Amana Colonies purchase plan from private dealer Bartlett
The article profiles 49 year old Max Bartlett of Cedar Rapids who, operating solo from his home, has earned a fortune buying and selling property over 20 years. He describes himself as a born again Christian with a modest life and limited social circle as he pursues high stakes plans to acquire the Amana Colonies.
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Tom Fruehling
Azatte
Max Bartlett
Amana
Bartlett
Cedar Rapids
Penick
Ford
Jean
Chrysler
Amana Society deal looms over Bartlett plans
Spotlight on a wheeler dealer who says he will buy 100 percent of Amana Society stock with $40 million borrowed backed by Travelers. He would invest $75 million more in Colonies developments to boost tourism without altering the area’s character. He promises family oriented entertainment, not an Adventureland type facility, potentially creating thousands of jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana Society
Travelers Insurance Company
Colonies
Bartlett
Amana
Abducted AP Reporter Terry Anderson Kidnapped in Beirut
Terry A. Anderson, AP chief Middle East correspondent and Iowa State graduate, was kidnapped Saturday morning in West Beirut. U S officials evacuated 11 more staff from Lebanon by Navy helicopters to Cyprus as Syria moved troops toward the Lebanese capital and fighting intensified around Christian areas.
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Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Lebanon
Terry A. Anderson
Associated Press
Iowa State University
Ames
West
Anderson
United States
Cyprus
U.S
Syria
Amin Gemayel
Donald Mell
Mell
Wilmington
Del
Jeremy Levin
Washington
State Department
Vivienne Ascher
Genentech herpes vaccine protects guinea pigs
Genentech researchers report a genetically engineered herpes vaccine safe for guinea pigs and effective against genital and cold sore strains. Human trials are years away due to animal study focus and adjuvant limitations. A separate CDC note shows a tenfold rise in doctors visits for genital herpes from 1966 to 1981.
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San Francisco
Calif
Genentech Inc
Phillip Berman
Science
Lawrence Lasky
Freund
Berman
Genentech
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Patrol car hits man on Park Avenue killing him
An on duty patrol car struck and killed an elderly man at Park Avenue and 72nd Street Friday night and fled the scene. Three New York police officers were suspended while a second man was seriously injured.
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New York
Park Avenue
72Nd Street
Ed LeSchack
Charles Kelly
WOR
Frederick Sherman
Edwin Collazo
Anthony J. Conte
Hyman Chernow
Manhattan
Today’s Chuckle Joke on Exercise Ends in Irony
A light joke notes some people value a well rounded life through exercise while others are round because they skip workouts. The quip plays on irony about fitness and self image.
Angry Glass Worker Kills Four Supervisors Then Self
A Fayette County glass plant worker, furious over suspension, overpowered a guard and killed four plant supervisors before shooting himself. Mansel Hammett of Dunbar returned to the Anchor Glass Container Co. in South Connellsville with a handgun after disciplinary action for talking to his wife.
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South Connellsville
Mansel
Sonny” Hammett
Dunbar
Anchor Glass Container Co
Fayette County
Pittsburgh
Pete Casini
Hammett
Casini
Phillip Halfhill
Mount Braddock
Halfhill
Janet Gabelt
Mansel Hammett
Anchor Glass Containing Co
Connellsville
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Dublin
Iowa
Ireland
C.R
Tel Aviv
Bourj Rahal
U.N
Timur Goksel
N.Y
Gallup
Johnson Co
Bridge Leisure Byways
Linn County
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