Lisbon Man Hit by Lightning While On Phone
Lisbon business owner John McPhail 31 suffered a jolt when lightning struck a tall mobile radio tower above his shop around 9 45 am Friday sending surge into the telephone lines. He sat stunned on the concrete floor as friend Kelly Main assisted and McPhail played down the danger noting his past rodeo and racing injuries. US West described the incident as rare and linked the tower to the abnormal strike while saying using phones during storms is not discouraged.
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Lisbon
McPhail
Kelly Main
Job faith clash as Iowa postal clerk seeks Sabbath break
Duane Meyer, a 1987 Iowa City postal clerk, faces a Saturday shift after seven years in the job that led him to Seventh-day Adventism. A union grievance seeks Sabbath off with a national postal ruling due in months. Meyer is backed by attorney Daryl Huenergardt on civil rights grounds.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Johnson County
Iowa City
Duane Meyer
Meyer
Outlook
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Postal Clerks’ Union
National Postal Service
Daryl Huenergardt
Kimball, Neb
Mid-American Union Conference of the
Church
Huenergardt
Iowa
Democrats to unveil Families First Agenda nationwide
Democratic leaders will present a televised plan named Families First Agenda aiming for a balanced budget welfare reform education tax credits pension reform and other proposals if they gain a House and Senate majority. The event mirrors Republicans 1994 tactics and faces GOP criticism as a publicity bid.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
America
House
Senate
Congress
Democratic Party
James Moran
D-Va
Bill Paxon
R-N.y
National Republican Congressional Committee
Moving Party Attracts Preschool Plans In Iowa City
C R District Methodist Church at Lovely Lane Outreach Preschool 317 F Ave NW will host a moving party Sunday as the preschool plans to relocate six blocks away. Chinese immigrant Peter Chen, a teacher and speaker, moved to Iowa City to be with his daughter. Diver Kent Ferguson placed sixth in Friday Trials. A Buchanan County sheriff deputy’s canine partner died.
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Lovely Lane Outreach
F Ave
Peter Chen
Iowa City
Kent Ferguson
Cedar Rapids Firm Plans Integrated Tele Services
A Cedar Rapids company announces a plan to offer integrated local and long distance phone service paging voice mail and related services to both residential and business clients with details forthcoming in section 6C.
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Cedar Rapids
ATF director opposes national link to church arsons
ATF chief John McGaw said the rash of church fires, many at black congregations in the South, does not reflect a nationwide conspiracy. He cited intrastate, copycat, hate related and non arson causes, with some cases nearing solvability. About 40 suspicious fires targeted black churches in the South since January 1995.
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Veo Wounds Bureau
Des Moines
South
John McGaw
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
McGaw
ATF
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University of Iowa College of Law
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