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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1977
Page
8
The first to file was Charles L. Kraut for the Fourth ward. Hurley W. Hall filed for the Second ward seat. Former city officials J Edward Begley and Leighton W Ford filed for the at large seat. Filing deadline is Sept 29 at 5 pm in the city clerk’s office at City Hall.
The Marion American Legion post hosts its World War I veterans banquet Saturday with widows invited. Ernie Robbins leads the program and Merrill Anthony will give the welcome. auxiliary serves the dinner. Call 377 9926 for transportation. Also YMCA Marion activity schedule lists daily classes and pools. Historic notes include 1931 gold standard change and local building permits. 1949 Soviet atomic bomb test noted.
The U S department of commerce reports Iowa’s farm income fell 39.4 percent in 1976 after boom years. Nonfarm sectors boosted total personal income with construction up 16.2 percent manufacturing 11 percent and service industries 14.5 percent. Iowa per capita income reached 6245 dollars, above 1975 but below the national average.
Decorah and Manchester public libraries and Wartburg college in Waverly host a Books on Exhibit display sponsored by the Northeastern Iowa Regional Library. The show features 41 publishers and runs Monday through Oct. 2 with sessions at each site and a Cedar River Storytellers festival in Waverly.
Ronald Rahrag of Oelwein pled guilty to a reduced assault and battery charge in Fayette County District Court. He received a 30 day county jail sentence for his part in a tavern fight.
Decorah residents Harold and Mrs. Lundt plan to sue the city for 250000 after their 10 year old son Christopher Lundt died July 29 following a river accident near Decorah. They allege city fault for permitting dirt and rock removal around the swimming area while officials say the stream must stay open for flood control.
An ISU Ames two day session titled Reaching All Children through Music Language and Movement runs October 1 2 at the Scheman Building. Grace Nash a noted music educator author and clinician leads the workshop with graduate credit available. Registration is 8 to 9 am October 1 and the event is sponsored by ISU and the Iowa chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Assn.
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