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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1973
Page
3
Cedar Rapids will join the national interstate system when I-380 opens to the airport road on Sept 19. A 12:30 p.m. ribbon cutting will mark the official opening in the northbound lane at the interchange. Officials from the Iowa highway commission and city council attend along with the public.
Financial columnist Sylvia Porter outlines grim retirement realities including uncertain pensions and difficulty finding part time work. The five part series Planning for Your Future Retirement begins Monday in The Gazette, offering steps to protect financial survival in lean years.
Cedar Rapids plans November installation of an NCR Century 200 at city hall to improve efficiency. The system doubles memory, vastly increases storage, and will cost $6,461 per month including maintenance, with the existing setup at $4,396 monthly.
David Parks and Richard Rasley will receive Eagle Scout awards at a Troop 28 Court of Honor Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Both seniors at Washington High School completed trails and camps including Old Capitol, Geode, Amaquonsippi, Hoover, and Waubeek, with Jamboree attendance and Order of the Arrow.
Memorial notices list multiple individuals honored by families and organizations. Esther E. Krabbenhoff Nathaniel Oliver New man Marion and Theodore Neil Estelle M Mehaffey and others are remembered by relatives and local clubs including Midland Industries Pilot Club Cedar Rapids and Venture Club. A sum of 10.00 appears at the end.
On opening day at St Benedict's school, 33 second graders answered what Watergate means to them. Ruth Magee reported varied replies from “taking over good movies” to “stealing them” and “wasting water,” reflecting a child’s-eye view of the Watergate era.
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