Five Seasons Grand Opening Month Planned
Five Seasons Center plans a September grand opening month with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus country rock and Holiday on Ice shows. The plan awaits City Council approval while Friends of the Five Seasons form a nonprofit to support ongoing operations. Prices rise seven percent on concessions as final arena refinements continue.
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Five Seasons Center Commission
Five Seasons Center
Five Seasons
Mike Gebauer
Commission
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus
Gebauer
Doctor asks to add hospitals to suit in neurosurgery case
A Cedar Rapids doctor seeks court permission to include Mercy and St Luke’s hospitals in his suit for damages, claiming anesthesiologists refused patient services since 1974. He also seeks to more than triple the original $10.5 million claim, arguing inflation and aging affect his ability to return to practice.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Linn District Court
Herbert B. Locksley
Locksley
Wullenwaber gets jail time for Cedar Rapids chase
Cedar Rapids man Danny J. Wullenwaber 25 was fined 245 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in Linn County Jail after a Linn District Court hearing on 11 charges tied to an April 17 chase. He also faced 9 related city traffic charges from July 18. He began serving August 10 with 1500 block Eighth Street SW stop.
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Danny J. Wullenwaber
Linn County
First Avenue
Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids
Donna Paulsen
Wullenwaber
Q Ave
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Paulsen
Linn
Sheriff seeks study funds for Linn County jail plans
Linn County Sheriff asks Eastern Iowa Crime Commission for 28000 dollars to finance a jail feasibility study. The plan covers need, location, and alignment with court leads and community-based corrections, plus possible move of the sheriff's facility from the courthouse. The commission will vote on August 16.
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Linn County
Eastern
Iowa Crime Commission
Sheriffs Department
Dennis Blome
Blome
Carol A. Worlan
The
Crime Commission
Worlan
Chinese admit false reporting front page confession
Peking’s Communist Party daily admitted past false or exaggerated stories and urged readers and the press to insure truth in reporting. The front-page editorial listed six examples including a supposed major water project completion and a doctor claiming an acupuncture cure for deaf mutes.
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Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
Theater figure Jules Irving dies at 54 in Reno
Jules Irving a major repertory theater figure in New York and San Francisco died July 28 in Reno of an apparent heart attack He was 54 a co founder of the San Francisco Actors Workshop and served as producing director of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater until his 1972 resignation
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Reno, Nev
Jules Irving
New York
San Francisco
Irving
San Francisco Actors Workshop
Lincoln Center Repertory Theater
Cooling offer boosts summer treats at Happy Joe's Cedar Rapids
In July and August Cedar Rapids Happy Joe's promotes cool Ice Cream treats to beat heat. Three stores run a buy one get one free deal on Riverboat Float Monkey's Favorite or Creamy Hot Fudge Banana when customers present this article by August 14. Offer invites bringing a friend and emphasizes a fun, friendly dining experience.
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Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Happy Joe’s
Happy Jim
Happy Joe
Fairbank Boy Loses Hand in Fan Accident
Jamie Curley, three, son of Mr and Mrs Mike Curley of Fairbank, suffered a severe hand injury July 21 at a locker plant. He tripped against a cooling fan, severing all but the thumb of his left hand. A six hour operation at University Hospitals in Iowa City failed to save the hand and a fund was set up at the bank for support.
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Fairbank
Jamie Curley
Mike Curley
Jim Curley
University Hospitals
Iowa City
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