Hawkeye Explorer rally concludes with top honors
Thirteen entrants resumed the Hawkeye Area Scout Council Explorer Division road rally after a six year pause. Final results show David Berson and Mike Modrow of Coe College Computer Explorer Post Cedar Rapids taking first, with Glenn Butterbrodt and David Hill of Tipton Auto Mechanics Explorer Post finishing second, and Ken Horton with Brian Wurr of Tipton placing third.
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Explorer
Hawkeye Area Scout Council
Glenn Butterbrodt
David Hill
Tipton Auto Mechanics Explorer Post
Julie Brown
Marie Gill
Cedar Rapids
David Berson
Mike Modrow
Coe College Computer Explorer
Tipton
Ken Horton
Brian Wurr
Cedar Rapids police urge theft awareness and prevention
Cedar Rapids police report thefts numbered about 6,000 citywide with 3,000-plus in six months of 1980 and a 12 percent rise over the previous year. Chief Baker and Capt. Gillen urge public vigilance, inventorying valuables, and using engravers to mark items for identification to deter theft.
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Baker
Gillen
Cedar Rapids
Department
Crime Prevention Bureau
Past 60 Group bus trip slated to Quad Cities
The Marion group will sponsor a bus trip to the Quad Cities on Wednesday. Departure is 8 a.m. from First United Methodist Church with return about 7 p.m. Sites include Putnam Museum Davenport Art Gallery Black Hawk Indian Museum Deere & Co plant Niabi Zoo and Southpark Mall. Reservations at 377-4856.
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Marion
Insulating Work Pays Off With Long Term Savings
For any insulation job use solid thickness quality. Material costs are low and savings on heating and cooling quickly recoup the expense.
4-H Club to Mark 25th Anniversary With Potluck
The Marion Ruralettes 4-H Club celebrates its 25th anniversary with a family potluck at 6 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church. Officers will be installed and five new members join, bringing total to 25. Members formed in 1955 with ten students from Marion rural school. Present leaders are Mrs. Calvin Haehlen and Mrs. Bob Parker. Those formerly involved are invited to the banquet. information available from Haehlen or Parker.
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Marion Ruralettes
First United Methodist Church
Marion Rural School
Calvin Haehlen
Bob Parker
Marion
Marion and Lions Club Briefs Mention Local Meetings
The Grove City Rebekah Lodge 35 degree staff will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the IOOF Hall with practice after the regular session. The Marion Host Club meets at 6 15 p.m. Tuesday at the Suburban restaurant to hear Dr. Richard Noyes discuss Haiti. The obituary notes the 1979 burial of Chad Green in Hastings Nebraska after his parents sought a Laetrile cure.
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Rebekahs
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge 35
IOOF
Lions
Richard Noyes
Haiti
Marion
Chad Green
Hastings
Neb
Cedar Rapids crime rate rises amid mixed six month totals
The FBI reports Cedar Rapids crime up 6 percent for the first half of 1980. Police Chief Raymond Baker notes declines in some offenses and cites a 644 percent rise in a city-size comparison, while national trends show a 10 percent increase. Thefts up 12 percent to 3209, stolen cars down 24 percent, burglaries down 0.2 percent, robberies down 3 percent, rapes down 45 percent, murders flat at one.
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Cedar Rapids
FBI
Raymond Baker
James T
Tom) Gillen
Crime Prevention Bureau
Baker
Gillen
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Haehlen
Parker
Gazette
Ne Ave. SE
Jess ‘Postaoe
Fternoon Edisons
Tates
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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10Th Street
Beau Salisbury
Iowa City
Folkways
Bob Dorr
Patrick Hazel
Mother Blues
Daisy Dillman
Kuni-Fm
Cedar Falls
Pat
Shelly Lynn
Chelly Lynn
Sun
Center Pt. Rd
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