Sam the parrot travels with caring owners and thrives
Lillian and Gaylord Eiges rescue a take-home parrot named Sam. Despite missing tail feathers and a wing, Sam roams freely at home and in the yard, eats cherries and hamburger, sings with birds at dawn, and has logged over 20 000 miles on family trips. The pair advocate chemical-free yards and care for many rescued animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Lillian
Sheba
Cat
Jewels
Eiges
Texas
Rio Grande River
Gaylord
CDA Meet Explores Help for Addicts in Linn County
About 35 community representatives gathered at a Roosevelt Hotel luncheon hosted by the Citizens' Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. CCA executive director Fred Uphoff defined alcoholism as a life becoming unmanageable and said prescription drug addiction receives little medical attention. Linn County Medical Society former president James Stiles argued the problem is small locally, while Safety Commissioner Ed Colton urged transfer of intoxication cases to other agencies. Cedar Rapids police Captain Ralph Myers noted such calls often involve violence. ON THIS DATE in 1967, Brussels store fire killed 300+ people.
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Citizens’ Committee On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
CDA
Roosevelt Royale
Fred Uphoff
CCA
George Chitty
The
Red Cross
Uphoff
James Stiles
Linn County
Colton
Ralph Myers
Cedar Rapids Police
Youth Bureau
Dog charges dropped in Iowa district court case
Carol Boyd of 1062 Rainbow Boulevard Hiawatha faced charges of letting a dog run loose after it bit a child resisting and interfering with police. Judge Anthony Scolaro dismissed all charges saying officers should not have been at the Boyd home and the dog was confined.
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Carol Boyd
Rainbow Boulevard
Hiawatha
First Avenue Division
Iowa
Anthony Scolaro
Boyd
Department of Health
Tom Bowler
Jill
Susie
Boyds
Michael Barry
Barry
David Saari
Saari
Linn
Mrs. Boyd
Saar
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
FBI
Scolaro
Burglary Killing Fugitives Arrested in Arizona
A fugitive couple Howard Willard and Marjorie Pollitt were captured in a mobile home in Arizona while attempting to buy a motor home for 35000 with cash. They were linked to a multimillion dollar burglary killing of Marjorie Jackson in Indianapolis and tied to a larger loot from her estate. FBI traced them after an aerial sighting by an agent.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Howard Willard
Marjorie Pollitt
Indiana
Marjorie Jackson
Standard Food Stores
Indianapolis
Willard
FBI
Mrs. Pollitt
Tempe
Senate Narrowly Approves Weaker Strip Mining Bill
The Senate passed a 57 to 8 bill to regulate coal strip mining with major changes, aiming to clash with a House measure for tougher terms. It rejected a ban on new strip mining in western lands and kept limited federal reclamation standards, keeping much production under lighter controls for two years. A spokesman called the bill weaker than Ford era vetoed measures. The day also saw a 44 to 32 vote to curb western landowners' leverage over federally owned coal beneath their ranges.
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Washington
Senate
House
Western Valley Farm and Rangelands
Carter
Congress
Ford
Transportation Industry Employs Millions and Drives Economy
Fifteen million people work in passenger and freight transportation and related fields. The highway sector generates over 250 billion dollars in goods and services each year, accounting for about 18 percent of the gross national product, TRIP reports.
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Washington
Road Information Program
TRIP
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Sam the Robin
Birdie
Stephanie
Brussels
Belgium
Cedar Rapids
Robert Montgomery
Pierson’s Flowershop
Flowershop & Greenhouses, Inc
Ellis Bivd
N.W
Avenue Floral & Botanicals
Pierson
16Th Ave. S. W
Hardware
Disston
Weber Grill
Kingsford
Kwikset Sf
Childre
Sondrols
Monthru
1St Ave. N.E
Anne Thompson
Tommy Tucker Realty Realtors
Third Ave. S.E
P.M
Hardrock
Furnitureland
Central City, Iowa
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