Ray backs new Iowa Rock Island route for railroad
Ray promotes a revised Rock Island line through Council Bluffs Perry Tama and Marion with no guaranteed stops but notes it serves major Iowa population centers including Council Bluffs Atlantic Des Moines Grinnell Iowa City and Davenport and warns it would be tragic without scheduled Iowa stops.
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Council Bluffs
Perry
Tama
Marion
Iowa
Ray
Rock Island
Atlantic
Des Moines
Grinnell
Iowa City
Davenport
City Briefs Report Home and Car Break-ins
Multiple crime notes report Thur sday night break-ins at homes and vehicles. Items stolen include a television set, Christmas packages, clothes, six straight razors, gum, a tape player and nine tapes, plus a chain saw and tools from car trunks. Local ads run between notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny Coleman
Sixth Street
Maynard Drury
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Iowa study panel backs one percent business tax plan
A legislative tax study committee approved a one percent business privilege tax on adjusted gross income for Iowa businesses and a two percent annual tax on financial institutions. The package aims to raise about 28.6 million dollars yearly to offset other cuts, with personal property tax elimination cited as a companion change. Farmers and businesses would bear the largest shares, while critics doubt legislative approval given potential economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Elmer den Herder
R-Sioux Center
Don Herder
Stampmobile Hours Across City Centers This Saturday
Stampmobile visits Sixteenth Avenue at C Street SW from 10 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. Then 1 30 to 2 30 p.m. at Town and Country shopping center and 3 to 7 p.m. at Lindale Plaza Guard Against Holiday Fires.
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Sixteenth Avenue
C Street
Town and Country
Lindale Plaza
Rites Set for Man Killed at Iowa City
Funeral services for Oscar Tappan Jr 47 of Riverside will be held Saturday at 1 30 p m at George L Gay funeral home in Iowa City Burial will be in Nichols Cemetery Tappan died Thursday in an 88 foot fall when a scaffold folding collapsed at the con-
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Milton Smith
John L. Goetz
Cedar Rapids
Washington
George Goetz
Jones Funeral Home
Riverside
Gazette
Oscar Tappan, Jr
George L. Gay
Iowa City
Nichols
Iowa
Tappan
Con
Notable Iowa Builder Remembered After Riverside Area Accident
The article outlines the life of a 1923 Hills native, born April 11, who grew up in Lone Tree and lived in Riverside Hills. He married Rose Marie Goldsberry in 1941 and worked as a construction laborer for Arthur H. Neumann and Bros. in Des Moines. Survivors include his wife, a daughter, two brothers, a sister, and his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Hills
Lone Tree High School
Rose Marie Goldsberry
Kohaka
Riverside Hills
Arthur H. Neumann and Bros., Inc
Des Moines
Joe Rodgers
Riverside
Orville
Washington
Sheldon
Iowa City
Clifford Idle
Columbus Junction
Bessie Tappan
Alien reporting time set for January nationwide
Immigration officials remind that January is the address reporting time for most aliens in the United States. Forms to file the report will be available at post offices. Willful noncompliance may incur penalties.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Waukon Teen In Hospital After Car Truck Crash
An 18-year-old Waukon girl Linda Henry remained in fairly good condition at a local hospital Friday after her car struck the rear of a semi truck driven by 48-year-old Kenneth Smith of Waukon. The collision occurred about a mile south of Waukon as Henry followed the truck and skidded. Smith was uninjured.
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Waukon
Linda Henry
Kenneth Smith
John the Cougar Relapse at Bever Park Zoo
Kennedy high school mascot John the Cougar has suffered a relapse of enteritis and is hospitalized for intensive care. Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis said the bowel infection returned and worsened becoming hemorrhagic, as noted by Dr. Russell H. Anthony.
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John
Bever Park Zoo
Stan Reinis
Kennedy High School
Russell H. Anthony
Two Accused of Beer Possession Fined in Linn County
Michael R. Zenishek 18 of Solon and Gaylen E. Anderson 18 of 1607 Twenty-seventh Street NW were arrested for minor possession of beer in the Lindale Plaza lot. Anderson posted 30 bond and was released. Zenishek fined 25 and costs and held in Linn County jail.
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Michael R. Zenishek
Solon
Gaylen E. Anderson
Twenty-seventh Streets
Lindale Plaza
Anderson
Zenishek
Linn County
Angela Davis Extradition Stay Granted by Court
In New York the U S circuit court of appeals refused to block Angela Davis extradition to California on murder and kidnapping charges. The court stayed the extradition until Monday to permit an appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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New York
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Angela Davis
California
U. S. Supreme Court
Cub Scouts Pack 143 Awards at Pierce School
Cub Scouts Pack 143 awarded boys Tim Kelly Mark Tone Barry Boyer Tom Cullen Brian Smith Robert Adolph Jeff Hall Jerry Dungan Todd Sell Mike Kelly Jack Sackett David Crissinger Kyle Gallis David Bryant Scott Copperwell and Gary Lovik Thursday night at Pierce school. Pack 134 Cub scouts receiving awards Thursday at Pierce School were Tom Baker Brad Luhrs Joey Riley David Deasey Jeff Davis Jon Douda Mike Blaser Steve Carlson Sean Kalih er and Scott Witherell.
