Collins Radio Vets Recall Apollo 11 Radio Feat
Cedar Rapids veterans recall Collins Radio built the Apollo 11 radios with screened parts tested to failure, two generation blocks, and air-ride shipping. They note high soldering standards, peanut butter like seals, and NASA TV signals sparked by Collins. About 200 Rockwell Collins staff attended the anniversary panel led by Rod Blacksome.
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Dave DeWitte
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio
Dick Jackson
Norm Wright
LaVerne Gray
John Combellick
Combellick
NASA
Earth
Rockwell Collins
Don Palmer
Emil Koval
Rod Blacksome
Mystery worker identified in Apollo program photo
The Gazette identifies Richard Koftan of Cedar Rapids as the man beside a seated female worker in a NASA publicity photo from the Apollo program. Koftan recalls the session and only recalls the woman by her first name Dorothy. two Collins Radio employees are shown working on a radio chassis.
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Richard Koftan
Cedar Rapids
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NASA
Dorothy
Iowa City woman accused of driving drunk with child
Angela M. Galbreath 46 of 436 Southgate Ave faces second offense operating while intoxicated and child endangerment with her 10-year-old in the back seat. She was pulled over at Highway 965 and Forevergreen Road in North Liberty after a moving violation. child unbelted.
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Iowa City
Angela M. Galbreath
Southgate Ave
Galbreath
Forevergreen Road
North Liberty
Palo council weighs golf cart ordinance in town
Palo leaders study a possible golf cart ordinance as residents use carts for quick trips. Mayor Jeff Beauregard notes safety and highway proximity. council reviews rules from other Iowa towns and aims to resume normal town affairs after floods.
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Palo
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Katy Fort
Cedar Rapids
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Forts
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Zimmerman
Jeff Beauregard
Iowa
Beauregard
Ellis Harbor boathouses brace for new float rules
Crowds watch as Carl Cortez’s 28 000 pound boathouse is lifted by crane at Ellis Harbor in Cedar Rapids. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources mandates new foam filled floats on all Ellis boathouses by next spring to withstand floods. Only about 70 of 134 houseboats have returned to harbor since flooding altered the community. Cortez says he will stay and complete about a $6000 project including the crane to comply.
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Cortez
Cherie Chittenden
Cedar Rapids
Ne Gazette
Carl Cortez
Ellis Harbor
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Ellis
Tri-State Crane & Rigging Service
Cedar
State Department of Natural Resources
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