Summer Lunch Program Aids Cedar Rapids Children
Volunteer workers from Voice In Community Action lead up to twenty hungry children to St. Wenceslaus Church for free meals under the Linn County Health Center Summer Food Service Program. Attendance averages over 80 daily with peaks above 100, funded by Health Center and Agriculture Department funds routed through IDP.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Church Gymnasium
Fifth St
Linn County Health Center
VICA
St. Wenceslaus
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Third Ave. SE
Health Center
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Public Instruction
Thomas Baker
Baker
Oakhill
Hawkeye Area
Brandt
Munch
Martha Carter
Oakhill-Jackson
Carter
Seventh Street
12Th Avenue SE
The
Dean Hackett
Office of Legal Services Corporation of Iowa
Paramount Building
Ron Pearson
Pearson
Sinclair Park
Hultman elected ROA president amid Senate questions
Evan Hultman of Waterloo former Iowa attorney general and ex U S attorney was elected president of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, succeeding Maj. Gen. John Lacy. Despite past scrutiny by the Senate Judiciary Committee over Nord case handling, Hultman won the ROA post ahead of Col. James Kuhn, amid the group’s political influence in defense matters.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Evan Hultman
Waterloo
Iowa
U.S
Reserve Officers Association of
United States
Hultman
ROA
Air Force
John Lacy
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Reserve
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Ruling bars unemployment for Iowa worker over letter
Michael L. Messina, a production worker at Lennox Industries in Marshalltown, was fired on April 30 after writing an inflammatory letter to the Marshalltown Times-Republican promoting a strike. A state hearing officer ruled that free speech is not absolute and Messina is ineligible for unemployment benefits, saying the letter caused problems among workers and the employer.
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DES Moines
Marshalltown
Michael L. Messina
Lennox Industries Inc
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Lennox
Messina
Jaime Duran
Job Service
Livestock picture improves in June for Iowa farms
Iowa State University extension economists report brighter June results from monthly livestock returns. Hog producers earned money in June, while cattle feeders continued losses for the 10th straight month though at the year’s low. Farrow to finish operations averaged about $2 per hog marketed, feeder pig finishers about $4. Prices rose from roughly $42 to $49 per hundredweight between May and June, driving the improvement.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University Extension
Des Moines Fatal Crash Ties to I 35 Curve
A 28 year old Booneville man Leon Elroy Smith died early Saturday after losing a turn near Interstate 35 and Army Post Road in Des Moines. Authorities say he was driving at high speed, went down an embankment, rolled several times and landed upright in a sand and gravel pit. The Polk County Medical Examiner identified him as Smith.
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Des Moines
UPI
Booneville
Army Post Road
Polk County
R.C Wooters
Leon Elroy Smith
Smith
Peters Constaction Company
Sumner
Beisker
New London Beating Death After Friday Night Altercation
Henry County officials investigate a fatal beating of Terry Ray Septer 25 of New London after a street fistfight with a New London male juvenile. Septer died Friday night at his parents home Ralph and Joan Septer. No weapons used and cause of death pending. IAD is assisting. no arrests or charges yet.
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NEW London
UPI
Henry County
Terry Ray Septer
Septer
Ralph
Joan Septer
Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
Mystery comedy The Gazebo staged in Independence
Buchanan County Arts Association presents The Gazebo a mystery comedy at St John High School Independence with 8 p.m. shows on July 23 24 and 25 tickets for the performances may be available at the door or from association members.
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Independence
Buchanan County Arts Association
St. John High School
Radar speed checks planned in multiple city areas
Speed enforcement radar will periodically monitor traffic this week in Northwest First Avenue Cedar Hills area and Northwood Drive Northeast Franklin Avenue Prairie Drive Boyson Road and Old Marion Road Southwest 33rd Avenue Woodland Drive Norwich Road and Mallory Street Southeast Pioneer Avenue Sunland Drive Country Club Parkway Cottage Grove Avenue 14th Street 19th Street and Sheridan Drive.
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First Avenue
Cedar Hills
Northwood Drive
Franklin Avenue
Prairie Drive
Boyson Road
Old Marion Road
33Rd Avenue
Woodland Drive
Norwich Road
Mallory Street
Pioneer Avenue
Sunland Drive
Country Club Parkway
Cottage Grove Avenue
14Th Street
19Th Street
Sheridan Drive
Iowa sees record low traffic fatalities in June
Iowa traffic deaths in June totaled 47, the lowest for the month since 1959, with 269 deaths in the first six months of the year. Motorcycle fatalities dropped to seven, six fewer than June 1980, and most victims were not wearing helmets.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa
State Department of Transportation
Department
Dubuque Brewery Strike Ends With New Labor Contract
Art Splinter of Teamsters Local 421 says Pickett's Brewery workers will return to work over the weekend and by Monday after a health and pension dispute led to a Wednesday strike. The 83 year old Iowa brewery, bought by AGRI Industries, also hosted filming for Take This Job and Shove It.
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Dubuque
Teamsters Local 421
Pickett
Art Splinter
Iowa
Agri Industries Inc
Agri Industries
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Ruth Mund
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Mount Vernon
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Monticello
Jay Kacena
Jack Nard
Pittsburgh
Nard
Justice Department
Sioux City
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Nord
Judiciary Committee
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Sens
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
United Auto Workers Local 893
Gazette Wire Services
Morris
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Waterville, Minn
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Waterville
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