Bieber Named Fraser A UAW President Successor
Owen Bieber was selected Friday to succeed retiring UAW President Douglas Fraser, who reached the union's mandatory retirement age of 65. The First Covenant Church has converted the former Eisenhower Elementary School into a multi purpose facility for worship and community events.
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Owen Bieber
Douglas Fraser
Fraser
U.S
First Covenant Church
Eisenhower
No Verdict Yet in Libel Trial Against Radio Station Owner
Closing arguments were heard Friday in the libel suit of Gordon Dolley a Marion Police sergeant against KHAK owner. The jury deliberated about 2 hours before being sent home for the weekend. Cedar Rapids page 9A.
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Gordon Dolley
Marion
KHAK
Cedar Rapids
Governors' Charm School for New Governors
Iowa governor-elect Terry Branstad joined 10 other new governors at a weekend initiation called Governors' Charm School. The program aims to teach skills for working with legislators and handling reporters as they begin their terms.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Deputies Face Damaging Award Prompting Reform Talk
A $287 500 damage verdict against four Linn County deputy sheriffs for a Prairieburg dance hall incident spurs officials to consider reforms. Proposals include arming deputies with pocket tape recorders to capture exchanges for later courtroom review.
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Linn County
Prairieburg
Linn
Palin shines in Missionary comedy review
Michael Palin delivers a central virtue in The Missionary a gentle Edwardian comedy of innocence and licentiousness. The review lauds his performance as a key strength in this Monty Python alum’s latest project.
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England
Monty Python
Michael Palin
State Football Champions Crowned At UNI Dome Cedar Falls
Sioux City Heelan won the 4A state title Pekin of Packwood captured the 1A crown and Lone Tree won the A division at the UNI-Dome Cedar Falls Friday in a day of high school football state finals.
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Sioux City Heelan
Pekin of
Packwood
Lone Tree
Uni-Dome
Cedar Falls
Arrest helps Iowa wildlife official lauds capture
A man was charged with taking 78 animals out of season after a conservation officer reported coastal find of 64 raccoons nine muskrats two foxes and remains of a deer and turkey. The arrest was praised as greatly beneficial to fish and game in southern Iowa.
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An Lowan
Iowa
Government cuts FHA loan rate ceiling to 12 percent
The federal government lowers its interest-rate ceiling on many federally backed home loans to 12 percent, the lowest in over two years. Conventional loan rates have fallen but remain above the FHA limit, per Money, page 6B.
Block urges FFA youths to build own agricultural prosperity
At the 55th National Convention of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City Missouri U S A Agriculture Secretary John Block told young farmers that prosperity in agriculture is their responsibility not the government’s. He said government should not create economic recovery.
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Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Block
CBS Promotions Details For The Blue and the Gray Mini Series
CBS has mailed nearly 200 pages of press information to promote the upcoming mini series The Blue and the Gray which begins tomorrow night. Channel Comment excerpt summarizes production trivia in TV Vision page 20.
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CBS
Channel Comment
TV Vision
Iowa second graders meet Arthur author Marc Brown
Second graders at Ernest Horn Elementary in Iowa City shared their imaginative tales with author-illustrator Marc Brown during the University of Iowa Festival of Books for Young People. Brown discussed his career shift from TV art director to author and his approach to children’s storytelling.
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Marc Brown
Paul Davis
Ernest Horn
Brown
Arthur
University of Iowa School of Library Science
Shirley
Talon
Tucker
Hingham Harbor
Mass
Ernest Horn Elementary
Two Cedar Rapids 7-year-olds struck by vehicles
Mindy Dutcher and Lafette Thedford, both seven, escaped serious injuries in separate morning crashes. Dutcher, hit by a van at First Avenue and 13th Street SE, suffered cuts and bruises but no broken bones and was held for observation at St. Luke's Hospital. Thevan driver Kenneth Willman, 46, faces charges for faulty control and improper registration after his brakes failed. Thedford was hit while crossing from behind a parked car, suffered a leg injury, and was released from St. Luke's Trauma Center after his mother transported him to the hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Mindy Dutcher
Mary Dutcher
12Th St. SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
First Avenue
13Th Street SE
Kenneth Willman
Allison Hotel
Willman
Lafette Thedford
Jesse
Betty Thedford
C Ave
Flag-flying project honors vets draws strong public support
Cedar Rapids flag drive by Memorial Salute of Flags Committee gathers government flags honoring deceased veterans. With about 150 flags, leaders aim for 200 soon, spanning World War I to the Spanish American War. Donations welcomed by mail or pickup, citywide relay points listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Peter Teahen
Teahen
Sioux Falls
S.C
F Ave
Gazette Subscription Rates and Address Details
The Gazette established in 1883 at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa lists daily and Sunday publication details. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail for Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues with varying 4 and 52 week terms and mentions USPS and AP news use guidelines.
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Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
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