Weekend County Fair and Community Fest Schedule
A roundup of Saturday and Sunday events across Iowa towns including Solon Elkader Traer Miles Amana Arlington Ossian Williamsburg and Monticello. Activities feature beef days folk fest bluegrass weekends fairs parades concerts ice cream socials and a fly in breakfast.
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Traer
Miles
Middle Amana
Arlington Days
Ellis Park
Shellsburg
Ainsworth
Ossian
Williamsburg
Monticello
Ushers Ferry
Seminole Valley Park
Center Point
Laddie Club
Dry Creek Stable
C Avenue Extension
Insurance issues shut down Cedar Rapids Uptown Friday Night massages
Rebecca Wilcox a Cedar Rapids massage therapist and the Cedar Rapids Jaycees asked the City Council for permission to offer $10 corporate massages at the Uptown Friday Night event. The plan had council approval but was halted after discovering insurance gaps between Wilcox and Jaycees. Kelly Gordon noted neither party would be covered.
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Cedar Rapids
Rebecca Wilcox
Beachin' it Show Goes On at Williamsburg Beach
A gloomy forecast hasn’t dampened crowds for the Worlds Biggest Beach Party to be held today and Sunday at NO WA WA Beach south of Williamsburg on Highway 149. Details on page 2A.
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NO Wa-Wa Beach
Williamsburg
Highway 149
Holy visit as C R pastor joins Chicago liturgy
The Rev. Dean Nastos pastor of St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church at 501 A Ave NE will take part in a Sunday special liturgy in Chicago with the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church. Details on page 5A.
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C.R
Dean Nastos
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Ave. NE
Chicago
Meatpacking Workers Claim Monopoly Impact Before Senate
Dennis Colvin of Cedar Rapids testifies to a U S Senate subcommittee that he and about 3000 former Farmstead workers suffered from a meatpacking monopoly. The witness letter cites job losses and price effects as core evidence.
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Dennis Colvin
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Senate
Today’s Chuckle: library police for ticketing speed readers
A light hearted quip humorously suggests library police ticketing speed readers for rushing through books. The joke plays on lazy traffic enforcement in a quiet reading setting.
Brennan resigns from high court after 33-year tenure
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan announced his resignation saying advancing age and medical condition forced the decision. The 84 year old liberal icon leaves the bench opening a Bush era chance to shape the court with candidates from appeals courts or Kenneth Starr. Justice Thurgood Marshall and Sen. Edward Kennedy lauded Brennan for protecting rights and civil liberties.
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Liberal
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Supreme Court
William Brennan
Brennan
Bush
White House
Dick Thornburgh
C. Boyden Gray
John Sununu
Reagan
Kenneth Starr
Federal Appeals Court
Thurgood Marshall
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Pizza Hut to Train Soviets in Moscow Dining Venture
Coralville Pizza Hut manager Margy Treka leads a five member team August 1 to train 300 Soviet workers to run two Moscow restaurants. The first will seat 325, the second about 80, as Pizza Hut opens for the first time in Russia.
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Heather Sloman Woodin Zateve
Johnson County
Oralville
Moscow
Margy Treka
Treka
Coralville
Pizza Hut
Coralville Hut
McDonald's
Florida
Illinois
New York
Wichita
Kan
Kirkwood Community College
Farmer testimony ends in murder sexual abuse trial
Jurors in the Darren Farmer case will begin deliberations Monday in Linn District Court after closing arguments and jury instructions. The 19 year old Center Point man is accused of abusing 18 month old Jade Horkheimer of Hazleton then causing a fatal brain injury on November 18. Jade died November 20 after being taken off life support.
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Dick Hogan
Atte Court
Darren Farmer
Linn District Court
Larry Conrey
Farmer
Center Point
Jade Horkheimer
Hazleton
Farmer’s Home
Judges orders seizure of four greyhounds in Dubuque case
U S District Judge David Hansen ordered the seizure of four greyhounds from the Dubuque Greyhound track and their sale by the Dubuque County sheriff. He also garnished funds earned by the dogs or held in Lois Allen's Merry Miler Kennel account in Lee Florida. Allan L Ertl sued Allen and the National Greyhound Association in 1989 claiming 17 pups were sent to Florida for training and awarded damages totaling 47 500.
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Dick Hogan
Jazette
U.S
David Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque Greyhound Track
Dubuque
Hansen
Lois Allen
Merry Miler Kennel
Lee
Fla
Dubuque County
Allan L. Ertl
Dyersville
Allen
National Greyhound Association
Ertl
Florida
North’s conviction overturned in Iran Contra case
A federal appeals court in Washington vacated Oliver North’s three count conviction citing potential Fifth Amendment self incrimination during the trial. The 2-1 ruling voided one count on improper jury instructions and ordered a review of two other counts for possible improper use of immunized testimony before Congress.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
White House
Oliver North
North
Congress
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
Lawrence Walsh
Reagan Administration
Iran
Nicaragua
Gesell
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