Four Cedar Rapids Men Plan Record Boat Voyage
Burt Moen Tom Pfiffer Roland Lefebvre and Bob Conner intend to pilot a 22 foot cabin cruiser from Minneapolis to the mouth of the Mississippi south of New Orleans in under eight days. They seek a Guinness record for navigable extremes while stopping for fuel and city visits along the way. The boat named C R Record Breaker will carry 66 gallons of gas and travel at 28 to 30 mph by day, slower at night, with 11,000 plus spent on the project and more to come. They expect to document the trip with lockmaster signatures and hope to sell the boat in Louisiana after finishing.
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Cedar Rapids
Christopher Columbus
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Burt Moen
Oakland Road
Tom Pfiffner
Alleghany Drive
Roland Lefebvre
Evergreen Street
R.C
Bob) Conner
Thirteenth Street
Lefebvre
Conner
Louisiana
C.R. Record Breaker
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Twin Cities
Moen
Connet
Bob Conner
Mississippi
Ahwahnee Hotel Revisited From Yosemite Valley View
Murray Olderman recalls the Ahwahnee in Yosemite Valley a long-ago trip and current visit, detailing its stern dress code, rugged lodge charm, historic guests, and a landscape of dramatic granite, winter hush, and conservation limits. The piece surveys the hotel’s architecture, celebrity past, and ongoing balance between access and preservation.
Chamber Honor For Welty Named 1976 Iowa Small Biz Person
Roger Welty, president of Welty-Way Products Inc, will be honored at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon for being named 1976 Iowa Small Business Person of the Year. He received the award in April from Gov. Ray on Small Business Administration recommendation, with Ivan Bull as featured speaker. Reservations may be made at 364-5135. Bicentennial Footnote recalls Continental Congress recommendation for colonial self government.
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Roger Welty
Welty-Way Products, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Gov. Ray
Small Business Administration
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Ivan Bull
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Open House Sunday for 3 Kirkwood Programs
Kirkwood Community College invites the public to an open house Sunday from 1 to 4 30 p m at 1207 Rockford Road SW showcasing three agribusiness and natural resources programs Grounds and recreational vehicle repairs rural building construction and farm equipment mechanics Visitors can meet students and instructors view project displays and learn about career paths in these fields Refreshments will be served
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Kirkwood Community College
Rockford Road
Kirkwood
Department of Agribusiness and Natural Resources
Space study reasons for feeding population expansion
NASA says earth resources study from space aids food supply planning. Skylab and other flights have enabled acreage estimates for wheat, barley, corn, rice and other high nutrition crops, plus locating crop diseases and infestations and forecasting yields. Mayor Richard Daley is 74.
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Houston
UPS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Energy costs form large share of US power bills
NEW YORK reports that fuel coal oil and nuclear energy and taxes make up almost half the average household electricity bill. William G Kuhns, chairman of General Public Utilities Corp, says the current average cost of a kilowatt hour in the GPA system is 3.5 cents with fuel and taxes totaling 1.63 cents. He notes that in 1973, before the Arab oil embargo, the energy and tax component was only 99 mills.
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New York
UPI
William G. Kuhns
General Public Utilities Corp
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Sir Edmund Hillary
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Homestead
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Yosemite
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Gertrude Stein
Greta Garbo
Paul Newman
Nic Fiori
Badger Pass
Nic
Welty
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Philadelphia
Britain
Tional
Richard Daley
Chicago
H Street
1St St. S.W
H&h Motors
Evy
Third Ave. SE
Paramount Theatre
Blair Thorn
Bob
McGrath
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Armstrong's
Paramount Box Office
Naso’s Pizza
Ave
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FBI
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First Avenue
Roosevelt Royale
16Th Avenue S.W
Kmart
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