Settlement reached in MFA fire insurance suit
An undisclosed out of court settlement was reached today in the 1.5 million suit by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kulish against MFA Insurance over a fire at 4403 Loraine St NE. The couple sought 34 850 for damages plus 1.5 million over a claimed implied accusation. Their son Mark, then 6, testified he started the March 22 1977 fire while playing with a lighter. The insurer argued evidence showed the fire did not start near a sofa.
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Walter Kulish
MFA
Loraine St. NE
Kulishes
Hiawatha
Linn District Court
Mark
Three Car Crash Causes Hospitalization on Edgewood and Ellis
A Sunday afternoon crash at Edgewood Road and Ellis Road NW caused six thousand dollars in damage and sent A Eloise Kiester, 82, to St. Luke's Hospital in fair condition with possible concussion and contusions. Kiester rode with Donald J. Bacon, 71, who tried to turn left and collided with Debra L. Harris, 18, and James C. Jost, 47, at the green light. Bacon was charged with turning left at the intersection.
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Edgewood Road
Ellis Road
A. Eloise Kiester
Main St
Grinnell
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kiester
Donald J. Bacon
O Ave
Bacon
Debra L. Harris
26Th St
James C. Jost
Westwood Drive
Mount Vernon School Registration Schedule Released
Mount Vernon Community School District outlines registration times for all grades. Elementary students register by last name initial, middle school handles new and rising seventh and eighth graders, and high school assigns seniors to 8 9 a.m. for registration with various later slots. Fees include activity tickets, milk, and lunch rates. contact the superintendent at 895-8845 for questions.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Community
Five year old Cedar Rapids boy halts fire then it rekindles
Five year old Eric Fledderman awoke to a bed fire from a bare light bulb, doused it with water, and moved to his sister’s room. The mattress rekindled, gutting the upstairs of a rented house. Eric and his father Carl were injured. furnishings were lost. Red Cross assists the family.
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Cedar Rapids
Eric Fledderman
13Th St. NW
Virgil Johnson
Eric
Carl
Mercy Hospital
Grant Wood Area
The
Red Cross
Parking meters battered in southeast hit and run spree
Police report a driver on Sixth Street SE struck a row of meters near the Sixth Street and Third Avenue corner. After backing up the vehicle, the driver continued on a lengthy route, damaging eighteen meters in total in the southeast quadrant.
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Sixth Street
Third Avenue
Polar flight pilot relies on Collins gear for record test
Dieter Schmitt, German pilot and Rockwell Collins customer, stopped in Cedar Rapids to install a 718U-5 HF transceiver in his Beechcraft Bonanza V35A ahead of a solo non stop North Pole flight. The unit aided 2500 mile ice crossing during the 33 hour route from Anchorage to Munich and marked a second use of the same Collins equipment after a New York to Munich flight last July. Schmitt, an officer in the German Air Guard and Flag Review writer, also ferried a new Bonanza from Wichita to Germany with Collins Micro Line avionics.
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North Pole
Dieter Schmitt
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell- Collins
Collins Telecommunications Products Division
35Th Street NE
Schmitt
Anchorage
Alaska
Munich
Germany
Nanza
New York
Charles Lindbergh
Wichita
Kan
Collins
German Air Guard
Flag Review
Task force aids elderly in Cedar Rapids visit
Rep. Mike Blouin leads a four person federal task force to Cedar Rapids to study elderly service delivery. The group will review economic medical and social needs, offer counseling apply for food stamps Medicare reimbursements homemaker services and identify ineligible cases. They will tour senior sites including Lincoln Congregate Meals Brendelwood Oak Hill Manor Jane Boyd and Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Urban Center.
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Mike Blouin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Blouin
Cherry Tsutsumida
Congressional
Joseph Ventrone
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lincoln
Brendelwood
Oak Hill Manor
Jane Boyd Community House
Hawkeye Area
Calmar
Dubuque
Clinton
Springville School Board Holds 6:30 Special Session
The Springville Community School Board meets in special session at 6:30 tonight in the superintendent's office to discuss data processing with Cedar Rapids representatives.
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Springville Community
Cedar Rapids
Drunk Driving Arrests Decline In City Reports
Last week Aug 12 to Aug 18 saw 10 drunken driving arrests in the city, while the prior week Aug 5 to Aug 11 recorded 13. Officials also charged 44 driver license violations, up from 43, and total arrests and traffic charges reached 477, down from 538 the week before.
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Cedar Rapids
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C.R
Patty Tschopp
East Post Road
California
Alfred Tschopp
Yuba City
Calif
Patty
Aquarium
Sixth St
Donald Decker
Circle Drive
Judy Dorb
Wyoming Drive
Dennis Pagels
Iowa City
Financial Service
Control Data Corporation
Center Point Road
N.E
Iedit Life
Eer
Laurie Jensen
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell-Collins
Beechcraft
Health, Education and Welfare
Kansas City
Jill Center
Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Office
Gazette
Paul Jensen
Task Force
Springville
Coe College
Coe
Dorothy Hinman
Admissions Office
Coe Collie
Lowe
Oce
Davy Wie Ly Country Stores
Dairy Maid
First Ave
Center Pt. Rd
Edgewood Rd
Mt. Vernon Rd
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