Planning for cyclists shifts into high gear for RAGBRAI
Cedar Rapids prepares for RAGBRAI on July 26 with 6 000 campers at Noelridge Park and hotel rooms sought. Volunteers, churches, and nonprofits plan meals and security while Dennis Patton builds a 40 foot sculpture of a bicyclist to be displayed at Collins Plaza and Noelridge Park weather permitting. Local organizers seek host families and donations to fund a balloon sculpture project costing about 8 000 dollars with 6 000 donated so far.
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Cedar Rapidians
Cedar Rapids
Ragbrai
Noelridge Park
Spranger
Dennis Patton
San Francisco
Collins Plaza Hotel
Waterloo Woman Shot By Boyfriend Then Commits Suicide
Laura G. Garrison, 29, remained in critical condition Sunday at Covenant Medical Center after she was shot by Steve Smith, 29, who then killed himself. Police said the two were involved as lovers but stressed the exact relationship was unclear. Garrison had been living with a different man and may have been dating others.
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Waterloo
Covenant Medical Center
Laura G. Garrison
Garrison
Steve Smith
Smith
Covenant
Heinz Hoffman
Hoffman
Body of Iowa City drowning victim found
Iowa City resident Larry Ray Nielson was found dead in the Iowa River about 9 a.m. Sunday by a fisherman one mile south of the Burlington Street dam. He was last seen Thursday night near the dam and no foul play is indicated. next of kin have not been reached.
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Iowa City
Iowa River
Larry Ray Nielson
Burlington Street
Johnson County
Nielson
Iowa City forms affordable housing task force
About 30 citizens applied to join Iowa City’s affordable housing task force led by the City Council. Mayor John McDonald says the cross section aims to address housing and related services for low and moderate income families and explore options and programs. Members will be announced at the next City Council meeting, with goals on housing scope and structure to follow.
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Iowa City
John McDonald
McDonald
Territory
Wounchtmcs
iCcDonald
Affordable Housing Task Force
Carol Barker
David R. Bunting
David Clark
John D. Cruise
Michelle A. Dreismeier
Judith Galluzzo
Richard E. Gibson
Roger Gwinnup
James Harris
June Higdon
Robert Jackson
Pat Jensen
Keith Jones
Betsy Kenefick
Jim Knapp
Jack A. Koberg
Timothy J. Krumm
Joan Lindley
Sharon Mathieu
Patty Miller
Benjamin J. Moore
Richard E. Myers
Polly Pagliai
Gary D. Smith
George Staff
Duane L. Swartzendruber
Anna M. Wagner
Craig N. Willis
Nixon library to screen researchers and limit access
Richard Nixon's presidential library will choose which scholars can use its archives and may bar Woodward from research. The privately run facility will not house a full White House document set, as originals stay with the government and only selected items will be copied for the library.
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Yorba Linda
Calif
Richard Nixon
Bob Woodward
Nixon
White House
Stanley Kutler
Wisconsin
Hugh Hewitt
Woodward
Hewitt
Washington Post
Carl Bernstein
Richard M. Nixon
Rutherford B. Hayes
The
National Archives
Ronald Reagan
Simi Valley
Bush
Reagan
Gerald Ford
CIA
FBI
Kutler
Hospital patient dies after jump from fifth floor window
Harold D. Linn 36 of Tipton died at St. Luke's Hospital after jumping from a fifth floor window in the medical surgical wing. Officials said Linn left a death by own action note for his family and autopsy was planned to determine cause of death. Funeral arrangements are pending in Tipton.
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Ed Barrett
Tazette
White
St. Luke’s Hospital
Harold D. Linn
Tipton
Linn
Barry Spear
Spear
St. Luke’s
Percy Harris
Sheets & Son
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Tom Bagley
Dave Holstad
Washington
Iowa
Oelwein
Ragbras
Mike Deupree
the Gazette
Lois Gray
Gazette
Jiro Ose
Doran Thorson
Deep River
Palo
Thorson
Nixon Library
Post
Watergate Complex
Walter Annenberg
Great Britain
William Simon
Library Foundation
U.S Territories
Associated Press
P.O
Rick Skogman
Skogman
Au Burger
Dillburger
Junior Dillburgers
Lowe Bøen
Kramer Laboratories
S.W
Miami
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