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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1977
Page
9
Marion YMCA announces a men's volleyball league with games at Mentze School 305 Second Ave. Signups due November 9. contact Bill Wagner at the Marion YMCA or call 377 7361. League play Wednesdays at 7 p m, first games November 16.
Marion High School drama department stages The Importance of Being Earnest, a three act comedy, November 10 to 12 at 7 30 pm in the school auditorium. Cast includes Ron Pool Lane Dave Norris Algernon Moncrieff Tom Vernon John Worthing Jenny Carst ens Lady Bracknell Kelly Gibson Gwendolyn Fairfax and more with Mrs Cynthia Boyer directing. Tickets at the door.
The Marion Jaycees sponsor a Haunted Farm during Halloween weekend on the Granger property north of the Indian Creek bridge. The hayride runs 8 to 11 pm Friday through Monday with Linn-Mar Marion Independent High School and Vernon Junior High students portraying spooks. Volunteers may call Art Jones at 377 5607 to help with makeup or acting.
Marion police report a month long rash of vandalism with the last two weeks especially heavy. They urge residents to report suspicious persons or vehicles, noting most incidents occur in late afternoon and evening.
Fourth to sixth grade students are invited to a 5 30 p m Halloween party at the Robert Dotzauer Recreation Center 1335 9th St NW Sunday Parents must accompany children for activities A costume contest music and games planned Prizes donated by Cedar Rapids Teen Club Bring baked goods for refreshments Call Bev Richardson at 396 3354 for information.
Beecher Gene Slusher of Carroll Town Kentucky pled guilty in U S District Court Cedar Rapids to two counts of transporting stolen and forged checks across state lines. Judge Edward J McManus sentenced him to seven and five years to be served concurrently.
The Linn County Health Center board approved up to 2500 for the Women’s Emergency Shelter for Jan 1 to June 30 1978. The shelter run by a YWCA volunteer staff provides shelter and counseling for battered or transient women and will be matched by Linn County Social Services. Also approved 1335 for McBee Keysort Systems for Linn Health Services and Information and Referral programs with 1207.50 for I and R and 127.50 for medical services.
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin the hospital staff rejected union representation by a two to one margin. Nurses voted 8 to 2 with two contested ballots and other employees 58 to 32 with seven contested ballots.
Pat Donovan and his son Doug drove to a crash seven miles west of Decorah on Iowa 9 and found a pickup overturned in a ditch with driver Mark Martin trapped underneath. Donovan used a fire extinguisher, then with a front-end loader they freed Martin and rescued passenger Mary Engen. Both were hospitalized at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital.
Frozen milk likely won’t reach American supermarkets but serves as a convenience item aboard ships and at overseas military bases, according to UPI reports from Chicago.
A car rear ended a school bus 24 miles southeast of Ocheydan on an Osceola County road in dense fog injuring 14 people. Driver Ruth Vande Hoef 30 of Harris took 10 children to Ocheydan Christian School. eight hospitalized, six treated and released.
Autograph events for George Martin and Jo Haldeman are planned at The Footnote 119 Third Ave SE with sessions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Monday respectively.
Grant Bickell, 42, a bachelor living in a municipal building, holed up in his bathroom for three days after slashing at three officers trying to move in public workers to fix his flat. Police used loud music and distorted sounds to disorient him, but the tactic failed.
A 43 year old employee of West Germany's Economics Ministry was arrested in West Berlin after meeting a contact from the Soviet bloc. West Berlin officials said the Supreme Court is holding Winfried K. on suspicion of espionage. He works in the upper levels of the Bonn ministry.
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