Iowa Weekend Festival Snapshot
A crowded list of regional events including Lisbon Sauerkraut Days Czech Days in Protivin and Heritage Day in Elgin. The schedule also features a steam show near De Witt, a waterski display at Ellis Park, a chicken and ham dinner at St Paul Parish, Luxembourg folk dancing, and a Cushman Club ride at Jones County Fairgrounds.
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Protivin
Ellis Park
Palo
Palisades-Dows Preserve
Mount Vernon
Elgin City Park
Colony Village
I-80
Exit 225
Ossian
Iowa
Winston Smith Farm
de Witt
Five Seasons
Ushers Ferry
42Nd Street
St. Paul Parish
Worthington Memorial Hall
Luxembourg
Europe
Lombardi's
St. Donatus
Palo Nuclear Plant Workers Pass Relicensing Exam
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that all eight Palo workers who previously failed the relicensing exam passed on retake. In total, 23 workers achieved passing scores. Details appear on page 2A.
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The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Palo
Canoe Race Postponed Again in East Iowa
Heavy rainfall swells the Wapsipinicon River forcing a third postponement of the Oxford Junction canoe race between Mayor Ted Birdsall and his rival. Organizers say the event will be moved to September due to safety concerns.
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Olin
Iowa
Ted Birdsall
Oxford Junction
Wapsipinicon
Carey
Patience Needed for U S S R Business Ties
A former Cedar Rapids executive now operating in the Soviet Union says patience is essential. Bill Munsell notes that doing business in the Soviet Union is very difficult. Details on page 6B.
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Cedar Rapids
Soviet Union
Bill Munsell
Butter sculptor to churn cow and horse at fair
Duffy Lyon of Toledo will use 1,500 pounds of butter to sculpt a cow and a Clydesdale horse for the Iowa State Fair. Details on page 15C.
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Duffy Lyon
Toledo
When the world goes to the dogs big business bites in
A witty note suggests that if dogs dominate the globe, large corporations would monopolize dog biscuits and profits. The joke plays on market fear and corporate takeovers in a lighthearted tone.
Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel to lay off 200 Cedar Rapids workers
Two hundred Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel employees will lose their jobs on October 19 as Aetna Life Insurance forecloses on the mortgage. The Cedar Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau expects no disruption and hopes a new manager will take over the hotel before layoffs. The sheriff's sale to the highest bidder is scheduled for September 28.
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Stouffer's
Five Seasons
Cedar Rapids Area
Garrett
Stephen Nelson
Stouffer’s
Linn District Court
August Hansell
Stouffer
Five Seasons Inn
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Aetna
Iraq says it will detain foreigners until war threat ends
Iraq's speaker Sadi Mahdi announced that citizens of aggressive nations will be held in military and civilian facilities as long as Iraq faces threat from war. He named Westerners and pointed to U N efforts to secure release of the more than 1 million foreign nationals in Iraq and Kuwait.
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Washington Post
Iraq
Baghdad
Kuwait
Sadi Mahdi
U.N. Security Council
Javier Perez de Cuellar
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Mahdi
Ministry of Oil
Ministry of Military Industrialization
State Department
United States
Joseph Wilson
Foreign Ministry
Iraqi food ship nears blockade
A Iraqi vessel believed to carry food passes the Suez Canal bound for Aqaba as U S Navy ships intercept two Iraqi coastal boats in the Persian Gulf. Administration officials say President Bush will call up reservists and the Pentagon has commandeered jets to move troops and cargo to the region.
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New York Times
Suez Canal
Aqaba
U.S. Navy
Iraq
England
Bradley
Persian Gulf
Pentagon
Administration
Bush
Middle East
Kennebunkport
Maine
Soviets Begin Midwest Trek Despite Rain and Short Funds
A 24 member Soviet cycling group starts a 525 mile Midwest journey from Eldridge amid rain and humidity. About 30 American riders join the trip as an anonymous donor covers lunch. Funds totals run under $2,000 short, Monticello residents raise $700 toward a $1,000 goal.
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Jazette Stall
Monticello
Midwest
Eldridge
Quad Cities
Soviet Union
Oxford Junction
Jim Olson
Cycle Path For Peace
Lowa
Olson
Oklahoma woman links leukemia to Chernobyl accident
Patricia Robinson, a Centerville native and Lawton resident, was diagnosed with leukemia after an Oklahoma emergency room visit on December 10, 1988. She believes radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster near Mainz, Germany may be a contributing cause, though she cannot prove it.
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Patricia Robinson
Oklahoma
Southwestern Medical Center
Lawton
Okla
Robinson
Centerville
William and
Darlene Robinson
Marion
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
Pat
Mainz
West Germany
Joe
U.S
Europe
Robinsons
Alexandrea
Brandon
Oklo
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