Iowa City Man Wins Grand Award at Cedar Rapids Stamp Show
Bob McDonald of Iowa City captured the grand award at the Cedar Rapids Stamp Club show held at the IBEW Hall. His entry Penalties and Predecessors and U.S. Official Mail won first in postal history. The event drew 74 entries from Iowa and four other states.
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Iowa City
Bob McDonald
Cedar Rapids
Brett Miller
Oklahoma City
Wilma Henrichs
Des Moines
Airlines of the
Middle East
James Edwards
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wilfred Trusty
Bob Mahan
U.S
McDonald
Buchanan County
Iowa
Steven Bahnsen
Moline
Ill
Greenland
Lee Campbell
South
Sioux City
Neb
Denmark
Gayland Rickless
United States
Ida Mahan
Washington
Ruth Miller
Allison
Craig Sommers
Urbana Junior Stamp Club
Dawn Denison
Urbana
Vinton Benton County Court Opens With Firearm Verdicts
Cedar Rapids man Thomas F. Kenney, 47, found guilty of possession of a firearm as a felon in Benton County District Court. He faces sentencing May 28 after his Sept. 6 squirrel hunt arrest. Several other defendants face guilty pleas, sentences, or trials on theft, mischief, drunk driving, and related charges.
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Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Thomas F. Kenney
16Th St. SE
Kenney
Ronald E. Stoddard
Vermont St. SW
Stoddard
Norway
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Scott A. Park
Shellsburg
Kenneth L. Hartwig
Urbana
George W. Abraham
Newhall
Doug D. Selk
Garrison
Stanley W. Jacobson
Brookview Lane
Selk
Jacobson
Wade G. King
Coe College
Gerald D. Christensen
10Th St. NW
Tragedy in Dubuque: 16-year-old commits self harm and is struck
Dubuque authorities say Scott D. Jass died after shooting himself near his Fremont Street home and was run over by an Illinois Central train around 2 a.m. The engineer saw the body but could not stop in time. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Jass.
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Dubuque
Illinois Central Railroad
Scott D. Jass
Fremont Street
Douglas ‘Lass
Former Mason City Man Fatally Stabbed in Morgan City
LeRoy Newby, 23, a former Mason City man, was found stabbed to death Thursday in Morgan City Louisiana. Sheriff Charles Fusilier of St Martin Parish said there are no suspects and Newby had moved to Louisiana about three months ago.
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Morgan City, la
Mason City
Charles Fusilier
St. Martin Parish
LeRoy Newby
Newby
Louisiana
Flappers and Spats shines at Cedar Rapids barbershop parade
The Cedar Rapids Harmony Hawks presented two performances at the Paramount Theater with the 32nd Annual Barbershop Parade. Guest quartets Music Appreciation 101 from Phoenix provided light-hearted humor, Chicago News impressed with solid singing, and the Hawks closed with hopeful numbers including Soon-ah Will Be Done and Keep America Singing.
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Paramount Theater For
Cedar Rapids Harmony Hawks
Big Hawk
Len Biella
Hawks
Midnight Rose
Mike Short
Vigortones
Harmony Hawks
America
Two Mechanicsville Men Injured In Jones County Crash
Two Mechanicsville men were injured early Saturday when a southbound car left county road X-40 south of Anamosa, struck a farm driveway and rolled. Robert J. Moravek, 20, and Kevin C. Kainz, 19, were listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids after initial treatment at Anamosa. Charges are pending.
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Anamosa
Mechanicsville
Jones County
Iowa Highway Patrol
Robert J. Moravek
Kevin C. Kainz
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Moravek
Escaped inmate nabbed at Fort Madison bank
George Mitchell a 57 year old escapee from an Iowa State Penitentiary farm in Waterloo attempted to withdraw funds at Fort Madison Bank and Trust. A teller alerted police who arrested him and returned him to custody. no charges planned.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
George Mitchell
Fort Madison Bank and Trust
Mitchell
Waterloo
Arrest of 3 should Close probe of drug theft ring
Clinton County sheriff Mike Galusha said the arrest of three fugitives should close the probe into a Clinton operation that mixed drug trafficking and theft. Richard and Ryan McGraw of Wisconsin and Dale Straub of Detroit face second degree theft charges for a Clinton burglary at C P Lumber Company.
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Clinton
UPI
Mike Galusha
Richard
Ryan McGraw
Wisconsin
Dale Straub
Detroit
C.P Lumber Company
Galusha
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Kes
2Nd Avenue
Phoenix
Arizona
Chicago News
Gal Sal
Greg Wright
Mr. Bass Man
Les Zachers
Forecaster
Benders
Fitz
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