Big penny-filled whiskey bottle tied to memories across states
Mona Johnson keeps a Texas fifth bottle filled with pennies that traveled from Fort Worth to Iowa. A customer offered $100 for the bottle, but she refused, saying it holds sentimental value from a life spent moving with her engineer husband through the Atlas missile and Apollo programs.
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Norway
Jerry
Mona Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Fort Worth
Collins
United States
Cheyenne
Wyo
Connecticut
California
Iowa
Six Sentences Rendered in Buchanan County Court
Independence six people were sentenced in Buchanan County District Court on Monday. Andrew E. Lightfoot Jr. received a one year jail term for nighttime larceny and begins Dec 26. Robert N. Howe got a suspended 10 year sentence and probation for the same incident. John W. Millard was ordered to serve 60 days in jail with restitution and counseling. Gene R. Streeter faced 30 days in jail for drunk driving with work release and a fine for suspension. Robert D. Williams received deferred judgment for drunk driving and must engage with the Northeast Council on Alcoholism. George E. Dunbar received a suspended 60-day sentence and parole to the Department of Correctional Services, with parole transferable to the 2nd Judicial District.
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Independence
Buchanan County District Court
Buchanan County
Andrew E. Lightfoot Jr
Armstead-Lohmann Enterprises Inc
Lightfoot
Arlington
Robert N. Howe
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Department of Correctional Services
John W. Millard
Streeter
Robert D. Williams
Northeast Council On
George E. Dunbar
Mason City
2Nd Judicial District
Center Point set bond election for school addition
Center Point Consolidated School Board set March 14 for a $750,000 bond referendum to add classrooms at the school. The plan follows three failed bond proposals for a new elementary school and gym, and stems from a petition by United for Education with 304 signatures. A special meeting to review architectural plans is set for January 4 at 8 p.m. with board members Don Dufoe and Darrell Kula absent.
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Center Point
Gested
Don Dufoe
Darrell Kula
Continental naval fleet organized in 1775
On this date in 1775 a Continental naval fleet of seven ships was organized in the rebellious American colonies.
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Whiskey
Collins Employees Credit Union
Cedar Rapids
Buchanan
Baum
Farmers State Savings Bank
Gene R. Streeter
Brandon
Sharon Hannen
Gazette
Christmas Club
Bohemian Savings
Fslic
Dial
Siebhe
Hoyt Cedar Rapids Fine Jewelers
2Nd Ave
Oster
Lizz
Brother
Sunbeam
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