Yeager to set speed record flying to Iowa
Chuck Yeager the first to break the sound barrier plans a world record flight from Denver to Des Moines in about one hour forty five minutes. Radar will track the Piper Cheyenne 400LS as it flies to Des Moines with timing handled by navigation stations. The flight will be logged in the FAI Paris and NAA Washington records with Yeager arriving around 3 pm and a Piper Cheyenne 400LS aerial demonstration to follow at 6 pm.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
DES Moines
Chuck Yeager
Denver
Iowa
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Paris
National Aeronautic Association
Washington, D.C
Sioux City Central High reunion draws national media
Ann and Abby return for Iowa class reunion marking the 50th anniversary of the 1936 Sioux City Central High cohort. About 60 alumni attend as reporters from the New York Times and Washington Post reserve seating. CBS 60 Minutes sought film access but was declined.
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New York Times
Washington Post
CBS
60 Minutes
Soux City
Sioux City
Reunion honors Friedman twins at 50th class gathering
Esther and Pauline Friedman born Sioux City July 4 1918 became Ann Landers and Dear Abby. The 1936 Morningside College alumni reunion hosted by classmate Charles Lindsay features the twins as speakers with media limited and admission fees for attendees.
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Friedman
Pauline
Esther
Ann Landers
Chicago
Abby
San Francisco
Eppie
Former Iowa minister arrested in South Africa
Susan Burchfield said her husband Brian, a former Elkader minister, was detained for about three hours Sunday in South Africa during a security crackdown on anti apartheid protesters. He reportedly asked officers to release an American companion who had been arrested.
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Elkader
South Africa
Susan Burchfield
Iowa
Brian
Burchfield
Marion Methodists name new associate pastor
The Rev. Jonathan Gaul was named associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Marion succeeding Rev. Nick Longworth who becomes director of Bruised Reed Inc in the Cedar Rapids Marion area. Gaul previously served churches in Barnes City and Lacey and holds degrees from Morningside College and Perkins Theological Seminary. He and wife Anita have two young children. A reception will follow the 9 am service. The appointment was announced during the Iowa Methodists Annual Conference in Des Moines.
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Jonathan Gaul
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Nick Longworth
Bruised Reed Inc
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Gaul
United Methodist
Barnes City
Lacey
Spencer
Morningside College
Perkins School of Theology
Anita
Gauls
Marion Church
Conference of
Iowa Methodists
Des Moines
Iowa
Volga
Timothy Donovan
Waterloo
Larry Jones
Tama-Montour
Belle Plaine
Cbdnard Forbes
Ames
Robert Barnett
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Salem
Gale Hawkee
Corydon
Paul Hasel
Clarence — Dolores Santos Sheets
Stephanie Raphael-Nakos
East Dubuque
Elgin-Illyria
Hazleton
Delane Wright
Larry McAlpine
Havelock-Plover
Hopkinton UM
Marcie Sanger
Seminary
Wilmer Werneke
Presbyterian
Oxford
Harry Imlay
Nua
Martha Anderson
Taer
Tama Montour
Larry
Diane Jones
Arlington-Voiga
Mike Biklen
Pella
Traer
Daniel Anderson
David Nolte
Humboldt
Vinton Stewart Memorial
Urbana
Michael Orthe
Bob Holdorf
New Hartford
Women arraigned in Cedar Rapids on food stamp purchases
Three Dubuque women Zella Mangeno Joanne Hagenson and Carol Barnhart pleaded not guilty at a Cedar Rapids U S District Court arraignment to charges they bought food stamps from undercover Secret Service agents on five occasions in December January and February They allegedly paid half face value with the largest deal on February 13 when Mangeno paid 500 for 1000 in stamps The Bar a Dubuque tavern owned by Mangeno was named as the agents seller Magistrate James D Hodges Jr set a July 28 trial date
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Dubuque
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Zella Mangeno
Joanne Hagenson
Carol Barnhart
U.S
Secret Service
Mangeno
Richard Murphy
James D. Hodges Jr
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Chicago Sun-Times
Minneapolis Tribune
Arizona Republic
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Cape Town
Bethaney Lutheran Church
Bar
Curios
Oak Sf
Sul LaLadd
Lindale Mall Square
Younkers
Sonora
San Marcos
San Diego
Starship’s Fantastic
Strawberry Starship
San Carlos
Nausau
Timberoval
King & Queen
Sycamor
Lowa
Caty
Lindale Mall
Sete
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