Houby Days Mushroom Contest At Czech Village Weekend
The fourth annual Houby Days in Czech Village spotlights mushrooms with judges examining entries led by Cedar Rapids judge Dave Kralik. Saturday winners include Patty Konecny Ely for smallest houba David Cilek Solon for tallest Eddie Uich Solon for largest Mrs William Novak Sr Ely for best large display Mary M Tichy Ely for best small display Marvin S Kuba Cedar Rapids for most oddly shaped large houba Eddie Woods Walker for most oddly shaped small houba and Mary Wittenbel Marion for best houba. Today features a 7 to 11 breakfast a 10 am 5 000 meter race bingo noon to 5 pm a 1 pm Sokol tumblers demo music and dance acts rides and a sidewalk bazaar.
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Czech Village
Dave Kralik
Cedar Rapids
Patty Konecny
Ely
David J. Cilek
Solon
Eddie Uich
William Novak Sr
Mary M. Tichy
Marvin S. Kuba
Debbie Kloft
Coralville
Eddie Woods
Walker
Mary Wittenbel
Marion
Kwik-Way workers resist wage concessions stance
Kwik-Way Manufacturing in Marion saw unionized workers from Machinists Local 831 decline to vote on pay cuts despite President Tom Parks urging concessions to blunt a potential slowdown. Management cited strong current business but warned high interest rates could curb demand, while nonunion staff have already faced freezes or cuts. Cedar Rapids industrialist Howard Hall dies at 76.
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Kwik-Way Manufacturing Co
Tom Parks
Marion
Parks
Kwik-Way
Burdette
Bud” Given
Given
Tom Gavin
Radford outlines film on David Toma with Cedar Rapids scenes
Radford discusses Champion Productions plans for a first rate film about David Toma featuring Cedar Rapids settings and a dramatic Newark opening. The project aims to show how youth can become winners through sports and family involvement. Toma agrees to join after shared experiences and lectures.
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Radford
Champion Productions
Mark Spitz
Steve Garvey
Radf
Toma
David Letterman
California
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Newark
David
Five Seasons Center
Nancy Snetzler
Diane Spelman
Clare Sharp
Mary Ann Foust
Five Lowans Die In Weekend Traffic Tragedies
A weekend of deadly crashes in Iowa left five residents dead. In Waterloo a 14 year old boy, Brian Keith Fournier, was struck by a hit and run driver on Airline Highway. Another youth, Terry Jenssen, survived with head injuries. In Dayton two men, Dick Westrum and Charles Allen Porter, died in a head on collision on Highway 175. Porter's car carried three injured passengers. In Fremont County, Bruce Hoxie died in a single vehicle rollover north of Shenandoah. In Boone County, Dale Marean Wheeler died in a two car crash four miles west of Boone, with five others hospitalized including Rich Elliott and Debbie Elliott.
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Waterloo Street
Waterloo
Brian Keith
Fournier
Terry Jenssen
State Patrol
Webster
Brett Hagge
Dayton
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
April Richey
Stratford
Holly Kilgore
Lehigh
Fort Dodge
Fremont County
Bruce Hoxie
Imogene
Shenandoah
Hoxie
Julie Ann DeVoogh
Lorraine Ahrens
Debbie Elliott
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Paul Jensen
Howard Hall
Los Angeles
Universal-Sheraton
Universal Studios
David Toma
David “Toma
Westrum
Porter
Thomas Plumbing
Service, Inc
15Th Street
Weekend College
Business Administration
Liberal Arts
Kirkwood
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