Mail carrier marks 50 years with U S Post Office in Cedar Rapids
Rebert Cox 73 of 2435 12th Ave SE celebrated his 50th anniversary as a U S contract carrier. He began in 1931 in Duluth after leaving a highway department job for higher pay, later serving Cedar Rapids routes and surrounding areas. He still works one main route with two trucks and drivers, contract running until 1984.
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Rebert Cox
Virginia Highway Department
U.S. Post Office
Cox
12Th Ave
Duluth
Minn
Virginia
Sioux City
New Orleans
South America
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Dubuque Area
West Branch
Iowa City
Dubuque
Anamosa
Monticello
Marion
Hiawatha
Marion park department offers summer student jobs
The Marion Park Department announces about 20 jobs at the Legion swimming pool and roughly a dozen more in the summer recreation program. Applications are available at the Park Office in the Marion Community Center and encouraged for college students to submit during the Christmas holiday.
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Marion Park
Marion Park Department
Marion Community Center
10Th Avenue
Seventh Street
Dave Frimms
The
Park Department
Legion
Frimm
Linn-Mar High School Christmas Concert Next Monday
Linn-Mar High School bands present a Christmas concert on December 21 at 7 30 p m in the Linn-Mar auditorium. Featured groups include the concert band symphonic band and two jazz bands directed by Steve Colton and Marilyn Lilli bridge. Admission at the door is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Linn-Mar
Marion Briefs Road Closed For Winter Months
Road through Thomas Park will close Tuesday for the winter months as Marion city notices wrap local traffic updates.
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Thomas Park
Kennedy Space Center Surrounded by Wildlife Refuge
Florida's Kennedy Space Center sits within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge covering over 140000 acres. The refuge protects 224 bird and endangered wildlife species amid space program operations.
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Florida
Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Jim Crowley named Retail Bureau chair at Marion Chamber
Jim Crowley, co owner of Nordman Jewelers and former vice chair, was named chairman of the Retail Bureau of the Marion Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds Harold Klinsky, owner of the Boston Store, who had led the bureau for one year.
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Jim Crowley
Nordman Jewelers
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Crowley
Harold Klinsky
Boston
Smoke kills Cresco man in family fire
Cresco, Iowa reports Robert Patton died from smoke inhalation while trying to rescue his wife Sharon and son Dean from a burning home. Sharon was uninjured, Dean sustained first degree burns on his back and shoulders as the house burned after a kitchen wastebasket fire.
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Cresco
UPI
Robert Patton
Patton
Sharon
Dean
Iowa Faces Large January Layoffs And Strained Unemployment Fund
State figures project more than 12 000 layoffs in January with six week totals near 10 000. Job Service of Iowa notes a fluid, tentative outlook for early 1981 as unemployment benefits push toward 70 million and the trust fund may dip below 50 million by March.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Schutt
Ralph Hoksbergen
Job Service of
Hoksbergen
Explaining Nearsightedness Causes and Effects
Nearsightedness occurs when the eye focuses images in front of the retina rather than on it. This happens if the eye is too long or the eye light bending is altered, causing distant objects to appear blurred while close objects stay clear.
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Nancy Stevens
Gazette
Steve Colton and
Marilyn Lillibridge
Gazette Classified
Iowa Hawkeyes
Hawks
Dial
Adv
Farmers Dlale Bank
Nordman
Nordman Jewelry
10Th Street
Kalona
Meat Department
Hy-Vee
Seatons
Smoke
Ly Harrison
Weber
Iowa Daily Press Association
Clinic
1St Ave
R& R
Wayne A. Cary
Office
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