Alaskan Tour Group Returns for Iowa Flying Farmers Weekend
Northeast Iowa hosted a reunion of the Alaska Flying Tour group at Roy Schulte’s Castalia home and a Knox Kerr farm pancake gathering near Postville. Fifty-one planes landed at the Kerr airstrip, and 169 attended the dinner. Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alaska, and multiple U.S. states were represented. Cindy Kerr named Iowa Flying Farmer Queen. her mother Verta Kerr named official hostess.
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Iowa
Roy Schulte
Castalia
Keith Kerr
Postville
Iowa Flying Farmers
Schultz Rewsit
Dana
Ruth Newman
Homer
Alaska
Newmans
Schulte
Newman
Kenai Peninsula
Alaskan
Mountain Range
Cook Inlet
Coors
Winneshiek
Decorah St
Scholt
Walden
Roy
Errs
Kerr Farm
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ohio
Indiana
Colorado
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kangas
Kerrs
Mra Kerr
Verta
Landa
Kerri
The
Jowe Flying Farmers
Nikolaus Pevsner’s lifelong tour of England’s historic buildings
London based scholar Nikolaus Pevsner spent decades cataloging England’s architectural gems from Cornwall to Northumberland. He traveled up to 13 hours daily, writing 46 volumes focused on churches, cottages, castles, and modern structures like Fylingdales. His project, begun in youth and continued with assistants, aims to guide lay readers through England’s built heritage with precise, economical notes.
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London
UPI
England
Nikolaus Pevarmer
Matt
Bloomsbury
Pevsner
Cornwall
Staffordshire
English Midlands
Thea Pevsnar
Collegues
Northumberland
North Riding of
Yorkshire
County
Durham
Herefordshire
Shropshire
France
Spain
Italy
Shakespeare
Stratford-upon-Avon
Pevener
Wales
Scot-laird
Ireland
New York Police Face Strike Threat After Demonstrations
Mayor Beame refuses to negotiate amid police protest over a new work schedule and deferred raise. Four off duty officers were arrested near Madison Square Garden during a Wednesday night demonstration. two suspended, later released after ammo charges. About 3,000 officers demonstrated, doubling noise outside the East Side station.
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New York
UBI
Beame
Artie
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Aim
Douglas Weaving
Artificial Teeth Identified Revolutionary Soldier Body
The article notes that during the Battle of Bunker Hill Joseph Warren was killed and buried in an unmarked grave. His body was identified nine months later after the British left Boston, through artificial teeth made by Paul Revere for his friend before he died, an early instance of dental identification in warfare.
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Bunker Hill
Warren
Boston
Paul Revert
Cadillacs Eldorado Convertibles In Demand In 1976
New York reports skyrocketing prices for last American made Eldorado convertibles. Collectors and dealers chase rare white with red accents models, with some sold for up to 106000 dollars.
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New York
Apell
Cadillac Eldorado Bicentennial Craze Hits Dealers
In Cedar Rapids and beyond, 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertibles sold fast as collectors seek rare bicentennial models. Dealers report limited production, insurance, and security costs, with buyers paying premium prices and storing cars in banks or guarded facilities. Notable figures include Bil Cornish of Allen Motors and Donald Massey of a Detroit suburb dealership, while investors across the country wager on the model’s value.
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Cedar Rapids
Bil Cornish
Allen Motors
Cornish
Allen’s
Alten’s
Cadillac
Mittelman
General Motora
G.M
Detroit
Donalds, Massey
Plymouth
Ie Whitmore Lake
Mich
Leland Campbell
Bil’ Norwood
la Houston
VAIL
Norwood Sald
Houston
Lanny Terry
Antet
Oldsmobile Cadillac Inc
Canandaigua
N.Y
Automotive News
Térry
California
Montana
Edward C. Kenaki
Brown signs dog protection bill in California
Gov. Edmund Brown signs a measure defining custody for dogs allowing them to remain at home if safe. The bill lets a dog catcher take a dog to the pound only when the owner is away, with a note left on the owner's door.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown
Retirement Is Productive For Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge reflects on a long public life spanning the U S Senate United Nations campaigns and a stint as ambassador to South Vietnam. His forthcoming book As It Was covers policies and power from the 1950s into the 1960s. He says life has been exciting and filled with responsibility.
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Henry‘Cabot Lodge
Boston
UPI
Heniry Cabot
U.S. ‘Senate
United Natims
Saigon
Brown
New
Lodge
Europe
Gop
Ford
Kansas
City
White House
United Nations
Eisenhower
John
F. Kennedy
Mlassachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
South Vietnam
Kennedy
Lyndon Jonnson
Southeast Asia
Tyé
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Roy Schultz
Costalia
Schultz
Planes Aplenty
Ned Powers
FAA General Aviation District
Labor of
Germany
New York City
Anxi
Gage
World Alliance
Phil Mittel
Genetral
Potamisa
Jargast Cadillac
C.R
Corverti
Ly Welcome
Georgia
Daling Well
Henry Cabot
Gene Todd
Tombiy
Speciail
TORO
Cox Remurve
Pal Breati
Neal
Oro Sinn Masters
Hawkeye
Third Avenue S.E
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