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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1979
Page
10
The Cedar Rapids trial centered on Linn County plans to place a group home for mentally retarded children in Hiawatha over neighborhood opposition. Attorneys will submit final briefs by Sept 21 with U.S. Judge Edward J. McManus to rule afterward.
The Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids experienced a ticket surge for Holiday on Ice with 5 200 tickets sold Tuesday and 200 more in hours. Center management noted 60 000 total tickets on sale and a crowded scene as fans queued and phones overloaded. Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey previously drew 42 000 attendees, and the two shows will rotate in alternate years.
The Waukon City Council approved adding a 10 hour per week education student to assist City Clerk John Rudd through year end. The panel accepted Wally Johnsons park board resignation and began airport air space zoning. It directed the attorney to draft a comprehensive planning commission ordinance and set public hearing dates for September 17 and October 1 on proposed block grant applications and work.
A fund to offset expenses for Pope John Paul II's October 4 1979 visit in Des Moines Iowa has been set up. Donations may be mailed to Iowa Papal Visit P.O. Box 10479 Des Moines 50306. Donors of 5 or more receive a lapel pin featuring a white Iowa map and the pope's profile.
Engineer Jim Waller Jr of Mar Mak Engineering described a 476 mile pipeline from Wood River Illinois to Pine Bend Minnesota to Iowa officials. He said computers in Minnesota could detect pressure changes as small as six barrels of oil with daily capacity of 130000 barrels. The project faced environmental and regulatory scrutiny from state and federal agencies and lawmakers.
Gov Robert Ray proclaimed three northeast and three southwest Iowa counties as disaster areas after severe weather. Bremer Buchanan Fayette in the northeast suffered major damage from thunderstorms. Page Fremont Mills in the southwest faced a tornado with two deaths and 24 injuries. Uninsured losses in northeast Iowa totaled 1.3 million as rainfall up to five inches in an hour caused flash floods, especially in Oelwein.
Michael L. Hartin 27 of Route 3 Anamosa faces assault and parole violation charges after a late Tuesday arrest in Linn County. A deputy described Martin in Springville as abusive, spat at him, and then was jailed on assault and parole revocation charges.
Ferdinand Vick’s trial on attempting to murder a police officer is postponed to Sept. 17 in Linn County Court. Judge Robert Osmundson granted the delay after a county attorney’s motion noting victim Mark Fischer remains hospitalized and cannot attend. The court also ordered another competency exam at Oakdale’s Security Medical Facility amid a potential diminished responsibility defense.
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