Chamber Job Awarded to Robert Faxon
Robert B. Faxon of Waterloo is named executive vice president of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce. Chosen from over 50 applicants, Faxon will begin duties August 24 and has prior experience with Bath Packing Co. in Waterloo.
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Robert B. Faxon
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
H. A. “Hub” Schimberg
Chamber
L. D. Burkhalter
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Faxon
All-Iowa fair enters final three days with stock races
The 35th annual All-Iowa fair moves toward its end as championship stock car races headline Friday night. Attendance tops 110000, with 10062 visitors on Thursday. Highlights include The Raiders with Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay, Regis Stage Band, Royal Mimes, and motorcycle stunts by Steve Droste.
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Fun-Time Square
the Raiders
Revere
Lindsay
Steve Droste
Paul Revere
Mark Lindsay
Red Droste
Raiders
Regis High School
Royal Mimes
Chuckle Chronicle Insight on Humor
A lighthearted line notes that humor defuses anger by reframing events into laughter, suggesting comedic perspective transforms frustration into amusement. The remark underscores humor as a coping tool in everyday life.
Couple Both Run for Mayor in Tombstone
Jim Guthrie a Republican tavern owner and his wife Judy a Democrat tavern co-owner both campaign for Tombstone mayor. To signal cross party support they painted a center line inside their tavern for patrons.
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Tombstone, Ariz
Jim Guthrie
Judy
Guthries
Greece and Bulgaria settle border along Evros River
Greece and Bulgaria signed an agreement defining their border along the Evros riverbed, announced by the Greek foreign ministry on Friday.
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Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
Evros
Foreign Ministry
Arson Suspected In Three Cedar Rapids Homes Fire
Early Friday three southeast Cedar Rapids houses, two vacant, were destroyed by fires believed arson. A fourth home at 1222 Tenth Street SE burned from radiated heat. A gasoline container and a two gallon can were found near the scene. James Brotzman, Donna Rafferty, and Curtis Miller are among those affected.
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Cedar Rapids
Derald Carter
Jesse G. Hunter
Ninth Street
Tenth Avenue
Carter
Tenth Street SE
Curtis Miller
James Brotzman
Donna Rafferty
M'Cormack Aide Martin Sweig Found Guilty on Perjury
After 17 hours of deliberation a federal jury convicts Martin Sweig, longtime aide to House Speaker John McCormack, of one perjury count and acquits him on six other charges. Prosecutors alleged Sweig conspired with lobbyist Nathan Voloshen to defraud the government by misusing the speaker’s office.
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New York
Martin Sweig
John McCormack
Sweig
McCormack
Nathan Voloshen
Gov
Federal case details Voloshen client favors plea
The article notes Voloshen pled guilty at trial opening on June 17. Sweig, 48, was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury about knowing Gary Roth of Lawrence New York and denying continuing allegations as reported on page 3 column 2.
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Voloshen
Sweig
Gary Roth
Lawrence
N. Y
Wreckage Search for Casey Craft Amid Heavy Rain
U S troops battle torrential rain to reach the downed helicopter carrying Major General George Casey on a hill near the Cambodian border. Cambodian sources report Thai troops entering Cambodia to guard a hilltop near Preah Vihear as fighting drops to its lowest level since U S forces left Cambodia.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
George Casey
Trops
Cambodia
Preah Vihear
Phnom Penh
Bishop Walsh Freed After 12 Years in Chinese Custody
Hong Kong AP reports Roman Catholic Bishop James Walsh, 79, released from prison hospital in Shanghai after nearly eight years of captivity and 12 years since his arrest for espionage. U.S. prisoner Hugh Redmond, 50, from Yonkers, died by self-inflicted wounds in April, according to Hsinhua.
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Red China
James Walsh
Hugh Redmond
Yonkers
N. Y
Berland
Border Bridge
U. S
Walsh
Shanghai
Redmond
China
Hsinhua
Peking
Red Cross Society of China
American Red Cross
Catholic Welfare Bureau
U.S
Sit-In At Gov Ray’s Office Ends As Workers Return
About 75 state employees gathered in the outer office of Governor Robert Ray in Des Moines to protest low pay and a stalled general pay raise. By mid morning the crowd dwindled to about 25 after Polk County Welfare Director John Calhoun advised returning to work. The rally, unauthorized by the state executive council, drew organizers including Robert Nereim of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Polk County Welfare
John Calhoun
Executive Council
Calhoun
Polk County Board of Supervisors
State Executive Council
Robert Nereim
Ray
No-Knock Provision Proposed In Iowa Code Revision
Preliminary drafts of Iowa's criminal code revision include changes and a controversial no knock provision allowing police to break into residences with a warrant in certain situations. The long updating effort involves judges, legislators, and Drake and Iowa law schools, with completion anticipated after months of study.
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Iowa
William Hill
Marshalltown
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