Snowball Clusters Light Up December Skies
Ames astronomy note highlights open clusters like Pleiades M-45 Hyades and Alpha Persei in the December Milky Way. Messier sketches, binocular guides, and tips for amateur observers accompany a monthly sky schedule and observing hints.
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Orion
Milky Way
Pleiades
Charles Messier
Messier
Taurus
Aldebaran
Hyades
Alpha Persei Association
APA
Perseus
Cassiopeia
Judges told $2 is tops to marry
Iowa judges face possible misdemeanors for charging more than two dollars to perform marriages. Judge Anthony Critelli says he stopped officiating weddings outside the courthouse after a 130-year-old statute and a 1980s directive limited public service fees. Some judges now refuse fees or accept only honorariums.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
Anthony Critelli
William O’brien
Critelli
Jet Fighters Score Second Greatest Victory in Korea War
Thirty years ago American jets achieved a major air victory during the Korean War, described at the time as the second greatest air triumph of the conflict.
Union extortion trial starts today in Cedar Rapids
Four Cedar Rapids Teamsters officials face felony counts of conspiracy to extort and extortion from 1976 to 1979 at the Cedar Rapids water pollution control site. Defendants include Harry J. Wilford Herman J. Casten Everett G. Dague and Herman B. Boeding. Jury selection under Judge Edward McManus to begin at 9 a.m.
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Cedar Rapids Teamsters
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Harry J. Wilford
Herman J. Casten
Everett G. Dague
Herman B. Boeding
Wilford
Edward McManus
Optimist Christmas Tree Lot Opens at Kingston Stadium
The Tuesday Noon Optimist lot at Kingston Stadium opens at 9 a.m. with Scotch Pine trees and greenery for wreaths. Hours run Saturdays and Sundays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Mondays through Fridays 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. A second lot at 42nd Street and Center Point Road NE by Sunrise and Ced-Mar Optimists opens at noon Saturday.
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Kingston Stadium
42Nd Street
Center Point Road
Sunrise
Ced-Mar
Private fund drives to save Camp Bertram near Peterson
Two days remain to raise funds to buy Camp Bertram, a 160 acre Boy Scouts property in Sioux City, before a Tuesday deadline. Prairie Gold Council seeks buyers to offset declining memberships, while Friends of Scouting in the North Star District aims to preserve the land for youth activities. Only $6,000 of $32,000 had been pledged by Sunday.
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Spencer
Bertram
Peterson
Prairie Gold Council
Boy Scouts
Sioux City
Friends of Scouting
North Star
Marion considers changes to rental housing code
A public hearing at Marion City Council discusses proposed amendments to the rental housing code in effect since January 1. Changes include reduced per unit inspection fees for small to large complexes, a daily late registration penalty, and a $5 penalty for missed or inadequately announced inspections. If approved, the amendments take effect next year.
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Marion
City Hall
Iowa
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Hluyon
Ries
Pisces
Cetus
Pegasus
Onzette
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Marion News
Nordman Jewelry
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Iowa City
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Ht Loss Medical Centers
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