Northwestern Bell service cut as cable severed by Auger work
About 1,500 Northwestern Bell customers in Saint Paul area lost service after an auger damaged 1300 cable pairs near First Avenue and Thirteenth Street NE. Iowa Electric Light and Power workers caused the cut during pole work. Rain delayed repairs. by noon Thursday two thirds of cables were spliced and full service was expected by 5 pm Thursday.
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Northwestern Hell
Awa Electric Light and Power Cu
Northosst Cerkur Rapids
Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Wataxe
Weing Road
Forty-second Street
Seventeenth Street
Iavertue
First Avenna
Thirteenth Street
Iowa Electric
Auld
American Equity Distribution Increases in 1976 Half-Year
Cedar Rapids based American Equity Investment Trust declares a 12 cent per share July 23 distribution to holders of record. Nine cents paid in Q1 making 21 cents for the first six months, matching last year total and surpassing six cents in first half of 1975. Trust has about 85 million dollars in assets. Robert E. Keller of Waterloo elected president of the board. Other officers named are Robert M. L. Johnson Cedar Rapids as view chairman and secretary and Robert K. Lux Hopkinton as treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
Life Investors, Inc
Robert E. Keller
Waterloo
Robert M. L. Johnson
View
Robert K. Lux
Hopkinton
Cherry Burrell Pact Ratified at Cherry Burrell Plant
United Auto Workers at the Cherry Burrell Corp plant ratified a new three year contract by a strong majority. The agreement improves wages pensions insurance vacations and holidays for 442 LAW members. The old contract expired July 11 and details were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Auto Workers Incal
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Union, and Company Offials
LAW
Infection Control Coordinator Named at St Luke's Hospital
Loretta Cooper of Marion has been named infection control coordinator at St Luke's hospital. The new post grows from ongoing infection control progress that saw St Luke's named one of nine regional centers in the state. Cooper will work with the environmental control committee to develop and implement standards and will serve as a consultant for other areas hospitals. She is a graduate of St Luke's nursing school with a BA in biology from Coe College and has taught at St Luke's School of Nursing since 1968, including as chair of medical-surgical instruction.
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Loretta Cooper
Marion
SE Luke's Hospital
St. Luke's
Ares
Copper
St. Luke's Professional School of
Hursing
Coe College
Capper
St. Luke’ School of Nursing
Atlanta
Drunk Driving Cases Heard in Linn District Court
Three defendants charged with drunk driving were heard by the First Avenue division of Linn district court. Robert Hazlet pled guilty to a May 33 charge and received 365 days in jail, $300 fine, and costs with the jail term suspended. Matthew McEnany pled guilty to a June 20 charge and received a deferred sentence. Alvin Vedepo pled guilty to a May 16 charge and was granted a deferred sentence.
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Thhose
First Avenue Division
Linn District Court
Robert Hazlet
A Avenue NW
Matthew McEnany
Oakland Road
Alvin Vedepo
Thirtyfourth Street
Handicapped Group Demands One Iowa Campus Access
Ames AP The PUSH committee chair says a civil rights complaint will be filed against the Iowa Board of Regents and Gov. Robert Ray for dividing $500000 to make university buildings accessible. The regents approved $300000 to Iowa, $130000 to Iowa State, and $70000 to Northern Iowa. Meyers urged funding to one campus and warned of a civil rights complaint for discrimination.
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Orad Meyers
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa State
University of Northern Iowa
Meyers
Organizations For
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Expect 3 000 Republicans For Statutory Convention
DES MOINES UPI More than 3 000 Iowa Republicans are expected to gather this weekend for the state statutory convention ending a six month platform process. Delegates meet at 7 p m Friday at Veterans Memorial Auditorium with Gov Robert D Ray and GOP candidates. About 3 300 delegates and 400 junior delegates will attend, beginning deliberations on amendments to the party constitution and platform at 9 a m Saturday. The proposed platform Initiatives for Better Town will be presented for discussion.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Wich
Robert D. Ray
Veterans Memorial Auditorim
Tom Stoner
Stoner
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Lyon Cochran
Lyon Cochran of 5 Summer Circle NE, 57, faces a drunk driving charge after Hiawatha police say he was driving erratically on Blairs Ferry road early Thursday. He was arrested by officers responding to the scene.
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Lyon Cochran
Summer Circle NE
Hiawatha
Blairs Ferry Road
Robbery, Two Robbery Tries Reported in C R
An armed robbery and two armed robbery attempts were reported Wednesday evening. A 17 year old male in jeans and no shirt threatened Larry's Aren attendant Mike Crabb with a knife and fled after the robber took cash. Edith Tucker resisted a knife at Ray's Fruit market and fled shouting for help as the suspect, who resembled the first, ran toward the Cedar river. A 20 year old man with light complexion fired at McDonald Oil Co employees, then fled after a rock struck him and he escaped without money.
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Larry's Aren
Mt. Vernon Road
Mike Crabb
Sixteenth Avenue
Ray
Bowling Street
Edith Tucker
C Street
Tucker
Larry
Apco
Cedar River
Employes
McDonald Oil Co
Avenue NW
Carl = Paterson
Twelfth Street
Stolen broom from Eugene Wickman property reported
Donald Washburn reports a power broom valued at 8 000 dollars stolen from the Eugene Wickman property near Marion. The incident was reported to the sheriff's department with no address listed for the property.
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Donald Washburn
Lim Eheriff
Eugene Wickman
Eyet
Marion
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