Hi Mom Iowa soldiers home for the holidays
Fort Dodge residents greet 375th Replacement Detachment soldiers home for Christmas after training at Fort McCoy Wisconsin. Reservists Kelvin Claude Larry Brown Allen Steib and others travel back with help from Eagles Club members and local volunteers coordinating buses vans and a car fleet for return trip.
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Iowa
Fort Dodge
Army Reserve
Claude
Betty Brown
Otho
Larry Brown
Brown
Eagles
Des Moines
Carol Steib
Allen Steib
Fort McCoy
Wis
Steibs
Eagles Club
Ferry Sinking Near Haifa Kills 21 Sailors
Divers recovered the body of another U.S. sailor as the ferry Tovia sank off Haifa with about 100 sailors aboard en route to the carrier Saratoga. Officials ruled out sabotage and investigated whether loading, weather, and movement on board caused the loss of balance.
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Baltimore
Jerusalem
U.S
Haifa
Israel
Transportation Ministry
Navy
6Th Fleet
Shaul Raziel
Raziel
Ha’ogen
Miki Shoham
Ha'ogen
Yediot Aharanot
William Owens
Moshe Arens
Red Sea
Navy sailor from Union-Whitten area dies in ship accident
Shukers, a 1980 Union-Whitten High graduate living in Jacksonville, died when the USS Saratoga capsized during a six month Navy deployment. He had adopted Lori’s eight month old son Paul and was married three weeks before shipping out. Lori reported concerns hours before the fatal accident. Navy officers notified the family Saturday morning.
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Shakers
Navy
Union-Whitten High School
Lori
Jacksonville
Fla
Saratoga
Paul
Dudley
Iowa
Shukers
Moore
Union
William
Cedar Rapids
William Shukers
18Th St. SE
Corning Embraces New Role as Iowa Lieutenant Governor
Corning discusses residence choices and costs while embracing a more influential executive role in Des Moines. She notes the governor’s office faces evolving precedents, with closer collaboration and budget decisions, and plans to handle special projects and trade missions alongside Branstad.
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Corning
Des Moines
Burt
Kansas City
Cedar Falls
Terrace Hill
Branstad
Senate
Rise in rural burglaries across Iowa counties noted
Division of Criminal Investigation supervisor J D Jutte says burglaries rise in rural areas across his southeast Iowa region. State figures show Linn County 196 and Johnson County 144 burglaries last year outside cities. Adair County Sheriff Skellenger cites hunting season as factor with an Ohio suspect linked to a hunting period burglary.
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Division of Criminal Investigation
J.D. Jutte
Iowa
State Department of Public Safety
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
Mount Vernon
Johnson County
Iowa City
Coralville
Adair County
Fred Skellenger
Southcentral
Ohio
Skellenger
Webb Alumni reunion keeps memory of all black high school alive
In 1966 desegregation brought alumni together in McKenzie Tennessee and in 1969 they bought the vacant Webb school building in Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids chapter chairs the national assembly April 26 to 28 with more than 400 graduates expected to attend.
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McKenzie
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
Madeline Belew
Carroll County
Charles Ray
Ray
Webb
Webb Alumni National Assembly
Retail Returns Window Likely To Extend Week after Christmas
Stores extend exchange periods to about a week to 10 days with Wal-Mart officials noting a no-hassle policy and receipts easing refunds or exchanges. Wal-Mart plans an extra table post Christmas to handle returns while managers anticipate lower return rates at Younkers and expect refunds to spike before and after the holiday period.
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Ryan Higgins
Wal-Mart
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US. Navy
United States
Lowan
Jerry
M-Fk
Ravenue N.E. Cedar Rapids
American Family Insurance
Cedar Rapids Area
Insuranc Auto Home Business Health
MPA
AM Mutual Insurance
Marcisan
Vigqise
Pt Ad NE Wen
Teener
Mt Vernon
En Barnes
7Th Ave
Lonnson Ave
Venus Davis
Center
Allamakee County
Iowa County
Delaware County
C.R
Benny L. Luter
Harold Dr. SE
Lansing
Younkers
Blatt
Av Ave SF
TuGne
Mt Ave SE
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