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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1975
Page
7
In Seattle, a 97 year old lawyer Charles Spirk met a robber for the first time after a 1903 case revived. The assailant grabbed him from behind, slipping a gun or finger, and took $130 from Spirk's desk. The thief left records at the Alaska building office.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District unanimously approved a Bjornsen Construction Co. contract to remove dirt from Green Valley school site for 25 cents per cubic yard with liability coverage and erosion safeguards. An engineer will monitor removal to prevent excessive take.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish noble educated in France, borrowed funds to travel to America arriving in Philadelphia in August 1776. He earned a commission as colonel of engineers and is famed for two years of planning and building defenses at West Point.
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