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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1982
Page
22
Marion officials push a $650000 bond to build a two story police facility on Highway 151 with donated land. Architect's plan promises energy efficiency, future expansion, and better security while current 149 year old station struggles with leaks, heat, and accessibility.
Marion residents have one more chance to visit the police station open house today from noon to 4 p.m. The event is at 534 1th Street. Voters will decide on a $650,000 bond issue on Tuesday to fund a new station on donated land.
Life Investors Insurance Co. donates about 8000 worth of desks chairs files and cabinets to the Marion Police Department. Chief Bob Zier says much of the furniture will be used immediately from the station garage but most items are slated for a new building opening in about a year.
Local groups including the Eastern Star Marion Chapter 183 Rotary club and several civic groups announce meetings this week. Notable events feature programs by Amy Roberts and Joanne Willisen, plus potlucks and dinners at various Marion venues.
Honored master sergeant Ronald E. Geiger and 1st Lt Michael W. Johnston receive Air Force Commendation Medals. Promoted sergeants and corporal across Army Navy and Marine units include Jon P. Lewis James A French and Russell Kaegbein. Assignments span Holloman AFB Ramstein Incirlik Fort Campbell Beirut and Camp Lejeune with multiple base moves and duties noted.
On this date in 1973 the United States terminated a global military alert that had been activated during hostilities in the Middle East. The move marked a shift from heightened readiness to normal postures as regional tensions persisted.
The text recalls Duke Ellington’s death in 1974 at age 75, George Washington laying the White House cornerstone in 1792, Winston Churchill winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, and William the Conqueror’s victory over Harold at Hastings in 1066.
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