All Iowa Fair livestock entries rise as shows begin
Fair manager John Emmons reports a 37 percent rise in junior livestock entrants this year. Sheep crowds expected to fill two barns and the livestock area as the Angus cattle show draws strong attendance ahead of next week’s Iowa City events. New breeds include Chianina cattle Cheviots sheep Netherland Dwarf rabbits appear, with a three day schedule to follow.
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John Emmons
Emmons
Iowa City
Denver
All Iowa Fair Schedule On Saturday Events
Saturday schedule lists rabbit judging in the Agriculture Building at 9 a.m. followed by a quarterhorse show in the horse arena. Carnival opens at noon, Fine Arts Building opens at 1 p.m., and food judging is at 1 30 p.m. Junior dairy judging and flower show kick off at 2 p.m., with sheep and dairy events continuing into the afternoon and evening. An amusement appearance by Quassars high wire at 6 30 p.m. precedes a 7 30 p.m. concert by Paul Revere and the Raiders and the Litterers Band at the Grandstand.
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Quassars
Paul Revere
The
Raiders
Litterers
Grandstand
Quassars High Wire Act
Mall Area
Jailmate: Don claims he killed town marshal
Dean Lentz testified that Edward Don admitted killing Keola Town Marshal Douglas Bell on June 11, 1976 after a traffic stop in Keota. Lentz said Don stole a car, grabbed Bell’s service revolver, fired, reloaded with Bell’s bullets, and shot again before the gun ran dry. The trial in Mahaska County continues with jurors told the sequence of events.
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Oskaloosa
UPI
Edward Don
Don
Keola
Douglas Bell
Dean Lentz
Washington County
Mahaska County
Bell
Lentz
David Fagen
Fagen
Keokuk County
David Dutton
Keota
Penick and Ford to resume corn milling to control destiny
Univar Corp plans to restart corn milling at Penick and Ford at 30 000 to 35 000 bushels per day with board approval and lender consent. The move aims to gain better cost and supply control, though construction costs and hiring remain undetermined. The Cedar Rapids plant posted earnings gains in specialty starches and will not return to corn syrup due to volatility.
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Penick
Ford
Destiny
Penick and Ford
the Gazette
Univar Corp
Seattle
Cedar Rapids
Pacific Resins and Chemicals
Penick and
Sigwarths lose bid for extra baggage compensation
Judy and Marie Sigwarth sought $1700 and $2000 respectively for lost luggage after a September Kennedy Airport incident on a Europe trip. Judge Siebenmann ruled United already compensated within Warsaw Convention limits totaling up to $400 per bag, under $9.08 per pound for weight, negating additional claims.
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Judy Sigwarth
First Ave
Hiawatha
Marie Sigwarth
Marion
Europe
Kennedy
New York
Sigwarths
Air France
United Airlines
Judy
United
Siebenmann
Marie Sigworth
Warsaw Convention and Civil Aeronautics Board
Sigworth
Klein Tools Welcomed to Cedar Rapids for New Distribution Center
Officials welcomed Klein Tools Inc to Cedar Rapids announcing plans to move supplies into a new distribution center at 8200 Sixth St SW with operations aimed by October 1. The ceremony included ground breaking and tree planting, with remarks by Rep Tom Tauke and local leaders praising the company as a long standing civic asset.
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Klein Tools, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Michael Klein
Sheraton Inn
Klein
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Engle
E and S Electrical Contractors, Inc
Richard McBride
Cliff Abildt Construction Co
Sixth St
Tom Tauke
Iowa
Tauke
Donald Canney
Klein Tools
Power demand near record on hot humid Friday
Power usage neared a record as heat and humidity pushed demand toward the all time high. Iowa Electric Light and Power and Central Iowa Power officials expected Friday to top the 1,040.9 megawatt peak set Aug. 7 last year as the day’s high reached 94 degrees.
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Electric Company
Iowa_ Electric Light and Power Co
Central Iowa Power Co-Operative
Ture
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Dave Wharton
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Gazette Financial Editor
Linn
John Siebenmann
Lowans
C.R
Thomas Redford
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Robert M.L. Johnson
Klein Company
Mathias Klein Jr
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AP News
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