Merry Oldsmobiles Ride Through Cedar Rapids Tour
Three men drive antique Curved Dash Oldsmobiles from San Francisco to New York for an 3,800 mile journey to mark the 85th anniversary. The July 21 stop in Cedar Rapids includes a display at Allen Motor Co and brief servicing before continuing toward Clinton, Illinois.
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Dave Rasdal
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
New York
America
Oldsmobile
Gary Hoonsbeen
Minneapolis
Joseph Merli
Schenectady
N.Y
Roy Bernick
St. Cloud
Minn
New York City
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Ankeny
Cambridge
Gardner Cowles dies at 82 founder of Look magazine
Gardner Mike Cowles founder of Look magazine and Iowa media empire died of heart failure at 82 in a New York hospital after abdominal surgery complications. He helped Willkie form a 1940 GOP path and arranged Khrushchev and Stalin interviews while guiding the Cowles media group and Look magazine. He is survived by his wives, children, and a stepson.
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Gardner Cowles
Look Magazine
Iowan
New York
Gardner
Mike” Cowles
Cowles
Bill Arthur
Look
Nancy Stephens
Algona
Iowa
Gardner Cowles Sr
Ference Carl Cowles
Des Moines
Des Moines Register and Leader
Des Moines Register and Tribune Co
Register
Gannett Co
Harvard University
John
Arthur
Mike
Nikita Khrushchev
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Russia
Look After
George Gallup
University of Iowa
Gallup
Jan Streate Cox
Miami
Lois Thornburg
Lois Harrison Hooks
Lakeland
Fla
Pat” Cowles
Three Village Herald
Kate Nichols Rummel
Tallahasse
Charles Cowles
Cowles Art Gallery
Virginia Cowles Curtis
EPA orders wall built to slow Charles City chemical dump contamination
The EPA requires Salsbury Laboratories to build a 750 foot wall along the old 12 acre dump to reduce Cedar River contamination and adds nine monitoring wells. Iowa will assume primary cleanup oversight after the company pays 300000 for work by the EPA.
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EPA
Charles City
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Charles City Animal Drug Company
Cedar River
Iowa Environmental
Salsbury Laboratories
LaBounty
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Salsbury
State Department
Branstad Warns State May Back Trade Center Losses
Gov. Branstad suggests state taxpayers may underwrite annual deficits for Des Moines World Trade Center operations. He notes a $30 million state contribution plus private funds, as a committee considers three developers including John Ryan and aims to choose by August 1.
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Branstad
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Trade Center Committee
Ryan
Branstad optimistic on Iowa horse racing future
Gov. Terry Branstad remains hopeful about parimutuel horse racing despite funding troubles for a Des Moines area thoroughbred track and weak Cedar Rapids harness crowds. He believes Iowa may host at least one, possibly more, horse tracks in the future.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Ken Grandquist
Altoona
Cedar Rapids
Grandquist
Branstad
Jury Selected in Iowa City for Priest’s First‑Degree Theft Trial
Opening arguments were expected in Johnson County District Court for the 1st degree theft trial of Daniel Mackey the former assistant pastor at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City. Mackey fled with over 6000 from about two dozen parishioners who signed up for a Holy Land tour. Sister Linda Bates and Bishop Gerald O Keefe were listed as potential defense witnesses. Mackey faces additional drug charges in Illinois.
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Iowa City
Daniel Mackey
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Chicago
Iowa
Holy Land
Mackey
Linda Bates
Gerald O'Keefe
Catholic Church
Davenport
Davenport man sentenced to die in Cleveland library killings
Kent A. Malcolm, convicted of killing Kathleen Bowman and wounding two others during the December 19 Cleveland Public Library shooting, was sentenced to death by electric chair. The ruling by Judge Joseph McManamon sets the execution date for September 30 with automatic appeals, plus consecutive 7 to 25 year terms for the other charges and a three year gun-use sentence. Malcolm expressed remorse as he spoke before sentencing.
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Cleveland (Ap
Davenport
Cleveland Public Library
Cuyahoga
McManamon
Malcolm
Kathleen Bowman
Judith Scott
Lilaya-Dasa Vindavan
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Mechanicsville
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Malone
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Ill
Texas
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Cedar Valley
John Ryan
Lowa
John Lane
Circuit Court of Illinois
Linn County District Court
Sedlacek
Mercy Hospital
Jack Riha Mutual Insurance Co
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
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