Ray rallies GOP troops in Cedar Rapids get out the vote effort
Gov. Robert Ray visited Cedar Rapids as part of a last day GOP get out the vote drive for Tuesday's election. He urged support for Tom Riley and President Ford, while GOP leaders highlighted campaign finances and labor support for opponents. Blouin previously beat Riley in Dubuque County by 9,017? margins.
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Gov. Ray
C.R
Robert Ray
Fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Second Avenue
Riley-for-Congress
Ford
Riley
Tom Riley
George Gallup
Gallup
Jefferson
Iowa
GOP
Tom Stoner
Des Moines
Stoner
Mike Blouin
Labor Committee
Nan
Linn County
Blouin
Dubuque County
Seven hurt in Cedar Rapids traffic crash finds investigation ongoing
A Sunday traffic accident at Sixteenth Avenue and Twelfth Street SW left seven people hospitalized. Among the injured is Brian Freundt 16 of Fairfax in critical condition with a concussion. Others from Waukon Marion and Marshalltown areas were treated and released. police did not yet release details.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Brian Freundt
Fairfax
Mercy Hospital
Leonard Larson
Thelma
Waukon
Lisa
Doug
John Lee Lange
Fourteenth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Karen Marie Waterbeck
Brooklyn
Kmart
Lange
Waterbeck
First Avenue
Twelfth Street East
Cecil Oldridge Leads GSO Flying Club in Cedar Rapids
Cecil Oldridge of 5030 Harriet Ave NW was elected president of the GSO Flying Club Inc at the annual meeting. Ron Gilland of 5637 First Ave SW became vice president with Don Giltrap as treasurer, Jim Moses as bookkeeper, Merle McCord as recording secretary and maintenance manager, and Roger Stephenson as assistant maintenance manager. The non profit club began in Cedar Rapids in 1962.
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Cecil Oldridge
Harriet Avenue
GSO Flying Club, Inc
Ron Gilland
First Avenue
Don Giltrap
Thirty-fifth Street
Jim Moses
Hiawatha
Merle McCord
Robins
Roger Stephenson
Third Avenue
GSO Flying Club
Cedar Rapids
Former Marine in Mechanicville Shooting Killing Two
A former marine, Kenyon Pruyn, 32, is charged with second degree murder after shooting from his third story apartment window. Two killed Paul Luther 21 and James Marsh 50. nine wounded including a policeman. About 300 rounds fired. Pruyn arrested after a fire forced his exit.
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Mechanicville
N.Y
Kenyon
Billy) Pruyn
Pruyn
Robert Bryan
Albany
Paul Luther
James Marsh
John Gonnelly
Campaign swing tightens race toward Ford Carter clash
As election eve nears, Dole campaigns through Peoria Council Bluffs and Kansas City after a long cross country drive to rally small towns and the farm belt. Mondale moves toward Minnesota with brief rallies and a Grand Central Station setback delays his speech.
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Robert Dole
America
Kansas
Peoria
Ill
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Kansas City
Ford
Carter
District of Columbia
Midland
Texas
Dole
Presque Isle
Maine
San Diego
Seattle
Miami
Farm Belt
South
Geor
Mondale
Minnesota
Flint
Mich
New York City
Grand Central Station
Three Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges in Cedar Rapids
At 1 45 a m Sunday near Second avenue and Tenth street SE Pam Blozvich 18 was charged with drunk driving and resisting after giving a false name and address. Passenger Pat Holderness 20 was charged with intoxication and resisting after grabbing keys and walking away. William Harmon 22 was charged with drunk driving after his car overturned on Blairs Ferry road. Robert Franks 41 was charged with drunk driving on Fourteenth avenue SE. Also noted is a 1950 Blair House assassination attempt on President Truman.
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Gire
Charles E. Taylor
Fifth Street
Rodney A. Bounds
Fifth Avenue SE
Tenth Avenue
Seventh Street SE
Mercy Hospital
Taylor
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Pam Blozvich
Pat Holderness
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Holderness
William E. Harmon
Mango Drive
Hiawatha
Blairs Ferry Road
Council Street
Robert L. Franks
Second Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
C.R
Angie Mullinex
North Townecourt NE
Charlie Hodges
Park Court SE
Mullinex
Fifteenth Street
Hodges
Linn County
Energy workshop at Indian Creek Nature Center offers simulators
Citizens will simulate solutions to the nations energy problem at a Wednesday workshop in Cedar Rapids. Dr Leland Wilson of the University of Northern Iowa will present energy simulators and a question answer review after a slide orientation. A Solar Fair exhibit opens, loaned by Citizens United for Responsible Energy.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Leland Wilson
University of Northern Iowa
Partic
Nature Center
Curtis D. Abdoudi
Citizens United For Responsible Energy
Des Moines Center For Science and Industry
Citizens Workshop
Otis and
Bertram Roads
Cedar Rapids
Burglars Loot Cloyce Ness Residence on Ninth Street
Police report a burglary at 1011 Ninth Street NW where burglars entered through the basement and looted items valued over 1137 dollars. Missing were a .25 caliber pistol, a $300 coin collection, three cameras, an Amway case, cigars, whisky, a calculator, and meat and frozen foods totaling about $250.
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Cloyce Ness
Ninth Street
Amway Products
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Linmar Drive
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Brooklin Drive
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