Expert Testimony on Fuel Oil-Like Substance in Kulish Fire Case
An MFA Insurance Co expert testified in Linn District Court that eight samples from the Kulish living room mostly failed to identify hydrocarbons, but two contained light fuel oil or similar substance. He noted plastics and common hydrocarbons did not match his findings and questioned oil transfer on carpet if burned. He also discussed Cologne and aftershave evidence and how fuel could be traced.
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MFA Insurance Co
Walter Kulish
Linn District
Kulishes
MFA
Mark
David Stafford
Memphis
Elvis Presley
Stafford
University of Tennessee Medical School
Shelby County
Kulish
Loraine St. NE
Trial Continues Amid Carpet Fuel Absorption Theories
On this date in 1870 Western Australia gained representative government as the trial proceeds. A remark notes the carpet in the living room might have absorbed fuel quickly and sealed in by melting substance.
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Western Australia
Residents seek governor aid to block Job Service move
Neighborhood representative Kenneth Barger asks Governor Ray for support to stop Job Service of Iowa relocation from 601 Eighth Ave SE to 1700 block First Ave NE. He cites 19 families losing eight houses and a $220000 tax impact, while officials push ahead despite cheaper bids. The governor says no plan to intervene, trusting Job Service Director Colleen Shearer to work with the City Council.
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Job Service of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Barger
Ave
Robert Ray
Fighting Job Service
First Avenue NE
Eighth Ave
Ray
First Avenue
Colleen Shearer
Cedar Rapids youth seriously injured in Shueyville motorcycle crash
A 15-year-old Cedar Rapids boy, Adam B. Steiner, was hospitalized in serious condition at St. Luke’s in Cedar Rapids after a motorcycle crash on the Sandy Beach blacktop near Shueyville. Troopers reported the cycle left the curve, struck a dirt embankment, and the rider sustained head and back injuries.
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Shueyville
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Adam B. Steiner
D Ave
Sandy Beach
Blacktop
FridaY Focus Man to Man Witness the chance of a lifetime
A reader asks whether a father should accompany his wife in the delivery room. The counselor Tom Charles urges involvement, sharing his own experience and stressing birth as a life moment for fathers to witness. He notes that if the baby is fine, both parents should share the news. if not, sharing helps.
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Tom Charlies
Cedar Rapids Area
Tom
Tom Charles
the Gazette
France forecasts 1978 wine crop near 1.65 billion gallons
France projects a 1978 wine harvest of about 1.65 billion gallons, about 264 million more than 1977 and close to the 1973 record. The Ministry of Agriculture notes the harvest begins in six weeks and warns weather ahead could alter the outcome.
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Paris
France
Ministry of Agriculture
Pineapple project funds Camp Courage with airfare sales
Marty Kloska, head of United Airlines operations in Cedar Rapids, used island pineapples to raise about $5,000 for Camp Courage. He flew 3 000 then 5 000 fruit batches to two Kmart stores and the airport, selling out quickly with lines and long waits. He plans a fourth shipment as demand remains high.
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Marty Kloska
Sahara
Kloska
United Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Camp Courage
Hawaii
Kmart
Kioska
United
Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced for Loan Application Fraud
James Blevins 42 of 4420 Bowling St SW was sentenced in Cedar Rapids to 18 months on each of two counts after pleading guilty to false statements on car loan applications in 1977. He admitted promising to turn over vehicle titles to Merchants National Bank and Collins Employees Credit Union, both federally insured. A third forged check count was dropped. ON THIS DATE in 1963 James Meredith became the first black graduate of the University of Mississippi.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S. District Court
James Blevins
Bowling St. SW
Blevins
Merchants National Bank
Collins
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
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