Mount Mercy names acting academic dean
Mount Mercy College President Thomas R. Feld announced the appointment of the Rev. Robert L. Ferring of Mount Vernon as acting academic dean for the 1978 79 academic year. Father Ferring replaces Travis L. Houser who leaves Mount Mercy to become vice president for academic affairs at Chadron State College. He has been pastor at St. John's Church in Mount Vernon for six years and previously served at Loras College in Dubuque as academic dean and director of the honors program. He earned a doctorate in political science from Notre Dame and did post doctoral study at Michigan State and Stanford. He will begin duties in late June.
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Mount Mercy College
Thomas R. Feld
Robert L. Ferring
Mount Vernon
Father Ferring
Travis L. Houser
Mount Mercy
Chadron
Neb
Loras College
Dubuque
Loras
University of Notre Dame
Michigan State
Stanford
Porters awarded 45000 in Iowa land condemnation case
Linn County jury held Harold E and Mary E Porter entitled to 45000 for their 1.02 acre southwest Cedar Rapids property condemned May 5 1977 for relocation of Highway 30 by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The condemnation board had set 43000. Porters revised claim to 75000 at trial.
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Linn District Court
Harold E
Mary E. Porter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
Porters
Tense drama ends with surrender at Cedar Rapids house
A 38 caliber pistol fell from an attic at 3701 Kencrest Drive NE as Robert Wayne Nash, 26, of Phoenix, turned himself over to Cedar Rapids police after a three hour siege. He faced first degree burglary charges and was admitted to a psychiatric unit at St Luke's Hospital. Nash threatened self harm during negotiations while his ex wife Susan Johnston remained safe across the street.
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Kencrest Drive
Phoenix
Ariz
Cedar Rapids
Robert Wayne Nash
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eugene Kopecky
Kenneth Millsap
Nash
Susan Johnston
Johnston
Woman Escapes From House After Request To Bathroom
A Cedar Rapids woman fled her home three weeks ago after asking a man named Nash to fetch toiletries. She ran out the back door as General Hospital aired on TV and sought help from a neighbor before contacting police.
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Cedar Rapids
Nash
General Hospital
Johnston
Hobby show winners dominate Prairie junior high event
Prairie Junior High students won the Charles Racer Memorial Trophy with 95 points at the Hobby and Model Show while Jefferson High School Cedar Rapids took second with 76. Prairie Senior High finished third and Prairie Elementary eighth with four division trophies awarded to students including Heath Lilly and John Selk in Primary and junior high winner Sam Selver. In a separate report, Nash surrendered after police negotiator Millsap talked him out of a house during a domestic dispute. Chief Gareth Clift highlighted trained negotiators and safety priorities.
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Prairie Junior High
Charles Racer
Jefferson High School of
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Senior High
Prairie Elementary
Prairie Primary
Heath Lilly
Hiawatha
Scott Herdliska
St. Patrick's
Robbin Horrell
Johnson
Gareth Clift
Millsap
Clift
Two Women Injured in I 380 Crash Near Highway 30
Two women were taken to Mercy Hospital after a crash on Interstate 380 a quarter mile south of the Highway 30 east interchange this morning. Debbie Faulkner 20 of rural Iowa Falls and Paula Southerly 21 of Cedar Falls were listed in good condition. Faulkner had a head injury and Southerly suffered head and chest injuries. Police charged Faulkner with an improper lane change after her southbound car collided with a tractor trailer driven by Gabriel L Randolph 34 of Monmouth Illinois.
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Mercy Hospital
Debbie Faulkner
Iowa Falls
Paula Southerly
Cedar Falls
Faulkner
Southerly
Faulker
Gabriel L. Randolph
Monmouth, II
Oktoberfest in Amana canceled by society officials
The 13th annual Oktoberfest in Amana will not be held this year. Amana Society officials and the Oktoberfest steering committee cited the heavy time commitment required from volunteers and the strain on those directly involved as the reason for cancellation.
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AMANA
Amana Society
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