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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1997
Page
9
Donations total 3.9 million dollars, reaching 72.3 percent of the 1998 goal of 5.4 million. The drive runs through early December and funds 31 agencies and 68 programs across six Eastern Iowa counties.
Arnold Salisbury longtime Cedar Rapids School District superintendent from 1958 to 1968 died Friday at his Macomb Indiana home. He taught in Fremont Illinois and worked as principal in Strawberry Point Marion Spencer Fairfield and Galesburg before leading Cedar Rapids and Galesburg. He later served as AASA president and worked at Western Illinois University.
In Dubuque County an 11 year old, Jacob Menster, remained in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after an ATV driven by Jeffrey Boffeli, also 11, collided with a pickup pulling a cattle trailer just east of Cascade. Driver Michael Curtis, 40, and passenger Harriet Curtis, 62, were discharged from Finley Hospital.
Delaware County authorities investigated a possible stabbing south of Manchester after 4 p.m. at a residence on 110th Avenue. One arrest was reported with help from the Iowa State Patrol. Further details were to be released the next day.
The Washington Post notes turkey will cost about 99 cents a pound this Thanksgiving, up a penny from last year. It recalls 1945 when the National Turkey Federation launched Eat More Turkey to counter wartime demand drop. The Poultry and Egg National Board later asked Turkey As You Like It. This year producers trademark Anything Goes With Turkey.
Michael and Marlene Grimm raise 60 to 80 free range turkeys a year on their Gi farm. The birds roam from May through November, aiding in pest control and chasing apples in fall games, with mishaps including a mean tom and escaped feed.
The calendar lists key events from Monday through Friday including Treasury bill auction, existing home sales, consumer confidence, OPEC ministerial talks, third quarter GDP and corporate profits, weekly jobless claims, durable goods, Freddie Mac mortgage rates, and October personal income data with markets closing early on Friday after Thanksgiving.
George C. Ford profiles Tom Rosati 43 general manager of the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hospitality owner Service Inc. Rosati, raised in Rochester, built his career from restaurant work to hotel management across eight or nine states and moved to Cedar Rapids after Service acquired the Crowne Plaza. He describes adapting hotel operations for major events and the couple's transient lifestyle as they settle.
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