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Pierce
Tim Kelly
Mark Tone
Barry Boyer
Tom Cullen
Brian Smith
Robert Adolph
Jeff Hall
Jerry Dungan
Todd Sell
Mike Kelly
Jack Sackett
David Crissinger
Kyle Gallis
David Bryant
Scott Copperwell
Gary Lovik
Cub
Pierce School
Tom Baker
Brad Luhrs
Joey Rile
David Deasey
Jeff Davis
Jon Douda
Mike Blaser
Steve Carlson
Sean Kaliher
Scott Witherell
Argentine group raids Spanish consulate in Rosario
A local Argentine terrorist group invaded the Spanish consulate in Rosario, rifled the cash box and set a fire in protest of the Basque trial in Spain. The incident marks a violent act targeting a diplomatic mission during tense international proceedings.
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Rosario
Argentina
Spain
Final Installment on Sewage Funds Arrives
Manchester acting City Manager Garth Arnold announced receipt of the final 55,061 dollar payment on a 106,561 dollar federal grant for expanding the sewage treatment plant. Earlier in the year a 51,500 dollar partial payment was received. total project cost around 410,000 dollars.
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Manchester
Garth Arnold
Hide Service Corp
Youth Held for Illegal Use of a Credit Card
Paul Finn, 18, held in city jail on six counts of fraudulent credit card use and a parole violation. He allegedly bought coats at Arland’s and Kmart with a stolen card and attempted refunds, while on parole from a May 1970 nighttime larceny charge in Cedar Rapids.
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Paul Finn
Finn
Arlan’s
First Avenue SE
Kmart
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Collins Road
Cedar Rapids
Vinton Driver Charged After Crash in Cedar Rapids
Glenda L. Halstead, 18, of Vinton, was charged with disobeying a traffic signal after her car and a city bus collided at Third Avenue and Third Street SW in Cedar Rapids. Halstead received head and knee injuries and was released from St Luke's hospital. Bus driver Carl A. Kellendorf, 46, of 380 Twenty-sixth Avenue SW, was treated at Mercy hospital for rib injuries.
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Glenda L. Halstead
Vin‘ton
Third Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Miss Halstead
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carl A. Kellendorf
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Roosevelt Hotel Jury Clears Roosevelt in Dram Shop Suit
A Linn County jury returned a verdict finding the Roosevelt Hotel not liable in a $1.2 million dram shop claim connected to the death of Robert Pose. The suit claimed hotel employees served alcohol to Donald Lee Williams while intoxicated before the September crash that killed Williams and Pose. Pose's widow and children pursued the action on behalf of the estate, challenging witness credibility and blood alcohol testing methods.
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Linn
Roosevelt Hotel
Robert Pose
Donald Lee Williams
Williams
Pose
Vinton Woman Hurt in Highway 218 Crash
Margaret Greaser, 43, of Vinton is listed in critical condition at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids after a two car crash on highway 218 four miles west of Vinton. She drove from a farm driveway into the path of a car driven by Lowell Mabon 46 of Plainfield. Mabon was treated and released at Vinton hospital with cuts and bruises.
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Vinton
Margaret Greaser
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Here
Benton County
Vinton Man Hurt by Tiling Machine Accident
Vinton resident Wilson Robb Mor, 45, was injured Friday when a tiling machine tipped while being unloaded from a trailer. He jumped off the machine and suffered a broken finger, taken to the local hospital.
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Vinton
Wilson Robb Morrow
Christmas Gifting Finds in the Want Ads
The Want Ads offer a wide range of gift ideas and seasonal bargains for holiday shoppers. Readers can browse toys, home decor, electronics, and clothing items advertised by local sellers and retailers.
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Madeline
Executive Plaza
1St Ave
Carl Miller
D Avenue NE
Ninth Street SE
Hardys
Cold Stream Ave
Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Blvd
Yukiko
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Sokol Hall
Hardi Gardens
Kreb
Robert Deason
His and Hers
3Rd St
2Nd Ave. SE
Jerome’s
Adv
Noble Woods
Tenth Street
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Berger Furrier
Mary Sing
Kay
Jesus
God
Baha’i Assembly of
Ridgewood Terrace
Cedar Memorial Flower Shop
John the Cougar
Angela
Craemer’s Lindale
Lindale
Vinton Man
Westgate
West Point Road
Rick Skogman
Edgewood Road
Mike Murray
Northbrook
Council Street
Pisirs Ferry Road
Bill Flynn
Citeoncase Homes
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Collins Radio
Ider
Collins Road N.E
Life Investors OF America
Collins
Enti
Ence
40Th Street
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