Ice-Crusted Power Lines Slash Cedar Rapids Area
Strong winds and freezing rain snapped poles and downed wires across rural areas south and west of Cedar Rapids. Power and telephone crews from Grinnell, Nevada, and others restored service, with 20 spans down near the Cedar Rapids Airport and long-distance outages in Vinton Tipton Blairstown Albion and nearby towns. Snow and bitter cold follow as a new storm moves east from the southwest.
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Keola
Harper
Grinswell
Nevada
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Cedar Rapids
Town Electric Light and Power Co
KCRG
Bertram
Light Co
Norway
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Srvice
Vinton
Tipton
Blairstown
Albion
Northwestern Bell
Lawa
Anamosa School Bus Skids Off Icy Road
An Anamosa Community school bus skidded off an icy road 1.3 miles north of Morley and overturned on Wednesday afternoon. Twenty five pupils aboard and driver Boyd Frantz, 58, of Martelle, escaped injury. Bus damage estimated at 2400 dollars. Accident occurred at 2:25 PM after Anamosa had released school early due to a winter storm.
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Anamosa
Morley
Boyd Frantz
Martelle
Ite
East Iowa
Blizzard Paralysis Hits Eastern Nebraska Roads
A blizzard swept eastern Nebraska disrupting traffic into Omaha and Lincoln with winds to 62 mph burying snow and reducing visibility to zero. At least one storm related traffic death was reported as intercity travel times between Omaha and Lincoln lengthened from the usual 40 minutes.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Severe winter storm strands travelers across midwest
Snow clogged roads turned a Wednesday trip into a five hour ordeal as up to seven inches of snow drifted along I 20 and U S 67 8 near Omaha. Kansas City s outage left 20 000 homes powerless while people sought shelter. A southeast Minnesota melt slowed traffic and Chicago area rain delayed O Hare. A fatal crash near Ottawa Ontario left three dead and one injured in freezing rain.
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Eaatwest Hig Wey
Omaha
Aru York
U.S. 678
Omnaha
Staten
Kansas City
Minnesota
Chicago
O'Hare International
Ottawa
Gun Theft Hits Police Chief Near Home
In Ship Bottom New Jersey AP reports the Ocean County police chief Elmer Huelsenbeck is investigating the theft of three handguns from his office. The burglary occurred Tuesday night while the office was closed. The chief expects cooperation from the burglary victim.
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Ship Bottom
N.J
Ocean County
Elmer Huelsenbeck
Huelsenbeck
Coe Choir and Drama Students Head to London on Semester Visit
Twenty eight Coe college choir members and 11 drama students left Chicago for London to study and rehearse at Morley College and attend theatre productions. Allan Kellar and Gael Hamner accompany the group as they split schedules between music history, voice training, and backstage tours. After two weeks in London, the choir will tour Austria for concerts before returning January 24, while the drama students visit Paris. The group includes a long list of Traveling Coe students from multiple cities and states.
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Chicago
London
Coe
Allan Kellar
Gael Hammer
Morley College
Morley' S College
Morley Choir
Salzburg
Tonsbruck
Austria
Paria
Paris
Executives Install Parker as Cedar Rapids Leader
Parker Howard of 727 Thirty seventh street NE took office Thursday as president of the Cedar Rapids Executives Association succeeding Earl Moxley who becomes ex-officio director. New officers include Wilmer L. Ross and John Danhelly as first and second vice presidents Ed G C Rudin as secretary Wilmer J. Ross as treasurer and Ralph Wasik and Kenneth Klug as directors. Peter Aldershot led the installation at a Roosevelt hotel breakfast meeting.
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Howard Parker
Cedar | Rapids Executives Assn
Earl Moxley
Wilmer L. Ross
John Danhelly
Ed GC. Rudin
Ralph Wasik
Kenneth Klug
Peter Aldershot
Roosevelt Hotel
700 Cases Dismissed in City Court
700 cases were dismissed Wednesday in municipal court in the interest of justice by Judge Anthony Scotaro. Dismissals date back to 1964 and followed requests from the Linn county attorney's office. Charges include assault and battery, larceny, traffic violations, desertion and abandonment of children, embezzlement, injury to property, lewdness, false checks, prescription drugs, drunken driving and rape.
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Anthony Scotaro
Linn County Attorney's Office
Two Charged With Resisting Execution of Process
Two men appeared in municipal court Tuesday and were bound over to the grand jury on charges of resisting execution of process. Doug Lawrence, Torddville, and Gary Liebe, Central City, are charged with jumping from a patrol car and running away after being arrested Sept. 17 for intoxication.
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Doug Lawrence
Torddville
Gary Liebe
Central City
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