Strawberry Days Pet Show Highlights In Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point youths, including David Fenton and Mike Vaske, led dogs Muffin and Panama at the Strawberry Days pet show. Scott Timmerman won best major show with Shan non, Jimmy Downer topped small animals with rabbits, and Gina Faust’s cat Sam won best cat. Nineteen dogs and 15 small animals entered. The event ends today with free strawberries and ice cream at city park band shell from 5 to 7 p.m.
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David Fenton
Muffin
Mike Vaske
Panama
Strawberry Point Boys
Strawberry Days
Scott Timmerman
Shannon
Jimmy Downer
Gina Faust
Sam
City Park
Al Williams Re-elected JA Head in Cedar Rapids
Al Williams plant manager of General Mills was re elected to a second term as president of Junior Achievement of Greater Cedar Rapids. New officers named Willis Fisher vice president Scott Olson secretary and Emmett Scherrman treasurer. Seven new board directors named. JA plans for 1979 80 year include Cedar Rapids Marion Iowa City and Vinton students.
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al Williams
General Mills
Junior Achievement of
Greater Cedar Rapids
Willis Fisher
Harnischfeger Corp
Scott Olson
Olson
Popa
Novak
Emmett Scherrman
Lease American Corp
Gary Whiting
IBM Office Products Division
Wayne Engle
E and S Electrical Contractors Inc
Engle
Richard Stimple
Quaker Oats
Lew Gordon
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Robert Kucharski
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Richard Schulz
Cedar Rapids
Gene Fields
Century Engineering
Jerry Ovel
The
Chandler Co
Arnold Sunde
Noland Corp
Steve Gaylord
Greater
Marion
Iowa City
Vinton
Electrical contract highest state offer rejected bunt
A Cedar Rapids Iowa City electrical contractors spokesman said the Friday rejection by Local 405 IBEW was 25 percent above other Iowa settlements this year. The one year deal would raise journeyman wiremen from 13.48 to 14.76 per hour, a 9.5 percent increase. Twenty firms are involved and about 300 employees affected.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Union Electricians
Iowa
Forrest Mallette
National Electrical Contractors Association
405
International
Mallette
Des Moines Teen Burned On 13 000 Volt Substation Incident
A 16 year old Des Moines boy was critically burned after touching 13 000 volts at an Iowa Power and Light substation on Sixteenth and College Avenue. He was flown by Air Care to University Hospitals Iowa City in critical condition. Fire medics found him conscious and hysterical with burns to mouth neck arms hands legs and feet. The substation outage affected 68 000 homes and caused lights to flicker city wide.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Glenn Dale Murray
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Broadhawns Medical Center
Sixteenth and College Avenue
Cedar Rapids Teenager Killed in Des Moines Crash
A 17-year-old Cedar Rapids boy, Jeff Specht, died Friday night after being thrown from the box of a late model Chevrolet pickup that lost control on a Des Moines freeway. He sustained massive head injuries as the vehicle crashed.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Jeff Specht
Des Moines Youth Die. Station Attendant Arrested for Drunken Driving
Authorities identified Lee James 16 of Des Moines in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a late Friday night crash on the MacVicar Freeway. The truck left the westbound lanes struck a guardrail three times and slid sideways with a mattress in the box. Specht was thrown, died near the wreck. Driver William D. Link 24 Des Moines was jailed on charges of drunken driving.
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Mikado
Lee James
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
MacVicar
Specht
William D. Link
Charges filed after death in auto crash near Springville
The Linn County Attorney filed involuntary manslaughter against Paul L. Gassman 52 Mon ticello for a fatal crash Friday near Springville. Bela Robinson 78 Springville Trailer Court died. Alta 69 Robinson in serious condition at Mercy Hospital. Gassman allegedly crossed the center line on Highway 151 causing the westbound collision and was treated, then arrested for drunk driving. He was released on own recognizance after a court appearance.
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Linn County Attorney’s Office
Paul L. Gassman
Monticello
Gassman
Springville
Bela Robinson
Robinson
Alta
Mercy Hospital
Highway 151
Linn County
Tauke pushes diesel allocation plan for agriculture
Congressman Tom Tauke told a Dubuque Farm Policy Council meeting he is coordinating with the DOE to guarantee 100 percent diesel allocations for agriculture and adequate supplies for essential diesel users. He warned DOE Rule No 9 harms transportation and industry tied to farming, noting railroads and Alter Barge Co. may cut service if emergency allocations are not granted.
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Tom Tauke
Dubuque
Farm Policy Council
Department of Energy
DOE
Tauke
Alter Barge Co
Davenport
Four Dead in Salt Mine Blast at Belle Isle Mine
In Calumet Louisiana a blast at the Belle Isle Salt Mine left four workers dead and 17 injured as rescuers with gas masks searched a 1200 foot deep underground cavern for one missing man. The blast struck just before midnight Friday during an informal safety meeting and bodies were recovered by 8 p.m. CDT Saturday.
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Calumet
UPI
Belle Isle
Barbs on meek inheriting earth and short end of the stick
A barb about the meek inheriting the earth and facing the short end of the stick underscores a sharp social critique. The remark hints at expected inequity and the persistence of power dynamics in society.
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Phil Pastore
Valenta TV
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Sylvania
Popusa
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Iowa Hall
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