Burma Shave is out adoptions signs are in
Art Swarzentruber, retired Vigortone Co. president, notes fewer Iowa roadside adoptathons than Southern states. He cites a Florida winter home, humidity mildew issues, and a call for volunteers to pick up litter while traveling. He praises Barbara Walters and Barbara Turner in reflections on media and life.
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Art Swarzentruber
Andy Rooney
Art
Vigortone Co
Danny
Cedar Rapids
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Atlantis
Fla
West Palm Beach
Florida
Louisiana
Iowa
Witnesses deny harassment claims in McGregor Electronics suit
In Cedar Rapids U S District Court testimony concluded in a five year old sexual harassment suit by Lisa Ann Burns of Monona against Paul Oslac, former owner of McGregor Electronics. Burns seeks damages and states ongoing harassment. Oslac denies claims and did not testify in person due to health.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
McGregor Electronics
Lisa Ann Burns
Monona
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
William Stuart
Burns
Paul Oslac
Oslac
Chicago
William Blum
Dubuque
Seven young falcons released in Cedar Rapids restoration
Seven peregrine falcons, five males and two females, are to be released in Cedar Rapids atop the Telecom USA building. They will be in two hacking boxes at 9 a.m. and fed daily by DNR staff and volunteers until self-feeding begins. Additional shipments are planned over the next three weeks from the Minnesota Raptor Center.
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Lisa Ann Williamson
Jim Mayer Sazette
Cedar Rapids
Telecom*usa
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Laura Jackson
Peregrine Project
Jackson
Pat Schlarbaum
Kansas City Evening News to Print 27th Final Edition
The Kansas City Evening News will publish its 27th and final edition amid profits, blamed on city officials forcing hawkers off streets. Publisher Rose said the decision ends a metro paper that could not sustain home delivery, with his Sun Publications Inc. group behind it.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Evening News
Rose
Tuesay
Evening News
Sun Publications Inc
Ralph Ingersoll II
St. Louis Sun
Transit chief plans private trolley charters by summer
Cedar Rapids transit director Bill Hoekstra outlines a plan to charter two trolleys through Burlington Trailways for private hires by summer end. The city would charge 48 dollars per hour with 16 dollars to Trailways and 32 to the city, pending council and private partner approval, while UMTA rules limit direct private charters. Regular trolley ridership averages 275 daily as trolleys run weekday rush routes and Saturday hours with a dime shuttle fare.
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City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Transit
Bill Hoekstra
Hoekstra
Urban Mass Transit Administration
UMTA
Burlington Trailways
Burlington
Riverfront
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