Silent film fundraiser tests movie naming rights in West Branch
The Hoover Library in West Branch hosts a film retrospective for five decades, with admission swapped for food donations. Studios block names in ads, prompting a game of cover names while highlighting classic titles like The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars and showcasing archival posters and artifacts.
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Cedar Rapids
West Branch
Hoover Library
St. Louis
Tom Walsh
Hoover Library Assn
Walsh
MGM
WMT
The
Fifth Estate
Kansas
Lowell Thomas
New York
National Archives
West Branch Times
Sid Walsh
Kueter Receives Hoover Library Award for Labor Day Feature
The Gazette reporter Dale Kueter receives a $200 cash prize and an award certificate from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association for a 1987 Labor Day feature on Herbert Hoover’s efforts as U.S. Secretary of Commerce to aid workers. The honors recognize stories on Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover exploring career and public service.
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West Branch
Dale Kueter
The
Gazette
Herbert Hoover
Court upholds drunken driver convictions in 1986 crash
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld Shawn McQuillen’s two involuntary manslaughter convictions and drunken driving charge for a May 26 1986 head on collision near Monticello that killed Lori Grohman and her father in law LaVerne Grohman. The court rejected arguments to require recklessness proof beyond drunk driving and found consent to blood tests voluntary.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Monticello
Jones County
Shawn McQuillen
Lori Grohman
Oshkosh
Wis
LaVerne Grohman
Merrill
McQuillen
Appeals Court
Grohman
Highway 151
Linn County Denies Residential Help for Brain Injured Adults
A Linn County legal opinion concludes state law does not require counties to fund residential treatment for brain injured adults. Supervisors banned county funds for such care, citing limited state and federal support, while advocates vow to push for recognition and funding through legislation.
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Linn County
Mary Vavroch
Vavroch
Linn
Kay Graber
Mount Vernon
Iowa Head Injury Association
Roberta Skoog
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Town Head Injury Association
Skoog
Des Moines
Mig Wood
Linn Department of Human Resources Management
Wood
Waterloo
Graber
Aspirin Use Sparks Mixed Views After Har vard Study
Local shoppers filed through Revco Drugs and Wilson Avenue Drug Town on Wednesday as sales stayed steady despite a Harvard Brigham study suggesting an every other day aspirin regimen could cut heart attack risk for healthy men. Area doctors urged consultation with physicians before self prescribing and noted mixed opinions on aspirin for healthy individuals.
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Sue Davis
Bn Gazette Star
Dick Schenkelbert
Revco Drugs
Second Ave. SE
Wilson Avenue
Stan Travnicek
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston
Todd Langager
Cedar Rapids
Langager
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Tom Idle
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Bob Sample
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Women's
Children’s Shoes
Old Capitol Center
Lowe City
Lindale Mall
Sly
Daniel Green
Dexter Delise Joyce ‘Manelli Oldmaine Selby van Eli Zodiac
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Florsheim
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