Snow plow clip leads to injury at Leonardo's Pizza lot
Doyle Patterson, 20, of Walford, was treated for a sore nose after a snowplow front blade clipped him in the parking lot of Leonardo's Pizza on 16th Ave SW. The driver, Theodore Ford II, was not charged. Police seek two suspects in an armed robbery at Dows Dairy Store. Burglary probed at Kiebels. PER board again rules against Cedar Rapids Airport Commission on bargaining unit representation.
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Leonardo’s Pizza
Doyle D. Patterson
Walford
16Th Ave. SW
Patterson
Theodore H. Ford II
Johnson Ave
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Dows Dairy
Third Ave
Kiebel’s
Second Ave. SE
Iowa Public Employment Relations Board
Engineers Host Students At Space Careers Conference
Nearly 80 Cedar Rapids Marion high school students will attend the fifth annual Career Guidance Conference and banquet at the Longbranch. Four engineering groups sponsor National Engineers Week observance. Displays include Rockwell Collins cockpit and Hewlett Packard calculator. Capt. Robert Freitag, U S Navy retired, will speak on space program history and future prospects.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Hewlett- Packard
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Engineering Society
Robert Freitag
U.S. Navy
Freitag
Canoe Trailer Overturns in Cedar Rapids Crash
A trailer carrying 36 canoes overturned at First Avenue and 34th Street SE Cedar Rapids. Ten more canoes rode on the pulling pickup owned by American Fiber-Lite Marion Illinois. No injuries reported two lanes blocked until righted several canoes damaged driver name unavailable at press time.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
34Th Street
American Fiber-Lite
Marion
Ill
Flats praise Cargill and Martin Marietta on truck traffic
Flats Committee spokesman Dan Nickerson says the southeast side area near the Cargill plant has improved with trucks kept moving, largely due to Cargill using Otis Road SE as a holding area. Martin Marietta cooperates but faces complications with independent drivers. A new truck route costing about 700000 is planned, with a public meeting set for March 1 at Jane Boyd Community House.
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Cedar Rapids
Cargill
Martin Marietta
Dan Nickerson
Nickerson
Otis Road
Flats Committee
Flats
Jane Boyd
Copernicus Birthday Highlight in Torun Poland
On this date 1473 the scholar credited with founding modern astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun Poland.
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Copernicus
Torun
Poland
Cedar Rapids senator apologizes for misstatement about gifted program funds
Democratic state Sen. Cloyd Robinson corrected a claim that $50,000 was used to promote a high school rodeo. Carolyn Milligan of the Iowa Gifted and Talented Association said the appropriation totaled $45,000 with a $5,000 amendment for rodeo promotion, not $50,000. The Grant Wood AE Agency used its share for in service training and expert sessions for teachers and parents.
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Cedar Rapids
Cloyd Robinson
Iowa
Carolyn Milligan
Meadowbrook Drive
Iowa Gifted and Talented Association
Cedar Rapids Association For
Robinson
Milligan
Des Moines
The
Gazette
Wally Horn
Horn
Grant Wood
Seven Linn County residents face drunk driving charges
Seven people were arrested for drunk driving over the weekend in Linn County. Harley Clymen Jr. faced additional charges for disobeying a traffic signal. Donald Balster struck an unattended vehicle, and Michael Lagergren was arrested on Blairs Ferry Road. John Garrigan was picked up at Prairieburg Ballroom, Strad Dighton faced multiple violations, Jerry Mainix was detained in Lisbon, and Ralph Bright was arrested near Palo.
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Linn County
Harley L. Clymen Jr
15Th St
Mount Vernon Road
17Th Street
Donald L. Balster
Leisure
Michael L. Lagergren
Des Moines
Blairs Ferry Road
Lindale Plaza
Strad L. Dighton
First St
Rosedale Road
Iawa
Jerry W. Mainix
Lisbon
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C.R
Office of Space Transportation Systems
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, D.C
Tom Merryman
Tippecanoe
John Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
New York
Bob Sample
Johnson Avenue NW
Dial
Seronj
Village Inn
F Ave. N.W
Gibson
Uality Furniture
Eastman House
California
John A. Garrigan
Fifth Ave
Prairieburg Ballroom
Ralph E. Bright
Vinton
Palo
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