CMIC bankruptcy drags on as Hopkins pursued and assets liquidated
Federal authorities hunt Donald L. Hopkins for the Continental Mortgage Investment Co collapse in Iowa City. Trustee Roy Meadows seeks money for creditors while winding down the 1974 bankruptcy amid unsettled claims, pending dividends, and ongoing litigation with Investors Associates and Sentry Finance.
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Iowa City
Donald L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Continental Mortgage Investment Co
CMIC
Wichita
Kansas
U.S
Richard Stageman
Des Moines
Stageman
Roy Meadows
Meadows
Continental
Linn County District Court
Investors Associates of
Cedar Rapids
John Arnold
Sentry Finance Co
Salt Lake City
Sentry Finance
Sentry
Jesse J. Maynard
Kansas City
Maynard
Utah
Coach Shaw
Utah State Bank Examiner
Sentry Thrift Corp
Monticello High School Hones Competency Based Education
Monticello High School advances a competency based program totaling 207 tasks from writing name to understanding U.S. history. Seniors demonstrate tasks by activities such as making change and reading want ads while testing informs future grade level goals and graduation requirements.
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Supreme Court
Monticello High School
Monticello
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Jerry Schubick
Monticello High
Gazette
Lammers
Schubick
Insurance Lammers
State Board of Public Instruction
Area Ways
Poet Struthers Inspires Creative Writing in Center Point
University of Iowa doctoral candidate and poet Struthers visits Center Point Elementary urging teachers and parents to praise imagination, avoid rigid focus on penmanship, and let students write freely. She shares poetry career details and emphasizes nightly idea jotting and reading aloud at home.
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Struthers
Center Point
Persia
North American Review
Vietnam
Hawkeye
National Arts Council
U.S
Rod McKuen
Beanfield at Backbone Tries Horse-Skiing Then Falls
A narrator describes attempting horse-skiing across snow and icy lanes. After initial excitement and moments of ease on roadside, he panics in a farmyard and falls. He reflects that with more practice the act could be fun, while joking about bumper sticker bravado comparing shots at Turkey and Backbone.
Firms unite to oppose low power rates for the poor
Thirteen major companies forming the Electricity Consumers Resource Council fight lifeline discounts and volume discounts for heavy users. Led by Gary Wilson of PPG Industries, they urge public engagement with state and local groups to prevent rate hikes. Members include Anheuser Busch Armco Diamond Shamrock FMC General Motors Nabisco and Union Carbide.
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Washington
UPI
The
Electricity Consumers Resource Council
Gary Wilson
PPG Industries
Pittsburgh
Council
Dustry
Chambers of Commerce
Wilson
ELCON
Anheuser-Busch
Armco Steel
Diamond Shamrock Corp
FMC Corp
General Motors
Nabisco
Union Carbide
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Dale Kueter
William Mulls
George Welch
Shaw
Oklahoma Securities Commission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Johnson County
Harold Vietor
Donald Hopkins
David Lammers
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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