Youtheatre and Community Events Hit Cedar Rapids Schedule
Today's lineup features Youtheatre's JE Summer Touring Troupe at Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. A Bar-B-Que Roundup runs 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Five Seasons Center. Jazz in the Art Museum 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Water ski show at Cedar River Ellis Park and boat club fireworks at sunset. Hot air balloon show at Brucemore 9 p.m. Running forum 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel and a Cedar Rapids public evening ensues.
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Falcon Rescued Bird to Fly Again Today
Officials report the last remaining female of ten released falcons this year should be in flight again today.
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Falcons
Choice Chow Barbecue Crowds Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
About 7 000 Eastern Iowans flocked to the third annual Bar B Q Roundup in Cedar Rapids by Monday afternoon. At least 18 000 more are expected to feast before the grills close Wednesday in the Five Seasons Center parking lot as part of this year s Freedom Festival.
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Cedar Rapids weighs recycling driven rate hike for trash fees
A City Council proposal would raise Cedar Rapids trash collection fees from 4.45 to 5.45 dollars, then to 6.70 on January 1, a 51 percent increase. Details appear on page 7A.
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Todays Chuckle: Cabinets and Shelf Esteem
A light humor item notes that people who tear down cabinets have no shelf esteem, playfully mixing home repair with self image for a quick, punny laugh.
Mecca stampede kills about 1400 pilgrims in tunnel
About 1,400 Muslim pilgrims suffocated or were trampled in a Mecca tunnel linking the city to Mina. Witnesses and diplomats cited heat, crowding, and stalled ventilation as factors, with many victims reported as Malaysian and Indonesian. The toll surpassed prior pilgrimage incidents.
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Linn-Mar Star Charged in Man-On-Hood Death
Linn-Mar High School basketball star Ryan Driscoll, 16, faces homicide by vehicle charges after a May 19 crash on Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids. Miller, 19, was killed when he clung to a car hood as it crashed. the case may move to adult court with a July 23 hearing.
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Jury acquits Imelda Marcos in New York trial
A New York jury acquitted Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi on charges they looted 222 million dollars from the Philippines and laundered it via art and real estate. Marcos celebrated her 61st birthday and expressed gratitude to the jury as supporters celebrated outside the courthouse.
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U.S
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Thomas O'Rourke
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Dissatisfied customer tries to beat up chief
Fayette Police Chief Randy Sandhagen faced an intimidation incident when a man entered his home garage, shouted and swung at him after asking why he was arrested for drunken driving a week earlier. The suspect, Mark Wulfekuhle, 28, of Fayette, was jailed on the prior charges.
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Randy Sandhagen
Upper Iowa University
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PMX Industries Welcomed as Cedar Rapids Plant Opens
Poongsan Metal Corp of Seoul selects the former Harnischfeger crane plant at 5300 Willow Creek Dr. SW for a $150 million PMX Industries facility. The Cedar Rapids site will produce brass copper and stainless steel from recycled metal and virgin elements and employ 500 to 700 when fully operational in 1992.
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Willow Creek Dr
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Poongsan
Poongsan Metal
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