Cedar Rapids news briefs highlight meetings and events
The Senior Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce plans a Wednesday meeting at 2:30 p.m. with FBI official Jim Whalen presenting. Community notices include rummage sale at Asbury United Methodist Church, a May Marion auction, and various ads for local services and events around Cedar Rapids and nearby Marion.
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The
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Asbury United Methodist Church
26Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association For the Education of Young Children
Mercy Hospital
Wee Care Center
Eighth Ave
Patty Sebetka
Grant Wood Area Education Association
Camera Club
Grace Episcopal Church
W.G. Wilson
Greece
Bishops Downtown
Alcoholics Anonymous
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood College
Revere expense record auctioned for 70000 dollars
Paul Revere’s 1774 expense account for his ride to Boston sold at auction for 70000 dollars, a record for an autograph or handwriting. Malcolm Forbes Jr. won the lot as Forbes Inc. executive, amid a record auction total of 1425945 dollars and other high prices for American signatures and documents.
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New York
Paul Revere
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr
Forbes
Button Gwynette
John Hancock
Revere
Committee of Correspondence
Boston
Sons of Liberty
Whigs
Forbes Inc
Chicago
Philip David Lang
Chalfont
Bruce Gimelson
Retired AP writer Leslie dies at 84 in Charleston
Leslie, a 36 year AP veteran who served as correspondent in Charleston and Harrisburg, Pa., died Monday at age 84. He previously worked for the Uniontown Herald, Brownsville Telegraph and Connellsville News before joining the AP in 1923.
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Charleston
W.va
Leslie
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Uniontown
Brownsville
Connellsville
Newsman George Jiler Dies at 68 in Bridgeport
George Jiler, longtime Bridgeport Post financial editor and former court and general assignment reporter for Bridgeport Telegram, died Monday at age 68 in Bridgeport.
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Bridgeport, Conn
George Jiler
The
Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport Telegram
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Jim Whalen
FBI
Rolls Royce Limousine Rental
Emerald Knights
Montrose Hotel
Ben Franklin
Bastad
Center Point Rd
Mount Vernon
Robert Dorman
Kennedy Paint Co
St. George’s
Adv
Regankees Grocery
Jack Shepherd
Iowa
9Th St
Marion
Marion Sentinel
High Twelve
Bishops
David Bishop
Siebke Hoyt Jewelers
Stickney
Town and Country Bowl
Door County
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Springfield
Arcola
Washington D.C
Williamsburg
Travel & Transport
Cedar Rapids School of Hairstyling
Peg
Masonic Temple
Waterloo
Baumhoefener Nursery
Johnson Ave
Jode
Palace Lights
Park Plaza
Bever Ave
Young’s Bar B
Q Pit
12Th Ave
Klinger Paint
5Th Avenue
8Th St. NW
Reflected Images Styling Salon
Marion Heights
Grand Ave
Sandra Ramsdell
Cleo Love Shanklin
Skogman
GPM
Hoover Place
Rollingwood Drive
Rollingwood Appleridge
Concord Lane
E Ave
Northbrook
Council Street
Twin Pines
Pinewood Drive
Bowman Woods
Surrey Drive
Kent Drive
Willowood
35Th Street
7Th Ave
Upers
Bobby Mac
Baby
Brahm
Raggedy Ann
Andy
Century
First Avenue S.E
Lindale Plaza
Ceramic Sale
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