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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1970

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East Iowa Summer Calendar events list highlights July to Sept

A long list of upcoming local events in East Iowa from July through September. Highlights include Independence Day festivities at Independence airport, July 5 fly-in breakfast, Central City fairground horse races, Keota Fun Festival with a kids parade and sports, and Wyoming fair July 10-12 with steer shows. Also planned are Campbell County fairs, Cedar Rapids tournaments, 4-H events, horse shows, parades, and the Roll-Belle festival in Williamsburg. Multiple county fairs, festivals, and community gatherings are scheduled across towns such as Iowa City, Oxford Junction, Decorah, Manchester, North English, Vinton, Mount Pleasant, and Cedar Rapids, with dates staggered from July 5 to Sept 7.

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Independence Airport Central City Fairground Keota Wyoming Fair Springville Lions Club Old Capitol Geological Club Highway 218 Iowa City Clyde Brothers Circus Victor HLV Jaycees Walker Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids Batavia Winthrop Emerald Knights Kingston Stadium North Linn Saddle Club Rowley Cedar Rapids Horseman’s Club Vpmiers Stables Vinton Fairgrounds Girl Scouts Legion Park Oxford Central City Fairgrounds Halter Delaware County Manchester Marion Chamber of Commerce Armar Ballroom North English Decorah Oxford Junction Hawkeye Downs Keokuk County What Cheer Paint ’N Palette Club Anamosa Highway 64 Millersburg Garden Club English Valleys High School Central City Independence Center Junction Olin Dyersville Marengo Fairground Hale Two Historical Society Clayton County Fair National Cedar County Saddle Club Tipton Fairground Elkader Grace Trinity Church Shellsburg Monticello Navy Blue Angels U.S. Army
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On the Inside on McGregor Pisle and Queen Candidates

Inside notes feature McGregor Pisle and a group of NE Iowa queen candidates with tongue-in-cheek humor about work. The item mentions Red Rock Reservoir as a local reference point and hints at program or feature segment timing.

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McGregor Pisle Iowa Red Rock Reservoir
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Decorah Museum Names New Security Officer

Decorah city attorney Thomas C Lynch has become security officer for the Porter House museum. Board president Dale Ahern says Lynch will safeguard all collections and other personal property of the Decorah museum.

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Decorah Thomas C. Lynch Porter House Museum Dale Ahern Porter House Board of Trustees Lynch New Decorah Museum
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Psychedelic Swiss Creators Save Cedar Rapids Studio

Bruce and Nola Bucknell and their sons Curt and Del transformed a derelict 1840s brick building into their home and art studio on McGregor's east–west street. They stripped and rebuilt interiors, reinforced walls, added utilities, and created a limestone cave workshop while preserving exterior walls. Their puppetry and sculpture work thrives amid a rebuilt space that housed weekend living quarters on the second floor.

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Punch McGregor Bruce Bucknell Cedar Rapids Bucknell Stan Herring American College Testing Iowa City Cgregor Bruce Nola Bucknell Mr. Punch Bucknells Curt Del O. F. Paulson Construction Co Thirtieth Street California Elaine James Ball Palo Leonard Nola
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Use of Student Tracking System Slated To Decline

Iowa officials report a planned reduction in the use of student tracking for grouping. A Civil Rights Commission study found Iowa Basic Skills Tests used to track students biased against minorities, creating stigma and discrimination. Des Moines and Buffalo examples cited.

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Des Moines Iowa Iowa Civil Rights Commission Jesse High Iowa Department of Public Instruction Civil Rights Office Alvin Hayes State Civil Rights Commission Hayes A. N. Hieronymus University of Iowa High Buffalo N.Y Leroy Jensen Jensen Department of Public Instruction
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System gang of Navajo workers replaces ties on Rock Island

A crew of 27 Navajo Indians along the Rock Island tracks near West Liberty replaces 1,000 to 1,200 railroad ties daily. The Gallup, New Mexico based workers travel across the Rock Island system and have already replaced over 90,000 ties this season, with more photos on page 6B.

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Rock Island West Liberty Gallup N. M
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