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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1979
Page
6
John Leslie Dohnt 22 of Grinnell died Friday night when his car left the road northwest of Grinnell, struck a bridge and burned on a Jasper County road around 9 p m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thornburg Tri-County school board received three bids on the What Cheer schoolhouse closed this year by declining enrollment. Bids from Richard D. Thomas at 5000 dollars, Eric Spaland and Sam Rozen at 2120 dollars, and the city of What Cheer at 1 dollar will be considered at Monday’s reorganizational meeting. In Wadena, voters approved a charter change to lengthen City Council terms.
Residents of Elma in southern Howard County awoke to frost on lawns and windows after a 30 degree overnight low. The low was the coldest in Iowa and unofficially the nation, signaling the start of the winter season.
Dale Verville of Hartland Wisconsin remained in the intensive care unit at Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines in serious condition after a ricochet struck him in the head Friday near the North Star Game Preserve Montour. He is conscious and responsive but paralyzed on the left side.
Judith A. Mills 25 of Davenport held on attempted murder charges after the early morning shooting of Richard Macumber 31 near the Keystone tavern. Mills arrested by police detectives, bond set at 10000 dollars, Macumber listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. pistol recovered.
University of Iowa security and Johnson County authorities believe one or two cars were pushed from Hydraulics Laboratory lot into the Iowa River in Iowa City. Investigators found tire tracks toward the river and a prior recovered car suggests criminal mischief. $300 in damages reported. Security plans include increased patrols and relocating parking lines to prevent river edge parking.
IDOT reported 17 motorcyclists killed in Iowa last month, up six from August 1978, and 66 motorcyclists killed in the first eight months of the year, five more than the prior year. Other traffic deaths declined. 61 total last month, with 14 alcohol related. no pedestrian deaths reported.
Dorothy Van Horn of the Jefferson City Council was elected president of the League of Iowa Municipalities succeeding Mason City Mayor Kenneth Kew as the group, which includes about 900 of Iowa’s 955 cities, held its convention in Cedar Rapids. Conesville Mayor Richard Singleton was named vice president. Directors chosen include Lloyd Sievers, Paul Niebur, Marilyn McCrary, Kenneth Smith, Carolyn Farrell, Jim Lindsay and Joseph Simon.
Iowa tourism total surpassed one billion dollars in 1977 with per county averages above 10.2 million and a statewide rise of about 70 million in travel related spending. Polk County recorded 278 million while Eastern Iowa counties including Linn Black Hawk Dubuque Scott Johnson Des Moines form the travel center.
Texas joined the United States in 1846 and left the Union as part of the Confederacy 15 years later. It sought readmission in 1866 by pledging an anti-slavery constitution and alignment with Reconstruction aims.
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