Mayor Candidate Presses Helicopter Cost Claims
Cedar Rapids politics center on helicopter expenses as Ruth Martwig accuses Mayor Don Canney of underreporting costs. Auditor Bob McMahan says insurance and operational figures differ, noting three policies and possible double counting. Martwig vows to verify, noting public access concerns and ongoing campaign emphasis on the program’s cost.
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Cedar Rapids
Canney
Bob McMahan
Martwig
John Saddler
John
McMahan
Kinny
Bob
Deere Donates Fall Plowing Reproduction to Cedar Rapids Art Center
Deere and Company presented a reproduction of Grant Wood’s Fall Plowing to Cedar Rapids Art Center for its education program. The gift, in the name of Nan Wood Graham, included a cash component and accompanies Deere’s fall sales promotions.
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Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Deere and Co. Deere
Moline
Bill Butcher
Deere and Co
Stan Wiederspan
Art Center
Dan Schwitters
Cedar Rapids
Deere
Nan Wood Graham
Illinois Crash Suit Transferred to Cedar Rapids Court
A $750,000 damage suit filed by Paul Pfab against Stahly Cartage Co. of Edwardsville Illinois over a July 16 1973 rear end collision on Highway 151 near Dubuque has been moved from a federal court in Illinois to Cedar Rapids federal court. Pfab alleges negligence by the Stahly driver and seeks damages for injuries.
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Bernard
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pfab
Stahly Cartage Co
Edwardsville
Ill
Pfab
Highway 151
Dubuque
UFO Sighting Turns Out Venus Over Centre County
In State College Pennsylvania authorities reported a bright slow moving light they thought might be a UFO. Local astronomer confirmed the light was Venus low in the sky, fitting the time of year. The item notes a 30 years ago March of Dimes polio goal of 25 million dollars.
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State College
UPI
Centre County
Venus
Beirut Street Fighting Subides in Fragile Calm
Beirut saw fighting ease to near normal as political talks stall over Lebanon's religious conflict. Right wing Phalangists near Dikwaneh fired rockets at a Palestinian refugee camp, drawing Palestinian return fire and raising fears of renewed Palestinian involvement in the civil strife.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Ened
Dikwaneh
Tax Resister John McAuliffe Sees Sentence Reduced
U S District Judge Edward J McManus cut the one year prison term of Dubuque tax resister John McAuliffe 24 to time served. McAuliffe had been convicted of tax fraud on May 14 and fined 500 dollars as part of a group of 15 Dubuque area men accused of providing employers with false withholding forms to dodge federal income taxes.
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U.S
Edward J. McManus
Dubuque 15
Cedar Rapids
McManus
John McAuliffe
Dubuque
McAuliffe
Dubuque-area
St Luke's Readies for Careers Day
Informational packets about Health Careers day are mailed to school administrators and counselors in the Grant Wood Area Education Area. The October 31 program at St Luke's Hospital will host 500 students from high school through post graduate levels with sessions on various career fields. The auxiliary recruits volunteers to assist with tours and project duties.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Grant Wood
St. Luke’s Auxiliary
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