Old pickup versus vintage airplane set for Cedar Rapids open house race
At Cedar Rapids airport an informal race between a 1942 Ryan PT-22 flown by Mike Wilson and a 1917 Ford Model T driven by Russ Kool was staged as part of Sunday open house activities. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a noon race and an acrobatic Pitts aircraft show at 3 p.m. by Sig's Mini Air Force in Montezuma.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy
Bud
Jamesen
Mike Wilson
Staub Court
Russ Kool
East Post Lane SE
Kool
Pitts
Glenn Sigafoose
Hazel Sigafoose
Maxey Hester
Montezuma
Sig
Mini Air Force
City Eyes Jet Helicopter Air Ambulance Update
Southeast Iowa EMS officials met Cedar Rapids leaders to review a plan for air ambulance service using a jet helicopter. Mayor Don Canney said the visit prepared the group for a possible federal funding application by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Iowa
Canney
Rapidsnew Audits Huey helicopter ambulance plan for Cedar Rapids area
Cedar Rapids officials preview an air ambulance project using a Bell Huey and operated via Area Ambulance Service. The proposed service would initially cover Cedar Rapids radius up to 100 miles with a 130 mile outer limit, then expand as hospital heliports at St Luke's and Mercy are prepared. Fees cited from a similar service include 75 dollars start, 2 dollars per mile, 100 dollars per hour over two hours, plus life support charges. Progress includes workplace repairs, pilot selection, and test runs before a November start, with no final completion date for helipads.
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Cedar Rapids
Canney
Missouri
Area Ambulance
Bell Jet Helicopter
St. Luke’s
Mercy Hospitals
Mercy Hospital
Mercy and
Unemployment checks delayed for 2650 Iowans
Gov. Ray announced that 2,650 Iowa unemployment payments will be delayed after Congress failed to pass the federal Labor Department appropriations bill. He noted Iowa cannot use state funds to cover federal unemployment benefits and urged patience as affected recipients keep submitting claim cards for retroactive payment.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Richard Miskimins
Department of Labor
Kansas City
Ray
Iowa
Iown
Berry calls for railbed funding to fix Iowa rail problem
Nick Berry a Democratic candidate for state Senate in District 13 urged a Pick-Nick gathering to treat railway road beds like highways funded by fuel taxes. He argued healthy railroads reduce freight costs, trim highway maintenance, and support a mixed transportation system.
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Ilowa
Nick Berry
Berry
Senate
Linn County
Jim Hennesey
25Th St
Iowa
Fanny Farmer Candy Shop robbed in Cedar Rapids
A white male about 6 feet tall and 160 pounds robbed the Fanny Farmer Candy Shop at 129 Third Ave SE about 6 30 pm Thursday Brandished a knife and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash There were no customers in the store at the time. Also multiple arrests reported including forged checks theft and burglary cases.
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Cedar Rapids
Fanny Farmer
Third Ave
Richard G. Montgomery
Pheasant Drive
First Ave
Craig S. McCullough
Ave. NE
McCullough
First Lutheran Church
In Home Counseling Grant Supports Runaway Program
Foundation 2 receives an $82,860 federal grant split with Iowa Runaway Service and Total Awareness to fund home based family counseling and early identification of youths at risk. Osing notes two demonstration projects aim to involve whole families and connect youths to community services. Culver's office aided the grant process and visibility.
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Foundation 2
Dick Osing
Crisis Counseling Service
C Ave. NE
18Th Ave
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Iowa Runaway Service
Des Moines
Total Awareness
Council Bluffs
Osing
John Culver
Iowa
Culver
Palmer couple sue for 750000 over Cedar Rapids plant accident
John and Nancy Palmer of 1000 Pawnee Drive NW claim Knutson Construction Co. negligence caused a ditch collapse at the Cedar Rapids sewage treatment plant in April 1977. Palmer seeks 600000 for injuries and his wife 150000 for loss of companionship in U S District Court Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S. District Court
John
Nancy Palmer
Pawnee Drive
Knutson Construction Co
Minneapolis
Palmer
Knutson
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Pius XII
Robert G. Welch
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Mark Twain
H Litton
3Rd Ave
Jonathan
Rome
Mcintosh Chieftan
U.S
Holland Orchard & Nursery
Hwy
Grantland Rice
You
Steamlite
Steamex
Euresh
Ist Ave
Dee
Ames
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Omaha
Dewey Terrio
John Travolta
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