Chamber Launches Three Day Membership Blitz
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce plans a three day Membership Blitz starting Tuesday with 100 volunteers. 26 task force members will recruit three more each aiming to enroll 200 new members and boost engagement across 14 new units.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Robert Kazimour
Robert C. Moorman
Stouffer
Five Seasons Hotel
Moorman
Chamber of Commerce
Larry Waller
Chamber
Waller
Kazimour
Memorial Day Services Planned Across Venues
Memorial Day observances occur May 31 with 10 a.m. services at May's Island Veterans Memorial Coliseum plus 8 and 9 a.m. masses at St. John's St. George's and Mt. Calvary Cemeteries. Veterans groups, fleets, and firing squads honor buried veterans as wreaths are laid in the Cedar River.
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Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May’s Island
VFW
St. John’s
St. George’s Cemetery
General Service
Jerry Carr
WMT
Federation of Czech Groups
Czech National Cemetery
George B. McDill
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Fred Anthony
Lincoln
American Legion
Boddicker School of Music
Burglary Suspects Nabbed in Marion as Fire and Traffic Incidents Fill Day
Two youths, ages 12 and 13, were caught at a burglary scene in Marion’s east-end by police after a 3:11 p.m. call. One was released to parents, the other to Linn County Detention. In Cedar Rapids, three arson attempts caused light smoke and carpet damage at 1817 E Ave NE Apartment B. resident Stan Gregory faced interference charges. A Cedar Rapids man, 35, was injured when his motorcycle hit a deer on Old Highway 218 near Iowa City. the bike and deer died. Clermont’s Montauk home of William Larrabee opens to the public Memorial Day weekend through mid-October. An Iowa State University course on educational data analysis was postponed a week. registration by noon Wednesday is required.
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Marion
Marion Police Department
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
E Ave
Stan Gregory
Phillip Arnell
Arnell
Gregory
Iowa City
Clermont
Montauk
William Larrabee
Larrabee
Iowa
Board of Control
Iowa Commission
Iowa State Historical Department
Highway 18
Iowa State University
Grant Wood Area
Postville campaigner targets recorder office costs
James D. Morgan a Democratic candidate for Linn County recorder questioned incumbent Pat Kane’s office expenses at a Saturday coffee. Morgan proposes to trim one management position and one clerical role by attrition if he wins the June 8 primary. Four new names join the county Democratic steering slate for Jerry Fitzgerald’s gubernatorial bid. Daryl L. Bachtell is named Postville district principal again, returning after nine years away. he will take over from James Nelsen this August as Nelsen departs to Adel-De Soto.
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James D. Morgan
Linn County Recorder
Charles A. Pfeiffer
35Th St. SE
Morgan
Recorder’s
Pat Kane
Postville
Daryl L. Bachtell
Bachtell
James Nelsen
Nelsen
Adel-De Soto
Des Moines
Richard Smith
Pilot charged in low flying plane incident
Osceola County authorities charged Merle Depp the airport manager with going armed with intent to assault after he allegedly flew his plane about 5 feet above the ground toward two men on the runway who were flying a radio controlled model. He was arrested and posted bond of 2000 dollars. Complaints were filed by David Kleinwolterink and W E Den Beste.
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Sibley
UPI
Osceola County
Merle Depp
David Kleinwolterink
W.E. den Beste
Iowa Reformatory Escapee Caught in Arkansas
Sheila Schertz 29, an escapee from the Iowa Women's Reformatory in Rockwell City, was captured Friday in Little Rock Arkansas. She faces return to Iowa after being arrested at the home of Debby Mae Allison 27, a former inmate, and held in Pulaski County Jail.
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Des Moines
API
Iowa
Iowa Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Sheila Schertz
Iowa Community College
Fort Dodge
Little Rock
Ark
Gerald Shanahan
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Pulaski County
Allison
Schertz
Reformatory
Terry
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
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Ralph Marshall
Miles
Marshall
Viet Nam
VFW Post
James Lundstrom
Gary Hess
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Logan
Dick Hogan
Hanford
Ralph Podzimek
Amvets
C.R
Robert Earl Lindsey
Simpson St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fitzgerald
Jerry Fitzgerald
Lori Miller
Vinnia Miskimen
Larry Vander Maten
Sylvia Key
Women’s Reformatory
Arkansas
Radio Shack
NASA
Ele
Nova
Tandy
Micronta
7Th Ave
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