Fossils Unearthed From Iowa Farm Limestone Quarry
Two Iowa City geologists aided by a construction firm uncover a 350 million year old sea floor on a farm southeast of the city. The find reveals cystoids and edrioasteroids from the Upper Devonian Sea alongside early crossopterygians, offering a glimpse of primitive ocean life in North Central Iowa.
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Ora Springs
Iowa City
Here
Iowa
Harrell Strimple
University of Iowa Geology Department
Donald Kock
Iowa Geological Survey
Strimple
Koch
U OF
Williams Quarry
Nora Springs
SGT Dennis Meyer Nominated for Medal of Honor in Vietnam
Iowa farm boy Dennis Meyer, a sergeant in the Vietnam War, is recommended by his company commander for the Congressional Medal of Honor. Wounded in August near the Mekong Delta, Meyer remains on medical hold at Fort Riley while his peers praise his bravery and leadership. He recalls brutal search and destroy missions, questions U.S. strategy, and looks forward to returning to farm life with fiancé Alana Isenbice.
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Sgt
Dennis Meyer
Roy Meyer
Deep River
Meyer
South Vietnam
Eep River
Denny
Deep River-Millersburg
Ft. Carson
Colo
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Vietnam
Bear Cat
Bien Hoa
Mekong
Iowa
Japan
Sgt. Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Alana Isenbice
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Saigon
Kevin
Willard
Mary
Willard Meyer
Don Ray
Susan
John Wayne
Victor Mature
Mekong Delta
Quiet Cornell Faces Aftermath of Volatile Week
At Cornell college Mt. Vernon the campus calm belied a week of upheaval as mid term exams pressed students staff and faculty. The seizure of the administration building by about 30 students led to class cancellations 33 arrests and suspensions as rumors swirled and questions lingered about the week’s demonstrations and convocation remarks.
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Des Moines
Tom Riley
Cornell
Stuart Good
Howard Troyer
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Art Hough
Heyer
U.S
I.D
ARVN
Tokyo
Mike Conklin
Gazette
Tom Merryman
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