Homecoming queens vie for state title in Cedar Rapids
Thirty four high school homecoming queens compete for Iowa's Americas Homecoming Queen title at Collins Plaza Hotel. Sue Blake of Cedar Rapids directs with Christine Blake as judge. Lea Susan Kluesner, 1989 queen, will be honored at a banquet. Pageant starts noon Saturday with 3 p.m. gown event and crowning. tickets cost five dollars.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Collins Plaza Hotel
Sue Blake
Christine
College of St. Benedict
St. Joseph
Minn
Bernice Smith
Michelle Adams
Mary Treendle
Lea Susan Kluesner
West Delaware High School
Manchester
Eastern Iowa's Largest Garage Sale scheduled May 5
Spaces are available at Five Seasons Center for Eastern Iowa's Largest Garage Sale co sponsored by The Gazette and the Five Seasons Center on May 5. General admission is 1 and under 12 free with a parent. Past events drew about 5 000 attendees. Call 398 5211 to rent a space. sale not open to commercial businesses.
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Iowa
Five Seasons Center
The
Gazette
Sharon Cummins
Plimpton Tries All Sports Yet Fears Philharmonic
George Plimpton recounted daring stunts from boxing with Archie Moore to quarterbacking for NFL teams and playing for the Boston Celtics and Bruins. He told University of Iowa listeners that in music a mistake destroys art, a tension rivaling football locker rooms. The Rivرفerfest talk drew about 200 as part of the Iowa City event.
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Iowa City
George Plimpton
Archie Moore
New York Philharmonic
Plimpton
University of Iowa
U of I
Ex-UAW chief backs national health insurance plan
Former UAW President Douglas Fraser urged a nationwide health coverage system, criticizing U.S. costs and lagging outcomes. Speaking in Amana to the Iowa Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association, Fraser argued for government funding over employer burden and called for universal rights to health care, including choice of physicians.
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U.S
United Auto Workers
Douglas Fraser
Iowa
Fraser
Lee Iacocca
Chrysler Motors
Industrial Relations Research Association
Barn
Amana
Wayne State University
Columbia University
United States
West Germany
France
Britain
Scandinavia
America
The Log From The Gazette Linn County Safety Updates
Public safety data collected by The Gazette for Linn County. Charges are subject to Linn County Attorney review and approval.
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The
Gazette
Linn County
Betten dorf concert-goers report attempted robbery
Two Betten dorf attendees said two white male suspects aged 19 to 22 attempted a robbery on Second Street SE around 7 30 p.m. Wednesday during a struggle they fled with one injury. Police later charged Michael Vogt and Jason Trackwell with second degree mischief after finding stolen parking meters and street light fixtures in the 200 block of Second Street NE.
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Bettendorf
Second Street
Michael Vogt
31St St
Jason Trackwell
Stoneybrook Lane
B Avenue NW
Second Avenue
33Rd Ave
Interstate 380
Johnson Avenue NW
12Th St
Blairs Ferry Road
H Ave
15Th Ave
Kirkwood Blvd
Bever Ave
Westland Rd
Linn Rescue Medical and Fire Calls Across Multiple Iowa Towns
A sequence of emergency responses from Tuesday to Thursday lists medical emergencies, grass fires, car accidents, and a fire in various locations including Mount Vernon Coggon Hiawatha Palo Covington Center Point and Troy Mills with details of streets and venues such as Linn St 408 Linn St Palo and Olin Hall Cornell College Mount Vernon.
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First Ave
Mount Vernon
Troy Mills
Third Ave
County Home Road
Linn St
Coggon
Palo
Ivanhoe
Jappa
Blairs Ferry
Hiawatha
B Avenue
Center Point Road
Center Point
Western College Rd
Highway 94
First Street
Covington
18Th Street
E-70
Olin Hall
Cornell College
Linn- Benton Road
McVay Road
Linn-Johnson Road
Coggon School
E. Clark St
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County Bureau
Boston Celtics
Boston Bruins
Green Bay Packers
Bears
Detroit Lions
Alex Karras
Baltimore Colts
Moore
UAW
Rick Smith
H St
Craig Crowley
Spring Grove
Ill
First Avenue
14Th Street
Thomas Davin
Lisbon
Mount Vernon Road
Highway 30
David Reams
Beckett Dr. NE
32Nd Street
Ronald Schultz
Singerhill Lane
Marion
Fifth Street
Sharon Goeke
C St
11Th Street
Travis Veranda
H Avenue NW
Richmond Rd
First St
Ninth Ave
Lewellen Dr
Mount Vernon Rd
12Th Street
Elmhurst Dr
Block B Avenue
Second Ave
20Th St
First Ave. NE
Transit Way SE
Second St. SW
Linn Rescue
Feizy Oriental Rugs
Phelan’s
Feizy
S.E
Lawn-Boy
Anamosa Eden's Ltd
Arlington Al's Service & Repair
Belle Plaine Grieder Standard
Blairstown
Fiester Repair
Brooklyn Miller Motors
Cascade Cascade
Bradman Sales & Service Inc
Edgewood True
Hawkeye
Vernon Heights
Center Point Craig's
Central City R&s Repair
Clarence Fedderson
Clermont Clermont Hardware
Coggon John's Garage
Deep River Carl's
Dysart
Gary's Feed & Livestock
Eleader
Ely Gordon
Gladbrook
Iowa Builders Supply
Grinnell
Guttenberg Fassbinders
Independence Coast To Coast
Cy & Charlies
Firestone
Keota Peiffer Sales & Service
Monticello Smother
Jerry
Toddville Midway Farmers Market
Toledo
Marengo Brown
Coast
True Value Farm & Home
Vinton Henkel’s Service & Repair
Waukon Gelo Sharpening Service
West Union Garvin Hardware
Williamsburg Coffman
Wade's Country Repair
Farang
Larsen Olson CO
Des Moines
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