Tragic crash ends era of sturdy DC-3 planes
Hawkeye Airlines sold a 28-seat DC-3 to National Jet Service in 1976 after using the craft as a spare for routes from Ottumwa to Marshalltown Des Moines Omaha and Sioux City. The Evansville crash killed 29 aboard and prompted an indefinite company shutdown while investigators weigh causes.
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Hawkeye Airlines
Ottumwa
Iowa
Hawkeye
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Sioux City
J.P. Strother
Ottumwa Construction Company
Canada
National Jet Service of
Indianapolis
National Jet
Evansville
Clifton Martin
Indiana Pacers
National Basketball Association
Purdue
Indiana
FAA
National Jet Service
Phone outage hits Oelwein as flood-damaged cable cuts service
Residents in the southeast side area faced a telephone blackout after a wet cable failure. Crews traced the fault to a damaged line and began reconnecting lines, but about 600 homes remained without service by Saturday afternoon.
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Oelwein
Southeast Side
Cedar Rapids Christmas Socials Overflow in Local Notices
Local briefs list numerous Christmas events and ads in Cedar Rapids. Highlights include Lions Ladies Night at Longbranch Supper Club with cocktails dinner and new member initiation, entertainment by Santa Claus and a large Wilson Junior High Choir, plus ongoing dances at the Colorado Depot. Also noted are shopping promotions, a fashion show, antique and gift listings, charity events, and community notices with contact numbers.
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Longbranch
Santa Claus
Wilson Junior High
Two Die In Collision Involving Carroll High Basketball Bus
A head on crash near Lake City Iowa killed Rohn Hildreth 20 of Lohrville and Ronald McCaulley 22 of Lake City. Thirteen others including Carroll High School players and coach were injured while a second bus carried cheerleaders and fans. The accident occurred on Iowa 175 near a one lane bridge as the bus returned from two wins, leaving the scene with a shaken team and postponed game plans.
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Lake City
UPI
Carroll High School
Rohn A. Hildreth
Lohrville
Ronald R. McCaulley
Joyce A. Wiederin
Ann Elizabeth Engstrom
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Calvin J. Edwards
Carroll
Calhoun County
Leroy Morgan
Iowa 175
Morgan
Dennis Lokken
Lokken
Manilla
Harvest delays hit Iowa crops as freeze stalls finish
In 20 counties of South Central and Southeast Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert H. Lounsberry says the December thaw holds up the 1977 harvest with 5 to 10 percent of corn and soybeans still unharvested. He warned completion could slip into January or spring with heavy snow. soil prep for next season also trails.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert H. Lounsberry
Lounsberry
Beef firm faced with unfair acts claims in four states
The Agriculture Department filed an administrative complaint charging Iowa Beef Processors Inc. of Dakota City Nebraska and its subsidiary Columbia Foods Inc. of Pasco Washington with unfair acts that could lead to a beef monopoly in Idaho Washington Montana and Oregon. Columbia Foods allegedly joined a joint venture with Northwest Feeders Inc. of Boise Idaho in June.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Iowa Beef Processors Inc
Dakota City
Neb
Columbia Foods Inc
Pasco
Wash
Iowa Beef
Columbia Foods
Northwest Feeders Inc
Boise
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Ty van Pham
Ind
Cedar Rapids
AllCar
MoPar
Handler’s
Second Avenue
7Th Street
Odds and Ends Club
Bishops
John Murray
Coe College
Bobbie’s Couturiere
Roosevelt Royale
Fischer
15Th St
Mick Dennison
Community Theater
Heritage Antiques
Weing Rd
Adv
Herren
Kluber Greenhouse
Williams Blvd
Hearing Society
Security Savings and Loan Building
Marion
Iowa State
Tonite
Town House
Jim Brady
Cedar Memorial Park
Dubuque
D.J
Jack Shepherd
Linn County
Republican Women’s Club
Bishop’s
Ted Johnson
J-Tech
Robert C. Fifield
1St Ave
Don Buchheister
7Th St. SE
Pat
Pam
Ye Olde House of Beauty
Mt. Vernon Rd
John Holladay
Kennedy
Don Tune
Coe
Paul Maaske
Cornell
Zora DuVall
Kay Cooper
Ellis Ymca
Michael Mai
Seventh Ave
Rotary of CR
Jefferson High School
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Kiwanis
Robert Ourach
Iowa Briefs
Council Bluffs
Dorothy Strohbehn
HEW
James Leach
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Public Health Service Act
Leach
House
Kathy Taylor
Kathy
Office of Admissions
St. S.E
Davenport
Iowa City
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