Census Bureau revises Iowa county populations upward
Friday's Census Bureau update shows Linn County population at 169 720 up from 163 213 in 1970 and Cedar Rapids at 110 123 a slight drop from 110 642 in 1970. Johnson County rises to 81 549 up 13 percent since 1970 while Benton Iowa gains to 23 665. Iowa County counts 15 413 six less than 1970. Final figures due January 1 will be released from Washington.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Benton County
Iowa County
Rachel Estrada
U.S. Census Bureau
Kansas City
Iowa
Washington
Continental Divide film plot and location notes revealed
The spokesman for Universal discusses the film Continental Divide with details on casting and a Chicago reporter ending up in the West. Belushi plays the reporter who falls for Blair Brown while traveling by train through Cedar Rapids and other midwestern locales before concluding in a mythical Wyoming town.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
Universal
Chicago
Belushi
West
Blair Brown
Brown
Windy City
Nebraska Wheatfields
Wyoming
Iowa News Roundup Reports Federal Aid Inquiries And Local Charges
Sioux City man Ronnie Cook, 20, charged with first degree murder in the death of Louis E. Christy, 76, with an autopsy showing blunt force trauma. Another man, Thomas Massey, charged with second degree burglary and released on bond. Centerville operator David Daley, 35, barred from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements for false statements. Des Moines hearings set for Northern Border Pipeline permit through three counties. Ames highway 175 near Lake City to reopen after $1.48 million project with future resurfacing. DOT reports 1980 enforcement: nearly 70 000 citations and $2.2 million in fines. Des Moines honors Edward Allen, 92, founder of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, Dec 14 brunch at Soup Kitchen.
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Sioux City
UPI
Ronnie Cook
Cook
L.M. Goldblatt
Louis E. Christy
Woodbury
Christy
Thomas R. Massey
Massey
Centerville
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
David Daley
North Iowa Gasline Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa
Northern Border Pipeline Company of
Omaha
Neb
Kossuth
Winnebago
Hancock
Ames
DES Moines
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Edward Allen
Iowa State University
Soup Kitchen
Allen
Cedar Rapids Briefs Listings and Holiday Ads on Page 6B
A collage of briefs and ads for Cedar Rapids events and shops. Listings include St. Pius games, Early Birds events, Christmas prizes, Scandinavian shop, Czech Cottage gifts, Pierson's Florists, Colonial Beauty Shop, Ajram's Furniture Laura Ashley opening, Town House Crazy Night, Allen wood toys, Hardy's Beauty Supply specials, Woodfield Mall Christmas shopping, and Midwest Coins and Stamps catalogs.
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Town House
Waldorf College Receives $10000 Grant
Waldorf College in Forest City Iowa has been awarded a $10000 grant from the Aid Association for Lutherans to strengthen ties with 131 American Lutheran Churches in Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota that control the college. President Arndt Braaten says funds will support lay leadership training seminars under the Affirmations of Lutheran Higher Education program from Appleton Wisconsin.
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Forest City
Waldorf College
Aid Association For Lutherans
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Arndt Braaten
Appleton, Wis
Star of Christmas program at Indian Creek Nature Center
Public invited to Star of Christmas event at Indian Creek Nature Center on Friday December 5 at 7 30 p m. Rev Claude Jones will narrate a Biblical account of the Star of Bethlehem followed by a slide on scientific theories. Telescopes will overlook constellations from a silo. Frank Olsen will answer questions. Admission 50 cents for members and 1 dollar for non members.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Star of Bethlehem
Claude Jones
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Frank Olsen
Cedar Amateur Astronomers
Nature Center
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Lake City
Auburn
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Cedar Rapids Briefs
St. Pius
Bishop's
16Th Avenue
C Street
Pierson’s
Ellis Blvd
Colonial Beauty Shop
Cynthia Sheldon
Laura Ashley
Ajram’s Furniture
Adv
31St Street Drive
Hardy’s Beauty Supply
First Ave. N.E
Woodfield Mall
Charter
Harris
Midwest
IE Tower
Killians
Lindale Mall
Iowa City
Killian
Star of
People Stories Daily
Gade Corporation
Main Street
Mount Vernon
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