Merchants Favor Plan To Revise Mail Delivery
Postal Carriers oppose cutting afternoon downtown delivery though most affected merchants favor the move. Postmaster Charles Seda cites 98 percent of downtown mail going on morning rounds and a projected saving of 7000 dollars. Carriers official Jim Kane declines comment while stating cooperation with management. Only seven of 700 downtown businesses expressed problems with the proposal. Decision expected later this month.
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Charles Seda
Jim Kane
Kane
Seda
Post Office
Job status of two at University of Iowa bar uncertain
In Iowa City the firing of Christine Wemmer and Georgia Moon from the Hulk, a student-run bar, remains unsettled as the Iowa Student Agencies board of directors has not ruled on their firings. The two joined the Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders union and appealed claiming union membership caused their dismissal.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Student Agencies Board of Directors
Christine Wemmer
Georgia Moon
Hulk
Iowa Bike Trail Plan Unveiled by Students
Iowa conservation commission heard a statewide proposal for hiking and biking trails from two graduate students Steve Brower of Burlington and Damon Ohlerking of Eagle Grove. State planning director Jerry Schnepf noted a $10,000 legislative grant to promote bike ways and criticized a highway commission plan that placed 60 percent of a nine county central Iowa trail on unusable gravel roads.
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Des Moines
Iowa State University
Iowa Conservation Commission
Steve Brower
Burlington
Damon Ohlerking
Eagle Grove
Jerry Schnepf
Iowa
Schnepf
Commission
State Highway Commission
Brower and
Ohlerking
Touch Me Package Draws Knox Police And Bomb Squad
In Knoxville Tennessee a mystery parcel labeled Touch me lightly I may be hot prompted postal security and the city bomb squad. Police opened the unaddressed wrap to recover 14 hot peppers later stored at the police department as evidence.
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Knoxville
Petitions at Iowa U Protest Trade Pact
Jewish students at the University of Iowa plan campus petitions urging the U S to end all trade agreements with Russia until Moscow stops forcing Jews emigrating to Israel to pay education costs to the Russian government. Hillel Foundation will also host a protest at Hancher Auditorium tonight accompanying a Ukrainian dance company performs, aiming to inform the public about Soviet Jewish persecution.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U.S
Russia
Israel
Hillel Foundation
U. of Iowa
Latin American nations condemn Sino Soviet Cuba intervention
Ten years ago the United States and 19 Latin American countries declared the Sino Soviet intervention in Cuba an attempt to turn the island into an armed base for communist use. They condemned the action and condemned the countries responsible.
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U. S
Cuba
The Big Turtle Race at Brookfield Zoo
Peter, one of three giant tortoises racing from summer to winter quarters at Brookfield zoo, earns assistance from young observers. Prizes urged visitors to guess the time for the winner to crawl from outside the elephant house to inside the reptile house. Each tortoise weighs about 300 pounds and is over 30 years old. Peter finishes second, 30 minutes behind the winner.
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Peter
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
Elephant House
Candidates Night Brings All Levels of Races Together
A public Meet the Candidates Night on October 18 at Kennedy High School auditorium will feature Linn County, legislative, congressional and senatorial contenders. Organizer Mrs. Vernon Pickett said six groups sponsor the event, with Congressman John Culver and opponent Ted Ellsworth in attendance. Dick Clark and other Linn County hopefuls will participate while Sen. Jack Miller sends a message. The program, in three sections, runs 7:30 p.m. and allows voters to meet candidates by district before a final session for all.
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Six Organiza
Linn
Senate
Pickett
John Culver
Iowa
Ted Ellsworth
Vernon Pickett
Kennedy High School
Mrs. Pickett
Congress
New York Firm Buys Giant African Gem
Freetown Sierra Leone AP President Siakka Stevens said the government sold the 968.9 carat Star of Sierra Leone to Harry Winston Inc. The NY firm holds a significant share in Sierra Leone diamond production and marketing. The price was not disclosed but a reserve around 2 million dollars was reported.
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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Siakka Stevens
New York
Sierra Leone
Harry Winston Inc
Stevens
County humane society takes in eight foot boa constrictor
Windsor Ontario AP reports a county humane society received an unexpected eight foot boa constrictor after a housewife found it at her front door. The incident highlights challenges in rehoming exotic pets.
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Windsor
Ont
County Humane Society
Recreation Classes for Men and Women at Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College offers an eight week fall term of men's and women's recreation classes across seventeen Cedar Rapids elementary school gyms. Each two hour weekly session includes sports or conditioning. tuition is five dollars. Classes run week of Oct 16 with schedules detailing days, times, and gym locations for Adams, Cleveland, Coolidge, Erskine, Grant, Hayes, Harrison, Hiawatha, Jackson, Johnson, Kenwood, Madison, Nixon, Truman, Van Buren, Wright, and other schools.
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Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids Community
Adams School
Linmar Drive
Cleveland School
First
Avenue NW
Coolidge
First Avenue
Erskine
Clark Road
Thirty-sixth Street
Grant
Outlook Drive
Benton County Historical Society seeks $20000 for archives site
The Benton County Historical Society opened a fund drive with an open house at its new archives and museum on 612 First Avenue Vin ston in the former George Horridge residence. The goal is $20,000 to cover purchase and renovation costs and solicitations go to all Benton Grant Wood, school, 645 county groups.
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Vinton
Benton County Historical Society
First Avenue
Vinston
George Horridge
Benton Grant
Wood
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Linn County
Dick Clark
U.S. Senate
Jack Miller
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Eleventh Street
Hiawatha School
Emmons Street
Hiawatha
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Woodside Drive
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Northwood Drive
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