Special CB insurance rates spread as thefts rise
Iowa insurers move to exclude citizen band radios from standard coverage or add fees. Cedar Rapids reports 30 to 40 CB thefts weekly as insurers push new premiums of 15 to 40 dollars for CB gear, arguing losses from higher value radios and conspicuous antennas.
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Cbs
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Iowa Insurance Department
William Huff III
Iowa
Huff
Insurance Services Office
Insurance Department
Howev
Bob Newland
Roy Ewen
United Fire and Casualty Co
Iowa National
Citizensand
Two Auto Accidents on Private Property Send Two Injured
Two unrelated private property crashes leave two people with minor injuries. Three year old Sheila F Hauder fell from a car driven by Olga M Hauder while backing from a driveway at 528 Nineteenth St NE, treated for cuts and bruises. Lydia C Murphy, 47, of 1662 Sixth St NW was pinned between two cars in a parking lot near R Ave and 13th St NW. she suffered a bruised leg. Murphy’s injuries were treated at St Luke’s hospital. The second incident involved Nora Vee Vaupel, 19, of Vinton, who was driving a car that collided with a backing vehicle. The two incidents occurred Friday. 10 years ago governor Harold Hughes discussed a future Iowa Latin America trade mission.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Sheila F. Hauder
Olga M. Hauder
Nineteenth Street
R Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Lydia C. Murphy
1662
Sixth Street
Nora Vee Vaupel
Vinton
Murphy
Scout-O-Ramas to feature bicentennial themes across four sites
More than 10 000 Boy Scouts Cub Scouts and adult Scouters will participate in four Scout-O-Ramas on Saturday May 1 focusing on Our Heritage 1776 1976. Events include outdoor projects indoor demonstrations and the Frontier Olympics with medals awarded at district finals. Camporee at Seminole Valley park begins Friday with patrols Saturday and an all troop campfire Sunday. Proceeds support Scout camp development with $1 tickets admitting one adult or two children under 12.
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Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Cedar County
Linn
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Johnson County
Iowa City
Warhawk
Johnson
Washington
Iowa
Cedar Counties
Prairie High School
North Star
Benton County
Iowa County
Linn County
Jones County
Monticello
Marion
Scout
Orama
Temaque District
Bezanson
Seminole Valley Park
Prison ships used by British after 1776 fire in New York
The British converted ships into prisons after New York City burned in September 1776. Overcrowding, filth, and starvation made the vessels deadly. The World Almanac cites estimates that up to 11,500 American prisoners died aboard the New York prison ships.
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New York City
New York
World Almanac
Petrick Seeks Iowa House Seat From 25th District
George E. Petrick 58 of Mt. Vernon announces his Democratic bid for the Iowa House from the 25th district covering parts of Linn and Johnson counties. He cites property tax relief through revaluation concerns, more state funds for education, reduced state control of local programs, and better road funding, plus his local leadership roles with Rotary, the Chamber, and the school board. He and his wife Joanne operate a farm implement business and manage a 400 acre farm. four children: Larry, John, Diana Price, and Kathy.
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George E. Petrick
Mt. Vernon
Iown
Linn
Johnson
Petrick
Contin
Ued
Mt. Vernon-Lisbon
Rotary Club
Iowa Farm Equipment Assn
Radar Unit Locations Week of April 25 to May 1
Radar units will be checked periodically in the week of April 25 to May 1 in the Northeast area including Twenty-ninth Street and A and B Avenues, Southeast around Forest Drive and Country Club Parkway, Northwest at First Avenue and Ellis Boulevard, and Southwest around Fifteenth Avenue and Rockford Road.
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Twenty-ninth Street
A Avenue
B Avenue
Council Street
Forest Drive
Country Club Parkway
Second Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
First Avenue
O Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Fifteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Eighteenth Street
First Street
Rockford Road
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By Tom Fruehling
Newland
Donald Haines
Mutual Fire and Automobile Insurance Co
Frank Elias
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
C.R. Waterworks
Camp Good Health
the Gazette Co. Employes
Charles E. Martin
Iota Epsilon
Pr Omicron
Walter Heaton
Harold Hughes
Latin America
Hawkeye Area
Phil Donahue
Gary Moore
Mike Douglas
Americ
Canada
Europe
Time
Enquirer
People Magazines
Billy Graham
Oral Roberts
Michael
Jesus Christ
God
America
Neal B
19Th Street NW
Gail
Charles Stephens
Onie
Shifflett
Insurance Agency
American Federal
Amercan
Federal
Hentiania
American Federal Savings
FSLIC
First ST
Lower Muscatine RD
G.E. Petrick
Novi
Craig Massey
Des Plaines, Illinois
First Covenant Church
Ave
Johnny Carson
Johnny
Holley’s Shop For Men
Lindale Plaza
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