueling of the space shuttle Columbia for a 6:30 a.m. CST liftoff on its second orbital mission. The countdown moved smoothly as engineers loaded 526000 gallons of cryogenic propellants, astronauts Engle and Truly prepared for their five day mission amid celebratory crowds.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Air Force
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Space
Engle
Columbia
Earth
Charles LaPinta
Outer Space
Indian River
Shuttle
Moonlighting: From Slavery to Extended Hours in Modern Work
A pithy critique traces shifts in labor norms over decades, noting how past twelve hour days were labeled economic slavery while current fourteen hour days are framed as moonlighting. The quote comments on changing attitudes toward work and compensation.
Cedar Rapids Contests Don Canney
Local item lists names Don Canney and Floyd Bergen with Stan McClurg connected to Cedar Rapids events. Contests and public safety notes suggest a community briefing on local activities.
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Don Canney
Parks Public Safety
Floyd Bergen
Stan McClurg
Jail chief replaced as bonds OK'd
Linn County voters approved a 7.2 million bond for a new jail. Sheriff Sawyer replaced Jail Administrator Lt. Dennis Blome with Lt. Roy Roseberry, while Blome shifts to the detective bureau. Blome had championed the referendum.
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Linn County
Buzz Sawyer
Sawyer
Cedar Rapids
Marion
May’s Island
Dennis Blome
Roy Roseberry
Blome
Sheriff's Detective Bureau
Roseberry
Baker opposes national sales tax for defense funding
Senate leader Howard Baker said Republicans have discussed a national sales tax to fund the military budget but he is adamantly opposed. He favors funding defense through a trust fund and spoke amid privately held Senate Budget Committee discussions on a binding budget outline for the current year.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Baker
Rtenn
Baker
Congress
Reagan to hold news conference in coming days
President Reagan plans a news conference in the next several days possibly next Tuesday, a spokesman said. Republican sources noted Sen. Pete Domenici proposed a three-year plan to balance the 1984 budget with about $180 billion in savings and revenues.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Congress
Rumor of Lung Infection At Mercy Hospital In Iowa City
Doctors at Mercy Hospital Iowa City investigate a cluster of 13 patients with a lung infection not identified as Legionnaires' disease. Pathologist Dr Doug Schnetzler says viral infection with pneumonia variants is likely, with patients responding to therapy and some returning home.
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Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Doug Schnetzler
Schnetzler
American Legion
Philadelphia
Iowa
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