Linn County election yields seven Democrats and one Republican to state seats
Unofficial results show seven Democrats and one Republican winning Linn County and overlapping districts. Bob Rush, Democrat, takes the 15th Senate seat. Myron Oxley, Democrat, wins the 30th House seat. incumbents B. Joseph Rinas Wally Horn James Wells Joan Lipsky John Patchett and Sen. Cloyd Robinson are re-elected.
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Linn County
Bob Rush
Myron
Mike” Oxley
B. Joseph Rinas
Marion
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
James Wells
Joan Lipsky
John Patchett
North Liberty
Cloyd Robinson
Rush
Steve Severn
Andrew Gordon Holmes
Scoho Enterprises
Holmes
Serious coffee club in Arcola grows to 162 cups
ARCOLA Illinois AP Bob Arrol runs a private coffee club with 162 cups behind his drugstore soda fountain. Members drink five gallons weekly and keep cups in pigeon holes with owners’ names. Cups transfer when members move away. Coffee costs 25 cents for the first cup and 15 cents for refills. The club draws 2,300 residents and prompts business talk and congenial chatter.
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Arcola, Ill
Bob Arrol
Arrol
Illinois
Big Ben
California
Louisiana Governor Named to Trade Promotion Task Force
Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, who admitted accepting gifts from South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, is named to a task force on promoting state trade with foreign nations. Edwards, a Democrat, says no link between the gifts and Louisiana rice sales to Korea. He joins five governors named by Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Congress
Tongsun Park
Korea
Tennessee
Ray Blanton
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Oxley
James Jordan
Monty Ray Bertelli
Route One
Bertelli
Bertilli
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Rinas
General Assembly
Jay A. Kacena
Ed Kacena
Rep. Horn
Jefferson High School
Charles W. Trussell
Black Hawk Broadcasting Co
Horn
Trussell
Wells
Quaker Oats Co
Allen V. Ford
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Benton Counties
Benton County
Ford
Rep. Lipsky
Burtine Motley
Lipsky
Motley
Rep. Patchett
University of Iowa
Iowa Legis
Darrell E. Slabaugh
Solon
Kirkwood Community College
Johnson Counties
Johnson County
Sen
Robinson
Sandra Pink
Garry McCune
FMC Corp
Myron Oxley
B. Jos Rinas
Kacena
The
the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
Associated Press
Clifters
Killians
Lowe City
Killian
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