Cedar Rapids Rodeo Review Opens with Record Scores
At the Five Seasons Center the Pro-Rodeo Productions show drew 217 entrants for a tough night of indoor rodeo. New arena records by Rob McDonald and Mike Swearingen highlight a night of near records in bareback steer wrestling calf roping and bull riding. Barb Zalesky and Jimmy Myers headlined a strong field as 60 competitors battled broncs steers and calves with clowns aiding riders.
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Five Seasons Center
Arena
Rob McDonald
Mike Swearingen
Bobby Gillis
Drifter
International Rodeo Association
Barb Zalesky
E. Sparta
Ohio
Jimmy Myers
Thorofare
N.J
Merrily Steffen
Jeckie
Ben Eby
Hiawatha
Mike Ulimer
Mount Vernon
Jimmy Mack
Viola
Retired banker couple charged in slavery death case
In Sheridan Indiana a 75 year old ex banker and his 74 year old wife are charged with reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Virgil Stuart 74 who weighed 67 pounds. The Staffords kept three mentally retarded adults in a filthy trailer behind their home for years. The three were identified as Virgil Stuart his brother Charles 57 and Wanda Watkins 65. Bond set at 50000 with arraignment planned for March 28. Prosecutor Nation says custody was gained in 1954 from a Fort Wayne state facility. Authorities describe the conditions as slavery noting Charles suffered frostbite and an amputation after months of exposure. The Staffords defense suggests the victims were treated as family.
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Sheridan
Ind
Willard Stafford
Olive
Hamilton County Superior Court
Virgil Stuart
Stafford
American State Bank
Steven R. Nation
Staffords
Fort Wayne
Charles Stuart
Wanda Watkins
Indianapolis
Nation
Richard Russell
Russell
Noblesville
Charles
Watkins
Carter proposes 10 cent gas fee to curb inflation
President Carter’s plan would add a 10 cent per gallon gasoline conservation tax, raising average yearly motorist costs about 67 dollars and likely pushing pump prices above 1.30 dollars by May 15. The White House says CPI impact could be minor, while officials stress the measure is an energy action with revenue effects.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
American Automobile Association
White House
Poan
U.S. Treasury
Williamsburg budgets boosts. helmet repairs eyed
The Williamsburg school board approved a 1980 81 budget of 2 390 676 a 7 9 percent rise. Athletic director Gar Mayer said a 1 600 deficit persists amid lower attendance and higher supplies He favors reconditioning football helmets at one fifth the cost of new ones A charity run is planned for March 22 with pledges per mile to aid the department Energy measures cut ball games and encourage spectator buses A Motorola radio system for buses costing 15 553 48 plus a 1710 20 maintenance contract was approved Pekin Community School seeks to join the South Iowa Cedar League but Williamsburg voted no citing high gasoline costs Also notes 1970 event about an arms shipment to Thailand ending in Cambodia after a bomb threat.
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Williamsburg
Gar Mayer
Mayer
Lettermen’s Club
Motorola Communications
Cedar Rapids
Dale Pierce
Pekin Community School
South Iowa Cedar League
Belle Plaine
Iowa Valley
Marengo
BGM
Brooklyn
Montezuma
HSV
Victor
English Valleys
North English
Sigourney
Keota
League
Pekin
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The
Rodeo Review
C.R
Iowa
Kevin Kane
Gazette
Main Street
Jack Remsen
Century Lounge Presents
Country Music Masters
Country Rock Bar
Center Pt. Rd. NE
Sheraton
Chuck Pane
Centurion Lounge
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Bookworld
6Th ST
Debbie
Dallas
Green Door
Sharif
Highway Patrol
FBI
Las Vegas
Center Pt. Rd
Sola Greene
LeRoy van Dyke
the Auctioneers
Walford
Don Hoy Orch
Ray Alto
VizzZn
Roast Baron
Williams
Dixie Saylor
Thailand
Cambodia
14Th Ave. S.E
Lala
Amelia’s
Leo Cortimiglia
First Avenue N.E
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