Marion Sparks Ignite B & H Blaze At 220 Thirty-fifth Street
A grinder spark ignited a cleaning solvent vent at B and H Tank Co on Thirty-fifth Street Thursday morning, injuring no one. Firefighters contained the blaze quickly. damage to the metal building is extensive with preliminary estimates over 40 000 dollars. Several building permits were issued for new homes and renovations in Marion, while local notices include YMCA schedules and a Grace Baptist Amana trip for seniors.
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B & H Tank Co
Thirty-fifth Street
Marion
Vern Blietz
Bernie Cooper
Copper Construction Co
Daleview Drive
Skogman Construction Co
Plumwood Court
Plumwood
Pauliné ‘Snyder
Eighteenth Street
Don Helmick
Larick
Paul Draper
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Charles Ensley
East Post Road
Craig Kerslake
Hillview Drive
Earl Davis Davin
Eleventh Street
Leonard Ross
Eighth Avenue
Dr. Pauli Orcutt
Ninth Street
M. R. Kinkead
Wilber Evarts
Tenth Avenue
Mary Weber
Third Avenue
Gaylin Seeveil
Second Avenue
Edith Wachal
Fifth Avenue
Bernard Struck
A Avenue
Oswald Nelson
Seventh Street
Bob Hutton
Ninth Avenue
Clark Mezvinsky Plan Hearing In Iowa
A joint field hearing on rural development program effectiveness in Iowa will be held August 20 from 9 30 to noon at the Long Grove community building. Sen Dick Clark and Rep Edward Mezvinsky will chair the session inviting area officials with rural development experience to testify. The event aims to capture grassroots perspectives on federal rural development efforts.
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Long Grove
UPD
Iowa
U.S. Senate
Dick Clark
Edward Mezvinsky
Clarke
Mezvinsky
Clark
Buchanan Plans August 19 Meeting On Neighborhood Watch
Independence residents invited to 8 p.m. August 19 in the county courthouse assembly room to discuss a countywide neighborhood watch. About 40 gathered to address cattle shootings thefts and other incidents in recent months. County officials will consult with other areas where the program has been used.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Supervisors
Joe Holgate
Golden Age of Bad Taste Boosted by Bicentennial
Washington columnist examines the rise of bad taste as a market force fueled by the bicentennial. It notes rock culture and mass media pushing vulgarity, citesNational Observer examples, and forecasts a future where bad taste may become instinctive and even counted in economic measures.
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National Observer
Burt Reynolds
Mozambique Troops Hit Rhodesian Town Umtali
Mozambican regulars fired a 25 minute pre dawn mortar attack on Umtali Rhodesia's third largest town injuring two people. Rhodesian spokesmen said the strike marked a new phase with open Mozambican involvement and warned the conflict could intensify.
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Mozambique
Rhodesian
Umitali
Rhodesia
UPI
Jan Smith
Umtali
Farmer Breaks Leg In Anamosa Tractor Accident
Leland Bud Schuman aged 57 was injured in an Anamosa farm field when his tractor toppled or trapped him Wednesday afternoon. He was found by his wife pinned beneath the tractor and taken to Anamosa Community Hospital before being transferred to St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids in fair condition with a fractured left leg.
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Anamosa
Leland
Bud) Schuman
St Luke’s ‘Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Local author outreach by New York editor visits Cedar Rapids
John G. Long of Carlton Press Inc will interview local authors in Cedar Rapids in late September seeking finished manuscript submissions for free appraisal. Authors may request morning, afternoon, or evening appointments and include a phone number for confirmation and time/place details. Uncompleted works may be sent for free reading and evaluation to the New York address.
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John G. Long
New York
Cedar Rapids
Carlton Press Inc
Fifth Avenue
N.Y
Lightning Blamed for Two Cedar Rapids Fires
A Wednesday night storm in Cedar Rapids caused two minor blazes blamed on lightning. At 2336 Linden Drive SE the Johnston Chapman residence suffered appliance and smoke damage from a lightning strike to an air conditioner at 9 13 p.m. At 801 Twenty fifth Street NE the roof of £ 0. Greedy’s one story frame house was struck at 9 46 p.m. with damage limited to the roof and smoke.
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Cedar Rapids
John Chapman
Linden Dtve SE
Greedy
Twenty-fifth Street
White Sentenced to 15 Days After Guilty Verdict
Independence man Charles R White 24 was sentenced to 15 days in Buchanan county jail after a magistrate court guilty verdict for assault and battery stemming from an incident at Pat's tavern in Independence. An appeal is planned with a $200 bond, plus $1,200 bond on two other charges including interference with justice and additional assault and battery.
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Independence
Charles R. White
Buchanan County
White
Lane Dilts
District Court
Small in Size Only By United Press International
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is billed as the smallest U S state yet named for its long official title in this United Press International piece. The notice ends with an advertising appeal.
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Union
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Rites Saturday for Mrs William McCalley
Walker LaVerne Arlene McCalley 76 widow of William A McCalley and longtime Walker resident died Wednesday in an Independence hospital. Born August 14 1899 in Waterloo she married December 14 1919 in Walker. Survived by three daughters two sons 22 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and a brother. Services at 1 30 p m Saturday at Walker Bible church with calling at Murdoch's in Walker after 6 30 p m Thursday.
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Walker
LaVerne Arlene McCalley
William A. McCalley
Independence Hospital
Waterloo
Raymond Peterson
Winthrop
Harald Merritt
Donna VeDepo
Cedar Rapids
William
Robert
Rialto
Calif
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