President Will Speak at Scouters Recognition Dinner in Iowa City
Dr Willard L Boyd president of the University of Iowa will headline the seven county Scouters Recognition Dinner in Iowa City on March 13. Hawkeye Area Boy Scout council invites 3500 plus volunteers from Linn Jones Benton Iowa Johnson Cedar and Washington counties. Eagle Scouts of 1975 to be honored and Silver Beaver award announced. Scout Executive Les Marquart says group reservations due by February 27 with no tickets at the door.
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Willard L. Boyd
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Linn
Jones
Benton
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Washington
Iowa Memorial Union
Les Marquart
Marquart
Boyd
Court Disposes of 14 Drunk Driving Cases
The Linn County district court's First Avenue division handled fourteen drunk driving cases. Gerald Hepker was found guilty of a Dec. 20 offense, fined 300 dollars and sentenced to a year in the Linn County Jail with seven months suspended. Edward McGinty pled guilty to a Jan. 16 charge and received a deferred sentence until Feb. 10, 1977. Several others pled guilty and received deferred sentences, with dates spanning Dec. 11 to Jan. 4, including Louis Cooperman Ely Dec. 31 Milo Klouda Palo Dec. 12 Charles Johnson Tower Terrace Marion Jan. 3 William Luke Marion Jan. 3 Herbert Dulin Toddville Dec. 31 Donald Pieper Mt. Vernon Dec. 23 Steven Fessler Cedar Rapids Jan. 1 Richard Holst Leisure Blvd NE Dec. 13 Duane Enos Toddville Dec. 11 Velma Moraine 1031 Tenth Ave SE Dec. 21 John Wilder Toddville Jan. 4 Patrick Royer Marion Dec. 2 Jan. 1978. Other cases included Tehri Simpson possession of a controlled substance with a fine of 100 dollars and 60 days in jail suspended. Mark Hertz assaulting a Cedar Rapids police officer Jan. 30 with 30 days in jail, 27 suspended. Galen Townsend criminal trespass injury and vehicle tampering with 30 days, 15 suspended on each of two counts, concurrent. The recaps also mention the origin of the term red carpet treatment at Grand Central and a note about a 30 years ago war crimes verdict for Gen Masahara Homma.
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First Avenue
Linn County District Court
Gerald Hepker
1630 Avenue NW
Linn County
Edward McGinty
Red Bud Road
Louis Cooperman
Ely
Milo Klouda
Palo
Charles Johnson
Tower Terrace
Marion
William Luke
Brockman
Herbert Dulin
Toddville
Donald Pieper
Mt. Vernon
Steven Fessler
Cedar Drive
Richard Holst
Leisure Boulevard
Duane Enos
Velma Moraine
Tenth Avenue SE
John Wilder
Tehri Simpson
Ellis Boulevard
Mark Hertz
Coldstream Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Galen Townsend
D Street
College Board Approves Initial Parking Lot Plan
The Prairie High School area district approves preliminary parking lot drawings costing about 50000 dollars on campus near the business office. The plan excludes bids pending next year’s schoolhouse fund budget and includes grading storm sewers and two driveways to the office.
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College Community School District
Prairie High School
Bob Bostwick
Prairie
Bostwick
Prairie Elementary
Prairie Intermediate
Prairie View
Counse
Rescuers Reach Trapped Travelers on Red Mountain Pass
Rescuers have reached about 30 travelers stranded by snowslides on Red Mountain Pass near Silverton Colorado. A mining company bus Continental Trailways bus two pickups a four wheel drive and a small car were buried Monday night. Miners walked a mile to summon help as crews using borrowed bulldozers cleared shoulder high snow drifts.
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Silverton
Colo
Red Mountain Pass
Colorado Division of Highways
Mining Company
U.S. 550
Continental Trailways
Expert predicts at least one more great quake this year
Golden Colorado AP expert Waverly Person of the U S Geological Survey says there will likely be at least a dozen major earthquakes this year and one great quake of 8 or more on the Richter scale. He notes Guatemala's 7 9 quake caused over 17 000 deaths and massive homelessness.
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Golden
Colo
National Earthquake Information Service
Waverly Person
Guatemala
Colorado Rockies
Guatemala City
Person
U.S. Department of Interior
Geological Survey
Colorado School of Mines
United States
Newport
Wash
Tucson
Ariz
Guam
Grand Jury Indicts Kness on Murder Charge
The Linn county grand jury indicted Donald Kness for murder after he was taken into custody related to a January 10 killing at the Pla Mar lounge in Hiawatha. Victim David J. Pettit died hours after a chest wound at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Federal flight charges were to be dismissed. Kness surrendered at Moore's trailer court near Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Donald Kness
Kness
David J. Pettit
Pla-Mar
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Moore
Maytag Gifts Benefit East Iowa Colleges
Maytag employees and retirees donated 12592 dollars to support 63 colleges and universities and 25 Iowa College Foundation member schools. The Maytag Foundation matched these gifts, boosting total aid to 25185 dollars for the listed area schools including Coe College Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Iowa City Upper Iowa University Fayette and Luther College Decorah. On this date in 1974 Henry Kissinger proposed a seven point energy cooperation plan among oil consuming and producing nations.
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Eastern Iowa
Maytag Co
Newton
Maytag Foundation
Iowa College Foundation
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Luther College
Decorah
U.S
Henry Kissinger
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Valentine
The
Humane Society
Mt. Vernon Road
U.S. President
Patrick Royer
Twenty-seventh Street
Grand Central Terminal
New York City
Twentieth Century Limited
Masahara Homma
College Board
Lor
Denver
San Francisco
Senior Citizens Bus Service
East Iowa
Continental
Alaska
Northwestern Bell
ARIO
Coats
Anysoll
Peart
Montgomery Word
G.O.C
ATEX
OUR Household
Spirit AG Value
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