Music in the Air at Jefferson High Festival
Two young trumpeters Craig Caldwell and Steve Stickney warm up for performances at the city-wide music festival at Jefferson high school. Deanna Borchardt and her mother hold music and schedule map, living on Emmons street in Hiawatha.
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Jefferson High School
Craig Caldwell
Willman Street
Hiawatha
Steve Stickney
White Pine Drive
Deanna Borchardt
Darryl Borchardt
Emmons Street
Reluctance Seen on Macbride Fund Switch
Sen Bob Rush warns of state level reluctance to move funds from Lake Macbride expansion to Squaw Creek park in Linn county. He cites Marion officials Pazour and Hefel regarding bypass routes and park accessibility as influencing factors. He emphasizes land ownership and urges selling the idea to decision makers.
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Bob Rush
Cedar Rapids
Lake Macbride
Squaw Creek Park
Linn County
Rush
Marion Division
Chamber of Commerce
Marion
Mary Lou
Metro
Squaw Creek
Macbride
Lewis A. Helbig
Powers That Be
Elberon Native Dies In Korea Air Crash
Elberon family learns their son Capt Edward A Dostal 26 piloted an army helicopter in fog south of Seoul Korea when it struck a power line He joined the army in 1972 and was deployed July 4 1976 He is survived by wife Annie Carmichael Calif parents a sister Mrs Steven Freeman Reno Nev and three brothers Merle Jeffery and Chris Funeral services are pending at Mason Hand Tama and memorial contributions are requested to a fund set up by the family
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Elberon
Korea
Army
Edward A. Dostal
Arthur Dostal
Seoul
South Korea
Dostal
Annie
Carmichael
Calif
Steven
Katherine) Freeman
Reno
Nev
Merle
Jeffery
Chris
Capt
Tama
Thousands of Shad Die In Freezing Sand Lake
In Iowa City area the Sand Lake off highway 6 saw thousands of shad killed by extreme cold this winter. The fish had overpopulated the Iowa River during last year’s low water, and the cold snap wiped out many in the lake.
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Iowa City
Sand Lake
Highway 6
Iowa River
Montezuma Men Die In Brooklyn Crash
A Friday night crash south of Brooklyn left Kenneth Benson 21 dead. Kevin Erquist 18, and Thomas Berry 21, both of Montezuma, were injured with Erquist in critical condition at Iowa City University Hospital and Berry in fair condition at Grinnell Hospital after their car rolled several times. State troopers reported the vehicle went northbound on a Poweshiek county road and all three occupants were thrown from the car.
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Brooklyn
Kenneth Benson
Kevin Erquist
Erquist
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Thomas Berry
Grinnell
Poweshiek
Local Briefs: Meetings and Larceny Report
Teamsters retirees pension and Des Moines trip update to be discussed at 7 p.m. Monday at Teamsters hall 5000 J street SW. Rotary Club hosts James Reston of the New York Times Monday noon at Roosevelt Royale. Fire Pension Board holds a noon meeting Monday at Central Fire station Cedar Rapids. Larceny: tools and books valued at 400 dollars stolen from Michael Burns car 430 Fifth avenue SW parked on 2700 block Sixth street SW late Friday into Saturday.
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Teamsters
Des Moines
Teamsters Hall
J Street
Rotary Club
James Reston
The
New York Times
Roosevelt Royale
Fire Pension Board
Central Fire Station
Cedar Rapids
Michael Burns
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
GAO Warns of B-1 Cost Overruns and Test Problems
The GAO warned Congress the B-1 bomber could cost several billion dollars more than expected and may enter production with insufficient airframe testing. It noted rising cost estimates, incomplete static tests, and delayed defensive avionics for the first 34 production planes, with 1981 delivery of avionics and 1979 for the first aircraft.
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GAO
Washington
UPI
General Accounting Office
Congress
Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force
City Cedar Rapids golfer cleared in U.S. court
A federal jury cleared the city of Cedar Rapids and Gordon Paulson of Barron Wisconsin of negligence in a 1973 Ellis Park golf accident. Thomas Paulson then nine was struck by a Williams golf ball near a water fountain. medical expenses totaled 4788 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Paulson
Barron
Wis
Lyle Williams
Victoria Drive
Ellis Park
Paulson
Thomas
Williams
Court ruling could enlarge Social Security benefits for husbands
A Supreme Court decision finding sex discrimination allows widowers and husbands of retired women to claim benefits without proving dependency. If extended to men, 520,000 could gain new or higher benefits, with 213,000 special-case earners included. The ruling may hasten depletion of cash reserves, already stretched to about 85 billion annual benefits. Awaiting payment are 5,745 applicants.
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Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
Social Security
Speed limit saved 27000 lives says safety council
CHICAGO The 55 mph speed limit is credited with saving at least 27000 lives over three years. The National Safety Council president urged stronger measures as highway deaths fell from 55511 in 1973 to 463? in 1974 and 45600 in 1975 with 1976 preliminaries around 47100.
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Chicago
UPS
National Safety Council
NCS
Snow and Flood Watch Hit Maine and New York
Northern Maine reports more than seven inches of snow while western New York prompts a flood watch. The National Weather Service calls for a tranquil weekend elsewhere with rain and snow spreading eastward to the Pacific Northwest.
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United Press International
Maine
New York
National Weather Service
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
California
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Great Lakes
Atlantic
New York State
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Shawneetown
Fords Ferry
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
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Macbride Fund
Pazour
Joyce Hefel
Iowa
Sears
Sears Home Sweet Home
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dacron
Sears, Roebuck and CO
U.S. Court
2Nd Ave. S.W. W
2Nd Ave
ION Art
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