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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1978
Page
34
The arena floor at the Five Seasons Community Center is poured in 30 foot squares with 8 inch thick steel reinforced concrete. Opening date remains January 25. The Iowa Cornets and Coe College will play basketball there January 27.
Community briefs announce senior health clinic at Health Center and appointment line, VFW steak supper with Big Band, beauty appointments at Ann's Hair Artistry, and multiple ads for games, fundraisers, and holiday shopping. Public meetings by the Linn County Supervisors at the courthouse are scheduled Friday with two sessions.
A Christmas pottery show and demonstration is set for December 16 and 17 at the Keokuk County Fairgrounds What Cheer. Hand crafted stoneware by Steve Stakland and Mark Moule doux will be on sale while the event demonstrates pottery making from start to finish.
A 1977 NATO clause allows an escape if economic conditions prevent meeting a 3 percent real growth target for fiscal 1980. White House aides cite economic circumstances while defense officials say Carter has shown no sign of backing away. The Pentagon projects about 137.2 billion in 1980 defense authority, with spending around 123 to 124 billion, enough to meet the pledge. Carter to decide by December with NATO ministers in Brussels eyeing questions if wavering persists.
Mexico City and southern Oaxaca endure a sequence of six strong earthquakes with readings from 6.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale. About 600 people receive treatment for injuries or shock, while officials report no confirmed deaths. Reports of fatalities in Oaxaca are unconfirmed.
Christie Wallace reports from a Life Energy workshop where 25 to 30 participants reviewed current energy habits and costs. Iowa State University Extension official David Hammond urged awareness of saving measures while noting ongoing high utility bills.
Metro Narcotics Squad arrested five people after serving a search warrant at 2333 Rompot St SE. Officers seized about 1200 pills including prescription drugs, under a pound of marijuana, and a small scale. Suspects Frederick Coppess and Delane Johnstone face possession charges. Johnstone Pauline Johnstone Nathan Johnstone and Gerald Sumner face possession with intent to deliver. Investigation continues with more arrests possible.
A spokesman for Samuel Gary of Denver confirms possible sale of the 21 story IE Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids. Vic Baraldi says negotiations are underway and the building has been viewed, but no status or profitability comments are available. Gary bought the tower in 1977 from Trans America Investment Group.
Seven elderly Jonestown survivors returned to the U.S. from Guyana, with two in wheelchairs, landing in New York then splitting to Los Angeles and San Francisco. They spoke little amid fears of retaliation by alleged temple hit squads, one man calling followers “dummies” who killed themselves on Jones’s orders. Grover Davis 79 said he fled to avoid death and won’t join religious cults.
The note traces Christmas gift giving to a pre Christian Roman winter festival and notes that Dec 25 was adopted as Jesus birthday by the church in the 4th century. It recalls that on this date in 1782 the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris ending the Revolutionary War.
Public notices include a General Execution in Linn County with a sale of real estate described as Lot Five Block Anelye 12 Buchanan and Reeds Addition to Cedar Rapids to satisfy a judgment plus a November 1978 ordinance approval changing zoning on West half Lot 45, Auditor's Plot 130 Cedar Rapids from R-2 to R-4 with site development conditions and infrastructure requirements. Also notices incorporation of Intertrade Chemical Inc with details on registration, address, and initial directors.
Mayor Johnson opened the regular meeting with all councilmen present. Al DeLov proposed a driveway plan on South Ave requiring sidewalk adjustments and alignment with neighbors. Steve Vanderah discussed land treatment options. Amendment No 1 to the engineer agreement for sewer plans was authorized. Jim Barnes salary raised to 6.25 per hour. Old Hawkeye water tower cleaning bid discussed. A crane to remove the tower and Jake G Hiner to cut the debris was approved. Meeting adjourned. Twila Wyman Clerk Karen G Johnson Mayor
In Linn County Iowa the Owa District Court calls for a hearing on January 7 1979 at 845 a.m. to consider termination of the parent child relationship for Larry Allen Weems and James W Ralls born 1966 and 1965. The unknown father may attend with counsel or be represented by court appointed attorney if indigent. The petition seeks complete severance of all paternal ties. The notice warns of final termination if the father fails to appear. The January date appears in the court document dated 1973. The item also notes Egil Krogh’s 1973 guilty plea in the White House Plumbers case related to Ellsberg psychiatrist burglary.
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