All Iowa Fair shifts to afternoon mall entertainment
The All Iowa fair will replace an afternoon grandstand with a continuous mall show during five weekday afternoons across the 10 day event opening June 27 at Hawkeye Downs Mall. Weekends add to the lineup with a rodeo and tractor pull as Czech day highlights.
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Buried treasure found in well near Salka village
A Slovak bricklayer digging a well at his new Salka home in eastern Czechoslovakia uncovered an earthenware vessel holding 85 silver coins. Experts date the coins from 1471 to 1588, noting the hoard's significant numismatic value.
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Salka
Nove Zamsky
Czechoslovakia
Odessa Is a Bust as Historical Landmark
Odessa Delaware sits near Philadelphia without a Revolutionary War landmark. Curator Horace Hotchkiss laments no visits by George Washington or Continental soldiers. The village relies on a small tourist niche around Corbit Sharp House and other old properties, with limited dramatic history.
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George Washington
Horace Hotchkiss
Delaware
New Jersey
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Williamsburg
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Corbit Sharp
Corbit
Cornell Fund Drive Begins in Cedar Rapids Marion
The first phase of Cornell Advance a ten year 10.8 million capital campaign at Cornell College Mt. Vernon is under way in the Cedar Rapids Marion community Co chairs Marshall Hardesty Jr and John M Bickel lead 48 volunteers reaching area alumni and business leaders The priority is a 2 million biology and chemistry science center with solar heating natural ventilation and lower lighting Ground was broken earlier this spring for the three story L shaped structure to be completed fall 1976 Hardesty emphasizes private support keeps the liberal arts college integral to American education and worth preserving.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Marshall G. Hardesty, Jr
John M. Bickel
Hardesty
Bickel
Cedar Rapids
Marion
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C Avenue
William Ensign
Ely Avenue
Eldon D. Johnson
Thirtieth Street
John Koch
Cottage Grove Lane
Ronald L. Robertson
Bever Avenue
John M. Smith
Northwood Drive
Roger Stigers
Twenty-first
Individu
Old Capitol Trail Days For Scouts Near Iowa City
Boy Scout troops from across the Hawkeye Area participate in the second annual Old Capitol Trail days. The event runs Friday through Sunday June 8 marking the 13th hiking season for the 17 mile historic trail with headquarters at Turkey Creek campsite near the Coralville dam.
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Boy Scout Council
Turkey Creek
Coralville Dam
Old Capitol Building
Iowa City
Eagle Scouts
Robert M. Otto
East Court Street
Empress Elizabeth of Russia Lived Between Palaces
A historical note recounts Empress Elizabeth of Russia traveling with an entourage of 24,000 noblemen and families as she moved the 400 miles between St. Petersburg and Moscow. At her death in 1761 her closets reportedly held 15,000 dresses.
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Imperial Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
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