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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1977
Page
15
Coe College celebrates the removal of B Avenue and adds safety gains during Homecoming Weekend October 1923. Events include a student flea market campus fair crazee games and concerts plus the Fifth Annual Athletic Hall of Fame alumni banquet dances and worship.
Lambda Chi Alpha volunteers will organize water balloon toss egg toss tug of war and relay races. Blueberry Pie Eating contest set for 9 45 a m with prizes for top teams and individuals. Melissa Manchester concert opens the weekend with Elayne Booster as guest artist. Tickets $6 50 at multiple campus and local outlets. Friday features Kohawk tennis versus Monmouth and Harris Lamb Invitational Masters Cross Country. The Fifth Annual Athletic Hall of Fame brunch honors Mabel Lee and other alumni with reunions for championship teams.
Two Cedar Rapids men sit atop the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society with Dr Rex Weland as state board chair and Robert C Moorman as division vice president and crusade committee chair. The 1978 Crusade Preview will open Saturday morning with volunteers from across the state, alongside Cedar Rapids volunteers Mrs Jack Carl Miller and Ed Pribyl in key roles. Linn county ACS board members Madge Olson Mrs James Dianni and Scott Olson also serve as county delegates.
Areas scheduled for radar checks this week include Northeast Collins and Blairs Ferry roads in the northeast sector. Southeast zone covers Washington School area Cottage Grove Avenue 19th Street and Country Club Parkway. Southwest area includes Wilson and 15th avenues Second and Sixth streets and Lincolnway Village. Northwest region lists Edgewood Road F Avenue and Ellis Boulevard.
Six community leaders join the Baker Scholarship Selection Committee at Coe College to pick outstanding sophomores for George F. Baker Trust grants in business and economics. Permanent chairman is Dr. James Carrithers, with awards potentially covering full tuition based on need.
More than 450 delegates attend the Iowa Library Association conference at the Roosevelt Royale in Cedar Rapids with sessions on library services and intellectual freedom. Notable speakers include Clark Mollenhoff and Jon Baumgarten with awards to James Schell Hearst.
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