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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1991
Page
7
Hiawatha Leader Ronald Wagner Dies in Waterloo
Ronald P. Wagner aged 66, longtime Hiawatha patrolman, police chief, and two term mayor, died Monday in Waterloo. A Wisconsin native, he worked as designer and engineer at Rockwell Collins before joining Deere & Co. in Waterloo. The obituary notes his civic service and recalls Fay Marvin Clark, founder of Hiawatha, who died in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Waterloo
Ronald P. Wagner
George Bowler
Wagner
Bowler
Wisconsin
Rockwell-Collins
Deere & Co
Fay Marvin Clark
Cedar Rapids History Committee Hosts Open House On Sunday
The Cedar Rapids Historical Committee invites the public to view early 1900s school annuals class photos and educational materials Sunday from 2 to 4 p m. The display is on the second floor of the Cedar Rapids Public Works Building 1201 Sixth St S W and open houses occur the first Sunday of each month. The committee has about 2 000 items and welcomes memorabilia contributions. contact Streets and Public Improvements at 398 5055.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Cedar Rapids Public Works
Sixth St
Office of
Banner sign permits expire after today in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids business owners must renew banner sign permits issued before last January as the City Council's changes set a one year expiration. Renewal forms are available from the Building Department in City Hall basement with a $20 permit fee per each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Old Capitol Museum Reopening Delayed to January 13
The reopening of the Old Capitol Museum in Iowa City has been postponed to January 13 due to delays refinishing hardwood floors. When open tours run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, with offices in the building maintaining normal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Capitol
Office of University Relations
Lord Acton to Speak at Dubuque History Banquet
Richard, Lord Acton will address the Dubuque County Historical Society annual banquet at Midway Motor Lodge January 8 at 7 30 p m. The barrister and writer divides time between England and Cedar Rapids and will discuss a territorial Supreme Court case involving Ralph a fugitive slave from Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Lord Acton
Dubuque County
England
House of Lords
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Historical Society
Territorial Supreme Court
Ralph
Dubuque
Fairfax curb pickup for discarded Christmas trees set
Fairfax announces a single pickup for discarded trees with residents asked to place trees at the curb by 8 a.m. on January 7. Flocked trees are prohibited. City Clerk Betty Panek notes the restriction and coordinates the collection effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Betty Panek
Czech program keeps students traveling to learn culture
Sherlee Peterson and volunteers revived the Czech Heritage Foundation travel program sending Cedar Rapids area high school juniors with Czech ancestry to four week trips in Czechoslovakia. Four students are slated for next year with language and culture courses, fundraising, and host-home stays as part of the Experiments in International Living program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herlee Peterson
Cliff
Sherlee
Mae Novotny
Cedar Rapids
Marjorie Stone
Marion
Czechoslovakia
Bob Yaw
United States
Yaw
Czech Heritage Foundation
Yan
The
Heritage Foundation
Olga Drahozal
Susan Turner
Heritage Society
EIL
Hackberry dethroned as Iowa's tallest tree toppled by winds
Downey, Iowa, Nov. 30 saw the King of Io hackberry topple likely by a tornado damaging the Downey area. Frank Hedges Sr. now holds the state’s top hackberry at 86 feet tall 15 ft 2 in circumference and 90 ft crown on a Des Moines County farm. Burton’s 341 inch tree fell. its remains are being cut up and hauled away by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Gosch
Downey
King of Iowa
Bill Burton
Iowa
Burton
West Branch
Frank Hedges Sr
Oakville
Hedges
Des Moines
Department of Natural Resources
Springville man jailed in Triggerlock case in Cedar Rapids
Robert Ray Keast of Springville, 34, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for felon in possession of a firearm after an April arrest near Westdale Mall where police found a loaded AK-47 with bayonet. He received a suspended year for contempt for seven false federal identifications. The incident followed a 1987 order not to possess false documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Eous
Robert Ray Keast
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Keast
Westdale Mall
U.S. District Court
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
CIA
Cross on edge of Iowa City blamed on pranksters
Pranksters set a crudely made cross on fire in a sparsely populated east Iowa City field near Court and Scott Boulevard. Investigators note fuel was used and no other racially motivated crimes were reported that weekend. A separate arson at Shimek Elementary School is not believed related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Court and
Scott Boulevard
James Pumfrey
Pumfrey
Shimek
Grissel PI
Patrick Harney
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Ronny
Gazette
Andrew Rocca
Shimek School
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