This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1973
Page
1
A spectacular fire and series of explosions destroyed the Tri-Fac Corp manufacturing plant in Tripoli, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Firemen from six communities fought the blaze overnight, delaying control and preventing spread to nearby buildings. no injuries were reported. The cause remains undetermined. Tripoli lies north of Waterloo.
Sigourney will start the 1973 74 year on August 27 for Keokuk county special education students. About 50 children from five districts attend, transported by their districts. Four teachers have been hired Aileen DeHamer Julia Flanders Dorothea Wolf and Benjamin King. Rose Hill attendees also begin August 27 with Jo Ann McBride handling transport. A rehabilitation counselor from Mahaska board assists Keokuk Mahaska and Jefferson boards. Carlos Chase of Oskaloosa will work mainly with high school students and counselors.
VERMILLION SD The University of South Dakota will hold its summer commencement this Saturday. Candidates from this area that will receive degrees are Barbara C Baumann of Belle Plaine and David Michael Baumann of Belle Plaine.
Minneapolis based Bourne Co Robbins Music Cherry Lane Music and Michael H Goldsen filed a copyright infringement suit June 20 against Irene Robertson former operator of Irene's Tavern West Benton Iowa City alleging songs Steel Guitar Rag Dont Get Around Much Anymore Take Me Home Country Roads and Dream were performed without authorization They seek restraining order statutory damages court costs and attorneys fees in the United States district court for the southern district of Iowa Davenport division.
An estimated 250000 damage occurred when a crane owned by Illinois Central railroad struck a bridge over Catfish Creek three miles south of Dubuque while being moved by a freight train. The accident halted rail service briefly with no injuries reported. Traffic resumed later after wreckage removal.
Commencement exercises for 50 graduates at Upper Iowa College will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in Garbee hall. UIC president Dr. Aldrich K. Paul announces the event and invites the public. Speaker is Richard Westerfield, publisher of the Fayette County Union. Honorary degrees will be awarded to Dr. George Truman Carl Delavan Ill Rev Paul Heath Cedar Rapids and David Bolger New York City.
Luther College in Decorah is among 22 Midwest private colleges to share a $541,799 Hill Foundation grant to boost admissions programs. Luther earns $38,280 for a one year project led by Joseph Everson from the religion department to study tuition costs and financial aid options and expand involvement of faculty staff and students in admissions.
James R. Buch will become director of admissions at Luther College later this month replacing George Wallman who served since 1968. Buch, 23, moves from the University of Iowa where he has been assistant director of admissions for three years. He holds a BA and MA in history from Iowa. Buch and his wife Sandra have two sons and a daughter who are triplets aged three.
City council heard engineer John Franklin of Howard Green Engineering detail a sewer program with 75 percent federal funding and a 25 percent city share from the sewer rental fund. Phase work requires Kansas City approval. potential costs include $75,000 to replace collapsed sewer mile and a street project estimate near $200,000.
The Naming by University of Iowa Center for New Performing Arts draws rave notices from Dance magazine Ellen Stodolsky and Elle Paris. After April Brooklyn performances the company travels to Nancy festival where Pierre Cardin invites a Paris run. Extended May to early June. Four actors perform largely without words in a staged oval with seven entry points. Plans for a new production early next year.
Three Iowa Commerce Commission teams, each with engineers, auditors, lawyers and support staff, are surveying fuel inputs, sources, usage and storage to build a data bank. Chairman Maurice Van Nostrand says the effort aims for timely, Iowa specific data and may help relieve the fuel crisis.
Harley Turner 25 of Savanna is charged with intent to commit murder after a shooting at the Longhome near Calamus. Turner forced his brother in law Donald Hull to drive, tied him during the entry, shot Earl Long 49 and Wilma Long 58, and left with the hostage after the attack. Hull, in hospital, described Turner taking a deputy’s car and planning to replace hostages every 100 to 200 miles. The Longs were hospitalized in serious condition in Iowa City following the Monday incident.
An 18 year old named Longs filed for a seat on the DeWitt hospital and Independence community school board. The nomination appears in papers tied to Independence and trans-dependence community areas serving Iowa City.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.