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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1982
Page
7
Elmer Lund, 81, Davenport inventor, shows a garaged lab with bulbs and motors. He hopes his self generating motor will end oil and nuclear energy use and win a patent, but the U.S. Patent Office deems it a perpetual motion idea. Lund spent over $1,400 on attorneys and continues hopeful despite experts' objections.
Robert Wahlert, chairman of Dubuque Packing Co, apologized for labor tensions and said he will personally negotiate to keep the Dubuque plant open. He warned the Oct. 16 deadline remains real as talks with Local 150-A resume after moves to Rochelle and a reshaped concessions plan.
Rockers packed the Iowa State Fairgrounds hearing four bands for seven hours. About 28,000 attended despite a soggy morning and rain reducing turnout by 3,000 to 8,000. Police reported minimal trouble with drugs and noise, 30 treated for ailments, and 30 arrests on intoxication charges.
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